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So I was listening to BBC news while I painted a few days back, keeping up with the Japan disaster and what have you, and I heard this story about a mother running down the street, throwing her kids into a neighbours steel house to safety, and subsequently being washed away never to be seen, and I sort of wanted to paint something depicting courage over insurmountable odds.

I was honestly never planning to submit this, it became an excersise in painting water more than anything. I modelled the entire scene in 3D, and then wanted to paint in the water, and how it would interact and slosh around the 3D environment. So you can clearly see the interaction between the 3D and the 2D.

However, my wife thinks it's one've the most beautiful pieces I've ever done, and said I should submit it as it is, with the 3D obvious, and the 2D as it is.

This is a very honest, stark painting. Combining my two skills. The 3D isn't concealed or covered up. It's simply there. Untextured. Viewable by all. The 2D water that I hand painted works around it and enables it.

So yah, stay strong Japan. ^^

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So I was listening to BBC news while I painted a few days back, keeping up with the Japan disaster and what have you, and I heard this story about a mother running down the street, throwing her kids into a neighbours steel house to safety, and subsequently being washed away never to be seen, and I sort of wanted to paint something depicting courage over insurmountable odds.

I was honestly never planning to submit this, it became an excersise in painting water more than anything. I modelled the entire scene in 3D, and then wanted to paint in the water, and how it would interact and slosh around the 3D environment. So you can clearly see the interaction between the 3D and the 2D.

However, my wife thinks it's one've the most beautiful pieces I've ever done, and said I should submit it as it is, with the 3D obvious, and the 2D as it is.

This is a very honest, stark painting. Combining my two skills. The 3D isn't concealed or covered up. It's simply there. Untextured. Viewable by all. The 2D water that I hand painted works around it and enables it.

So yah, stay strong Japan. ^^