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Published: 2002-10-06 11:14:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 2245; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 527
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Description The world is magical by night.

Based on Stay up all night v2 [link] by *lostyouth . One of two pieces done specifically for the latest Raster chapter. Head over to Rasterized.org to see the other one, along with amazing pieces by other artists.


Done in Opencanvas1.1 I uploaded the event file because I'm asked frequently about how I work. I think watching this explains more than the step-by-step images I've uploaded before. If you'd like to watch how I painted this and you have Opencanvas, you can dowload the .wpe inside the .zip. I guess this could be viewed somewhat as a tutorial. The painting took me about 3 hours I think, but the wpe only takes roughly 15 mins. Please let me know if you try it or if you have any problems with it.
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Comments: 50

Kasie [2004-04-11 08:16:52 +0000 UTC]

excellent angle. *learns*

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urbanumbrella [2003-07-01 11:38:02 +0000 UTC]

Love the light in this.

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hollyhox [2003-03-01 00:38:01 +0000 UTC]

looks very nice. kinda scary though because it looks like this girl i go to school with. hehe.

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osamu [2003-01-06 16:19:34 +0000 UTC]

i like color ur using for this.

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underrouged [2002-12-01 21:02:34 +0000 UTC]

how much pink is in the picture, i think, adds to the whole thing...
good job, in my book!
+fav

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da16x [2002-11-02 10:39:02 +0000 UTC]

- That Aura Behind Her Lookz Very Good Fitz 2 The Subject

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mylk [2002-10-26 03:18:50 +0000 UTC]

the starythingies around her head in the backround are pretty ..it gives the whole piece a gravitational pull twards her pretty little head

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adeptus [2002-10-24 21:29:16 +0000 UTC]

reminds me of a certain girl. oh yeah me.

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versifier [2002-10-18 14:57:07 +0000 UTC]

NIce !

i like the way you've done the eyes and the hair.....

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pillipinoguy [2002-10-10 16:30:50 +0000 UTC]

this looks great!! i love the expresstion on her face. great work!!

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darksorrow [2002-10-09 21:45:07 +0000 UTC]

I love the hair color and the eyes. The far off starry eyed look is great, and one of my fav looks too
Great usage of colors and shading.
Wunderful

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hongchan [2002-10-09 17:38:04 +0000 UTC]

this is awsome, its looks extremely real from far, rich color makes it so solid n yr speed is always adding yrself additional credits!

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Alicia-Hannah [2002-10-09 06:23:18 +0000 UTC]

Hmm this one must have slipped past me when I looked through my deviantwatch thingy. She's beautiful.. reminds me of a friend of mine I love the background too.. it's simple but lovely.

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thepatient [2002-10-09 05:01:15 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I know a girl who looks exactly like that.

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bunfi [2002-10-08 10:25:29 +0000 UTC]

well, nice colors and nice background.
the larea around her right eye seems to be deformed. i think it's because you interpreted the shadow under her real eye as her eyelid (sometimes it's so difficult to express myself in english )
beside that it's very close to the original pic

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mirjaT [2002-10-08 05:00:54 +0000 UTC]

the first in my first dev pack!

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turn2002 [2002-10-07 22:09:59 +0000 UTC]

you're just incredible.

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munieco [2002-10-07 20:46:04 +0000 UTC]

better that the original, love it!
do i add it to favs? donΒ΄t know.....
I really like that when someone gets to my page watch Into the Void... this is hard.... let me think..

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tarantino [2002-10-07 18:45:13 +0000 UTC]

Very rhough shadings and strong depth impression, but that fits to the scene. It's very close to the original, but I think you made more out of it. In your image the mood is more mystical and stunning. The hair and her face look very sharp and create a nice contrast to the soft and more blurry shapes of her dress and of the backround. I like the fact that you emphazised especially her eyes, that now seem to look into the sky - like they're searching for something, maybe 4 something that's threatening. It's just amazing how you control the transition of "simple and blurry" parts to detailed and exactly worked out ones. Can't figure out something negative on that one.

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breid [2002-10-07 14:17:17 +0000 UTC]

Lovely skin tones and love that stretched mouth. Going in faves...

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jero1 [2002-10-07 09:25:32 +0000 UTC]

you are super over skilled sister...

thats wicked, i love it

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mr-mister [2002-10-07 09:05:24 +0000 UTC]

that's just incredible! yea!! openCanvas 1.1!!! i love oc. i would love to have an oc session with you sometime though you'd prolly put me to shame. imma watch the event file later. mad props, you're so damn good

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blindguy [2002-10-07 04:44:19 +0000 UTC]

nice perspective, i really like the colors, it almost looks like it was done in oil pastels or something, anyway beautiful, i like art when it is not always perfect ppl being drawn but just normal looking ppl although she is beautiful she has more of a down to earth feel to her anyway yeah very nice!!!

