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Description Hidden away in her high tower, the princess sheds the identity she hates - the always perfect princess - for her true calling: alchemist, occultist and witch, forbidden pasttimes for a princess.

This is my second submission to `lucias-tears ' Princess With a Secret Contest .
(I'm also giving this to *Care-Club to gallerify.)

First: no, she's not brewing something to make her a princess. That was not my intention, and I tried very hard to steer clear of that by making the cloud over the cauldron, which she's not paying attention to.
Secondly, I'm probably going to submit the part in the cloud over the cauldron as a separate deviation sooner or later, it turned out so pretty, and the little misty thing in this piece just doesn't show how well it turned out.
I'm extremely pleased with how this one turned out.

Credits!
In the cloud:
*lucias-stock : Princess
=CausticStock : Background
*Flore-stock : Throne The stock photo is a big blue chair because there is no throne stock. So, I painted over it and added:
~bonz-paolo : a wood texture to make it look like wood.
!Mystic-Stock : Sconces
*chaotic-mimustock : Texture
Main part:
*lucias-stock : Witch
=CausticStock :Background
*3DigitalStock : Runes, Cauldron, Herbs Bottles
*chaotic-mimustock : Texture (same as above, I love what it does to light streaming in through windows .... )
*kuschelirmel-stock : Texture
~butnotquite : Faerie (in the bottom right corner)

Whew!
Mega thanks to all stock providers and contest hosts!! You rock my world.

About 10 hours with Photoshop. Oh, man, and I am so tired!
Please full view, you won't regret it!
The Throne Room : The part floating in the clouds
No Fairy Tale : My first entry to Lucia's contest ...
Light and Dark : My third entry to Lucia's contest ...
My Pet :My fourth entry to Lucia's contest
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Comments: 70

fox-wise In reply to ??? [2008-04-03 15:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Less texture to the main image: that's an interesting idea ... I know that I just LOVED that texture I used over the whole thing, and HAD to use it, so when I made it, I wouldn't have liked the suggestion.
*shrug* I'm absolutely not going to change this--it was my first really good manip, and thus has sentimental value--but I will keep that in mind for future manips.
Thank you.

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Muarw In reply to fox-wise [2008-04-03 23:02:16 +0000 UTC]

no worries about changing it
its a good thought to keep just to not overload your manips with texture, they give a piece and extra edge rather than being the whole piece.

it is a good manip keep it up

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fox-wise In reply to Muarw [2008-04-04 15:27:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you again!!

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crazyj2099 [2008-04-03 01:56:54 +0000 UTC]

I really like this, all the small details is what really makes it work so well. Also, it has great color

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fox-wise In reply to crazyj2099 [2008-04-03 02:05:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!

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L2Mc [2006-09-09 12:35:41 +0000 UTC]

cool manip and Idea. this is very magical, it has a great feel. nice work

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fox-wise In reply to L2Mc [2006-09-11 22:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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L2Mc In reply to fox-wise [2006-09-11 22:54:02 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome

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SenzaFallisce [2006-08-08 14:21:10 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful composition . Very nice entry.

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fox-wise In reply to SenzaFallisce [2006-08-08 17:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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GypsFulvus [2006-07-25 06:01:59 +0000 UTC]

Perfect. There is nothing more to say

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fox-wise In reply to GypsFulvus [2006-07-25 06:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!!
Thanks for the , as well!

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SilentSpin [2006-07-22 11:03:06 +0000 UTC]

HOLY WOW!!!!
That is amazing, you got talent
Fav all the way, oh wow, great job and good luck with the contest

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fox-wise In reply to SilentSpin [2006-07-22 14:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Eee, I love you, you said Holy Wow ...
(I say shit like that often)
Anyway, thanks so much! You rock. Thanks for the , as well.

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ladynightseduction [2006-07-20 14:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Good gods. You did some major work on this. I can't even image, but the end result is beautiful, I wish I could blend so many things in such a fashion. It's truly outstanding.




`lns

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fox-wise In reply to ladynightseduction [2006-07-20 15:49:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I went over to her page, too, and I don't remember seeing that ... 15!?
Hells, I'm still having conflicting feelings about it. Especially after learning she's 15.
But ... I guess things will happen as they happen.

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ladynightseduction In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-21 14:15:08 +0000 UTC]

Mmh, they always do. Still I found it hard to believe she was there to create contrayversy, especially at that age. Just curious you know.



`lns

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fox-wise In reply to ladynightseduction [2006-07-21 20:08:32 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I understand that.

