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Published: 2004-01-25 13:53:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 7661; Favourites: 177; Downloads: 601
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This was done for Epilogue's "Season of Renewal" competetion, with artists creating what comes to mind when thinking about the concept of renewal. I chose to do something symbolic- not unlike the celtic myth of the selkies, or a snake shedding its skin. I think the theme is pretty straigt-forward, so I won't elaborate.I haven't got a snowflake's chance in hell of winning, but I really don't care anymore. This piece has deep personal significance to me, and I have impressed my harshest critic (myself), so I am content.
I was thinking I might add some more detail, then again, I could get over-zealous and wreck the piece completely...
This piece is dedicated to anyone who is starting a new phase in their life.
Oh yeah, and I couldn't fit the whole piece onto the scanner, so check any updates on this to see the whole thing.
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Comments: 108
This is beyond beautiful. I love the symbolism, and the contrast of colors. A new fave!
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Amazing job and very meaning full i,m glad to see some one uses nudity in an artistic way instead of trying to call porn art. i also think the whole thing is very vibrate and very well done. i got some good art on my page but rather you like or not is you,r opinon. so please check out my gallery and tell me what you think?
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It's beautiful, and everything about it speaks volumes. Thank you for posting it. =]
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wow this the concept the picture the drawing the colour... just gorgeous...!!
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Interesting idea you've got going here. Kinda reminds me of a Dali piece.
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Incredible!!! Sort of Salvador Dali-esque, which I love.
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wow, this is amazing, it is totally not my style, but i still love it!! *faves*
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That's scary and beautiful at the same time!!! 0_o
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you're welcome! It's a very nice picture! ^_^
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This is another one of the items here that I liked before I read how it came to be, and then really loved... I can absolutely relate to you progress and process with this one and I just thought I'd tell you that I am adding it to my favs. It's brilliant.
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Aww thanks so much. 
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Simply beautiful! and relevant to so many lives.
my only complaint is that she has no pubic hair.. people come with hair.. Even people from the far north have hair. -is it just a cultural thing why hairs not shown in art and waxed on porn models?
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I was taking some artistic license with this piece, copying the style of how naked women were depicted in classical paintings. The lack of pubic hair in both classical art and some vintage soft-pornography (it used to be air-brushed out) was often because pubic hair was considered too erotic. I guess I wanted to de-sexualise this piece.
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Ah, that makes sense.
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Another marvelously expressive painting. May the pain of "Under My Skin" flower into renewal.
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This is absolutely amazing, I'm speechless! It reminds me of when a snake sheds it's skin... It's beautiful! The way she has come out so young and fresh... I love it! Well done! It's really inspiring!
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Oh thank you very much. I am glad you found beauty in it.
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I love the symbolism in this painting. I like the idea of sheading the old skin for the new, makes me think of a new start. very nice job.
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thats so beautiful and intense
i love it
+fav
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I've experienced this once in my life... it was like a breath of crisp fresh air.
May I ask you, what medium is this? Did you use colored pencils, and what kind were they?
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It was done in watercolour and white gouache.
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Thanks for letting me know!
Gouache, huh? Now there's a new word. It must be some sort of paint, I think. Like a transparent paint?
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It's sorta like a mix between acrylics and watercolours...you can get watercolour effects with it, but it's also got more substance.
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Sounds interesting. Maybe someday I'll be able to work with that medium. Thanks for telling me about it
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I think the way that her hair flows out in the wind is so beautiful. One can almost feel the refreshing breeze, and smell the breath of springtime upon it.
~ Sleepwalking-Dreamer
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*Sigh!* Ah, thank you so much.
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i love your style
i remember having seen a book for children with illustrations looking like some of your works, but yours are so full of motion and emotions...
great colors , pose, and meaning, i love it
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Thank you for your lovely comment- it means heaps to me.
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you're very welcome...i'm happy i've found your page and your art
sometimes i regret the quantity of average works on deviantart, and i'm happy when i find great like yours...
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There is a lot of average stuff here...haha. But still some really great artists too...
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absolutely wonderful! i'm definately feeling this piece now..me just moving n starting a whole new thing in my life
amazing piece!
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Excllent! I am happy you can relate to it.
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This is really beautiful! I love her hair and the backgorund!
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I think no pic can show us "a new life" better, than that picture.
This is very pure and beautyfull.
I'm not very good at this kind of words... So I just wanna say, it's really a picture that you can feel... I'm amazed...
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind words. I am deeply touched.
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Wow, it's really beautiful! Has a great feeling to it, it really moves me.
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Thanks heaps, Selina.
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Beautiful! It's such a wonderful concept - you've depicted it remarkably well. I've always been fascinated by the idea of beginning a new life; of shedding an old skin, just like a snake. I'd find this a really difficult scene to draw, especially the 'old skin', so this is especially impressive. I love the wrinkles you've done in the skin, giving it the old feeling, and the way it just looks like a discarded piece of clothing. Also interesting is the use of colour - the dark, cool purples mixed with the golds, and how the mountains and the shadow thrown by the shed skin can't quite dim the brightness of the cold. I just love symbolism like that - right now I'm especially into colour symbolism
Definite fave
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