so elegant n beautiful at da same time
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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huzaifah Nov 28, 2010
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Hallessia Mute Member Nov 28, 2010
ELLE est vraiment g
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bleach782 Banned Member Nov 29, 2010
I really love this.
thanks for sharing. -
HitokiD Dec 04, 2010
lovely very lovely..nicely done too.thanks for the upload
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SilverS Dec 05, 2010
Thanks for sharing! It's beautiful!
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cacak Dec 05, 2010
great! hope u dont mind if i download these :)
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HaWaIIofHoaI Dec 06, 2010
I love the shading and color usage. <3
Keep up the great work -
Cpuroast Dec 07, 2010
Really like the colors in this one, really brightens one's desktop.
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jmx Dec 14, 2010
Very cool artwork and color...
great job..
thanks for sharing.. -
oelil Dec 16, 2010
the background look so warm
that so perfect with the chara on the scan -
ilke Dec 16, 2010
Amazing :)
thank you for sharing -
vampireknightgurl101 Dec 22, 2010
WOW NICE THX FOR SHARIN XS:)
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Worrior Dec 22, 2010
I think you did a fantastic job on this wall. You have my +Fav :D
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user786 Dec 23, 2010
great pic, love the colours!
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neopet001 Dec 27, 2010
How beautiful! Thank you!
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Tevy Jan 12, 2011
You know how to use the red and all the levels of this colors...i like it
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Rakuenless Jan 13, 2011
Looks so warm~ Something we need more of during these cold winter months. <3
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zizo92780 Jan 16, 2011
This is so beautiful and dreamy ^^
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Elle7772 Feb 04, 2011
I like the use of color...orange is HOT!
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it's angelic and devilish all at the same time! -
aOns Feb 22, 2011
ahh thankyou for picture, Goodjob ! ,nice work
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tevysol Mar 03, 2011
Absolutely amazing...thanks it is wonderful
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riyusen Jul 20, 2011
wow great job, i cant help but be amazed. such a nice work
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