Shaman
by cwrw
Open full image in new tab
Zoom on image
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
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)
npauling
Absolutely gorgeous, all that work really shows in the finished result and I congratulate you on your expertise. The detail you have in each bit is superb.
LENK911
WOW WHAT GREAT DETAIL AND COLOR. NOW THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I WISH IT WERE BIGGER BUT THAT IS TO SEE ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WORK. I HOPE TO SEE MORE.
LBAMagic
Amazing work.
DreamersWish
I agree masterful work! Thank you for letting us in on how you did this (it is greek to me), but you never know when it will be of help later on. It is just an incredible beauty!
faeragirl
Amazing layering work, textures, colors.... well pretty much amazing everything. Excellent!
Trollmac
Incredible work!
steve100
Great style, nicely done.
Aral3D
Awesome work!!!
okcy
You truly are an artist of merit. That you put your heart into it is evident, it's not just a techniquical exercise. Just wonderful!
MOODYBLUE92954
STUNNING WORK I LOVE THIS
rofocale
Impressive beauty and details, Laurie!! It´s very powerful! Welcome back :)
ToniDunlap
Stunning Work. So beautiful and unique. Such magnificent colors. A joy to view such brilliant work.
tetsu-pino
Woow!!! Amazing!! Very beautiful and cool!!!
alphalioness
This is absolutely gorgeous!!!! So Glad you're back and sharing your wonderful image with us :D
Rodma_Hu
Accomplished.
zhaanman
Brilliant in style and design truly a beauty on every level!! I love the strength of the profile of the Magnificent representation of the true American culture stunning image!!!!
Heathcroft
A stunning image! Ticks lots of boxes!
DIANE603
Superb!!
Dotthy
sorry I late, a wonderful colorful master piece you have created!!!!!!!
shotgung0d
Wow! So beautiful...
scifibabe
Wow - this is fantastic. Awesome work and wonderful colors and details.
Georgy
I am sooo speechless. I so love your work!
BloodFlowers
C'est magnifique
unicorn1776
unbelieveable..........take his picture to remember......SOON Shaman will simply gallop off into the myst ! ! !
lightstormcrow
WOW...that word may be over worked with this work of art....but all the work you put into this & the out come...PHEW...
americanwoman
Absolutely STUNNING! I saw this on skinbase.org and had to view some more of your work. Very well worth the visit!
phil01
Simply Magic
aLDOS
Simply amazing!!! bravo!!!
Blush
Just so very beautiful Another fav Hugs Susan~
clbsmiley
Wowser!!