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Published: 2007-12-30 04:01:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 31507; Favourites: 1069; Downloads: 1270
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Description Born of Water.

The first in a series of elemental pictures.



This too was a project for a Secret Santa, and this one took longer than the other I think. The mane and tail... Oh gods! I did and redid, redid those and redid it again. I finally just gave up. The twigs weren't bothering me... it was just everything else. I think I was having a bad day.

Anyhow, this is it in its (almost) entirety. There's a little more of the pic that I opted to crop out due to the fact that it just wasn't needed.

The little hole/waterfall is actually two pics of the Niagara Falls blended together, and there for no other reason than the fact that I looked at it and just decided to put a watery pitfall in. Same goes for the snake... honestly, did you even notice the snake before reading this? LOL Most people seem to look over it.

Done with CS2 and a Wacom Intuos3.


Elemental Horse Series:

Fire: The Fire Lord [link]
Earth: The Earth Goddess [link]



Credits:
Horse: Copyright to Verena Gremmer.
Castle: =little-stock
Waterpit (two images): ~ArrsistableStock
Water/rock (two images): ~ChristasVengel-stock
Texture & Sky: *night-fate-stock
Sky: ~AthenaStock


PLEASE FULL VIEW!


Click for Closeups -- Please look at them. I swear, it's prettier up close than far away. I nearly loaded just a picture of the head and front half of the body instead of the whole thing.

Wallpaper Pack: [link]
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Comments: 261

Flame-Tongue [2008-10-31 17:29:01 +0000 UTC]

nice color choices

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aleckzandurh [2008-10-28 22:40:27 +0000 UTC]

uhhhm where IS the snake exactly xD. oh and very nice horsey btw.

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arrsistable In reply to aleckzandurh [2008-10-28 23:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Rising up the horses near foreleg.

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aleckzandurh In reply to arrsistable [2008-10-29 14:14:26 +0000 UTC]

oh, very niceee! :]

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mythical-darkener [2008-09-10 21:36:02 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely beautiful. :3

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arrsistable In reply to mythical-darkener [2008-10-28 23:25:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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GiveMeMalice15 [2008-07-08 19:54:22 +0000 UTC]

i <3 it
it might be nice to have some like seaweed in the horses mane or something

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arrsistable In reply to GiveMeMalice15 [2008-07-08 19:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Agreed! I've had thoughts of redoing this, but as of yet just haven't.

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slsleo [2008-07-07 17:42:29 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful! This depicts a very melancholy atmosphere. Since most water signs are emotional anyhow this is so right on. I love the painterly effect of your collages it's really hard to tell that these are photos.
The background reminds me of Ireland or Wales.

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arrsistable In reply to slsleo [2008-07-08 12:37:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much.

You're really right though - most water manips are more depressing than anything else. Melancholy, as you said. I wonder just why that is - is it because water is so powerful, so unyielding? Because of the stigmatisms seen a lot around DA of black-dressed maidens getting ready to throw themselves into the water? Storms, water, tears... Maybe it's because water is so expressive when storms whip them up that the skies are usually dark and the water is generally splashing about in waves.

I don't know. It's way too early for me to be thinking with any sort of depth. I'm going to stop now.

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slsleo In reply to arrsistable [2008-07-14 00:41:02 +0000 UTC]

It's true. I think that water is just seen as a feminine aspect of nature & so carries the "emotional" quality to it. Maybe it has something to do with the birthing process too (it is pretty emotional) which I would agree. I prefer fire since it's related to spirit/soul.

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smokey--kohaku [2008-07-07 17:32:15 +0000 UTC]

this is cool.The Horses mane blends into the water!

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arrsistable In reply to smokey--kohaku [2008-07-08 12:37:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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smokey--kohaku In reply to arrsistable [2008-07-08 13:19:29 +0000 UTC]

yup np

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Harlequin-Quail [2008-07-06 22:29:08 +0000 UTC]

This is soo beautiful, the horse really suits the sea.. and the mane and tail are great, even if they took you several million attepmts lol
xxx

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arrsistable In reply to Harlequin-Quail [2008-07-07 15:32:14 +0000 UTC]

The mane and tail on this one just drove me nuts. I'm still irritated over it.

