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"Enchanted Oasis"
Software used: Vue Infinite 6, Poser 6 & Photoshop CS3
After going through quite a few of my old pieces, I decided to retouch this one as it's one of my favorites from three years ago. I pushed the limits quite a bit on my computer and my knowledge of Photoshop at the time to make it all happen. I would have to say from concept to finished product, this took about ten days to always two weeks to get everything the way I wanted. There are new projects I am working on currently and as you can see, this stuff takes awhile to complete!
New scenes are coming up in the near future, but for now, I will put some of my favorite pieces from yesteryear up for you to enjoy in the process. I hope you all like this one and stay tuned for MOAR very soon!
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Comments: 32
Β Β Headbang!Β 
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Beautiful image ! Beauty, charmed and originality ! Good job ![link]
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Fantabulous image, forgive me the use of such a word. I love the complexity of it, all the little details that create the realistic yet magical atmosphere of it. The lighting and colors are a feast for the eyes as well.
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It was fantabulous that I didn't drop kick the computer out the window when I was done with this one. 
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This is very cool - not only did you create a very interesting scene, but I really like the look of it... as if you had painted it with coloured pencils or something like that.
I bet it was a lot of effort to get it done, but it was worth it!
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Thanks a bunch for the comment and stopping by! 
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Thanks a bunch for the comment and for the visit! There will be drinks and cookies in the lobby and plenty of games to test your luck!
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hehe you're quite welcome 
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I can picture one of your beautiful faeries flying around in one of my scenes....in bitmap format that is!
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xox
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Oh dang, very nice! It's like, Survivor when they're voting people off, cept who would want to leave this scene?!
*crickets*
....That's what I thought. Lol.
Anyways, this is really cool, I love the colors and your fire balls/bowls. :]
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Haha! Yeah, great balls of fire is right. If you look hard enough in the distance you can actually see Elvis! I didn't exactly plan that one out, but the dude gets around, what can I say? I wanted full scale prop assault when I made this thing and I must say I pretty much got...prop assault! LOL! Thanks for stopping by, Bobbi! I know you are chuckling over there, but my paintings might actually be more interesting to you! LOL!
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OK, WHERE is this Elvis you speak of?!
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He's in the back by the rock next to the jail house. Nuahahahaha!
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Well. I give up for now. Egh..it's impossible!
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Hahaha! You are too funny!
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Too bad I'm serious though..
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Pretty cool scene! especially considering it was made a few years ago too. The poser model's lighting does seem a litte too well lit or evenly lit for the scene, as if there was another, stronger light source coming from the camera, but still - it's generally a very detailed scene with great colours and lighting, especially the nice trasition from the warm orange glow of the fire to the deep blue haze in the background jungle
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Hey, thanks for the comment and stopping by! Yeah, there are definitely reasons for some lighting inconsistencies cause the character is composited. The computer can't handle everything I throw at it with Vue and then a character dressed to the hilt in heavy geometry/materials. So, it becomes a game of manipulation basically. I got really burned out on doing scenes like this for years cause it just slips by everything unnoticed and unappreciated.
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A very complex picture, looks really nice I cant find any negative points
That are quite a lot of light sources and objects, reflects ... I guess it was a lot of work. The sexy girl in the middle fits pretty good in it and give the picture a decent touch.
Keep up your good work!
P.S: You do requests for Magic cards
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Well, thanks so much for the comment and interest! And you noticed the lights...I believe there were 26 lights total in Vue to light this thing. There is a little water in the foreground, so it killed my render times even though you can't see it very well.
I have been tossing around the idea of doing commissions and I haven't reached a conclusion yet. I'm learning digital painting with a tablet and most of my time is spent trying to move the cursor around with a pen. LOL I shall give it some thought, but the art on the Magic cards is pretty hard to beat for sure! Thanks again!
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Wow, this is absolutely amazing!
Really all I can say is WOW!!!!!!
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That's exactly what I said when Vue reported a 4 day render time! LOL! But, what are you gonna do? It's either do digital art or go mess with my Magic The Gathering collection. Hehe! Thanks a bunch, I'm glad you liked it!
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Gee, if this is an oldie, I can't wait to see what you do next. Kind of reminds me of my birthday party last year, except the lady was about 80 years old with sparklers
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ROTFL! Yeah, I know the feeling! When your idea of a strip club is having your buddies over to peel wallpaper down, you know you've had it! LOL! I just about reached the limitation of my computer with this one...and my patience. I have some more large scale ones like this, but I've toned things down a bit as I hate waiting to render for 6 days. 
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that's why I stopped doing 3d, I killed my last computer that way!!! I hate waiting for stuff to be rendered. Yeah the next party will be cool, and I can't wait for the next great piece of art!! and no prob, I will be stopping by from time to time, oh yeah I got the pizza, Jessica said you owe her 14.75
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I completely understand that all rights are reserved but I reserve the right to be stunned by your artwork. I am so glad I added you to my watch. This is gorgeous. I love the use of colors and everything. 10/10. Please keep the art coming.
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Well, thanks once again! It's what they call an oldie but a goodie guess. I just about broke a spleen putting this together at the time and I told myself I wasn't going to do that again...but I did several times after that and my computer hates me now. LOL! Thanks again, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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