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Published: 2005-07-26 06:53:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 19541; Favourites: 572; Downloads: 3554
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Tomorrow...Something I see up ahead
Perhaps..
Beyond that hill that obscures..somehow
the light of today.
Something lies in wait, sleeping
half lucid..walking
in a dream.
Perhaps.
Beyond that hill of screaming grasses
Beyond the hands and faces I do not know
just..maybe
Tomorrow she will sit up from slumber
Yawn daintily and
look at me
Perhaps she will smile
and remember me?
She will know
when I see her eyes of blue.
So pure
It is my dream
And yet still I wake
Perhaps..beyond that hill
tomorrow.
I will see...
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Another concept of Balaa. Here she takes on a more tiger form as opposed to the last piece where she seemed to have more lion like features. Her fur is much thicker here, a winter coat of sorts and the tuft seems to have more substance to it.
The poem inspired the piece, its a very personal piece.
Tools: Photoshop 7.0
Time Taken: 8-10 hours from conception to finish
Size: 4600x3300 pixels.
Print availability: 8x10, 10$ US plus shipping, print will NOT be watermarked.
***Please respect the time and detail put into the work and full view. Thank you!!!***
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Comments: 154
The only thing I REALLY REALLY don't like about your art, is that you put hair hanging in the faces of all the ones I really like.
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There is such crystal clarity in your stuff........amazing!
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enchanting... reminds me of a character in a book that im writing
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Wow. I really look up to you. I haven't seen anyone else who can paint like that (maybe I have but my eyes are locked on your art
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You have so much talent! And you are very good at digital paintings!
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That's... amazing. o_o
The fur is really good and it looks so real... really great job!
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Your colouring skills are truly stunning, I especially love how the light hits the character so convincingly.
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8-10 hours!? I should use two months to finish that kind of drawing! Wow, you're really fast. 
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The fur is just really beautiful. I really like the profile veiw.
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Not only is this picture amazing... but I really admire that poem you wrote to go with it. That is very inspirational and moving... the both of them together are a masterpiece.
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That's is just an amazing and wonderful work, the lighting and detail is just superb, not to mention a nice hairdo for the kittypoo.
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Man alive you're soooo good at color, lighting, and BG work!
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wauw I love it!!
you've done a great job here 
and the rain suggest that she is sad, maybe she is thinking of someone who past away some while ago, someone she really misses
but she has to keep on living, thinking of tommorow rather than yesterday
just thank you for sharing this Balaa!! 
Merel
my traditional art
my wildlife photography
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I'm not using Photoshop (I will soon scan in my own sketches) But this is just so wonderful. I've seen alot of your tiger pictures around, and I just had to fave this. ^^
Very good work!
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I'm not using Photoshop (I will soon scan in my own sketches) But this is just so wonderful. I've seen alot of your tiger pictures around, and I just had to fave this. ^^
Very good work!
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Woah!! o_o This picture left a wonderful impression on me. I shall show this to my father to convince him how badly I want version 7 of Photshop XDD
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Oh, wow fuzzy! This is so awesome Balaa! You're incredible!
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Aekh. That's so .. um. so. O_o Im wordless. In good way.
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I just love the volume you so skillfully have created n_n
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Beautiful, and I thank you for sharing it. Yes, you definately ought to do a multi seasons series featuring ... well, Balaa is a good choice. *grin*
k
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There's something about this that's just really cool. Good job!
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I LOVE this piece! It very beautiful both the poem and the pic.
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An inspiring poem, and a beautiful piece. I love the hairstyle!
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Simply so beautiful, I love the words and the drawing is mind blowing!!
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majestic and lovely
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That is just......wow....so amazing......just WOW! I lurve it!
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nice work.. I like this character alot more each pic I see of it
might want to try doing a fun drawing in my style of Balaa..if I do I will link ya to it. ^-^
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I don't know if this question is appropriate or akin to a magician telling the secrets of his magic, but -- how do you go about creating these amazing works? What is your process? Though I have not done all that much by-hand painting, do you follow that sort of direction, starting with base painting and shapes then refine it (immensely)? I would imagine you use a ton of layers -- am I right in this? What is your favored brushes and filters? Do you even use them or is all of this solely 'by hand'?
I'm sorry for all the questions and I would understand if you don't answer any of them, but I'm wanting to learn ways to expand my own art, and as your works are continuously the most amazing I've seen, I see you as the most logical person to ask.
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Well lets see if I can answer this somewhat concisely without going into overblown detail..as erm I tend to do. Well the process all starts with a sketch I do in real media, ie pencil on paper. They are usually rather rough but by that point I usually envision what it will look like colored...at least to some extent. Anyway once I scan in the sketch and size it up considerably in ps...I start work. The initial sketch layer is duplicated to its own layer, the original sketch I fill in with a base color ([link] )
As for filters...I highly avoid filters...I dont believe it makes for real art if most of the work was done by the computer and not you. What I do use, filterwise is the gaussion blur tool to blur the bg and in this pic's case the motion blur and gaussian blur for the rain you see in front. Other than that, I don't believe I use any filters.
I hope that kinda explains how I do stuff, I needa find the time and at least do a small tutorial
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Thank you to no end... this was far more of a reply than I could have hoped for and quite helpful. I will venture into such means as my time allows and I appriciate the time you took to respond to me.
...and I like your signature.
Thanks again.
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balaa how do you do these? i mean what do you use? i just stick with pencil and colored pencils XD
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The full view is soooo much better, you can see all the detail..good work
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