The Seven Deadly Sins: VANITY by BlacKeri

2D • Fantasy • posted on Dec 19, 2004

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Description

..Or if you prefer: Pride - Mother of all sins. First one of the, duh, Seven Deadly Sins serie. "Vanity is an excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise." symbolism? It's all pretty obvious but I will explain some stuff which inspired me, to sound cool, mind you. :P - As you can read up, vanity is linked with the color violet, so here you go the color theme. - Peacocks remind me of vanity as well, therefore I have used a peacock feather as an inspiration for the "frame". - You can see the background being desertish (plus the dead tree)... Vain people usually never see any beauty in the world, but only in themselves... That is why everything around them, sooner or later, dies - and that is what I have tried to depicture. techy info: lady's props based on my (pencil) sketch based on a couple o' refs, refs for textures. you can see some art nouveau inspirations in the frame - my tribute to A. Mucha, as he is my idol Generally it is my most thought-through and time consuming piece and I need to say I am satisfied with it Around 60 hours or so, as some parts were hell to finish, seriously :/ Anyway, I hope you like it, comments, critiques, favs welcome! Coming next (someday): Envy :] PS. No I am not really religious, I just found the Seven Deadly Sins a really inspiring subject.

Comments (147)

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igorfo

3:22AM | Thu, 01 March 2007

I love it, can't wait to see the rest!

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3:30AM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Mighty fine work! Well worth all the effort (easy for me to say, right). Love the symmetry and decorative framing - those art noveau folk were really onto something and it's great to see more of that. The figure, gesture and fabric are top notch, a satisfying and scrumptious visual treat. Excellent alloy of intellectual and perceptual domains - each leveraging the other. A very exciting visual experience, with that quality of never tiring the viewer. And it's good to read about someone actually planning, sketching and researching. A workflow which has obviously paid off and a good lesson to us all. Problems? Don't think the clouds are up to the quality of the rest, especially their edges. Image doesn't seem as deep as it could be. Maybe more blue-blue-violet in the background would help? You know, the old "red advances/blue receeds" thing. Something about the lighting doesn't quite ring true for me. The lighting of the figure and fabric are great and maybe the rest needs less lighting drama for contrast - or maybe not. Perhaps needs a touch more dynamic range - dunno. Anyway, if it were not so near perfect, i wouldn't pick its nits. A damn fine work for sure! Gets a well deserved 5 here.

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fluffgirl

5:48AM | Thu, 01 March 2007

i have admire this beautifull picture in my art magazine , over and over again and all the other one your made your a genius...love your work what more can i say it,s perfect...

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Vremont

10:26AM | Thu, 01 March 2007

i'm not a plate collector, but that is what popped into my mind, how gorgeous these would be on ceramic ... i love all the rich, decadent detail found in your works

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Tiari

12:55PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Beautiful, love the background and especially the details of the mirror

Kazam561

1:27PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

Beautiful!!

WhopperNnoonWalker-

8:17PM | Thu, 01 March 2007

wonderful work....very impressive

artistikodeloi

2:59AM | Fri, 02 March 2007

amazing! it was nice,.

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thecytron

12:21PM | Fri, 02 March 2007

Most excellent modelling and rendering work!

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tnekkralc1956

5:46PM | Fri, 02 March 2007

So what?

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DonaKuka

7:35AM | Mon, 05 March 2007

Splendid image on a great concept!!! Most excellent paintwork!

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VDH

9:08AM | Mon, 05 March 2007

Amazing composition! Super!!5

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gattone_blu

9:34AM | Mon, 05 March 2007

Fantastic image. compliments

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tatalinn

1:24PM | Mon, 05 March 2007

60 hours!!!! Wow that's patience!!! A favourite!!!

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johnfields

10:23AM | Tue, 06 March 2007

Wonderful!

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witchiebunny

11:44AM | Tue, 06 March 2007

Blackeri!! I had no idea you were on Rendo! I first became aware of your art on DA, and this continues to be one of my favorite series of paintings to date!

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FUNJOKER

10:52AM | Fri, 23 March 2007

Beautiful Image Incredible composition Excellent lighting *****.

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DennisTheArtist

12:57PM | Wed, 09 May 2007

All I can say is, Dammn girl, you work those skills. Words cannot explain how much I like this piece. Never seen anything like it before.

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Darsa

2:49PM | Tue, 09 October 2007

I am absolutely speechless... this piece is amazing, absolutely stunning, and the explanation behind it is perfect!

shipmanjonathan

2:38PM | Fri, 21 December 2007

Fantastic!!

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MLadyTas75

4:50PM | Fri, 21 December 2007

Ok so everything about this is amazing. The hair, the dress, the background ...EVERYTHING! You should be vain about this picture because it is fantastic work!

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