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Twiil — Fear is Only In Your Mind

Published: 2008-12-29 01:17:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1222; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Description "Fear Makes the Wolf Bigger Than it Is" -German Proverb

If you are not me or Marysia, then please do not touch. Thanks!

Feel free to use my work as inspiration for yours, but I would like a link and credit. It's common courtesy. Thanks!

Edit
1) I flipped the top half of the water so the piece of land was on the other side and moved the shark back more.

About the Image;
Here's the image that I've been working on all day with my friend Lee. (*Storm-Skyrus ) I taught her how to use the pen tool, blend backgrounds, and straighten horizon lines. I feel accomplished!

This is also for the lovely ~acerox for Christmas/New Years/Her Birthday! WOO! Way different from my original intentions, but whatever.

The sand around the front hooves, the crappy ripples around the back hooves (I know, I SUCK at them), the blood and the two shark fins were painted, as well as the crap mane and tail. My manes and tails are better then they used to be, but still not great.

Basically, the idea here is the shark is attracted to the horse's blood, and the horse's fear is turning the shark, which is actually pretty tiny, into a giant monster. Which I tried to show with the faded out larger fin. Didn't work too well.

I know I say a lot of crap about my images, but I'm actually happy with it, that's just the way I am.

Lee's telling me I talk too much in my Artist's Comments. D:

Technical Details;
Music Inspiration: Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence , Our Solemn Hour by Within Temptation
Time Taken: About 5-6 Hours straight through. We have no lives.
Layers: 30
Program: Photoshop CS4
Fonts Used:
Bloodfea
Scrawled
Times New Roman

Credits;
Horse by ~Caserta-Stock
Ocean by ~ChaoticKittie
Sky 1 by ~SingularStock
Sky 2 by *night-fate-stock

I'd appreciate it if you'd look at the stock I used to see how much I changed them, and if you see any stock I used in this that you like that you use them as well!
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Comments: 17

Storm-Skyrus [2008-12-29 11:43:39 +0000 UTC]

It came out amazing! Hehehe I watched you make it, you worked really hard and it shows!

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Twiil In reply to Storm-Skyrus [2008-12-29 15:10:00 +0000 UTC]

Lol thanks! I uploaded yours for you too, by the way.

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Serephinex [2008-12-29 05:32:28 +0000 UTC]

OH WOW! Twiil, this is one of your best images yet!
The blood looks awesome. I can't do blood. At all. I couldn't do it to save my life.

The shark looks a bit odd, but mostly because the water is a bit too shallow for a big-ass shark to be sneaking up and biting the horse on the butt. Er, I mean leg ^^

The hooves are actually really well done in my opinion. Kudos to you m'dear!

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Twiil In reply to Serephinex [2008-12-29 05:40:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks sweetie!
Blood is fun!

Mm, yeah... See, I was gonna put it on ze other side waayyy in the back, but then like, the horse was like, looking <- that way, so I moved it.. but the piece of land was in my way and I was too lazy to fix it.
I'll go back and fix it later though.

Mrr.. I don't like 'em. But if Lissie says so..

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Serephinex In reply to Twiil [2008-12-29 17:17:40 +0000 UTC]

I lieks 'dem I doz.

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gallopracer [2008-12-29 02:06:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh my Twiil! you really outdid yourself one!

I love the blood painted on it looks so realistic!

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Twiil In reply to gallopracer [2008-12-29 02:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much gr!

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gallopracer In reply to Twiil [2008-12-29 03:56:42 +0000 UTC]

You is most welcome and I wrote that on my Ipod touch, so I couldn't see the great details even moar XD

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acerox [2008-12-29 01:59:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!
The idea is brilliant. And I love the attention to detail!

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Twiil In reply to acerox [2008-12-29 02:27:32 +0000 UTC]

eeee! -squeals-
So glad you like it

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acerox In reply to Twiil [2008-12-29 13:35:00 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE IT

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twihard [2008-12-29 01:41:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thats fantastic! Good work!

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Twiil In reply to twihard [2008-12-29 01:49:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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twihard In reply to Twiil [2008-12-29 02:19:55 +0000 UTC]

=]

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horsenia [2008-12-29 01:19:54 +0000 UTC]

You did such a nice job on the blood!!!

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Twiil In reply to horsenia [2008-12-29 01:39:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks nia!

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horsenia In reply to Twiil [2008-12-29 02:15:10 +0000 UTC]

anytime(:

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