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Eil — His Downfall
Published: 2007-01-02 12:50:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 3201; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 67
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I've had the title in my head for a while now and wanted to do something about it. At first I pictured it would be something dark, "sinful-temptress"-like, but it didn't turn out very well. So I decided to go for a bit warmer colors, something that would convey innocence and sensuality at once. Edit for the sake of a friend irl: "His Downfall" can be interpreted several ways. The most obvious is, a woman is a man's weakness, and while I worked on this I thought about all the Greek myths and tragedies about love. Seen thus, the woman is the temptress who ruins the man. She can also be viewed as an innocent, and the "his downfall" is the man who can't resist and ruins her.Don't know how well I pulled it off.
There are a few things I'm not happy with, but unless you point them out I'm just gonna ignore them for now...First work anno 2007
Castlewalk by CausticStock - [link] | Pillar by DistortedSmileStock - [link] | Body by Ilun-stock - [link] | Flower by lexidh-stock - [link] | Teztures: Solstock - [link] ; nighty-stock - [link] 1 Brushes: saecula-stock (downloaded her stuff months ago and now that I finally get to use it she's deleted her stuff
) - [link] ; asunder - [link] Dress by Kittyd-stock - [link]
Note: She does not allow people to use only parts of her models. "You may not chop off my models head to use only the dress or body. I have a real problem with that. If you dont like the face or something just DONT USE the stock." I didn't read her rules thoroughly before making this and I apologize deeply for breaking this one.
She was kind enough to make an exception for this piece and not chop my head off - thank you so much 
And sxc.hu: [link]
Phew. Thank you all for providing such excellent resources
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Comments: 37
Thank you, sweetie - and for the fav too
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I simply love the composition and flow of elements in this piece...Beautiful tones and skillful use of textures!
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Oooooo I like the vintage look to this .... the texture and grain is really cool .. I love it
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This is a lovely picture. It is obvious that you put a lot of thought and work into it. I really like it.
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Red... I linked Jake on IRC: 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
There, he said it for me.
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She looks a bit as though she is "floating" however.
Hmm... yeah, you're right - one of the things I didn't like was that I wasn't sure whether I'd blended her enough. Guess I'll have to work a bit more on the shadows and a couple of other things.
Thanks for the CC
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The work is amazing, which I have come to expect from seeing the rest of your work, but the explanation makes it even better. I like how you took the time to think back to Greek mythology and tried to find personal meaning in your work. That's the mark of a true artist.
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That's beautiful. For me, it evokes a little bit of Phedre from the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy by Jacqueline Carey.
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Oh my god 
Believe it or not, while I was working on the low waist on the dress, I was thinking of the cover of the second book, that displays the rose tattoo so beautifully. If it reminds you of it, I'll take that as a huge compliment
Thank you ^^
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Yep, I'm a fan of Jacqueline Carey - I haven't read the latest one though. *embarrassed* I love the Kushiel books and the Sundering ones as well.
And I'll say that you definitely achieved the effect you were looking for. When I saw that picture, my mind went: "Oh my God... it's Phedre!"
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Sundering? Are those by Carey too? I don't think I've even heard of them... I'm kinda isolated from civilisation here in Norway 
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The Sundering duology - the first book is Banewreaker, and the second Godslayer. Lots of people say that it's a rip-off of Lord of the Rings, but I don't think so - the story's largely told from the "bad guys' " point of view. I don't mind admitting that I was half in love with the bad guys at the end, and I wanted the good ones to just DIE.
And no, she isn't an international best-seller, as far as I know, but I still adore her works.
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*squeals* I was at the bookstore today and used the gift card I got for Christmas - found Godslayer and ordered Banewreaker. Thanks for the tip 
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Hehehe, you're welcome! *hug* Hope you enjoy the books. ^^
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It's beautiful, I love the tones that you used, thanks for sending me the link.
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If you had read my stock rules you would have seen I dont allow for use of only the skirt of my deviations.
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I'm truly deeply sorry 
Thank you for making an exception - I'll edit my first comment so others don't make the same mistake.
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Thats absolutely beautiful 
Antique-ish style
I really dont know what else to say, this left me speachless [ in a good way ]
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You think so? It got on my nerves because I couldn't make her blend with the surroundings as much as I liked without her skin going all grungy and weird - as it is now, she's all smooth :\
Thanks for the comment
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Fantastic.. Really fantastic.. One of the best works I have seen in few weeks.. Really impressing.. You have made fantastic process
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Thanks so much 
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The result is defenetly superb.. This work.. is just marvellous
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