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Published: 2007-12-05 07:34:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 5501; Favourites: 243; Downloads: 0
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As the light of the early morning sun hits the pods, they start to emerge,weak from their long confinement and struggling against the tough shells that kept them safe throughout their time of change.Soon their new wings will be strong enough for the breeze to lightly lift them off their perches and carry them far away.
Animated Work in Progress
Closeup 1 & 2
Figures courtesy of *mjranum-stock & ~osga
All other stock from stock.xchng
Created for Fantasy XXIV: Metamorphosis @ Worth1000
(I got my highest score yet with this one - 8.999. Just a mere 0.001 more and I would have had my very first 9!)
Photoshop CS2
(Edit: Just a slight composition change)
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Comments: 39
This was one of the first works I saw on Worth1000.com. I still think it's one of the best works I've ever seen there.
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There are not words to describe the awesomeness of this work!!!!
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Great! One thing you might want to do though, is soften how the wing meets the arm on that foreground fairy (might make it look more like it's attached).
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Ohh, my gosh. You don't see faeries this good very often. Amazing job.
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Just wanted to let you know that I have featured this wonderful work in my current Journal.
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Wow, beautiful. Absolutely amazing!
A definite favorite.
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This is my personal fav of all time! Amazing work!
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I just love the idea of a fairy being born in a pod - like a butterfly in a cacoon. Very cool.
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wow. this is positively amazing. I've seen anything like it!
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Okay, now I'm really depressed... This is AMAZING! I could never do work like this...
Forget about the concept (which is very cool in itself) - the attention to detail, the richness of the color palette, even the variation in focal lengths (as if it were captured by some photographer doing faerie research - lol), everything about this piece is stunning! I 
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Wow! That's just really cool and very clever! Nice stuff!!!!!
...and thanks for entering my contest!
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Thank you! I'm so glad you like it.
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brilliant only thing that annoys me about this picture is the wings of one of the background fairies... looks like she/he has four arms
Oh and heres your feature finally
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I really love all the detail is amazing!!!
congratulations!!!
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omg this is just too beautiful im awed
you are very talented
sexy but fantastically imaginative i love the wings and thier cocoons are genius
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Yeah! that's really good Um... i want to know how to paint this picture it were become to smooth and like 3D
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Hi there!
I have featured this wonderful piece in my journal. You can find it here -> [link] Please send me a note if you'd rather not be featured. Many thanks for the great art!
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Brilliant job! The perfect realism of the women's bodies and the tree branches, smoothly flow with the surrealism of the pods and the wings. The wings look great. And the pods are cool, the one that's open is a nice visual.
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Very good job, again, I'm speechless just by looking at the WIP, all that work to give life to this beautiful concept... I now wonder how much does it take you to do all this.
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Thank you so much!
I usually work on these on and off for about 2 weeks (in between my actual work), but at least half of that time is taken up by looking for the perfect sources.
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I think it's amazing! very original concept and the wings and those pod things look so realistic.
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also a really cool concept but i think (in my opinion) that the girl in the background could have looked much better if she was more out of focus
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just as amazing as the first time i saw this. a big fat WOW.
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nicely done. the wip makes it look easy. but great job. i like how the pods look
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Cool idea, well composed manipulation. I have a problem with the larvas though, I don't think they fit in really, and maybe there is something odd with how the wings on the sprite in the foreground are attatched to the arms.. looks kind of strange. Also I think the top right sprite seems a bit blurry and cartoonish, doesn't really fit into the photorealistic enviroment.
Larger full view would be cool.
Still this is one of the better photomanipulations I've seen in quite a while and you show that you have skills. Keep it up
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