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Description Whee! Look "print available" -- how new!
... On a strangely framed image no less =_=;;
Well I mainly did it simply because I hadn't before~

Anyway, inspired by;
Yuki Kajiura feat. Eri Itou - Requiem for the Evil (Tsubasa Chronicle)
and
David Wise - Aquatic Ambiance (from Donkey Kong Country)

The original idea was simply a bioluminescent mermaid with vestigial legs, said legs are gone now. XD

Renaissance, incase anyone doesn't know, is French for "rebirth" and generally Europe's reinterest in learning from around the 1300s to 1500s. I chose to use the word to give the idea that the merfolk are embued with the same type of spirit of the Renaissance Era.

I had a lot of fun doing this!
Especially the bubbles and the statues!
The bubbles are moving in a double helix like DNA!
... Shame the bubbles ended up covering the statues' faces. :/

Speaking of the statues!
They are actually a reference to one of my favourite paintings! Hehehe!
And wouldn't you like to know which it is?!
Well, time for an INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT then!

Here are your clues!
- The artist's name is used in a popular franchise from the 1980s
- The painting is not a religious painting
- It is amoung the most famous Renaissance paintings

Once you find the correct piece, establishing it at the right one should be easy... And then you get to look at a super awesome painting! ^__________________^;;

... I hope people actually try and find it o_oll
Good luck~
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Comments: 23

Loreen [2008-04-03 17:06:49 +0000 UTC]

wow,awesome^^

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VariaZim In reply to Loreen [2008-04-07 11:20:18 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Nekoluch [2007-10-05 06:28:22 +0000 UTC]

They're Zoras! : X

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VariaZim In reply to Nekoluch [2007-10-05 11:42:49 +0000 UTC]

only one :/

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Nekoluch In reply to VariaZim [2007-10-05 16:32:53 +0000 UTC]

=3= Zoras are purdy~

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VariaZim In reply to Nekoluch [2007-10-05 16:50:09 +0000 UTC]

what the heck was up with the fish helmets some of them had in TP...
I liked the queen XD

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TaaBaka-Sama [2007-08-17 16:42:49 +0000 UTC]

omg wow this is really well done!

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frooty-loops [2007-04-17 21:34:31 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeoussss

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Ray-chan [2007-04-07 23:47:12 +0000 UTC]

Oooh! I like the concept. XD Especially the bubbles.
Prettie... *_*

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VariaZim In reply to Ray-chan [2007-04-08 00:04:16 +0000 UTC]

Hey it's you!
lol thanks

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Sudrien [2007-03-24 14:36:52 +0000 UTC]

For some reason, all I can think when I see this is "join my guild plz"

-Sud.

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VariaZim In reply to Sudrien [2007-03-24 15:18:31 +0000 UTC]

pffft

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beybladefanatic [2007-03-17 15:58:57 +0000 UTC]

wow this piece is really great XD
i like the bubbles, the frame and the whole concept of this picture
a goes to you ^^ keep up the good work!

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VariaZim In reply to beybladefanatic [2007-03-18 06:01:03 +0000 UTC]

yay thanks
irregular frames are so fun to do XD

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Tina92 [2007-03-17 10:06:03 +0000 UTC]

so awesome!!I love the colouring and the bubbles are cool^_________^

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VariaZim In reply to Tina92 [2007-03-18 05:24:21 +0000 UTC]

why thank you!
wow I use this colour scheme too much...

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hasumi [2007-03-15 13:03:09 +0000 UTC]

ZOMG!!!! awesome ART!!!!!! O_O

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VariaZim In reply to hasumi [2007-03-16 04:15:19 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks!
and thanks for the fave!

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Miru [2007-03-14 15:01:04 +0000 UTC]

I failed the scavenger hunt and I have no idea what that second word is. Etic?
The closest thing is this [link] because the two ppl are in the same pose as your statues. Wtf I already know of this painting. T__T;
Anyway this pic is awesome but I don't want to be any of those mermaids lol. I like the frame the best; it's like everyone is confined into a bottle shaped like that. If you didn't want the bubbles to cover the statues faces then why did you do it anyway.

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VariaZim In reply to Miru [2007-03-14 15:16:06 +0000 UTC]

because I was finished them before I noticed they covered the faces, and I liked the helix shape of them~

And that IS the correct painting!

I use this colour scheme too much...

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Kerahna [2007-03-14 01:03:48 +0000 UTC]

OH WOW YOU LEFT THE FRAME LIKE THAT OMG COOL

i liked the yellowish statue shading better! change it back! bubbles are cool. this text box isnt showing properly what im typing gahhh

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VariaZim In reply to Kerahna [2007-03-14 01:50:59 +0000 UTC]

look! yellowed!

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Kerahna In reply to VariaZim [2007-03-14 02:15:11 +0000 UTC]

^_________________^

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