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Published: 2014-04-17 16:36:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 3684; Favourites: 177; Downloads: 0
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CommissionsPlease do not take this image and claim it as your own, use it as an icon, trace or alter it.
If you do share it somewhere at least put a link back to this page.
I don't want to be discouraged from sharing my hard work because of a few individuals with thieving tendencies, don't ruin this for me. Thanks.
The spirit flitted through the trees, its image fading in and out of focus, for a moment it held the shape of a deer. Its tracker, a seasoned mage, had been following the disturbances in the air, but now faced with the spirit he could only stand and stare, transfixed by the beauty. The spirit turned its head and they held each other's gaze. The moment ended and the spirit bounded away.
I wrote a journal about how often white stags appear in mythology and in art.
The White StagWhite deer and especially white stags appear frequently throughout mythology. Their presence is felt in many cultures and they feature in some really beautiful artwork.
The Celts believed that the appearance of a White Stag meant a great taboo was about to be transgressed, whilst in Arthurian legend the White Stag appearing heralded the beginning of a new quest.
The Celtic people also thought of the White Stag as a messenger from the Otherworld, a spiritual communication. In Christian mythology the stag is seen framing Christ with his Antlers to convert Saint Eustace.
Whilst in Harry Potter, Harry's Patronus is a glowing stag, acting as a link to his deceased father,
3.5 hours - I'm really pleased with this, it's certainly better than the environments I've done previously. Happy to hear any advice, criticisms or whatever.
Art © ThePurpleSorcerer
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Comments: 11
This looks very nice! I like how its sort of impressionistic, but at the same time pretty detailed. The spirit adds a lot of interest to the piece and I like how all of it is lie a moment in time, rather than just a picture. I feel as though the red cloak is a bit too light though in comparison to the rest of the picture. I feel like it should be in more shadow since everything else is pretty dark and shadowy
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Thank you, I'm very grateful for all the advice. I was trying to capture a moment, as if the tracker had just stopped and made eye contact with the stag spirit. You're right about the cloak though, if ever I redo this piece I'd make it darker and with dappled light on it.
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I absolutely love this. It looks very misty and magical without being overdone in that regard. I don't know if it makes any sense. Basically, it looks like I'm looking at an actual magical forest, not one that's sort of screaming HEY IT'S MAGIC OKAY. It's sort of subtle, I guess. I have no idea if that makes any sense.
Anyway, the colors are amazing and that cloak is pretty much the perfect shade of red.
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Thank you so much!! It does make sense, I actually thought about adding fairies and sparkly lights or more spirits or something, but decided against it, because I wanted it to be an implied magical surrounding.
The cloak's red is quite orange, but I think the surrounding green makes it look redder.
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