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Published: 2009-05-18 21:14:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 28762; Favourites: 805; Downloads: 0
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This was my entry for Wacom - Bring your vision to life contest and I've been working very hard on this for the last week! My initial idea for the contests theme "Good versus Evil" was to potray something from a genre full of good versus evil; fairytales.
I wanted to do the personification of good (in my eyes the innocence of a child) placed in the middle of all the bad and evil. Since I chose to do a child as good i kept on with the theme that the evil would be the dark menacing forest, in the middle of the night creeping with monsters and scary things like many fairytales do. Yet she is safe and completely relaxed in her innocence, trusting in the light and the companions around her knowing that in fairytales, the good always wins no matter how much evil there is surrounding it. (Well, mostly at least )
**REVISED VERSION**
Mixed media work with all photos and painted parts except the following belonging to me;
Thank you to DarkMaiden-Stock for the beautiful stock of her gorgeous daughter that fitted so perfectly in this scene. The original model stock can be found here: darkmaiden-stock.deviantart.co…
Also big thanks to hatestock for inspiring photos of birds which i used as references for painting the ones in the image. Original stock used for reference can found here: hatestock.deviantart.com/art/b… and hatestock.deviantart.com/art/b…
My art is NOT stock. You do NOT have my permission to use my artworks for anything other than reposting it UN-EDITED with full credit to Cathrine Langwagen and a link back to my website www.cassiopeiaart.com by the image if you do. My art is NOT in the public domain, it is copyrighted to me Cathrine ( or Katrine / Kat ) P. Langwagen and I reserve all rights to distribute, modify, post or sell my artworks. If you want to use my artworks for any project or business idea you may have, you have to purchase a licence from me. Please contact me at info@cassiopeiaart.com to discuss this with me.
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Comments: 137
CassiopeiaArt In reply to ??? [2009-05-25 17:26:58 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for your sweet words
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Ha-Jiel [2009-05-21 23:41:05 +0000 UTC]
So cool. If this doesn't get into the finalists or something, I definitely see this on the cover of some book
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Ha-Jiel [2009-05-22 20:39:47 +0000 UTC]
Aww, you are too kind, thank you so much
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CyanaWhite In reply to ??? [2009-05-19 23:36:36 +0000 UTC]
Love it! The bunnies are adorable and the contrast of good and evil is very obvious. The only thing that is a bit off it the lighting in the sky, the edges are darker and it gets lighter towards the center, maybe you should add a moon outline or something. Awesome job, good luck in the contest.
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to CyanaWhite [2009-05-20 19:59:06 +0000 UTC]
AWw thank you so much! Yes the thing with the moon was that i DID do a moon at first, but to have that second bright light in the image created quite an imbalance and overly bright piece. Still i wanted the night light to brighten up the sky a bit so one could see all the silhouette monsters and thats when i thought it could be an overcast night when the moon is hidden behind clouds but still glows through them creating those brighter edges and glow of the clouds. I can't change anything now anyway since the contest deadline is gone, but thank you for your advise, I might rework it after the contest is over
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DarkMaiden-Stock In reply to ??? [2009-05-19 22:01:34 +0000 UTC]
This is gorgeous My daughter loves it. Let me know if you put it up as a print as she would really like one for her room.
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to DarkMaiden-Stock [2009-05-20 20:01:24 +0000 UTC]
Aww I'm so glad, she is such a little princess, a gorgeous and perfect shot for this manip! As soon as teh contest is over i will make it available as a print, but since you've supplied me with the free stock you can get the file to do a print for your daughter if you'd like?
Once again thank you for the beautiful stock
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DarkMaiden-Stock In reply to CassiopeiaArt [2009-05-22 00:05:09 +0000 UTC]
I don't have any convenient way to make my own prints, so buying one from your dA store will work just fine for me. I'm thrilled that we could help you in some small way to create such a beautiful piece of art.
