Really Love the Colors XD amazing Wall! Thx for sharing!
Artist Comment
In some way you could consider this to be the sequel to ‘Regret, Resolution, Redemption?’. The title, ‘Rise of the Phoenix’, speaks for itself : It’s about rebirth, about ‘rising from the ashes’ and standing tall again after a very bad period of time, better and bolder than ever before.
Somehow I was really drawn tothis scan I immediately had this flash of a mysterious Phoenix rising from the ashes. When I noticed the category , the Olimpos manga, I figured it would be best if I read that first. Turns out dear people, it’s a short, but heavy, philosophical manga and…*drum roll* the character is actually the ancient Greek God Apollo (the God of the Sun). I thought I was working on a beautiful goddess T_T, but then I realized that often gods/ male characters in ancient Greek history were so beautiful it was hard to distinguish their gender. So basically it's a trap in the manga, but I made the face look much more feminine, I really wanted a goddess in my wall lol XD
Next: executing my uhm, ‘vision’? Hard work. I added some dark shading to the skin to give it a kind of super natural feel, like kind of like color reflecting marble perhaps. I chose to make it quite colorful deliberately, the color shifting in the hair was inspired by the ability to change appearance/adapt… like a chameleon, but somehow it became something I associated with a Phoenix as well. Our Phoenix is still in the progress of materializing out of thick, cloudlike vapor ( I had to learn doing clouds/smoke for this +_+, thank you Photoshop for the smudge tool and my endless study of reference images) which proved to be quite the challenge. A slightly magical, fiery sky completed the background (with some clouds! And a planet too, all painted since I’m against going easy on myself by just using loads of stock instead of pushing myself to improve my painting skills) I drew overall inspiration from various movies: Harry potter, Unlimited Blade Works and even X Men 3 for this…Up to you whether you like it of course! Personally, I’m quite happy with it, especially if you compare it to the level I was at when I started out one year and two months ago.
Epilogue: 893 layers, I’m a true painting masochist =3 Thanks to Nysha, for the positive comments along the way, I hope you like the final result. And lots of love to Ala21ddin21, for being my merciless, yet at the same time extremely supportive art critic!
more resolutions: here
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Chosen by Kitaan and Fran
Chanel truly raised like a phoenix with this wallpaper.
The smooth painting flows through the wall so very elegantly. The vibrant colors help to bring the character to life and
grab your attention and no detail is over-looked. The background given is not only original but creatively crafted, all
gorgeously done to enhance the character's impact on the eyes. A very retro look with a new time twist, excellent
job here Chanel!
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xhinatax Oct 27, 2010
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snyp Oct 28, 2010
Oh my goodness this is absolutely EPIC !
:+fav: without any doubts !
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hotan Oct 28, 2010
WOW! That's amazing work.
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riseofatomsk Oct 28, 2010
AWESOME PIC! AND GREAT ADDITION TO THE MINI COLLECTION! KEEP EM COMING!
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Mizar_Z_Axis Oct 28, 2010
Un trbajo de lo mas interesante, muchas gracias por el esfuerzo
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Niphaxila Oct 29, 2010
This is lovely~! Thanks for sharing.
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SBN Oct 29, 2010
Wow..So beautiful. I love the composition and colours...splendid.
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Kuriasan Oct 29, 2010
Nice.....just what my new phone called for...thanks for the upload....keep up the good work
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febolution Nov 02, 2010
arigato, its a beautiful image, a great wallpaper, thanks for the work
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thegrayscourge Mute Member Nov 03, 2010
beautiful picture!
Thanks for sharing! :)
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Katkoota Nov 05, 2010
Oh congratz! u have been improving @_@ wow~~~
awesomely awesome wallie! keep up~ :D -
vong Nov 05, 2010
This picture is not a picture,is a art ,the color,the background all are perfectlly choose.In one word Wonderfull
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cheneyney Nov 07, 2010
you are doing a really great job!
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MiniKofini Nov 07, 2010
Thanks
This is very beautiful picture
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JadeFire Nov 08, 2010
What an incredible execution. This is absolutely stunning! And so many layers! It was worth all 800+ of those...
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frankyfish Nov 08, 2010
beautiful...should have sent a poet.
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furiez Nov 10, 2010
great combination color ... love it
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neko23 Nov 12, 2010
nice picture! very good :) :)
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Eltran Nov 13, 2010
Very nice job. I like the colours.
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LOVEoo Nov 15, 2010
The background looks amazing. Thank you so much.
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leotaku1 Banned Member Nov 16, 2010
the colour matches very well.. the scan is great too.
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dougfany7 Nov 20, 2010
vary ansome, i like thanks!
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nawaprem Nov 21, 2010
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very nice wallpaper.
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clerigosu Restricted Member Nov 23, 2010
Buena imagen gracias por el trabajo
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