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Published: 2010-07-31 00:07:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 1522; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 32
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Description Work in progress shots

This is probably the biggest image I've painted! So much grass and many rocks and flowers and things...! I got so tired of drawing grass, flowers, and rocks and started getting burnt out near the end when I was trying to make that little stream look okay.

Uh... The majority of this image was painted on a single layer in Photoshop. The main things that are on separate layers are the tree leaves, lantern glow effects, and birds and uh... yes. This was actually an idea I had months ago, which I ended up discarding after drawing a very vague, scribbly version of this. I ended up finding that scribbly image, and whimsically decided to open it in Photoshop, enlarge it to a decent size, and paint over it...!

I added a lot of small details like cracks on the rocks and things, but you can't see them at this size! Here's a close up of some rocks though...! Also, work in progress image things can be found here .

Anyway, uh... I'm proud of this...!

Edit 31/07/2010: Added some sparkles around the lanterns...!
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Comments: 10

Ritoku [2010-08-14 21:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is truly amazing!! All the little details that went into this are excellent! Definitely faving this. But I wonder, how long did this take you?

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Firequill In reply to Ritoku [2010-08-15 00:35:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I took a lot of breaks while working on this and wasn't really keeping track of the time, so it's hard to say exactly how much time went into creating it, but if I had to guess, I'd say maybe around 10-15 hours or something.

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Akerah [2010-08-03 15:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Yes, you should be proud of this, this is a beautiful piece of art ^^

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Firequill In reply to Akerah [2010-08-03 17:08:54 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you think so! Thank you!

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Istra [2010-07-31 04:48:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow! That's amazing! Great job. It reminds me of a medeival illustration.

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silver-night-jaguar [2010-07-31 00:51:37 +0000 UTC]

The real question is, can you do this for my backyard? <3

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Firequill In reply to silver-night-jaguar [2010-07-31 01:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Yes, but it will require payment upfront. Also, there's no guarantee the work will get done, but I'm sure that's a risk you're willing to take!

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Thndr [2010-07-31 00:19:07 +0000 UTC]

*I* am impressed. Holy wow the grass and trees and ROCKS. So impressed by those ROCKS. Also clouds.

I am inspired.

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Firequill In reply to Thndr [2010-07-31 23:54:07 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad to have impressed you with my rocks! I found them on the ground all by myself! I couldn't be more proud.

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Thndr In reply to Firequill [2010-07-31 23:59:30 +0000 UTC]

What can I say, they... rock!

*awesomefacebulletdodge*

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