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Don't worry guys, I didn't forget about commissions. OpenCanvas, what I sketch with, has been on the fritz lately, and I think I know why so I need to fix it. xD I'll get to it when I can. There's no way I'd sketch/line an entire picture that large in my laggy laggy laggy photoshop. It's just not gonna happen. So while I get that fixed, I've been playing around in Photoshop a lot.

This was inspired by just laying around in some fields with a friend yesterday morning. Him and I have a little secret flower meadow that pretty much only we know about, with all these pretty butterflies everywhere and a fence with horses on the other side. It's just awesome.

This was also just a calmer down... Er. I've been kind of frazzled with people being, well... People, and negative, and just overall, not a pleasure to be around. I don't hold it against them or anything... Things happen, but it seems somehow I'm always stuck in the middle, the cause of, or wind up in, these situations, and I just wanted to draw something that'd calm me down. I don't technically want to call this vent art... More... Calming down... Art?

So the subject I naturally chose is Blaise Rizensail, Ilex's father, a typical farm boy, and lives for the simplicity of things, never taking things for granted, and appreciating every little thing he has in life. Humble, if a bit of a goofball, Blaise's very nature is what calms me down, and what would make the negativity I seem to be caught in all the time stop, if people just took in what they have, appreciated it, stopped complaining (or do something about it if they can), stop making things so complicated, and overall, just take a deep breath and relax. So when I thought about that... Blaise naturally came to mind, because he is all of that, and drawing Blaise just loosens me up some. Plus this boy hasn't gotten art in... A long time. From me anyways... And really, from everyone.

If anyone knows me, I love fields, meadows, open plains and grasslands... Any place where I can lay down, stare at the clouds, chew on a piece of grass or spearmint, and just relax... Couple that with my desire to get out of this negative situation and just have everyone else take a moment, ONE moment to RELAX... I had to go with a meadow.

Two pictures because I had originally had it as a sepia, but when I realized how nice, vibrant, and warm the colors looked, I decided to keep both... Since I liked both... And showcase... Both. Plus just the one picture seemed kinda small for me. (I'm a nerd when it comes to big pictures.) So I felt driven to make the overall image larger.

Named after Flip 'N' Fill's 'Field Of Dreams,' though the lyrics have nothing to do with anything, so it's not technically a theme song. xD

Credits:
Field Stock: [link]
Cloud Brushes: [link] (If I remember right. xD)
Time Taken: A few hours.
Tools Used: Photoshop CS2.

Description
Don't worry guys, I didn't forget about commissions. OpenCanvas, what I sketch with, has been on the fritz lately, and I think I know why so I need to fix it. xD I'll get to it when I can. There's no way I'd sketch/line an entire picture that large in my laggy laggy laggy photoshop. It's just not gonna happen. So while I get that fixed, I've been playing around in Photoshop a lot.

This was inspired by just laying around in some fields with a friend yesterday morning. Him and I have a little secret flower meadow that pretty much only we know about, with all these pretty butterflies everywhere and a fence with horses on the other side. It's just awesome.

This was also just a calmer down... Er. I've been kind of frazzled with people being, well... People, and negative, and just overall, not a pleasure to be around. I don't hold it against them or anything... Things happen, but it seems somehow I'm always stuck in the middle, the cause of, or wind up in, these situations, and I just wanted to draw something that'd calm me down. I don't technically want to call this vent art... More... Calming down... Art?

So the subject I naturally chose is Blaise Rizensail, Ilex's father, a typical farm boy, and lives for the simplicity of things, never taking things for granted, and appreciating every little thing he has in life. Humble, if a bit of a goofball, Blaise's very nature is what calms me down, and what would make the negativity I seem to be caught in all the time stop, if people just took in what they have, appreciated it, stopped complaining (or do something about it if they can), stop making things so complicated, and overall, just take a deep breath and relax. So when I thought about that... Blaise naturally came to mind, because he is all of that, and drawing Blaise just loosens me up some. Plus this boy hasn't gotten art in... A long time. From me anyways... And really, from everyone.

If anyone knows me, I love fields, meadows, open plains and grasslands... Any place where I can lay down, stare at the clouds, chew on a piece of grass or spearmint, and just relax... Couple that with my desire to get out of this negative situation and just have everyone else take a moment, ONE moment to RELAX... I had to go with a meadow.

Two pictures because I had originally had it as a sepia, but when I realized how nice, vibrant, and warm the colors looked, I decided to keep both... Since I liked both... And showcase... Both. Plus just the one picture seemed kinda small for me. (I'm a nerd when it comes to big pictures.) So I felt driven to make the overall image larger.

Named after Flip 'N' Fill's 'Field Of Dreams,' though the lyrics have nothing to do with anything, so it's not technically a theme song. xD

Credits:
Field Stock: [link]
Cloud Brushes: [link] (If I remember right. xD)
Time Taken: A few hours.
Tools Used: Photoshop CS2.