I'm glad you like it though.

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Harlequin-Quail In reply to arrsistable [2008-07-07 21:13:35 +0000 UTC]

awwh, well i think they look very fitting for the horse, you really have done a great job
xxx

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natalies94 In reply to ??? [2008-07-06 09:30:45 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! ;]

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arrsistable In reply to natalies94 [2008-07-07 15:31:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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KaoroTsumi In reply to ??? [2008-07-05 17:33:29 +0000 UTC]

I think that out of your three elementals, this is the one I like the best ^^
wondeful one, the colours and the composition...

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arrsistable In reply to KaoroTsumi [2008-07-07 15:31:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad you like it. Out of the three elementals I have done so far, this one gave me the most fits.

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trappedandbroken [2008-07-04 17:12:31 +0000 UTC]

its beautfiul i dont see anything wrong with the mane or the tail. But i suppose we're our own harsh judges... anyways, instant favvie!

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arrsistable In reply to trappedandbroken [2008-07-04 19:57:02 +0000 UTC]

LOL, yes we are.

Thank you!

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naturesounds [2008-07-03 00:42:35 +0000 UTC]

This has so much "umph" to it..nicely done!

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arrsistable In reply to naturesounds [2008-07-03 17:10:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much hun!

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naturesounds In reply to arrsistable [2008-07-03 18:07:45 +0000 UTC]

of course!

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tworivers [2008-06-09 18:19:27 +0000 UTC]

I love this picture so much, add my favorites !

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arrsistable In reply to tworivers [2008-07-07 15:31:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Dragonwarrior21 [2008-05-29 19:17:58 +0000 UTC]

nice pic
but is that a snake going up the horses leg???

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arrsistable In reply to Dragonwarrior21 [2008-05-29 19:21:39 +0000 UTC]

Yes it is.

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letrainfalldown [2008-05-26 05:57:39 +0000 UTC]

love this!!

faved.

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arrsistable In reply to letrainfalldown [2008-05-27 20:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Evanescent-Designs [2008-05-25 19:14:09 +0000 UTC]

this is gorgeous! I can't remember if I already ccommented, but...
also, I was wondering if I could use your idea of creating 4 elemental pictures? ooh, and maybe a 5th one of love? I would give credit of your idea, but if not, that's totally fine (:

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arrsistable In reply to Evanescent-Designs [2008-05-27 20:19:02 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing honey! I don't own the idea by any means.

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Evanescent-Designs In reply to arrsistable [2008-05-27 20:25:15 +0000 UTC]

thanks! I already have ideas sparking!

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Rosie-the-rabbit In reply to ??? [2008-05-09 22:21:27 +0000 UTC]

wow that is stunning! so beautiful!

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arrsistable In reply to Rosie-the-rabbit [2008-05-10 23:27:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Rosie-the-rabbit In reply to arrsistable [2008-05-11 21:21:40 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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ECPlant In reply to ??? [2008-05-09 00:25:02 +0000 UTC]

wow sweet!! XD

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arrsistable In reply to ECPlant [2008-05-10 23:27:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ECPlant In reply to arrsistable [2008-05-11 20:52:47 +0000 UTC]

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Azzieh [2008-04-24 19:55:42 +0000 UTC]

I love how you did this piece!

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DreamingTreeStables In reply to ??? [2008-04-15 16:10:41 +0000 UTC]

Incredible work!

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arrsistable In reply to DreamingTreeStables [2008-04-24 12:09:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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DreamingTreeStables In reply to arrsistable [2008-04-24 15:49:32 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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dubonnet In reply to ??? [2008-03-25 23:51:52 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous!

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arrsistable In reply to dubonnet [2008-03-26 13:42:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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HatefulJoy [2008-03-25 09:55:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh my...could this GET any better? FAVE fo' sho'.

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arrsistable In reply to HatefulJoy [2008-03-25 12:23:57 +0000 UTC]

It sure could.

Thank you!

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xx-lize [2008-03-25 02:23:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh, dang... I just realized that I made a mistake in that comment. It should have been *You never cease to amaze me with your talent!*

How rude I must have sounded.

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