Apollo and Daphne by cgaddict

2D • Fantasy • posted on Oct 21, 2009

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Description

The Greek Mythological tale of Apollo and Daphne was something I tried many times before to paint without much success... until recently. I felt like this story could make for some very interesting imagery, so I was very determined to get it finished. I put a lot of thought and work into the background in this one. In general I feel like I spend too much time concentrating on the figures during the painting process, so I tried to break that flow with this image, spending lots and lots of hours on the background alone. I created quite a few custom brushes for this one, specifically for the leaves on the background and grass in the foreground to help speed up the process, as well as obtain some very realistic textural effects as well. The tree's textures were a lot of fun to work on as well... and very, very time consuming, but I feel like I have a much more stronger and believable image because of it. Overall I'm quite satisfied with how this image turned out, and I hope you enjoy it as well.

Comments (12)

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pixeluna

12:09PM | Wed, 21 October 2009

This is one of the most amazing art I've seen here. Got to add this to my favorites. Love it!

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anitalee Online Now!

2:17PM | Wed, 21 October 2009

Stunning!!

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Arquitekto

2:28PM | Wed, 21 October 2009

Great ilustration.

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3:52AM | Thu, 22 October 2009

wow, a most beautiful painting. the details are great. i think the foliage turned out really really good. and the light is wonderful. and the most important thing - it conveys a lot of feeling. excellent stuff.

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thecytron

8:48AM | Thu, 22 October 2009

Wonderful and beautiful composition! Bravo!!!

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summer1412

11:39AM | Thu, 22 October 2009

Absolutely incredible. I've been dabbling with the 'tree woman' concept for a while myself, my mother is very fond of it, so I'm making her something similar for Christmas. Gorgeous work, very emotive. claps

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zhaanman

11:55AM | Fri, 23 October 2009

Brilliant image such growth and soft Beauty I love it!! Even the background story explaining it! Man the detail and brush strokes are alive I Love it!! The true nature an beauty of the surrounding show the time you put into it as much as your character awesome job!!

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