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Squawk of the Shadow
Published: 2011-10-25 19:37:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 64528; Favourites: 3235; Downloads: 1477
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Hello DA folks!New painting comes to my portfolio today. It was chosen for the print in ImagineFX Rising Stars 2011 magazine, which I am very proud of. It is still hard to believe that success after a few months considering the massive amount of young talent out there. I mean, really, some people are crazy in their skills. Usually these people have very strong interest in their subject or particular style, which comes naturally to them. While I have a hard time choosing what I really want to pursue, fantasy themes are what I always end up with. I guess that's the answer for me.
My idea for this painting was pretty simple - a man approaching an arabic city on speedy camel. It sounds almost enough for a nice painting, but I wanted to show a power stronger than humanity. Capturing the creature in frame would be another one in a row with paintings with big monsters. I had in mind wonderful shadow shapes after walking in nearby forest and it became a perfect fit for this painting. I don't really know the exact story - but I feel two ambivalent emotions anxiety and calmness at the same time. It is a game of colours, shapes and moods.
Perspective gave me more trouble than I expected, so I built an ugly 3d basis on which I could build my planes of city. You can notice how accurate some shadows are on stairs and I doubt I would made them so well by hand. It was the very first time I used 3d this way
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I think the piece of eden takes care of that side. So much power in so small ball.
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The color and scope is incredible. I feel like I'm in it, a tiny person looking up that huge expanse of rock to see they terrifying, looming shadow. GREAT job.
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Dude. If that's either a hawk or a dragon(or a Hybrid of both which would be beast.) It's pretty darn cool.
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Congrats on a well-earned DD. It's a wonderful image.
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this is striking! I love how vast the scene you captured ! Epic!
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Wow, love your gallery and your neat cool painting style!
I hope you will not feel offended though if I say that the perspective in this one doesn't look very much natural to me. It's very 'strained' (look at that jar), it kinda looks like everything is falling, especially that sort of building in the foreground. Anyway cool work, keep it up!
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Look there for ideas fantasy always comes to be perfect!
i like fantasy and your work here is not the exception!!!
is that a fenix?
posible history:
i ran away of my home to embark in a quest, an aventure, to define my life, so i crossed mountains, cities,
greats desert, perils and a bunch of things unimaginable, i witnessed the incredible and it followed me all along to every place, like I was his prey!, finally i managed to arrive at the principal desert city *Zsarahdimant* in the
*Zterul Desert* where i thought i was safe!.
*Fantasy comes to Fantastic names right*
Sorry but i think i got carried away.
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Awesome work! Congrats on the DD!!!!
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Look there for ideas fantasy always comes to be perfect!
i like fantasy and your work here is not the exception!!!
is that a fenix?
posible history:
I ran away from home to embark on a quest, an adventure, to define my life, so I crossed the mountains, cities, deserts, danger and a lot of things unimaginable, I witnessed the incredible and it have followed me through the path up here!! Zsarahmardiath the main city of the Narmaid Desert *come on is fantasy so the names too*
Sorry got carried away!!!
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OMG It's incredible!!
I love it. Congratulations!
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Woah!! this is just breathtaking, great job!
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This is absolute marvelous . Really deserved the DailyDeviation. Even do it is in a arabic scenary, the shadow creature remind me the Winged Dragon of Ra in Phoenix mode, from Yu-Gi-Oh.
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Wow, amazing! The depth of the city, and the whole composition and idea... incredible. A very well deserved DD!
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yap, totally deserves the DD, tat is one epic scenary x)
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Wow you are talented! Hope you get all the work you desire as you deserve it, rough career. I am a graphic artist and have had a rough time of it myself
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everybody must have their breakthrough and I am waiting for my own. Heads up
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all good Karma your way : )
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Very cool idea. It is a pity that not more painters choose to show what is not in the picture.
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Thx;] what do you mean exactly? I am asking beacuase it sounds interesting
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What I mean is to show a hint of what is going on where we are not looking at. Just like you used the shadow of the beast in your picture instead of showing the beast head on. Mirrors (or shiny armour, for example) can be used to a similar effect. All too often painters make the whole scenery stop just in front of the picture, as if it was on a stage, and spend too little thought on what is going on behind the viewer.
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Now I see
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I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately it is much easier to become a good painter, than to become a good artist.
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I absolutely LOVE the perspective on all the city buildings with the great attention to detail with some of the visual vagueness that one gets when viewing something that intricate from afar. Well done.
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What a great composition - lovely lighting and lovely everything else doesn't hurt of course.
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Took me a bit to realize what you meant with the title... when I got it though, Haha! 
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Great piece of work.
Thanks for sharing...
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