Memories Of My Family (For lior) by magnus073
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This image is dedicated to Lior (lior). He is a good friend, and one of the kindest people I have ever known. The other day he told me his sister Rivka had died, and asked if I would do a dedication for her. Rivka was a wonderful sister, and was very close to their Father. Rivka admired her Father and dreamed one day she would marry a man like him. Sadly their Father died many years ago, and more recently they lost their Mom. Now that Rivka is gone the memories of their family being together are even more precious to Lior. I want to share with my friends one of those memories he will always treasure.
Memories Of My Family (For lior): While growing up their family didn't have a lot of money, but they did have love. Lior and Rivka loved their parents, and had a great life when they were young. Their parents spent time with their children, playing with them every day. Often they would go onto the porch and just spend the day laughing and talking. Rivka would always be close to her Father, and he would tell her stories. Lior was close to his Mom, enjoying the stories too. It may have seemed simple, but it was a magical world on that porch. You might see Rivka letting the family dog lick a cupcake, as their Mom laughed and rocked in her chair. This is my humble attempt to capture one of those moments he described. This is the image I had in my mind of this wonderful little family that Lior remembers when they were truly happy and I know many of you who have lost family members can relate and think back too I hope. My prayers are with you during this time of great loss my friend.
Credits: Vicky, Mike, Madison, Matt, Dog by Daz
Hansel Textures by TONIDUNLAP
Rocking Chair By (mapps) & (Richardphotos)
Father's clothes by Poserworld
Cupcake by Mada
Juni Hair By Out Of Touch & Bice
Laques Hair By Seisui
Comments (220)
Morgana61
Questa delica mi ha commosso, è splendida, mi dispiace tantissimo per Lior perchè perdere i genitori e una sorella, i parenti più vicini al cuore per ognuno di noi deve essere terribile. Sono vicina a Lior con il pensiero anche se non lo conosco, capisco bene la sua tristezza ed il suo sconforto, in questo mondo dove siamo in tanti, ma nel dolore, per quanto confortati da tutti...dentro la nostra anima siamo soli.
Iceshark39
A beautiful and sweet dedication to a wonderful artist. Always a pleasure to see your work. And peaceful thoughts and prayers to Lior at this difficult time.
pops
Beautiful work and sentiments Dave
shorterbus
Another classic. Dave, you are the Norman Rockwell of the 3d art medium. I'm still waiting for you to do one for me though, back when I was just a tyke in college and used to help the sorrority girls string the house with Christmas light, only during all the frolicking and fun, the girls would all end up accidently tied to the house columns by the light strings and it would take me hours and hours to get those darn things unknotted. Hours! Oh, and add a translation for all my Samoan friends! Have a great Christmas!
chimera46
An excellent loving image and a great dedication, well done.
MarciaGomes
PRECIOSA CENA FAMILIAR MEU AMIGO,FANTÁSTICAS POSES E EXPRESSÕES DOS PERSONAGENS ,ME PARECEM MUITO FELIZES.++++++++++5 MARAVILHOSA HISTÓRIA DA INFANCIA DE LIOR,FICO TRISTE POR SUA PERDA MINHAS ORAÇÕES ESTÃO COM ELE.
Whikadsista
Hi Dave, lovely my friend Nez :)
HADCANCER
Very good, sorry to be behind in my comments
KaiArt
Excellent work
mansco
A real pleasure to come along Dave... Merry Christmas my friend ;O)
Jean-Luc_Ajrarn
Wonderful image and dedication. :)
zoren
a great scene of these warm and caring memories.... Prettige Kerstdagen!& Gelukkig NieuwJaar!
FrenchKiss
This is a lovely illustration of a touching story.
efron_241
Great days for you Merry Christmas and a great and artistic new Decennium May you make all your dreams come true in 2010 !!!! and the years beyond...
FS
Such wonderful dedication and image,Dave!!Fantastic scene and realization!!
NetWorthy
Another wonderful Dave render - good to see you post something again. I hopy you and your family have a very wonderful Christmas holiday!
morganahope
WOW... DAVE....HOW SWEET YOU´RE !!! LOVE YOU AND YOUR SOUL !! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU !!
e-brink
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
watifeye
A very beautiful and touching dedication Dave. My thoughts and prayers are with Lior and his Sister in Heaven. As always, your words are straight from your heart. Excellent tribute my friend.
