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Published: 2005-08-09 17:51:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 42038; Favourites: 1295; Downloads: 4926
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Description The third addition to my season series.

This time Spring.
Some throughts I had while painting this:

Spring has to fight her way out of the grasp of Winter before she can fully blossom.
Thus the webish cocoon thing at the bottom of her dress.

The dress itself is supposed to mimic a caterpillar at the bottom and the floating veils should sympolize the transformation into a butterfly (probably a bit too much symbolism and suger hmm?)..

I added the cloudy weather because April belongs to Spring and I really hate the moody character of that Month..you can have sun and the next time clouds coming in and rain for hours..

Some other things which are personal to me have been added as well but I am not going to bore you with that (the things that made me chose the color scheme above all).

I used a smiliar picture of myself for the arms and hands (didn't help much though - I shouldn't have chosen that pose to start with...) and all different kind of butterfly pictures and flowers (mainly of chinese cherry trees and Magnolias (spelling?))
No references for the clothing or anything else

Hope you enjoy!
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Comments: 236

QMdesigns In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 16:35:23 +0000 UTC]

Simply beautiful

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Kyena In reply to QMdesigns [2005-08-10 20:05:46 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it

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judith [2005-08-10 15:52:14 +0000 UTC]

wow, really awesome digital painting I like your choice of colours very much, even if my choice of colours for spring would be totally different. But that's the nice thing of other art, seeing the world through the eyes of somebody else

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Kyena In reply to judith [2005-08-10 20:06:30 +0000 UTC]

It's unusual "sweet" for me but somehow it fits the memories I have of spring in Switzerland.
I guess it's different all over the world

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Fusion-light [2005-08-10 15:30:13 +0000 UTC]

wow just wow

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InfiniteOne [2005-08-10 15:12:42 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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tilstrom In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 14:22:47 +0000 UTC]

pretty good work, nice job.

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Kyena In reply to tilstrom [2005-08-10 20:08:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Amelee [2005-08-10 14:14:07 +0000 UTC]

du bisch die beschti! (sorry fΓΌr au die churze kommentΓ€ )

fantastischs bΓΌud, vom molerische bis zur bedΓΌtig, eifach fantastisch!

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Kyena In reply to Amelee [2005-08-10 20:08:48 +0000 UTC]

awww..ich weiss gar nΓΌm was schriibΓ€ uf dini sΓΌΓ€sse antwortΓ€ - danke vielmol

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Amelee In reply to Kyena [2005-08-12 15:41:53 +0000 UTC]

bitte!

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minties [2005-08-10 14:12:59 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful as always, im especially attracted to the flowers

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Kyena In reply to minties [2005-08-10 20:09:24 +0000 UTC]

Someone mentioned they look sweet enough to eat..I kinda agree on that

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OmriKoresh [2005-08-10 14:01:39 +0000 UTC]

her expression is kinda disturbing... isn't she suppose to be happy?

i love this it's remarkable... i haven't seen something so powerfull and beautiful in a long time

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Kyena In reply to OmriKoresh [2005-08-10 20:23:24 +0000 UTC]

actually she is slightly smiling and she is supposed to look a bit invitating too It's better visible on the closeups though

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Attalus In reply to OmriKoresh [2005-08-10 14:07:07 +0000 UTC]

I think she is struggling out of Winter's embrace to be born, and birth is never an easy thing, though joyous.

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OmriKoresh In reply to Attalus [2005-08-10 14:12:41 +0000 UTC]

yes i only read what said there after i put my comment *feeling stupid*

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kendragon2 [2005-08-10 12:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Amazing... Truly amazing.

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Kyena In reply to kendragon2 [2005-08-10 20:24:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot

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peachysticks [2005-08-10 11:18:08 +0000 UTC]

Wooo this turned out sooo beautiful!

Magnolias have started to blossom here too

I don't think this would need any crits... other than what you already know about the hands, this is perfect. <3

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Kyena In reply to peachysticks [2005-08-10 20:26:08 +0000 UTC]

Hey you Thanks again Linda, also for the fav!
I tried to work a bit more on her hands..you think it's coming along better? >_< It actually shows more in the closeups but it loses so much in the full version I uploaded here

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dholl [2005-08-10 09:16:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow, you did it again, this is amazing. I love it.

