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The Fire Lord
Published: 2008-04-24 02:12:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 190556; Favourites: 5188; Downloads: 0
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Hah! Such a great title, right?
Ok, gosh. This was a commission done for Maeris , who, might I say, was absolutely superb with all her patience. Kudos to you, darling.
She wanted a horse, canter pirouette in a puddle of gasoline and ringed by fire, as if the horse started it. But, then she gave me artistic freedom and this is what happened.
This was my very first time ever working with fire. Holy cow! I used gobs and gobs of layers of it and eventually it began to click into place. I tried a regular mane, and nah, scrapped it. Did a fire tail, and nah, scrapped it, but that one was Joshs call. I drove that man nuts asking him to come look at it and tell me what he thought, what looked wrong, etc. By the end of tonight he'd sit on the couch and stare at me without moving. LOL.
Sorry Josh.
Aaah, lets see. Obviously, the mane and tail were replaced. I lifted and curved the neck and brought the head in. Replaced the ears, opened the jaw and painted in some teeth, painted over the eye. I tilted the horse back, too, and altered/drew up/in the forelegs as well to add some dramatics, and give an overall pissed feeling, since that's what Maeris wanted.
And lots of other stuff, but I'll let you guys look if you want and try to figure it out.
Special thanks to devils-horizon and Sylvanestra , because I annoyed the crap out of them too with demands for opinions and critiques along the way. Thank you too, to devils-horizon for the playlist that got me through this picture!
Time: 40+hours
Tools: Wacom Intuos3 + Adobe CS2
Active Layers: 71 - 40 alone make up the fire.
Closeups: arrsistable.deviantart.com/art…
Elemental Horse series:
Water: Elemental: Water arrsistable.deviantart.com/art…
Earth: The Earth Goddess arrsistable.deviantart.com/art…
Credits:
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VivaStock - vivastock.deviantart.com/art/F…
Mithgariel-stock - mithgariel-stock.deviantart.co…
jozut - jozut.deviantart.com/art/Sea-o… jozut.deviantart.com/art/Sea-o… jozut.deviantart.com/art/Sea-o…
narghaash-stock - narghaash-stock.deviantart.com…
jack-the-pumkin-king - jack-the-pumkin-king.deviantar…
Stickfishies-Stock - stickfishies-stock.deviantart.…
AthenaStock - athenastock.deviantart.com/art…
night-fate-stock - night-fate-stock.deviantart.co…
Roslend - roslend.deviantart.com/art/Tel… NOT STOCK, used with full permission. Thanks hun!
absurdus - absurdus.deviantart.com/art/13…
little-stock - little-stock.deviantart.com/ar…
SXC , C/O Costi : www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view…
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Comments: 1141
Holy shit, I have no words, okay, so that's a lie... This is beyond breathtaking, love it so much! It's gorgeous!
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I never knew that was a thing until after I made this picture. 
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Hey there, did you know that a writer named S. A. Swaffington has used this image as the cover to one of his books and the avatar on his Twitter account?
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19…
twitter.com/swaffington
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Wow.
Just.. Wow.
Thank you so much for telling me - I'll be taking care of this guy.
You're a sweetheart!
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I am speechless with the excellent artwork made. It shows precision. All elements enhance the mood of the scene. Hats off dear friend. This adorable piece of art has been featured here: www.facebook.com/groups/566248…
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um this work is being used by another deviant
just want to let you know claiming they take requests and such you did not receive credit for the original work
silverangelwolf123.deviantart.…
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Thank you so much for letting me know!! People are so ridiculous. 
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Ikr
SO much effort goes into inverting colors
*sarcasm*
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This was used on a website as free wallpaper: [link]
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also stolen here
plz report it
flickamustang.deviantart.com/a…
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I am not sure if this person has your permission, but they are posting this work as theirs on their FB page: [link]
Your signature is removed:
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Stolen here too plz report the thief
flickamustang.deviantart.com/a…
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I found this on a free wallpaper website, a site called FlashScreen: [link]
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stolen here too plz report
flickamustang.deviantart.com/a…
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Have you ever just wished the person responsible was in front of you? Just so you can give them your best angry face and shake a fist at them?
Grr.
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I would FUS RO DAH them.
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Oh yes, but I would do so much more than just glare and shake my fist
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I basedFina the Immortalof Fire in my Literature off of yourimage.
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Arrsistable I would like to let you know that this piece of art is posted on a cell phone application for free walpapers... :/ I just saw it.... im not sure if you are aware of this or not... but just thought id let you know...
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Outstanding work
When u have a second, please come see { decimation With No Remorse }
[link]
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Wow..you do such awesome work!!! How do you learn to do it. I really love it!!!
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I just purchased this as a birthday gift for a great friend..I think he will love this as I do!! Amazing work!!
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Aww well aren't you the sweetest thing! Thank you so much for letting me know - I hope he loves it as you do!
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Did you know this piece has been used on a website displaying photoshop examples?
here: photoshopmeartistically.com/amazing-examples-photo-manipulation-design/
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This website has your this artwork. I want to make sure you were aware of that and that they have permission to use your artwork.
[link]
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It is an honor to be able speak with you, Arrsistable.
I love your artwork! Especially The Fire Lord! I have used it for school projectsalways putting The Fire Lord is ©2012by arrsistable.devintart.com/
Everybody loves it!
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Someone on howrse has also used your picture as their own banner: [link]
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I found someone on Howrse using your manip as an avatar. [link] BTW, I love your work
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really great, i love it *-* with witch programm you edit this? o:
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Could I please use this I will give full written credit on the image. Its for howrse.
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I absolutely love this. I can't ever not stalk your page and look at your artwork. If I ever need inspiration I usually look at your art.. It definitely inspires me to work harder. 
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did you know that someone in a game want to sell this picture as her own?
here: [img][link]
if you don't see the picture you can see it in this link:
[link]
(sorry for my bad english)
and i love this picture *-* you are a natural talent ^^
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