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to DarkMaiden-Stock [2009-05-25 17:27:58 +0000 UTC]
Oh that's a shame, but of course I'll put it up as soon as the contest is over so i don't break any rules
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Eteria-Stockphoto In reply to ??? [2009-05-19 18:24:08 +0000 UTC]
Ok, lite till - ljuset i bilden är FANTSTISKT!!!
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Eteria-Stockphoto [2009-05-19 19:59:28 +0000 UTC]
Tack hjärtat, jag gjorde om det lite starkare och la på blå skuggor på flickan, så den känns bättre nu med tycker jag
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Eteria-Stockphoto In reply to ??? [2009-05-19 18:23:07 +0000 UTC]
Men raring HERREGUD vad vacker!!!! Jag fullkomligt älskar den; färgerna och hennes uttryck...
Jag har inte varit här inne på en evighet tror jag, så nu får jag sätta fart och uppdatera mig samt fortsätta ladda upp mina bilder hihi. Hoppas allt är toppen med dig, snuttan! Saknar dig!
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Eteria-Stockphoto [2009-05-19 20:01:30 +0000 UTC]
Tack snälla snuttan min!! Den var underbart rolig att göra, måste säga att jag trivs att göra lite "barnbilder"...
Allt väl här, har varit ute och farit med en väninna som flyttat över hit nu (om du minns jessica?) så jag har haft lite att göra Hoppas all tär dunderbra med dig också!!
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Eteria-Stockphoto In reply to CassiopeiaArt [2009-05-19 20:10:52 +0000 UTC]
Men gud vad roligt att du har en väninna där gumman! Det gör mig glad Här är allt fint men det är mycket jobb. Men jag accepterar det och känner att det helt enkelt får vara en sådan tid i livet nu då
PUSS!!!
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Lajos-Toth In reply to ??? [2009-05-19 04:38:30 +0000 UTC]
Wonderful image! Instant favorite!
Underbart, sagolikt vackert min vän!
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Lajos-Toth [2009-05-19 12:39:42 +0000 UTC]
Åh tack snälla du för fina kommentaren och favven
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Wildweasel339 [2009-05-19 00:37:13 +0000 UTC]
Ever thought about illustrating children's books?
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Wildweasel339 [2009-05-19 12:39:05 +0000 UTC]
In fact that was my dream once!! Maybe i should pursue it again
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Linnzy In reply to ??? [2009-05-19 00:19:03 +0000 UTC]
This is so lovely, it looks like the picture is coming directly from a storybook or something!
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Mollinda In reply to ??? [2009-05-18 21:21:21 +0000 UTC]
This is just beautiful Cass I love it!
One minor critique would be that I would try putting some of the blues into the shadows of the girl and the warm toned birds, and some of the warm tones into the highlights in the forest. Not enough to make it all the same, but just a little to tie it all together.
The composition is just perfect though and I adore the black on blue of all the monsters. Subtle but effective
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Mollinda [2009-05-18 21:38:06 +0000 UTC]
AWw thank you so much hun And thank you for the critique, I really think you have a point with the colours, I tried to do it just so but i don't think the colours are strong enough so it doesn't show. I'll work on it some more until tomorrow!! Again, thank you for helping out!!!
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Mollinda In reply to CassiopeiaArt [2009-05-18 21:39:52 +0000 UTC]
It is something that is a real balance - I do it on a separate layer then multiply if it needs to be stronger Makes it much easier!
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Mollinda [2009-05-21 06:54:19 +0000 UTC]
Oh yes, layers are life savers!!
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Mollinda In reply to CassiopeiaArt [2009-05-21 15:03:17 +0000 UTC]
I wish there were layers in real life.
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to Mollinda [2009-05-22 20:35:31 +0000 UTC]
Oh yes, that would make things a whole lot easier. Something goes wrong, delete layer, start over! Me like
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mushir In reply to ??? [2009-05-18 21:15:40 +0000 UTC]
Looks absolutely brilliant! The colors look gorgeous!
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CassiopeiaArt In reply to mushir [2009-05-18 21:16:59 +0000 UTC]
AWw thank you so much for both comment and fave
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