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Published: 2010-08-14 19:15:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 17808; Favourites: 709; Downloads: 71
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Gaia...mother earth,keeper of all that dwells on the surface of this planet.Just like it was with Aurora , she was created without a thought about what I wanted to do.
I love mythological characters, expecially goddesses...I guess there are more to come someday.
Gaia is one of my most beloved ones and so I'm really glad to see the outcome of the piece
It was lots and lots of work and came out to be really personal. I started yesterday around noon and finished it today (yeah I got sleep, but apart from that, not much happened )
What took the longest was her hair...its ALL painted and I really, really like how it looks. It created itself I guess...I just happened to hold the pencil
I've never painted as much digital before...I'm still stunned
It's painted with a wacom intous4s tablet
One of my fav methodes:
To work colors over the picture, I use different solid color layers that are set to diffuse glow. Play around with the colors you can choose and blend it out via a mask at places you don't want them (to get contrasts or different saturation levels). It's easy to achive a total new feeling to a picture like that.
I hope you like it...Comments and constructive critiques are welcome as always
edit: THANK YOU!!
I've never had that many favs and views before (not slightly)!
Thank you all who liked this picture and for the awesome support
second edit:
I really am sorry, but I can't thank you all in person for faving anymore...I spend more than four hours the other day doing so and I really enjoyed it, but I (still don't get I really have to say that) can't keep up anymore right now. Please don't be offended...I thank you all from the core of my being for every single viewing or faving
I'll still comment back of course
auroadreams
forground night-fate-stock
background nomuh
butterfly shoofly stock
rest is painted or my personal stock
EDIT: Sorry for the watermark...I was forced to it because someone thought it to be cool to steal it. Thanks for telling me guys.
Thank you all for your support and if you really wish to have this pic without the watermark, please write me a note
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Comments: 215
Thank you so much for your oppinion I really appreciate it...than you for your support 
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WOW this is wonderful, I love the persective/angle too
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Thank you so much!
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it looks really, really, really good. i can't believe your gallery is so small. it's amazing. you have your own style and your artwork is original. please be a new rising star in the fantasy photomanipulation gallery.
oh and one thing. don't upload your images in such small sizes because there are bad people out there who may steal your artwork and sell prints of it. the recommended size for web images is around 800 px, no more needed.
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Thank you so much for your words 
I didn't quite administer a style yet (I think so at least) but it's so great to see, that people like what I'm doing...if it makes them happy, thats just awesome
Thank you too for your great advice! I'd would be awesome of you, if you could give me more instructions how to "protect" my work...I mean until now I didn't even know I had to care about such things
Thank you so much again for your help and support ...means a lot to me
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yeah, i read about that, i'm glad that you found digital art, you have very inspiring ideas and what's the most important... you have your own style
i started doing photomanipulations almost exactly 3 years ago
how to protect your artwork: the internet is evil.
when you finish an artwork in photoshop, save it in a separate folder, then make a copy of it. resize the copy to around 800 px, sharpen it if needed, then add your signature and/or watermark and save the copy to another folder. finally, upload the smaller & protected file to deviantart.
for example, i took a random work of mine: [link]
i'm not a huge fan of signatures, so mine is just in the bottom corner with my name and deviantart username
of course you can use bigger ones and place them somewhere where they can't be cut off easily (my signature could be cut off really well 
why do people steal art? i don't know. i've seen many sites and blogs where people post my art and claim it as their own. i'm not the only one who suffers this.
that's why it's important to protect your artwork because once you become famous there may be occassions where people start selling your artwork without your permission (and of course, you get nothing). just be very careful
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Thank you so much for your words friend
I didn't realize that ... I bet those people aren't art lovers at all 
I'll take your advice to heart...next time I'll be more carefull and I might watermark gaia too (aww...I don't like it, but better safe than sorry I guess)
I want to make people happy with my work, but I think you should protect yourself as well.
Thank you for your great support...
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Beautifully composed. Love the concept and the colours
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I'm so pleased to hear that ... Thank you so much
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Thank you so much
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it's a wonderful image and the painted hair is really stunning,great and thank you for infos about your methos of creating,it's very useful,i just bought a wacom tablet and trying to learn all i can
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Thank you for you words
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Thank you so much for your kindness,i will try Art Rage
for sure and thank you so much again for offering help
and for the infos you generously give about how you create,it really means a lot for those who like me are starting with photomanipulation
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Aww no problem ... I know how it is when you just get started and I'm glad to be of any help
If you have anymore questions, I'll be pleased to try to answer them dear
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Thank you hun,you're so nice
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Your very welcome
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Thank you so much dear
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This is gorgeous! I really lvoe the details in the hair, it's subtle but uber effective.
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Aww thank you...glad to hear you like it
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Thank you so much for your words
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Thaaaaank you
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Thanks so much
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this is beautiful, it must be as I faved it and I am so over images with gowns with trains... so over
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Thank you so much 
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well there is a lot of good stock with them so I guess that's where it starts. But I think the angle, the glowing butterflies and especially the "hair" is very unique. good work
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Thanks again dear
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Danke dir
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gar kein Problem und gern geschehen!
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Incredible job on the hair! Did you use a tablet or a mouse for it?
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Thank you so much
I use a tablet
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lucky! I swear tablets kill me ^.^
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Really???? I can't think of working without it anymore...I mean I really suck with the mouse (the only thing I can do with this little piece of plastic is playing dota and such things...) I've never done anything usefull with the mouse
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amazing...fitting title..
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Thanks so much
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cool, destiny?
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i think so
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This is gorgeous, the colour the angle, the detail. Wow
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Thank you
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Thanks from all of my heart
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