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Surcease of Sorrow
Published: 2014-04-09 09:56:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 10506; Favourites: 538; Downloads: 157
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore
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It's indeed a pleasure for you to meet me!Β (I often say that on meeting Spaniards who think they've got a reasonable level of English...You can hear confusion clog dancing inside their heads long after the introduction ...Deep down I'm an evil bastard and on the surface too!)
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Many thanks for taking the time to comment, most appreciated
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I enjoyed looking at all of the little details. Great piece.
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I dread looking at the "little details" - That's where all the mistakes live
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I refused to change the camera angle, so I just stuffed everything in as best I could
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Thank you very much for the compliment
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Or.... amazingly simple
Many thanks for your comment
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Thanks
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8D Oh my gosh, you quoted The Raven! I just read that recently! By the way, this picture is AWESOME! VERY well done!
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It's a lovely poem isn't it? (albeit a tad dark)
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Have you tried adding a gradually increased subtle blur to imply focus on a specific area? I think it would help.
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I did
At first I rendered unbiased with an F-stop of 1, however, unbiased and displacement (beard/hair) hate each other and it would have taken hours to render. So I tried again using a biased render with DoF set at 5% - Far too much!!! (I lost the reflection in the window and the "Good Bye" on the oiuja board)
This one is rendered with Front/Back DoF at just 1% - Obviously too little! 
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Lovely interpretation of "The Raven" :3 And the artwork is amazing as well! Great job!
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finally people who actually take the time to texture and put their 3d stuff in to some proper rendering and lighting. and is that sub surface scattering i see 8D ??
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You put me to shame
This was never meant to be seen by anyone other than the small group of Deviants that follow me regularly (it's even half normal size), I spent the night keeping vigil on a sick family member and rather than stare at the wall I did this, hence my embarrasment at the DD
'Tis indeed SSS on the skin and the candle .... It's nice when people notice these things
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i only work in 2D but i know a fair amount of 3D stuff. just no idea how to do it myself you know XD
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Congratulations on your well-deserved DD!!!
Iβm very happy for you!!!
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It is like something from a point and click mystery game! FIND OUT WHY HE IS SAD! IS IT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS WIFE? hm hm hm!
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I do believe so... I wonder what's inside the little box?
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This this type of detail for a "game," it is most likely a finger.Β Β
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Is there a purple humanoid inside the orb?
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"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before"
If it were a purple humanoid, that would explain why he was frightened
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Oh, you're making me wish I hadn't skipped past all of Poe's poetry to the short stories.
I regret doing this somewhat, but I can better appreciate short stories than poetry.
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I don't usually like poetry either 
Plus his short stories are very entertaining - Everyone rants about Sherlock Holmes but isn't Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" exactly that, except written 20 years earlier?
To me, he's a great unsung hero of literature
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I like Poe. I feel like- actually, no, Lovecraft totally looked up to him. Personally I had trouble with a lot of the archaisms of Poe's writing (I speak neither French nor Latin, Mr. Poe!) but he still was quite original. Also, he wrote the first sci-fi story, with the one about the balloon that goes to space. I forget the exact name.
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That's face that says," i wish i could be masturbating right now."
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Β You do realize that you're goin' straight to hell for that!
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Oh course! I intend to be back flipping there with dick in hand and the song big booty bitches spilling from my lips.Β
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Thank you kindly Art-of-DarkElegance
(I really do love that blinking putty tat!)
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As always a great piece of work.
To put it simply...More Please!
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Β Very many thanks
Β Before I went to bed last night I started to model a scene that I've always wanted to do... Today I discovered that this one was a DD Β and I've spent the whole day answering messages... Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy people like it but, without sounding ungrateful, I'm also very sad I didn't have a chance to do what I wanted to do, i.e. More! ...It'll be Monday again soon
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It's interesting, though the reflections seem more like items on the other side of the glass than reflections - was this intentional? Β It makes sense as a bust of Pallas but not so much for the scope.
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The reflection in the window is in fact him, he's very white (almost spectral) because the moonlight is set at 400% in order to generate the rays. I needed the telescope to frame his reflection and make it clear. The reflection of the telescope is quite obvious and this leads down to his reflection. Without it, his reflection just looks like something else in the room.
Now you come to mention it I could have put a door and a bust of Pallas on his left, reflected in the window too 
Thanks for your comment
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I love how expressive this scene is; very detailed!
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