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EccentricitySquared — Wake of the Fire
Published: 2010-06-07 20:52:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 2942; Favourites: 125; Downloads: 46
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Driven mad by power and position, Roman Emperor Nero set the city ablaze, and then sat upon a castle wall, playing the flute, to watch his empire burn to the ground.~The Great Fire of Rome.
I first heard this story some time ago, and then it was resurrected in World History a few weeks back. As soon as I saw the model playing the flute, I knew I had to do my own take on the events that happened.
Stock Credits
Grunge Brushes - ~KeReN-R
Wall - ~enframed
Models - ~Valentine-FOV-Stock ~JimbosbabyStock
Hands - ~shnarfle-stock ~bobbistock
Sky - ~stock-by-brink
Lightning Brushes - ~elestrial
Please forgive the watermark, but I'll be adding them to my pictures from now on
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Comments: 40
This piece would be perfect for a project we are developing -- an online gallery for artists who have been bullied or who explore the theme of bullying in their work. It's called the You Will Rise Project. Check it out here: [link] and let us know if you would be willing to share this piece on the site. Read the "Submit Your Work" section of the site for details and follow the instructions to e-mail us your submission if you are interested. Thanks!
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Thanks!!! It really took some effort in order to get the red the perfect color XDDD
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OoooOoooohhh!!! I love love love this!
Reminds me of the Sexy Pied Piper from Hell. 8D
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Neat mix of colors and blk and white!! Nice effect....
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wow very ethereal, reminds me a bit of zombie movies or the depths of hell....
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I am a HUGE survival horror (video game) fangirl. And that totally comes through in a lot of my art, hahaha.
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cool! I'm a huge horror movie fan..I LOVE horror
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HORROR MOVIES ARE SUCH LUFF
My favorite has to be the movie Quarantine. I have never been more scared of a movie in my entire life.
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lol have you seen the original? it's a spanish movie called rec, that's what started it all, there's also rec 2 (quarantine 2)
Its been a long time since a horror movie scared me, the fourth kind scared me, white noise also...I don't know why they scared me so much, maybe because I believe in that stuff lol
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except the moon that lack credibility, you've made a terrific job with the shading, making this photomontage almost like a real shooting !
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Thanks so much ^^
And yeah, I'm gonna take care of that moon, hahaha
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Thank you ^^
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this is beautiful work!
Would you consider joining we would love to have this piece, along with you and your magnificent art part of the group.
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I have joined ^^
Thank you for the offer!!!
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So glad to have you!
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eye popping piece
but opps!!! the moon look it needs little more fix
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Ohh gorgeous! Creepy, cus of the zombie-like people, but gorgeous. I love the concept. (I got really excited when I saw the name "Nero". I kind of love Roman History.)
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History in general is awesome, especially crazy psychopaths like Nero, ohohohoho.
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Yay! Another history lover! When I tell most people I love history they stare at me like I'm insane.
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That's typically what happens if you're anything but an older intellectual or an SS teacher, hahahaha
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Hahaha, too true, too true!
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i love this picture
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the day i die will be the day i shut up... if your lucky
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Nice concept, I rather like it.
Bit of lighting towards the a tad further forwad would have been quite cool, give it a tad more depth and what not.
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Thanks!!!
...And I'm not entirely sure what you just said, lol. I don't speak British.
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lol, it means if you added more lighting behind the wall at different sizes so that it looks closer/further away will give some more depth to the image.
(tad = a little)
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Ahhh.
I know what "tad" means, hahaha. You said slike "the tad a further" or something like that and I was very confused XDDD
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righty oh lol.
where's this water mark of which you speak, anyway?
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It's in the bottom right corner, hahaha
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really. lol
i guess im just used to it being a big circle in the centre that shouts Don't Copy Me!!"
...yours is better...
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