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fox-wise In reply to ladynightseduction [2006-07-20 14:54:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! That means a lot to me ... I'm really glad you like it. Thanks for the , too.

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ladynightseduction In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-20 15:28:46 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome darlin. Though to be honest I had to go visit your page after the discussion I saw on Pagan and Proud's site. I'm still having conflicting feelings about that, though I did go over to Lottie's page myself, she's only 15.



`lns

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3DigitalStock [2006-07-17 19:33:01 +0000 UTC]

oh that looks really cool!
Good luck in the contest!

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fox-wise In reply to 3DigitalStock [2006-07-17 23:19:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, times three: for the compliment, the luck and the

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mizzd-stock [2006-07-17 06:56:11 +0000 UTC]

haha I love the idea nehind it! and its just wonderfully executed too

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fox-wise In reply to mizzd-stock [2006-07-17 14:53:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it.

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mizzd-stock In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-17 17:05:55 +0000 UTC]

I sure do

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sarahmoule [2006-07-16 13:44:33 +0000 UTC]

OHH so you should be!!! This is one of the best in the comp so far i recon!
Totally beautiful!

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fox-wise In reply to sarahmoule [2006-07-17 03:49:18 +0000 UTC]

Ohh, you are such a sweetheart, thank you sooo much!! That totally made my day!
(Congrats, by the way, on getting married!)
Thank you thank you!
*huggles*

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SenzaFallisce [2006-07-13 13:37:27 +0000 UTC]

loveley colors and blend. The overall flow is just flawless. Your technique astounds me. Bravo.

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fox-wise In reply to SenzaFallisce [2006-07-14 05:39:23 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you are too sweet! I'm so pleased you like this.

Thanks so much for the kind words, and the

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chaotic-mimustock [2006-07-13 12:52:04 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for using my stock

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fox-wise In reply to chaotic-mimustock [2006-07-14 05:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making kick-ass stock! And thanks for the .

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chaotic-mimustock In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-15 08:44:33 +0000 UTC]

oh.. you are very welcome

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fox-wise In reply to chaotic-mimustock [2006-07-16 16:59:44 +0000 UTC]

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chaotic-mimustock In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-16 22:57:07 +0000 UTC]

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fearawaken [2006-07-12 23:08:02 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty

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fox-wise In reply to fearawaken [2006-07-14 05:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Plus: thanks for the !

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Testralli [2006-07-12 19:16:30 +0000 UTC]

Lovely piece
good job

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fox-wise In reply to Testralli [2006-07-14 05:36:26 +0000 UTC]

Why, thank you!! I'm glad you like it!!

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Alphatude [2006-07-12 17:04:16 +0000 UTC]

You seemed to have made a quantum leap in your combinations. I'm super impressed with this. Wow great work.

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fox-wise In reply to Alphatude [2006-07-14 05:35:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, I agree. I can't believe how good this is, especially considering how terrible my first couple attempts were. Even No Fairy Tale, which was still much better than my first couple, and which I did the day before, is not anywhere near as good as this.
So, thank you!!!!

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DemonTeen [2006-07-12 14:24:10 +0000 UTC]

very cool keep up the good work!

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fox-wise In reply to DemonTeen [2006-07-12 14:56:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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deseretfirefly [2006-07-12 12:08:47 +0000 UTC]

That's really awesome! I love it! You did a great job!!!

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fox-wise In reply to deseretfirefly [2006-07-12 13:44:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!!!
Ah, maybe I should have credited you ... the image in the smoke came from your image in the mirror ... it would have been in a picture / mirror, but them I decided on a smoking cauldron, and so ... it got moved.
Originally (before I saw yours), I was just gonna do this split-screen thingy, which would have made the princess on her throne easier to see, definitely. But not nearly as cool-looking.
So, thanks for the idea, too!

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deseretfirefly In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-13 00:01:21 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I like being a muse! Maybe we should collab something sometime.

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fox-wise In reply to deseretfirefly [2006-07-14 05:34:25 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, that would be super-cool!!! Let's do it, what do you want to do?

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deseretfirefly In reply to fox-wise [2006-07-14 17:39:11 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... I have an idea... I will get the starting pieces (I already have some) and then I'll share the idea with you.

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fox-wise In reply to deseretfirefly [2006-07-15 04:03:00 +0000 UTC]

Yay!!

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Flore-stock [2006-07-12 10:54:52 +0000 UTC]

excellent work
thank you so much for using my stock

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fox-wise In reply to Flore-stock [2006-07-12 13:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!!
And thank you for having a throne-like chair as stock ... you would not believe how long I searched for the freakin' throne!
Thanks for the

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