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Kyena In reply to dholl [2005-08-10 20:27:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks
I really love your little gallery btw - such a cool style

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bjnorberg In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 09:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Love it

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Kyena In reply to bjnorberg [2005-08-10 20:27:58 +0000 UTC]

Glad you do

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lunaemoth [2005-08-10 09:02:52 +0000 UTC]

Spring is my favourite season and you really well represented it !
I like the flowers and butterflies, the bottom of the dress... everything.
really great work on perspective !

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Kyena In reply to lunaemoth [2005-08-10 20:28:27 +0000 UTC]

I wouldn't pick that pose again..not even for money
Glad you like it though

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lunaemoth In reply to Kyena [2005-08-11 11:41:00 +0000 UTC]

yeah, i can understant it, that must be really hard to do that make your work even more interesting
good continuation !

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DarkClone [2005-08-10 08:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, looks alot better than when i saw it before, love the sense of focus and depth in the piece.

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Kyena In reply to DarkClone [2005-08-10 20:28:47 +0000 UTC]

hehe - yeah it went through a lot of changes

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twosilverstars [2005-08-10 07:55:43 +0000 UTC]

That is definitely a tricky pose, very daring of you to try it. I think it turned out well considering. I think my favorite part is the texture of the lower background and the webbing around the bottom of her dress. It all looks so natural and realistic

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Kyena In reply to twosilverstars [2005-08-10 09:21:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Rachel.
That web thing was a paint to paint. I don't know how many brush strokes I ended up with >_<

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twosilverstars In reply to Kyena [2005-08-10 15:07:43 +0000 UTC]

Well, it was worth the hard work

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Kyena In reply to twosilverstars [2005-08-10 20:07:24 +0000 UTC]

still working on the hands..I really wish I could choose the option to not notify people on editing artwork >_<

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SpiresMedia [2005-08-10 07:51:24 +0000 UTC]

so many wonderful things in this! bravo!!!

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Kyena In reply to SpiresMedia [2005-08-10 20:29:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Faraleigh In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 07:36:52 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning, like everything else you make. Such detail you put in, even after seeing a few of your step-by-step pieces, just blows my mind. It's art like yours that makes me strive to get better, even if I am incredibly detail-challenged when it comes to visual arts.

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Kyena In reply to Faraleigh [2005-08-10 20:29:43 +0000 UTC]

It's great to know that my art makes you want to paint..what better compliment could an artist get

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Faraleigh In reply to Kyena [2005-08-11 02:05:58 +0000 UTC]

There are a select few amazing and astounding artists I've found on here that just inspire me to no end, and make me want to get to where they are (you obviously being one of them ^^) even if I know it won't be for a long while that I'll get anywhere near where any of you are at!

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Caetis [2005-08-10 06:20:26 +0000 UTC]

Lovely, and I just love the clouds in the background. Very nice work.

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ArPharazon In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 04:29:19 +0000 UTC]

Excellent, very telling drawing.. you might have won the hands, but a second look admits that the arms might have been sacrificed to achive that victory
Still one of your really top 5. congrat

~ A'P

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Kyena In reply to ArPharazon [2005-08-10 20:30:14 +0000 UTC]

thank you - I was working on the arms and hands some more

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Sayda In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 03:36:27 +0000 UTC]

That really does look great ^_^ I think the part I like the most is the perspective of the petals and how there are a couple close to the viewer that are blurred out, really gives a sense of depth to the peice ^__^ great job!

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Kyena In reply to Sayda [2005-08-10 20:31:11 +0000 UTC]

Still trying to get the grasp of the DoF and how to use it. I grew up with photographs and that's the reason I like toying with effects like that I guess

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bw-inc [2005-08-10 03:34:34 +0000 UTC]

wow this is gorgeous! beautifully painted~ You are very talented!

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Kyena In reply to bw-inc [2005-08-10 20:31:21 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot

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silent-reverie In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 01:47:57 +0000 UTC]

Breathtaking!

I really like the depth of field created with the magnolia petals Beautiful colours and so well painted!

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Kyena In reply to silent-reverie [2005-08-10 20:31:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much Mellisa - how are you doing btw?

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silent-reverie In reply to Kyena [2005-08-11 03:41:07 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure

I'd doing good...quite busy at the moment because I'll be graduating soon so I'm trying to put a good portfolio together so I can look for jobs.

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Hanasu In reply to ??? [2005-08-10 01:26:55 +0000 UTC]

yay, you finished! I love the flowers in the corner and the cacoonness. the greens and whites help it feel more spring like and lighter. Great job, I like her.

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