GOLDILOCKSUK
Awwww our Zackie does that only his mouth would be round the cake lol! Gorgeous family image :) Cathy xoxoxo
bluedarkmoon
Wonderful image and dedi, love it...
azoohouse
Shroom bob said it perfectly....your art shows what an admirable person you are! Best wishes to you and yours!
SIGMAWORLD
Very nice.
Fidelity2
My Fav.!!!
Sylvia
This Scene is a ~Caress to the Heart~ Incredibly Sweet... FASCINATING, as always!!!
Polaris7
good 3D scene!, well done! :-)
BertDes
Wonderful artwork.
Madbat
Aw, man, it sucks to hear that. However, your dedications are the best!
anahata.c
Dave, it's embarrassing to have missed your gallery so long, though I've missed most galleries in the last months so you're not alone. But yours is always so special & touching, and i apologize for so much absence. Well, the last days of this year, I'm visiting everyone once to say Happy New Year and remind everyone how much you've all meant to me. I will comment on your other work, but I chose this one because it's such a loving tribute to Lior's passed sister, because it's so poignant, and because it's so much what you do, Dave. It's a true Dave gift to us all. First, I must say this touched something personal, as my mother's name in Hebrew was Rivka as well. (Rivka, or Rivchah, is the Hebrew for "Rebecca". You might hear it as "Rifkah" too---hard "f"---which is Yiddish.) I am very sorry for Lior's recent losses, his mother before & now his sister. (And his father, of course, years ago.) Losing a sister is like losing a piece of one's heart: There's nothing that can ever replace her, except for the burning flame of her memory and the glow of the love she left behind. Do you see the letters at the bottom of Lior's comment--in Hebrew? Well, in Rivka's case, they would stand for tehe nishmatah tzerurah bitzror hachayim, which means "may her soul be embraced in the bond of eternal life". It's based on First Samuel, from the Bible: It's a way of saying, may her soul live on like a flame in the light of the eternal. Your image helps keep that flame alive. Visually: You have all your loving details, Dave, which, from the little I know about rendering, take great care & love: The wholly naturalistic pose of each family member; the relaxed wrinkles of the clothing (it's so wonderful how you do that each time); the realistic wear of his mother's pants, the crossing of Lior's legs and the appearance of one foot and his wholly natural hands. The relaxed & extended legs of his mother; the all-encompassing lap of his father (wonderful); how Rivka embraces her father's hand with utter ease--another way you have of capturing love in the smallest moments. And you caught the dog as only dogs can be: resting one direction but craning over to get a piece of food, effortless (so it appears!) and done with the greatest affection. Rivka is all glee as she watches on, and you chose her colors so well: She's the sun here, all yellows. And your shading throughout the piece is very fine. And you've framed Lior's father & Rivka with the window, almost like a crown...and when we look in the background (on the left) we see the deep land behind, with trees & greenery going back into infinity. The silver balustrades framing it all so well. It's another gentle evocation from you, with attention to detail as if each one were a snapshot of our lives, a cornerstone of our memories. Beautiful as always Dave, and you are to be commended for doing this time after time, I mean without fail (!) given how much time it takes to first digest these stories, then how much you put into making them alive. You take them on as if an entire life were entrusted to you, and you finish them as if you were giving birth to them all over again. Which, really, you actually are... I once asked an old Jewish mystic if he thought souls went to an actual 'heaven'. He answered with the old mystical saying: "It is not our beloved who are in heaven, it is heaven that is in the beloved". You've captured that heaven once more for Lior and for us. My sympathies to Lior, and my bows to you. You are a servant to all you touch, Dave. Happy New Year, I hope all is well with you, I'll write to you soon. And I'll return to your glowing gallery soon after the 1st. Thank you for another piece of your big & always holding heart...
Mad-Mike
Very sad that this gentleman's sister died :( But what a very heart felt dedi you gave him! it is very well done, and i bet he loves it
