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ArtistXero β The Parting of the Sea
Published: 2005-07-31 03:17:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 8960; Favourites: 116; Downloads: 190
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"Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water..." Exodus 14:16This here is my first fully digitally painted piece. I hand drew moses but painted him and created the backround fully in photoshop cs. While I'll never totally abandon traditional methods of creating art, painting digitally offers up so many great abilities. This piece also is also significant in that, while painting it, I finally picked up the gauntlet laid before me for the past several years and dedicate myself wholly to biblical illustration. I've been weaving in and out and around it these past few years but I've few obstacles or excuses left now and frankly I loathe what christian "art" has become. Biblical christianity once the subject of the Great Masters of Art is now reduced to paintings of lovely colored scenes of houses (with..maybe.. a bible verse connected to it), and eagles.. lots and lots of eagles, and the occasional "Happy Jesus" painting. Once in awhile a great piece of Art comes along but it gets lost in the endless array of knick knacks and trinkets it eventually gets turned into...thanks..I'll pass...My goal is to create art that gets people to actually open up their bible and read it...
..so unless God moves me onto something else thats what I'll be doing from here on out...lets see how I do..
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I must say, I'm in total agreement! Β There's far too much smarmy Christian art out there. Β I like to think it's part of an artist's job to show things from an unexpected, hopefully thought provoking Β perspective. Β Thanks for stopping by, thanks for commenting, and nice work for a first full digital!
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Ha, thanks this was many years ago now. I haven't been doing much painting because I moved on to making a comic instead.
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Yeah I noted that.Β I do hope your comic reaches people like you want it to.Β I haven't had a chance to read it, but coming from a family that LOVES comic-con chances are really high I'll like it.
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Give it a read, let me know what you think!
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Great comments. I think you are on to something, making art to get people to open up their Bibles is a great idea. I feel that way about my writing, but I haven't decided to dedicate all my writing to the biblical themes at this point, just my first two books so far.
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Do what you gotta do. Personal projects are important too.
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im sorry but this is not fantasy i believe it really happened and there is proof
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I agree, but unless dA changed their categories I don't think there is a "history" category to place the painting in. My only choice was "fantasy".
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okay but i do believe the bible is 101 percent true
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There was no mud, no puddles, no water, God moved every drop of water from the path. We serve the true Awesome God!
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Thanks. This was my first ever digital painting.
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Wow, so realistic, well drawn and simply fantastic.
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My first ever digital painting.
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That's amazing.
Great rendition of one of my favorite bible stories!
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thank you General
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Excellent work - there is so little GOOD Christian art out there that isn't just cheezy. Great work, thank you.
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I aim to please not make cheese
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Beautiful artwork ArtistXero! This is among my favorite of your pieces.
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Thanks '99. Thanks for the watching as well.
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nice bro! U've really inspired me, God bless! much love from Cosa Rica!
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Wow!!!! Congrats man! Loved the background!!
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Your art is amazing thank you so much and God bless.
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?...No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."
Romans 8:35, 37
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NIce Scene! I love it..very well done and rendered. The sky and the perspective are wonderfull and bright colors. I'm faving it so I can remember it! and...it deserves it anyway
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Wonderful! I love this! It reminds me of The Ten Commandments and Prince of Egypt. I loved the parting of the Red Sea scenes in both of those. Fantastic!!
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ITS MOSES!!!!
That is some severe awesomness. kudos to yah. *faves*
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i am an athiest, but i understand and admire your motives for this art, i like the way you show the full power of god. very very well done
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thanks..i guess ive done a good job if i can get atheists to like it
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This is truly amazing, I just saw The Passion of the Christ and I advice anyone and evryone to go see it, I know it doesnt have much to do with this piece of art but yeah. Its one thing to say Jesus died for me and another thing to see it, it has an incredible impact and you actually realise what he did for you. You'll feel different, very different and you might jusy experience an amazing, wonderful and over whellming precence like I did. But anyway this is truly an amazing piece of art!! I love how you did this and oh yeah they found the actual place where they crossed over the Red Sea..if you want I could give you the link.....anyways yeah amazing like I said!!!
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i bought a tape about the red sea crossing..where they had underwater pictures of old encrusted chariot wheels and such..it was quite fascinating..thanks for your comment and watch
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Your welcome ^_^ yeah it is pretty fascinating, its all really kinda exciting. And your welcome any time
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I love the goal you're setting for yourself. And this pic is wonderful!
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thanks..somebodys got to do it in this day and age..might as well be me..
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i love what GOd has laid upon yout heart and i love that you are being obedient to it. indeed all the Christian art that is just a house and a verse do get very old very quick. i thank God for people like you that aren't afraid to go against the norm and the world. may God use you greatly, be the clay and He will mold you.
love never fails,
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thanks a lot for that..
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Wow that is just beautiful great job I love it. Moses clothing and his gray/white hair yet hes still fit. The clouds are superb and the water wow awesome job.
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Wow that is just beautiful great job I love it. Moses clothing and his gray/white hair yet hes still fit. The clouds are superb and the water wow awesome job.
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moses is a lean mean water partin' machine
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One more thing, actually, in thought of your description...
Kitsche art is basically the term you would be looking for in reference to the knick-knacky stuff that's out on mass production lines around the US that has something to do with Christianity. I don't loathe it, because it has it's place somewhere, but I don't enjoy it either. It just makes me think of the fluffy marshmallow stuff that peeps are made out of- the result of Americanized Easter. .... though I do like eating the occassional peep.
A book that you might find interesting that revolves around Christianity and Art is a book called 'Art & Soul' by Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin. It's an interesting read, so far (I'm about four chapters from the end, I think).
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i too think the kitsche art has its place but it really has gone overboard ..and ill look that book up, thanks
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No problem. Let me know what you think, if you get a copy!
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