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Published: 2011-02-13 03:23:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 3095; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 61
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Created for 'tears' contest; I challenged myself by doing it on very light (white fur) background, and in a fairly monochromatic setting; due to positioning of bears, I had to use multiple layers of tears; I was also trying to give a 'frozen' tear look, a bit.EDIT: I am entering this deviation into 'The Love of Nature' Contest at the Group
More about these endangered bears: VitalGround factoids and Polar Bears Int'l climate change effects on polar bears (trending downward even since 2005) along with
the Sierra Club's arctic drilling (googleMaps) map and a change.org petition for Pres. Obama, who campaigned (as did McCain) on not drilling in ANWR, only needs 500 more signatures!
Conserving fossil fuels helps us all, and your bottom line.
Edit2: In the first contest, in the advanced group, first place! along with these two other very fine works:
[link] and [link]
This piece is now featured here:
A new link about a bear swimming for 9 days: [link] and *celebrate*
Int'l Polar Bear Day, 
a week away from today (Feb 27, 2011) : [link] Thanks to these stockers for these STRONG pieces of stock:
Oilwell:
: [link]
water and sky:
: [link]
Polar Bears
: [link] and [link]
Required procedure to make tears for the contest: [off-site: PhotoshopStar.com ] [link]
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Comments: 93
Oh wow this is an awesome piece! I love the message you are sending with it and the tears on the polar bears make me want to hug them! They'd probably eat me if I tried though. Would you mind if I featured it in my group ?
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Honored for asking; I clicked yes. However not very typical for fantasy?
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True its not really typical for fantasy but its still awesome and deserves to be shared! I think the members of the group will enjoy it
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Thanks so much. Appreciate the invite!
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Very good picture, I love the concept and I think it's well executed. The tears just look frozen, as you meant they will. Anyway, just because they ask us to be a little critic, I must say that the quality of the background "station" picture doesn't match very well with the whole image. I like the shadow of the standing bear on the right, but I think that the left bear's one it's a little too big. I hope you will find this helpful. Good luck in the contest,
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Thanks. I think your criticism is good. Good luck to you too.
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Effective and powerful piece - well done!
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hello! You have been featured here
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Beautiful and emotional piece. How appropriate to use tears in the polar bears' eyes...frozen! I love this. The depth is outstanding! It is a beautiful tribute to the bears and would make a great poster for the cause.
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Last year there was an excellent contest for the organization 350.org, and I couldn't think of what to make...finally it came out.
Thanks for your kind words.
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You are now ready for the next opportunity!!
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OOhhh My 
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Thanks very much, I'm honored. Thanks again for that stock!
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Spectacularly put together and very emotional
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Thank you very much
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A very emotional and dramatic peice. It is sad that their world is changing for the worse, and these are beautiful bears.
The frozen tears look wonderful. A bit on the large size but they do look good on the bears, so ignore the size reference
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Thanks. It is sad for the bears, but we can still change the situation. As to tear size, they are a bit big, but that's partially because they are bears, so they need bear-size tears
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yes people do tend to lean towards a portrait.
'bear size tears' I like that.
They convey the emotion of this peice well.
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Wow awesome visual piece ! Very beautifully done! I wished I was more skilled at how others achieve an almost painted look in their works !
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Thanks very much. In this case, I think the background stock did a lot of the heavy lifting. However, the blur tool is your friend when painting.
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I have never really used the blur tool in my pieces I just try and get everything as perfect as I can. I guess I'll have to try and use it to see what results it will give me, so thanks for the tip!
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It's not one I used a lot, until recently; also smudge, sometimes either at about 50-70%. Reading some of the tuts by top manipulators, they all recommend it, especially for skin and hair. Just another tool to use in your arsenal
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I can't seem to get the painted look and very sharp detail that more experienced Deviants are achieveing, I only have the basics and no clue as how to get better. But it was suggested I do some youtube tutorials and that would help me grow and improve.
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Thanks. That's what I was hoping for...why I put it in emotional. If anyone should be crying, imo, it's these wonderful animals.
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