Galadriel's Muse by Rykk

Fractal • Fantasy • posted on Aug 27, 2004

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All shapes including sphere made with Apophysis2 betas10,13,16,17 and 21 -- Background, shading layers and masks made with Ultrafractal 3.02 -- Composed entirely in UF -- Contrast enhancement and sharpening with PSP7 When Arda was young and the light of the Moon and Sun were but just beginning to shine, heralding the coming of the race of Men into the world, Manwe bequeathed to the united elven kings of Numenor and the High Kings of Gondor the Palantiri - "seeing stones". With these marvelous gifts, watch could be kept for stirrings upon the marches of the frontier of Mordor and Barad-dur, citadel of that most beautiful yet most treacherous of the Valar, Morgoth Bauglir - whose name is no longer spoken by elven-kind. As is always the way with the passing of great stretches of time, most of these stones were lost in antiquity save 3, held by Sauron, the wizard Saruman the White and the last rumored to be held in the eerily enchanted forests of Lothlorien by the Queen of the Silvan Elves, Galadriel. Oft-times she would retire to a secret place in the forest to contemplate the power of this stone. Yet, she never looked over-long into its depths and hence never fell in thrall to the Eye of Mordor, Sauron. Elven-kind being immortal, they lack the traits of rashness and impatience that are common to the race of Men in their short and headlong rush thru finite lives and this, possibly, saved her. May we all learn to slow down and dig our surroundings and the people who love us. Well, I had an UF spiral to post that I thought was kinda neat and then this just "happened" - lol Thanks VERY much for stopping by and also VERY heart-felt thanks for your warm encouragement on my last 2 images. Time prevented me from thanking everyone and I feel kinda bad about that and will do better. :?) Rick Oh - here's alink to some of my pix from WAY back in the '90's AOL days: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=DrahcirXips

Comments (117)

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revcodes

11:18PM | Sat, 18 September 2004

Fantastic composition, image and words.

-zenobia-

2:23AM | Sun, 19 September 2004

Beautiful design and colours - excellent!

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Mondwin

3:17AM | Sun, 19 September 2004

excellent and fantasticcccccccc!!!!!!!!!!!bravissimo!!"vote":DDD

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labatt50

9:04AM | Sun, 19 September 2004

Figured I'd find you in here, and sure enough, right at the top!!! As always, superb work!!! This gorgeous piece looks like it fell from heaven! Congrats.....

TrevorC

12:05PM | Sun, 26 September 2004

This is one beautiful composition and story! I always love your work Rick. This image is filled with splendid fractals and the crystal ball is perfect! Wicked!!!!

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Tristana

6:54AM | Fri, 08 October 2004

tout simplement """"" SPLENDIDE """" v

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Astronotus

5:01AM | Sat, 16 October 2004

Very beautiful! Fantastic color and composition. Top image!

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gargoyle84

4:04PM | Sat, 23 October 2004

I love this image! It's just perfect! I watch you work hard on your compositions and every one of them is worth waiting for! Excellent!!! :^)

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FarAnAway

2:08PM | Sat, 06 November 2004

I can't describe how breath-taking all of your wonderous creations are, so I will just humbly add you to my Fav's list so I will be sure not to miss any of the beauty in the future.

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GOLDILOCKSUK

12:18PM | Tue, 09 November 2004

Oh my word I have never been to your gallery before now I see what I have been missing. You have exceptional talent my friend!(V) Cathy oxoxox

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DreamersWish

12:37PM | Thu, 11 November 2004

I just love your images. They are always so stunning and beautiful. The colors are always so soft and inviting. No exception here either.

smitts

4:54PM | Mon, 06 December 2004

Stunning!! I could look at this for hours!!!

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gradient

7:53PM | Thu, 30 December 2004

super colors, cool apo flames and xlt composition.

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Mathefrax

12:29AM | Tue, 15 February 2005

gasp !! sigh................

Compo

11:23PM | Mon, 21 February 2005

The amount of time, effort and love you put into your art is exemplified by this piece. A wonderful feast for the eyes, and the imagination!

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Dindin

3:58PM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Pure delight for the eyes and the soul .

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kimariehere

11:26AM | Tue, 22 March 2005

IT JUST DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS SIMPLY PUT...OH it is a masterpiece and I ABSOLUTLY ADORE IT ... this needs to be hung up on the wall!!!!

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bentchick

10:04AM | Thu, 24 March 2005

Beautiful! It looks like a pearl on the bottom of an alien sea!

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pinktwister

3:10PM | Sun, 10 April 2005

This is one amazing piece of work. The shells are simply stunning. I'm sure all has been said already. This is wonderful!

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evensteven

12:35PM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Most excellent! You are trully a fine and talented artist.

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SweetOne

10:09PM | Fri, 20 May 2005

WOW WOW WOW. Absolutely Gorgeous! I have checked out your gallery and can SURe see why you are AOM!! Excellent work!

Cannonball

2:12PM | Thu, 28 July 2005

I finally decided to make a search that lists all R'osity fractal images by ranking, and this was first. Now that I look it, I must agree with rest of the community; This is by this far most beautiful fractal image I've ever seen. Your perfect sense of picturing infinity, in both art and math, is with no doubt best in the world. You should be selling these as a posters, with quantities of 1 million crates.

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daffodilbaggins

10:27PM | Thu, 22 September 2005

I love LOTR, and both the image as well as the title got me in here to see the larger version! This is beautiful, just beautiful, and the colors are exquisite! Fantastic work, truly!

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