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Guiding Light
Published: 2011-08-17 00:59:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 22051; Favourites: 931; Downloads: 0
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The kids were playing in the forest, close to the village. Kaelwirn was startled by a small thud on his shoulder. The ghostly figure of a woman was running away at a slow pace, giggling softly. “Iain, Look!” shouted Kaelwirn in excitement. “What is it?” replied the little boy. His friend, already a few steps ahead, tried explaining. “I don't know,” he said, “she tagged me, I gotta catch her!” Iain was running behind, huffing and puffing. “Ihs, ihs, ihs, ihs, ihs” – That was the sound he made while running – “Kay, wait up!!!” Even with her current pace, the woman was outrunning them. “No,” Kay answered, “she will get away if I wait for you!”TBC...
EDIT: I added some text, just up here
Done in photoshop, between 8 ~ 12 hours References used. I made my own brushes and textures.
Characters:
-Kaelwirn Deasŭn - (nicknamed Kay, Badger)
Species: Badrius
-Iain Llud- (nicknamed Marmot, Mawmot)
Species: Hoggins
Part of the [link] (Crystaba Realms Project)
Characters belong to [link] (Sohriin) and [link] (Ultyzarus)
Artwork by [link] (Ultyzarus)
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Comments: 170
I love how intriguing the glow of the forest is, and then you realize just how detailed the characters are too!! such a great piece of art
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Thank you, I appreciate your interest
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WoW!!
I can't put it in words..!!
it's AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!
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I get lost wandering around the dreamy background and I love how the two characters poke out so distinctively. Everything is perfect!
Cheers
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I wanted to make to composition worked
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Nop XD
I actually never read or seen anything about it except maybe some ads for the cartoon...
My project features much more than only anthropomorphic animal characters
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This is . . . oh gosh I can't describe it!I was wondering how I could get photoshop as well. Also, it is something you use on the computer or do you need a tablet? Enough about that, why isn't this a story in a book that people (me) can see?!
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I used to paint only with a mouse, a long, long time ago, but I now use a graphic pen and tablet.
I wish I could have a storybook of some sort, I actually plan on doing an art book with some text, illustrations like this one and sketches, some trivia and a lexicon...
Unfortunately, we can't do it as fast as we would like. This is only the first picture...
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Thank you so much, and I hope to see a new deviation. I can totally imagine your illustrations in books and on posters for book signing sessions! If that did happen, I would be there!
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I should be able to start doing something new soon!
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I absolutely love the painted forest and the ethereal woman is just subtle enough that I didn't notice her at first. This is a great painting regardless of how you classify the genre.
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You mean the "anthro" genre? Well the picture itself fits best in this category, but the full project would be Fantasy, with a bit of sci-fi, supernatural and modern influence. So Anthro is just a very little piece of a whole
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Yeah, it's a merging of a lot of genres, right? But a forest that beautiful would be at home in many many genres.
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That face may be hard for some to recognize the first glance so make sure you see it
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It's nice that people don't notice it right away. It mean I got it right
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thanks! I finally got the hang of it, I hope
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wow very cool ! beautifull scenery *>* And the lady on the left is almost invisible , took me a while to see her ! good job! I don't know why but this reminds me of legend of mana ! XD
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It was hard to decide how visible I wanted her to be... It seems to be just enough!
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Aye 
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A lovely picture! I like how you did the woman, and how you can see her well without it taking away from the rest of the image.
It makes me think of Once Upon a Forest.
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I really wanted to make her visible without giving away too much about her, and without screwing up the composition of the image
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Aww, they're so adorable. And they remind me of the Redwall books by Brian Jacques (RIP). I should look into this Crystaba Realms Project; if it's anything like Redwall, I'd probably like it!
Nice work here! I love the detail and all the different shades of green in the forest (green is my favorite color 
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I don't really know redwall, but I don't think it has many thing to do with what I do
It just happens that the first part opens with some kids in the woods
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You should look into Redwall; it's a good series of books.
And you're right; it may very well not have anything to do with your work.
I'm still curious about it, though.
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Then keep posted for the next pictures
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I thought so too!
Wait... Jacques died???
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Yes, I'm afraid so.
I learned of his death through dA, I think. It's really sad.
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What a loss... I read his work long after I "should" have.
But I see art motivated by his work, or see it in art like this whether that's the intent or not... and it makes me smile.
Thanks for the heads up!
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Same with me. I was well into my teens when I started reading them. But I loved them.
Yes, art like this makes me smile too.
No problem.
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This is really cute! It makes me think of the movie "Once Upon a Forest".
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I haven't seen it (or maybe a dubbed version, in which case I wouldn't recognize the title. I should look it up
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It's a good movie. I haven't seen it in years, though.
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