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Dedicated to the beautiful and talented ~Alicelefay for her s

also an entry to s Dream Contest:
[link]

When I made this, the man was originally transparent - in other words, a ghost - and the title was All by My Lonesome. But then I thought... they just looked too good together What I've tried to convey is... well, the dream of love. Dream, because with the piano in the background, it gives a sense of un-realness (that's not even a word, is it?) and the music, calm lake, starry sky, and the man's expression, soft and with a smile on his lips, helping the shy girl stepping down. Things you wish for, dream of, that doesn't happen in real life. The title indicate that they're alone in the world, lost in this dream, which is what I had in mind when I chose this size, so that it focused on the nature as well as the models.

....and that description was entirely for the contest - which btw is my first on Da *hides* - as I normally leave the interpretion up to the viewers...

If you want to see some of the changes I made, click the links under. (I really hate when I'm not able to see what's been done and can't give proper comments because of that)

Base Image to Manip (animation)
[link]

Details; before/after images:
[link]

Credit to these artists for sharing their resources - I'm much obliged.

AlicelefayStock for female model
[link]
[link]

lindowyn-stock for male model:
[link]

sun-stock for grand piano:
[link]

sxc.hu background landscape:
[link]

Imageafter for sky and stars:
[link]

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I just love it when the stock is perfect. The background here, for example. I briefed through 3-4 pages on sxc, found this image, pasted it into Photoshop behind the models - and WHAM! Perfect, without even moving it an inch right or left. Even the stones were right - it does look like the female is stepping off a stone, doesn't it? I didn't think of that until I saw how easy it would be to add a few small touches to make it look just right.

And what's with the few stocks of grand pianos out there? I went through sxc.hu and yotophoto (which basically is the same thing, since it searches through several free stock sites at once) and I couldn't find any from a good angle. Originally, I wanted a black one, but I just thought I'd play out the color when I finally found the stock.

I think it's the Christmas food talking. I'll shut up now.

Description
Dedicated to the beautiful and talented ~Alicelefay for her s

also an entry to s Dream Contest:
[link]

When I made this, the man was originally transparent - in other words, a ghost - and the title was All by My Lonesome. But then I thought... they just looked too good together What I've tried to convey is... well, the dream of love. Dream, because with the piano in the background, it gives a sense of un-realness (that's not even a word, is it?) and the music, calm lake, starry sky, and the man's expression, soft and with a smile on his lips, helping the shy girl stepping down. Things you wish for, dream of, that doesn't happen in real life. The title indicate that they're alone in the world, lost in this dream, which is what I had in mind when I chose this size, so that it focused on the nature as well as the models.

....and that description was entirely for the contest - which btw is my first on Da *hides* - as I normally leave the interpretion up to the viewers...

If you want to see some of the changes I made, click the links under. (I really hate when I'm not able to see what's been done and can't give proper comments because of that)

Base Image to Manip (animation)
[link]

Details; before/after images:
[link]

Credit to these artists for sharing their resources - I'm much obliged.

AlicelefayStock for female model
[link]
[link]

lindowyn-stock for male model:
[link]

sun-stock for grand piano:
[link]

sxc.hu background landscape:
[link]

Imageafter for sky and stars:
[link]

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I just love it when the stock is perfect. The background here, for example. I briefed through 3-4 pages on sxc, found this image, pasted it into Photoshop behind the models - and WHAM! Perfect, without even moving it an inch right or left. Even the stones were right - it does look like the female is stepping off a stone, doesn't it? I didn't think of that until I saw how easy it would be to add a few small touches to make it look just right.

And what's with the few stocks of grand pianos out there? I went through sxc.hu and yotophoto (which basically is the same thing, since it searches through several free stock sites at once) and I couldn't find any from a good angle. Originally, I wanted a black one, but I just thought I'd play out the color when I finally found the stock.

I think it's the Christmas food talking. I'll shut up now.