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al3xis [2002-10-07 03:13:38 +0000 UTC]

very nice minix, love the lips, and the hair and the choice of colors, keep them coming

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thzinc [2002-10-07 02:33:14 +0000 UTC]

I'm running out of interesting adjectives to use when descibing your work. So then, I think I'll just leave it at, "Awesome!"

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andimspent [2002-10-07 01:58:45 +0000 UTC]

I love the feeling this piece is giving off. Your technique and style make this piece what it is. This is just such a nice piece to look at.
Great work

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dinocat [2002-10-06 22:06:16 +0000 UTC]

there's nothing i can say that hasn't been said before..this is beautiful and wonderous and amazing and manymany other words...ones that mean much much more..damn this is pretty..

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mantra [2002-10-06 21:51:20 +0000 UTC]

wow great job!

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lostyouth [2002-10-06 19:55:21 +0000 UTC]

OMG, this is like the best! i love how u took my pic and made is so freaking awesome!!! thanks babe, u actually make me look cute!!!!!

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apparentlyneurotic [2002-10-06 18:40:47 +0000 UTC]

hey, nice angle, and great colour


- aparently neurotic

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jobias [2002-10-06 17:15:31 +0000 UTC]

Great job on the detail of the face. It has a really good oil-painting-look. And I think the background you gave her really goes well with the title.

If I could give some constructive criticism though, I think you could've given her shirt the same level of detail you gave her face. But then again, since you're focusing on the 'daydream' thing, it does make sense to focus specifically on her head and face. So...nevermind then.

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the-joker [2002-10-06 17:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Great stuff again....Really well made as all your stuff...Dont know what to say...

Great shading and litning and nice work on the skinrones as usual...
I never stop be amazed by your talent....

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sycophant13x [2002-10-06 16:32:38 +0000 UTC]

wow, them event files are cool. had to dload the opencanvas shareware to see it, but it was well worth hunting that down. looks like you work very similar to the way that i do when i digital paint, except i use Painter7.

i love this piece too. all of your work really. nice feel and look to everything you do, imo.

keep up the good work!

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sfmoe [2002-10-06 15:10:45 +0000 UTC]

wow!! dude youre going to live on my list

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serpent [2002-10-06 14:57:30 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work. I like the colors & angle!

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deadish [2002-10-06 14:34:27 +0000 UTC]

man.
i must get opencanvas now so that i can see these event files. hehe.

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brokenangel [2002-10-06 14:00:57 +0000 UTC]

that angle you chose is interesting, usually you only see portraits from the side or the front...one from down below I haven't seen yet (doesn't mean there aren't any *s*).
It also looks more like oil painting to me than something that came into existence on a computer *s*

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renonevada [2002-10-06 13:42:37 +0000 UTC]

OK, you've perfected opencanvas. I can officially kill myself now. Great piece. Except for her jawline, it's an amazing likeness. Beautiful portrait of a beautiful girl.

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bitdiverse [2002-10-06 12:24:28 +0000 UTC]

amazing colours, very very impressive altogether.
it's very admirable uploading all the files and stuff too... fair play to you

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hebblahebbla [2002-10-06 12:23:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh..very good! It's a very cool angle, and I like the "magical" night colours.

I've downloaded the zip file for this, and the one for Into The Void. I just have to see if I can make OpenCanvas to work first, but I'll try to check it out..

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gnowoga [2002-10-06 12:15:29 +0000 UTC]

I love your style, looks so natural

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Aliena85 [2002-10-06 12:07:00 +0000 UTC]

Nice, I really like the eyes.

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the-faun [2002-10-06 11:46:22 +0000 UTC]

very well done, you really captured an excellent likeness to the origional in appearance and mood.

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reverendfrank [2002-10-06 11:41:03 +0000 UTC]

very nice......

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nepo [2002-10-06 11:31:48 +0000 UTC]

NEBO ???? ... my long lost brother OMG ... :: runs to nebo ... :: lol .. shit thats weird ima say hello to him ? ... lol ... but back to the objective at hand ... hmmn i dont know whether you made this inlight of my voluptuos talks but minie ... i love this gurl shes uber cute ... hehehehehhe ... , ... is she real ... ? ... hmmn ( insert embarresed smiley here ) ... hhehe

i faved it ... ... hhehe i dont know what to say inm alll smiley ... hehe ok i sound like a grade 4 yr old gurl .. im deffinately leaving ... love it ... ZOOM

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nebo [2002-10-06 11:26:05 +0000 UTC]

hmmm like it alot. Its very hmmm bizzarre kinda methinks. Thinks its because i feel her face shapes are kinda weird
Very good work!

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drworm [2002-10-06 11:21:35 +0000 UTC]

wow

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monowaste [2002-10-06 11:21:19 +0000 UTC]

never fails to impress me

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katya [2002-10-06 11:20:25 +0000 UTC]

Hey! Thats my lab partner in organic chemistry! How did you know?

Once again this is wonderful... you are very talented with the computer stuff (which I can't do at all). Great work!

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night-glo [2002-10-06 11:19:21 +0000 UTC]

OMG man, that's beautiful

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