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B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L-L! I cant take my eyes of it. Its so great!
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This deviation has been featured in my journal [link] and in this news article [link] , both for wintery/snowy features!
If you'd rather not be featured, just let me know and I will remove your piece asap.
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Featured your work in Photography news here: [link]
In Digital Art news category it is to find here: [link]
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This is seriously the coolest prettiest thing I've ever seen!
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it is so cool and creative! I'm blown away! ^____^ I wish I knew how to use photoshop X_X; beyond paint tool and crop....
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You create magic in the real world, darlin'. Now THAT is some skill.
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Absolutly great idea! I couldn't resist and I gave you a favourite
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Thank you so much! You're too kind!
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This is so beautifully done, and I just love the idea and how you carried it out!
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This is beautiful and almost the same idea I had for an art project. well done!
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Mother Nature and Lifeforce *the movie* combined.
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*gawks* That's amazing
Wow I like the whole scenerey and atmosphere that you decided to capture in this composition.
I especially like the perspektive, the etherical beauty and specially the display of light & shadow !!!
:blokiss: That is such a brilliant pic...I absolutely adore it
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fantastic!
winter sweeps in, makes me shiver with the cold touch of her fingers, and then covers me in a soft white blanket, and i go to sleep forever. or at least until spring comes and wakes me.
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Thank you for that lovely little vignette!
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you are most welcome. your talent draws that out of me.
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Now this is a different twist...this is really cool my friend and I like it alot...
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It's vaguely eerie that this reminds me of one of my characters... A LOT. The extremely long, dark hair, the white dress, the tie to winter... I loooove it. You really turned these photos into a painting. The wispy, windy parts are especially impressive. Very beautiful.
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Yep! My first thought was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, as well.
We're looking forward to the movie this December. From the previews, it looks extremely well done. Also, from the title, it looks like they might be planning to do the series!
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Wow so creative and pretty! It is like she is leaving winter and going into spring!
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Egads, such a wonderful concept! I'm loving it, and yes, I think you should do the rest of the seasons, you must, it'll be wonderful. I sit on the edge of my seat waiting with much anticipation!
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This is a beeeeautiful picture. I love the concept. The coloring and everything is beautiful. Amazing job!
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This is a beeeeautiful picture. I love the concept. The coloring and everything is beautiful. Amazing job!
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An amazing concept; makes me think of "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" - though perhaps that was one of your ideas ... ? 
My only two qualms are this: probably because I immediately thought C.S. Lewis, I immediately imagined her as having a very "cold" and cruel facial expression, which she has not got. Now, that may not have been what you were going for at all, so it's probably not a very big deal, to be honest.
It would also be nice to see a little bit of frost creeping out (going right) away from her feet, onto the grass. The transition seems very abrupt, somehow. Then again, this qualm also comes with a disclaimer: if you wanted winter trailing from her robes, you did a fantastic job
So all in all, I love it. Amazing sense of composition, and gorgeous brushwork. Keep it up!
-Phae
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Thank you! What a great comment. I honestly did not think of that C.S. Lewis work. I merely looked at the pose and tried to think of what it could be (other than generic maiden/fairy/angel walking through the castle/forest/clouds.) So I got the idea for Winter moving across the land, covering the world in her gown of white snow.
I totally agree that there should be some frost or something around her feet. I also think I should have desaturated the trees just behind her. Sadly, I have already flattened the image so there's not much I can do on it now.
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I always save my original image in all of it's layers. Then I "Save a copy as" to get the image I upload to DA. That way, if I decide to return to it later and make a change or to, I can. Learned to do that the hard way! 
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You're welcome ^^
The frost around the feet would, on second thought, also go nicely with the brushwork around the front of the figure. *nods*
Although I don't think you should worry about desaturating the trees - without contrast, the picture wouldn't be as good. Perhaps more of a reddish tint ... ?
Is there any way to save in photoshop, so that you keep all the layers? I don't have photoshop yet, so I don't know these things. Still, I don't think you should bemoan the flattening of the image - it's really lovely. 
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Beautiful!! I love how she's just walking along with the snow riding in on her coat tails! You do gorgeous work.
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Gorgeous! I've always wanted to do something like this. 
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Thanks, sis! Finding the right backgrounds was the hardest part. I even asked Tim if he could make me some renders in Rhino but they didn't look so good. Too "fake."
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