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The Fire Lord
Published: 2008-04-24 02:12:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 190723; Favourites: 5187; 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…
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Comments: 1141
The fiery steed of the Pits, its hooves bring forth scorched blacken earth, they herald its approach like the hammer on the forge of damnation.
its rider brings death to all in his path, he savors the kill, like a sweet wine, for it stains his lips and twists his smile, a parody of both beauty and fear.
He rides forth across the skies, he comes for you, your family, your friends, he comes with fire, and brimstone, to burn and destroy.
He is not evil, nor a servant of darkness, he is just a man who loves his job. bringing and end to order and structure, to summon Kaos to the World.
lol... I was inspired is all I can say
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Aww that was gorgeous, well done!
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thank you, I've been without any inspiration for about 5 months now lol. this pictures the first real piece of that after all this time
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OMG.
This is amazing, we're speechless
Thanks for using our stock!
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Thank you for offering it out!
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OH. MY. GOSH.
That is amazing!! I can't understand how you get everything to look so crisp and... perfect! Kudos!!
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Painting, actually! Done right it really helps crispen up a picture, no matter how blurry... though in the end you might have repainted the whole thing.
Thank you!
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Wow, that's insane... in an awesomely awesome way, lol. I tried that with a couple pics, and it didn't turn out even a quarter as nice as your's is. <3 Your's just blow me away... literally. ^^
You're welcome!!
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This is just stunning. It looks like a digital painting, and it's positively gorgeous. The detail and thought put into this are completely unbelievable. Thank you so so much for sharing this with us! I feel like my day is much better for having gotten a chance to see this kind of art.
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Aw, thank you for taking the time out of your day to leave such a kind comment.
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a nightmare (a mythical black horse with a flaming mane and tail and red or orange eyes a horse of the hellrealms)
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well i'm a mythology expert so feel free to ask anything about folklore, myths or legends and i should be able to help you
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awesome!! I love the detial you did!
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Well thank you! I'm glad it seemed to have paid off some!
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Just...wow.
I love this, especially the flames!
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Wow! This is so cool, the fire makes it really stand out. Very neat!
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MAN WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO AMAZING!
you make me crazy jealous
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I'm not! I'm just good at fooling people.
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I love this you really know your horses anatomy and attitude. This horse is awsome now if only he existed in the real world
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Thank you babes! I try to keep things, such as highlights and what not, as realistic as I can, even in a completely unrealistic image.
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Beautiful. I really like how the flames turned out.
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Thank you! I do too
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aw i luv this!u are truly amazing!
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It's so fascinating to look at, just.... wow. +fav
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I'm glad it's not! A fire horse would freak me out.
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It's stunning!
I've been under fire for several days now and, when I saw your work, I couldn't believe my eyes!!! My jaw dropped to the floor! It's absolutely perfect!
P.S.: not that I like to be "under fire", though...LOL..
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Thank you!
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Still am...LOL.
Once again, congratulations! Simply spectacular!!!
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Wow this is so incredible! The fire is amazing
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Wow!! This really caught my eye. Amazing work!
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Simply amazing. No other comments.
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