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Published: 2007-09-13 13:22:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 16467; Favourites: 397; Downloads: 0
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Well, here I am spammin' you all with Artemis updates again, but then I haven't updated this for ages...moved the last WIP to scraps, where you can compare to see progress.I love this painting so much I don't want to finish it. It's more like a place where I go than something I'm creating. I pick up working on it when I feel the need to recharge, and it always does that for me. And at the rate I'm going it may be a place where I go for a long time...gee has it been almost a year since I started working on it??? Wow...that's a record for me
I've finished the peregrine and golden hind (antlers need more work, they should look like gold. Metallic...)
Artemis almost finished, dogs need work, the branch over her head (oak tree) needs darker under branches behind and evening out of the colour. Rocks, foreground and dogs need finishing.
I often listen to NPR and BBC radio online while I work, the fires in Greece made me wish she were hunting arsonists...
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Nice! Would love to see one in your style for Selene - Goddess of the Moon.
You depicted Artemis very well! A lot of people confuse her as a primary goddess of the moon, although she is also that, she is not as prominent as a moon goddess as Selene sister of Apollo who is often forgotten. Even if her brother and sister is Helios god of the sun and Eos goddess of the dawn. Would have been great if you could slightly put a moon in the sky even in the daytime the moon can still be present. Don't worry about the bear. Bears where not in Greece!
Well done! You should really focus on more gods and goddesses in your style.
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Sorry I can't edit or delete my comment:
I was wrong. Artemis is sister of Apollo. Selene is sister of Helios and Eos.
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This painting is absolutely incredible! It's quite clear that you've spent so much time on it. Your image of Artemis is almost exactly how She appears to me. You've captured just about every key element associated with Her; the only one that's missing is a bear. I especially love your detail in the muscles of the animals and the folds of the dress. Your eye for detail and your perception of lighting/shadowing are phenomenal!
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Oh my god. This is really good - I expected you to have like around, what, 10000 faves!
The details are absolutely amazing. Wonderful, wonderful composition - what else do you expect from a Goddess of Hunt and Moon? Artemis herself fits the image as a Virgin Goddess.
I'd be totally insane if I didn't fave this.
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This is amazing! I love artemis and often did research on her history. The sourroundings are beautiful and you are doing a really good job on it. Very inspiring!
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She's beautiful! And I love background, all dogs and the stag. (Maybe it's poor Acteon? 
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The detail work on this is absolutely stunning! I really like the perspective on this too, almost as if we're intruding on a quiet moment. Beautiful painting, and it's nice to see that even extremely skilled artists can take all the time they need to finish a piece.
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Aw, thanks so much for your comment on this! I'm still plugging away at it, but just bits at a time...yep, I'm not very goal oriented on this piece, I just want to play around and take my time with it
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You're most welcome! It's a lovely piece and look like it could fit into a book of fables (I hope that's the right word). It's comforting to know that not every painting has to have a goal in the planning stages, but you can just start somewhere and have fun with it, and see where it ends up. Now that is what I call brilliant!
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I find it amazing how you can put aside a picture and come back to it months later and still be able to pick it up so easily. (I have a tendency to tire of old projects, so they just get cast aside permanently). Love where you're taking this, and I look forward to seeing the end result... someday.
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Hi Far (sorry I'm so behind answering here 
It does take a bit of time to get my bearings again when I pick up an old work, and I have to stop and think about what my original intentions were sometimes. For the most part it's like going back to a house you used to live in. You can still remember where the bathroom, living room, bedrooms and kitchen are, but you might have forgotten just why you put up those ugly curtains or what that half finished scaffold in the backyard was all about lol...
Yeah, I'm getting a bit antsy to finish this, it will be nice to finally submit the finished product. But a little scary, I have no excuse for mistakes, having taken so much time on it
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Oh wow! This is going really great 
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Hi hon 
Sometimes when someone I know gets a DD I think "Well it's about time!", that was definitely the case with yours
Thanks for your comments. I've enjoyed working on this one, but I keep putting it down after awhile...I get so wrapped up in it that I need a break, I don't want it to end up being a chore to finish! I'm really happy with the progress I feel I've gotten from the experience, tho
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Nay! Never think so my dear! 
I've been worn out by so many stuff that goes around my life lately, that I've gone very absent and idle for quite a long time
That's very pretty actually, I'm so happy about how it reached so far too. it's getting prettier and prettier by time. Oh yeah it's so good when you enjoy the time as you progress through a painting, give a nice feeling of accomplishment 
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I've seen a lot of takes on Artemis, here on DevArt, but this one is my all-time favorite. Almost exactly how I would imagine the Goddess. *claps happily* Especially because her eyes and hair are dark, rather than the blonde I've seen people give her. Since Artemis is Greek, I always envision her with dark coloring. So awesome.
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Thank you for your comment
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It's nice to have a place to retreat to =^_^=
And it's getting to look so good!
I've started working more on my art now too, uploading it to a professional site go get critique then fixing what they see =^_^=
I have nothing in my gallery to show of in a hope to get a job... I need to do something about that (As I need to apply for jobs from next summer) I have to many physical and mental restriction to hold any.. "ordinary" jobs... Art is my only hope (in the form of 3D combined with 2D. Maybe in design? But dream job is children book illustrations)
I'll have to practice allot this year, and hope that it pays of
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Hi, hon
I know what you mean about a regular job, I'm in the same boat
Of course your practice will pay off
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I don't have all the time in the world thou....
In a year from now, I'll be 22, still living at home and no school.
So next summer I will need to get a job....
So I have one year to get good enough to get hired =S
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Aw, gee
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I don't think so... But they will help me make a show real I think, that will help!
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Hello my friend,
I send this message just to tell that I featured your work in my journal: [link] !
Congratulations for the wonderful work!!!
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Thank you so much for the feature!
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The detail in this is exquisite - I've enjoyed looking at the WIP's of this over time... I don't know how you do it, but long may you continue to produce such stunning artwork! 
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Thanks for your comments, Michelle (did you realise we have the same name? 
I look forward to finishing it, lately, so I guess that means it will be done sometime soon
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WOW!! awesome!! heehee..it's your vacation spot away from life!
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Absolutely beautiful. I wish I had the patience for good digital...but I like getting messy
...We should have 'open season' on arsonists everywhere...
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Whoa! Stunning as always! The clothes are just absolutely fantastic. I figure its Artemis the greek god of the hunt?
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Wow I only just noticed the doves (?) in the tree, there is so much detail in this, and it looks amazing every time I see it. It's going to be an epic masterpiece when you've finished!
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wow, the realism of your people is getting more and more amazing with every piece!
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This is so beautiful! Great work, you have such talent!!!
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It's a very complex composition and I look forward to seeing it finished. It's going really really well. It's really well balanced color and value wise with good compositional, side to side balance and good eye movement back through the picture. All you really have is some detail work to finish up with minor little tweaks here and there, that you mentioned. Bravo!
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Absolutely stunning, the detail is amazing.
You did a fantastic job on this one, must have taken you quite some time to finish it.
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This painting has really come to life. It looks as if Artemis could walk right out of the picture.
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Absolute in love with this....very spiritual and perfectly done.
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Oh Gods, Artemis 0_o The greek goddess of the hunt? Awesome... Fav! xD
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This is so wonderfully detailed! Lovely work!
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