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cosmosue — Drawing Down the Moon
Published: 2005-06-15 08:17:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 42477; Favourites: 856; Downloads: 3418
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"Listen to the Words of the Great Mother, Who was of old called among men Artemis, Astarte, Diana, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride, and by many other Names. At My Altars the youth of most distant ages gave love, and made due sacrifice. Whenever ye have need of anything, once in the month, and better it be when the Moon is Full, then shall ye gather in some secret place and adore the Spirit of Me, Who am Queen of All Witcheries. There shall ye gather, ye who are fain to learn all Magick, yet have not yet won its deepest secrets: to these will I teach things that are yet unknown."Taken from "The Charge of the Goddess" - Originally written by Doreen Valiente.
This is a peice I have wanted to do for a while, and I am so glad its done now! Critique is welcome, I am, for the most part, happy with it, I had a few stumbling blocks along the way though
All work done in Photoshop CS. Lots of brush work & repainting! Approximately 11 hours.
Credits:
Stock photo from trinket-stock [link]
Some brushes from spiritsighs [link] also n-q [link] and scully7491 [link]
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Comments: 174
this is just the type of thing i was looking for...btw she looks amazing!
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I'll join the chorus of "beautiful" comments, all richly deserved. Blessed be.
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I love the way the moon and moonlight is displayed. Very nice!
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It is so......mystical
If you look at it deeply, you can sort of feel its power......
The full moon makes me feel.....strange
I am a sky gazer.....
Even the sea, the sky.....It's just.....perfect
keep it up!
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Beautiful darling i LOVE it your work is amazing
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...thats the way the cookie crumbles
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Indeed. xD I like Bruce Almighty.
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So beautiful. I love the water and her expression!
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wow, this is stunning, your use of color and shadow is fantastic. I think you cptured the essence of her wonderfully. keep up the good work!
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nice, she looks heavenly, like she's going to do suicide and let herself fall into the water....hehe sorry! my screwed up mind. but it's REALLY good!
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I am in awe. She is beautiful. I love how she draws the stars around her.
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This is lovely and I love the Charge of the Goddess too
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Wow...I saw the title of this one and literally gasped...then I saw the excerpt from The Charge of the Goddess...and was incredibly happy...
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wow i think thats the most beautiful thing ive ever seen!!!!!!!!! you did a wonderful job! its beautiful!!!! i love the moon!
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Stunning, but the skyline is too straight and sharp... I think....
Although it's great and magic.
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Yes I totally agree with you, I learned that on this one, about the skyline anyway, it was one of my early works, it has tons of mistakes! lol
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One of early works but also great ^^ I see big progress in your work
Yep, I know. My work isn't 'cool' but I want to learn from other artists and you know, I don't want to comment saying only: great, amazing, beautiful
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Wow, this is one of my favorites so far by you. I'm going through your gallery and I've gotten this far. I have to say it's absolutely stunning/breath taking/beautiful... no, none of those sound right. I love the pose and the light on the water and how the clouds glow.
I'd like to comment on something Ailinon said... she said she didn't like the way the clouds met the water. I love the effect you have. It actually looks like the water just drops off like a waterfal. I see nothing wrong with it. It's perfect. Now I'm not saying she's wrong, I just disagree
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