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It would be an understatement to say this was a work of obsession... :faint:

This is my final entry for the Bring Your Vision to Life contest! :3 I worked really hard on it, so please full view!


Meaning:

Demons who walk among the earth are feared by humans. This is why the humans would lock them away in these impenetrable towers of stone.

This demon is not really a demon at all. She cannot help how she was born and what she looks like. Any mistake she makes is construed as evil due to the prejudice already against her from birth. She spends her life in the tower until it inevitably falls apart by itself.

Eventually an angel comes to join her. He has committed horrendous acts which he once fooled himself into believe were for good. His wings have burned and withered and he has nowhere to go. In his immense regret and hurt, he confines himself to the once magnificent tower for the rest of eternity, alongside the demon.

There are two types of good and evil. There are those forged by society, and those created by the decisions we make. Everyone has both good and evil inside of them. To what extent is the question.

There's a coin. It has 'heads' and it has 'tails.' But in the end it's still just a coin.




Please support my entry by commenting and :+fav:ing!

Photoshop CS3
Wacom Graphire tablet
51 hours

EDIT: As of today, November 21, 2009, this Deviation has reached 50 fav's! Thank you everyone! :hug:

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:iconannalwagner:
Thats kick ass, if i didnt see you working on it right before me id say it was done with oil paints, it looks that good. Hope you win!

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:iconkuroikii:
Thanks so much! I really hope I got them to look realistic enough, and not all weird. :P

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:iconannalwagner:
seems you got it. i dont see any flaws. It looks like what you were going for over all.

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:iconkuroikii:
Thanks. It's just when you stare at it for long, you lose true perspective of the face. o_o Compared to what I had earlier (in progress), looks a lot better.

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:iconannalwagner:
ah i see.

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:iconshlomit:
this is amazing
one of the best i saw
got my fave on it!
:)
and thx for watcinhg mine

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:icondynobot:
Faved, as usual. I really like the expression on the girls face.

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:icondezkenob1:
Excellent. You've outdone yourself with this. Your best work for this contest without a doubt and I hope it gets the attention it deserves, especially knowing how much this contest seems to have been a bit of a burden/obsession for you.

I really love your vision when it comes to things like this. Your clearly take time to think about what it is you are trying to get across. This picture definitely needs less of a description than your other entries although I'm glad you did write one anyway.

The look on the Demon-girl's face is just great. It's that look of sorrow and sadness and you've really captured it perfectly. Actually, you've captured the look of similar on the Angel perfectly too.

Your proportions are perfect. The positions of both characters looks natural and I really like how he is slumped. It really makes him look like he's just given up with the will to live, as if he's used up his last amount of energy and has nothing else to offer. Resigned to defeat.

The feathers of the angels wings are stunning and I'd love to know how you do stuff like that. In fact I'm going to note you in the hope that you may be able to offer me advice and insight about doing a picture such as this in Photoshop. :)

You've done a great job on the bricks of the tower and the perspective is spot on.

The background is good in terms of its colours, especially the darker side of the picture and it serves as a nice frame to the whole thing without detracting from the main picture.

As much as I'd like to say that I can't pick fault with this picture, unfortunately I can't but that's just my 'nit-picking' side. Don't worry though because the so-called 'fault' (for want of a better word) does NOT detract from the picture and is probably not even worth mentioning........but I will anyway because otherwise I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't. Sorry. :(

It's her hand and how it is 'spread'. It just looks TOO spread and too perfect and therefore not quite as natural as it should. I also feel it needs some slight detail on it in some way. Maybe if the tendons to the fingers were just slightly more defined and also some slight lines on her skin where her knuckles are would help too.

All in all, stunning work. Your talent for character design is 2nd to none as is your vision, and when combined you become a force to reckon with, as you've shown here. I sure hope you are pleased with this picture.

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:iconkuroikii:
Thanks so much for looking and commenting! I really hope more people get to see it! :3

People tend to just look at the top 10 or whatever and go on their merry way... :(

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