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oddballoffun β€” Spirit of the Rainforest

Published: 2010-08-14 09:13:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 3884; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 76
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Description Inspired in part by the writings of Terry Pratchett and his Discworld. Specifically see Wyrd Sisters and Wintersmith.

This is not a character he created, but some of the concepts he touches upon in his books really inspire me.
The idea of gods being created by belief, anthropomorphic personifications of ideas existing due to beleif, that something can be more than the sum of it's parts alone, and the idea of multiple universes in which everything that has imagined exists due to being imagined (kind of like a rule 32 but for the entire of existence and not just porn).

This being is the sum of a rainforest. She is not a person, she is composed of everything that lives in the forest. She is an avatar for the hivemind, and protects the parts that form the whole.


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Corel Painter X, Wacom Intuos and about 2 weeks work, on and off while minding the front desk at the tattoo studio.

Reference for the face is [link] . Many thanks to ~Reine-Haru for taking such a lovely and usable photo.


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Comments: 44

Sapphiresenthiss [2011-08-28 21:21:31 +0000 UTC]

I'd love to be one of the rainforest spirits

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oddballoffun In reply to Sapphiresenthiss [2011-09-09 08:44:06 +0000 UTC]

Lol it would be nice wouldn't it.

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VisionXtream [2011-04-10 05:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Hey there Deviantart community. I am building a gaming team as we have 5 people in the team so far and are continuously receiving more emails regarding joining. We need volunteers at the moment to help fill the roles for design, modeling and coding. Please email me at vxtream@gmail.com or comment reply to this if your interested and... WOW that is good stuff!

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oddballoffun In reply to VisionXtream [2011-09-09 08:44:40 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks for the offer but I'm too busy with my professional work to volunteer. I'm glad you like it though.

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Afraid-YoureNext [2011-03-28 00:58:13 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is so beautiful and creative. Well done!

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oddballoffun In reply to Afraid-YoureNext [2011-09-09 08:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Flamestriken911 [2011-03-27 03:49:48 +0000 UTC]

Amazing. The coloring is perfect, and the little details like the moss growing on the horns really makes the piece.

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oddballoffun In reply to Flamestriken911 [2011-09-09 08:45:02 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you

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Smokey-Doodle [2011-03-26 16:55:56 +0000 UTC]

O.O MAN! I wish I could do something this cool! I Love it!

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oddballoffun In reply to Smokey-Doodle [2011-09-09 08:45:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Most of it was great reference.

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Smokey-Doodle In reply to oddballoffun [2011-09-10 16:33:02 +0000 UTC]

It really is amazing!
Must have been some really good references.

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moviegirl78 [2011-03-26 02:17:31 +0000 UTC]

Hi there!

This image has been featured in my latest news article which you can find here .

Please be sure to fave the article to help yourself and the other featured artists get seen and to check out all the other wonderful art that has been featured

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oddballoffun In reply to moviegirl78 [2011-09-09 08:45:24 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you for the feature!

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GreyDragonne [2011-01-16 06:21:27 +0000 UTC]

Was just wandering around dA and happened upon this... she is stunning! You have created a beautiful piece of art here.

And I noticed that you work at a tattoo studio? Awesome, I do as well!

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oddballoffun In reply to GreyDragonne [2011-09-09 08:45:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh sweet! sorry I only just noticed this comment. Where do you work? Are you in australia?

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Litle-Noa [2010-09-30 18:22:27 +0000 UTC]

great work ^^

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oddballoffun In reply to Litle-Noa [2011-09-09 08:45:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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mombeam [2010-09-18 15:35:31 +0000 UTC]

Stunning! I love it

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oddballoffun In reply to mombeam [2010-09-21 23:43:15 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you!

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Sireih [2010-09-04 01:42:39 +0000 UTC]

OMG This is ... so.... Im speechless...

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oddballoffun In reply to Sireih [2010-09-06 00:07:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I'm glad you like it!

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Sireih In reply to oddballoffun [2010-09-06 17:05:17 +0000 UTC]

^.^Welcomeβ™₯

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Saturdaythe13th [2010-08-23 07:35:34 +0000 UTC]

those details are astounding!

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oddballoffun In reply to Saturdaythe13th [2010-08-23 07:52:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks heaps! It helps to make the image really really big.

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ArtOfRivana [2010-08-18 14:33:49 +0000 UTC]

This artwork as been featured in this journal:
[link]

Thanks so much for sharing.

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oddballoffun In reply to ArtOfRivana [2010-08-18 22:22:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks heaps hon!

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ArtOfRivana In reply to oddballoffun [2010-08-19 01:59:00 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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JAM86 [2010-08-17 17:22:22 +0000 UTC]

You did an amazing job on this piece!! Nicely done!

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oddballoffun In reply to JAM86 [2010-08-18 00:46:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks heaps! I'm glad you like it

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wraith11 [2010-08-16 15:56:02 +0000 UTC]

Excellent books both... You could probably add Hogfather to that list on Discworld belief as well...

Awesome pic as well. I like how you've used extra detail and sharpness to draw our attention to her face, along with the lighting and hair/tree root thing to frame it.

Also I envy your ability to work with the colour green... for some reason I always have trouble with that.

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oddballoffun In reply to wraith11 [2010-08-16 22:18:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! There are so many awesome books! I'd just list the entire of discworld series, since he references a lot of his concepts in all of them even if it's only briefly.

I'm glad you like the focus thing I was trying too, this whole thing was another experiment so I'm glad it worked!

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Nanette-Pia [2010-08-14 20:31:34 +0000 UTC]

that is so beautiful

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oddballoffun In reply to Nanette-Pia [2010-08-14 22:58:42 +0000 UTC]

thankyou! <3

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T-Dev [2010-08-14 12:34:37 +0000 UTC]

By the gods this is amazing.

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oddballoffun In reply to T-Dev [2010-08-14 22:58:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks man

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EVAVESTER [2010-08-14 11:19:40 +0000 UTC]

Very well done!!!

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oddballoffun In reply to EVAVESTER [2010-08-14 11:52:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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EVAVESTER In reply to oddballoffun [2010-08-14 15:16:34 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!!!

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Kyree [2010-08-14 10:17:47 +0000 UTC]

I think I just... 'asmed...
OMG, Rhi... This is... aMAzing!
I'm in love!

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oddballoffun In reply to Kyree [2010-08-14 11:14:12 +0000 UTC]

Lol Pat, just make sure you clean yourself up! I'm glad you like it hon I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I <3 corel.

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Kyree In reply to oddballoffun [2010-09-06 01:30:11 +0000 UTC]

I've decided I'm gonna get me an iPad, next year.
So I don't have to lug around 10+ items just to be able to get creative when the need arises.

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Kyree In reply to oddballoffun [2010-09-06 01:25:42 +0000 UTC]

This is on my wishlist. I reckon I'll get me a print sometime in the next year. ^_^

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ozzieimages [2010-08-14 10:16:14 +0000 UTC]

OMG. Rhiannon, this is AWESOME, what a talent you have, love it....
Baz

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oddballoffun In reply to ozzieimages [2010-08-14 11:12:35 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks heaps Barry! I'm glad you like it! Why don't you put your photography up?

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