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Lemonachi — Messengers of Gaia
Published: 2008-06-27 15:54:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1793; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 58
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FULLVIEW, everything looks really weird and mixed up otherwise.DOWNLOAD for 1600x1200 fullsize if you by so chance want to use it as your wallpaper. (I don't know why I do this? It freezes up the computer everytime I try something larger than 1000px.)
I made this Manipulation for =MonicaWeasley 's Angel's contest although it morphed into something else as well and I had quite fun making this except for when Paint Shop Pro froze every few minutes!
The concept I think is pretty straightforward, actually perhaps I shouldn't say that
. Anywho it was initially just supposed to be about Angels and their representation of purity blah, blah then it turned into something environmental ;D which works. Oh and the lady emerging from the clouds is Gaia and it's probably all mythologically wrong but whatever. Her angels are mourning the destruction due to waste and pollution. Well the rest you can figure out for yourself! 
CREDITS Thank you so much for sharing your stock photos, for artists like me to use!
Angel on the Left by ~angelcurioso
Angel on the Right/Tree Stump Thingy by ~Stock-gallery
Acid Rain Texture by ~Dandelion-lion-stock
Decorative Vines/Leaves by ~SheisprettyStock
FROM SXC.HU
Gaia/Woman in the Clouds
Background & Sky
Lightning
Factory Fumes
Garbage and Respirator (Lost the exact link but somewhere on sxc.hu!)
& Of course thanks to ~klaatu7 for his wonderful help and suggestions!
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Comments: 86
I take a lot of nutrition classes (for my major), but there was one particular class where we learned about the importance of proper nutrition so we had to read "fast food nation", I recommend reading this book 
Here is the first step in becoming healthy: [link]
Go to that site put you information, it will calculate you BMI (Body Mass Index). It will tell you if your weight corresponds to your hight; basically tell you if you are healthy or not.
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Oh wow I didn't realize you had to take a lot of nutrition classes for Dentistry 
I checked out the link and it said I'm normal haha I guess I'm sort of healthy? ;D Thank you for all of this information!
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waawww that's great art !!!!
good luck for the contest ^^ !!
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Heh thank you! 
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Cool composition.
good luck in the contest!
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Thank you very much ;D I was thinking of adding/had some other things in the manipulation earlier but I decided to take them out 'cause I thought they would clutter the thing
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Yeah, too much things often make the composition a little messy...
In Italy we say "Il troppo stroppia", wich means that adding too much thinghs/details etc. usually makes things cluttered XD
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XD I didn't know that was like a saying in Italy ah that's pretty cool haha I think in the U.S. a lot of times we say the more the merrier or something along those lines.
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Yippie! I got mentioned! And the respirator on the angel on the left looks good, like I thought it would. Thanks for taking my suggestions into account.
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Haha well your suggestion I guess was the most practical and you have a keen eye so thank you for your help. (Merlin suggested I put an eye patch over her mouth
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Why thank you. That was pretty random suggestion to put an eye patch over her mouth, funny too.
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I'm pretty sure he was kidding tho' ;D. I think it's probably better tho' than having the bandanna (and grillz) that the ghetto-ish (perhaps it's not politically correct for me to say this) have around their mouth
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It was still funny. And screw political correctness, it sucks.
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Haha well people get offended and then sue. ;D Like that thing with Don Imus or something but afterwards he sued and got $25 million dollars.
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I wish I could do something cool like that.
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What? Say "politically incorrect" things on air, get fired, and then sue the people who fired you for millions of dollars?
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Ya, millions of dollars? That would be great to have.
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Well what would you do with millions of dollars? ;D Anything useful?
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Not to anyone but me. Well, I'd give my mom half so she can have a house in the country.
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I can finally see the really old messages I keep forgetting to reply.
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The ones around here do. Well for us anyways.
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Thank you so much for entering the contest!!
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Oh it was my pleasure! 
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nice work! i like it. i didnt understand the first comment by coolbluesonic cos it looks fine to me
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Ah she probably has a sharper eye than me haha so she caught the lighting/angle inconsistency when I didn't see it ;D. Thanks very much!
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This is a nice 
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Thank you very much
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Yup and she updated her list of entries and mine is on top so far haha because I was one of the later ones to enter.
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Hahaha now yes... GOOD LUCK!
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Aw thank you ;D and for the reminder.
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The trash looks a bit random because when you look at the picture it's from a straight direct angle. While the trash is taken from a different angle.
Otherwise the colors are great!
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Haha yeah I thought about that and I was going to move that angel to cover it but then it covered the fumes so I just left it like that
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