Shaman by cwrw

Mixed Medium • Animals • posted on Jul 14, 2008

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A BIG hello! to you all! Been waaaaayyyy too long since I've posted anything. Just been working my posterior off for the last 7 months! One is a big project near and dear to me- I will post that in the next few days. Work is slowing down a little so I have many projects that I had hoped to have done over last Christmas break, that I am now aiming to complete over the rest of the summer. (Fingers crossed!:) So I did this over my week "vacation" this past week (instead of what I should have been doing:) Definitely the most ambitious piece I've done to date. I've been re-reading the wonderful Navajo mystery novels by Tony Hillerman again (highly recommend!) and this piece sort of evolved from that as well as the time I have spent over the years on the "Big Rez"/Four Corners area which I love. This started in Poser 7 (I just love P7 BTW!) with the Mil Horse and Daz Eagle Exp 2. Then off to Bryce 6 as separate renders. The Mil Horse is a custom tex map I made for this project, using the marvelous MoonRose's Equine Textures as a base. The eagle is pretty straight "out of the box". The shield is something I out together in Illustrator, then PS. Then I brought those renders and pieces into Photoshop CS3 (yes finally I had to take the plunge for work and upgraded to the CS3 design package:) I painted in the background, feathers etc and then brought them into Painter X as separate pieces and over painted/added brush work to them. Ditto the horse and eagle. Then finally back to PS and made adjustments as to layer opacity, retouching etc. Then back to Painter as a flattened image and final painting done on the image as a whole. Final print is 20"x30"- also my physically largest work to date as well! Hope you enjoy! I'll be catching up with site mail and everyone's galleries here over the next week- please be patient with me! I am sooooo far behind! I *will* get back with you!

Comments (91)

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DarkStormCrow

11:17PM | Mon, 14 July 2008

Oustanding, wonderful colors and patterns, kudos...

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Iceshark39

11:22PM | Mon, 14 July 2008

Absolutely breathtaking! Your dedication and attention to detail is awe inspiring. Beautiful work and a favorite for certain!

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kelvinhughes

11:28PM | Mon, 14 July 2008

stunning as always and so nice to seee you posting my dear friend

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Li-C.

11:39PM | Mon, 14 July 2008

Oh WOW! This is absolutely GORGEOUS! I've always been such a big fan of your horse work and this only reminds me of exactly how talented you are! The feathers in the horses mane sets it off nicely, along with the war paint. Why can't i get the Eagle to look that good? Excellent, stunning work! Thank you for sharing with us.

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alan42

11:52PM | Mon, 14 July 2008

stunning image - love the colours and textures. And the hair and feather work is superb:)

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louly

11:56PM | Mon, 14 July 2008

Wow this looks amazing! And seems like a lot of work :) Just fabulous!

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rutopia

12:08AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

perfect super great image i love it xxx

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shorterbus

12:17AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

I shudder to think how much work went into this. And talent.

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DennisReed

12:27AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Most Masterful! Bravo!

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JLyons

12:36AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Beautiful work, I have the painted Ponies book and this would fit right in!

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aerodreams

12:47AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Oustanding, wonderful colors and patterns,

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kenwas

1:19AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

What a stunning piece of work!

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romanceworks

1:49AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Wow, Laurie, a totally awesome artwork! The colors, detail, and level of skill and creativity are mind blowing. A truly outstanding piece of work and well worth waiting for. Hugs - CC

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-BrandyE-

1:51AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

phenomenal...utterly phenomenal

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brycek

2:25AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Truly fantastic..beautiful work!!

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PapaSkip

2:36AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Absolutely beautiful image!

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sylki

2:49AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

I am thrilled to see your new and magnificent work. Absolutely stunning!!! The attention to small details is outstanding. The colour palette and composition is exquisite and the lighting superb!! All your images are an inspiration to me and this one is no exception!!! A definite favourite!!!

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helanker

3:42AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

OH How wonderful. Breathtakingly beautiful. Yes masterful is the right word.

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3Dillusions

3:58AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

OOOOOOO how absolutely gorgeous, great to see you back again :) Angela

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VelvetMoxie

4:00AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Your artwork just blows me away--absolutely gorgeous!

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elektra

5:04AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

This is simply stunning. Beautifully done.

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doarte

5:25AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Astonishing (*love the four corners area too) +5

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donnena

6:00AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Glorious!!! Worth the wait!!!

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1010

6:42AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Gorgeous work of art!

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remo

6:51AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

WOW!!! Very beautiful!!!

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dragonmuse

7:01AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

Oh wow! This is absolutely incredible.

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rockets

7:01AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

This is truly a masterpiece! You also deserve kudos for mastering all of those art programs!

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lwperkins

7:03AM | Tue, 15 July 2008

This looks glorious! (And Tony Hillerman is greaat!)This has such wonderful colors and a joyous feel to it, it must have been satisfying to see it all come together!

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