Taklamakan Mirage by LaVonne

Poser • Illustration • posted on Jan 13, 2005

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Ok everyone...I am seriously running out of ideas. I reached deep into the corners of my mind and pulled out THIS! (?!?!?!?!?) I am not quite sure what to think about it...how about you? What do you think? Diamora by Vali/siyan. Hajib freebie from DAZ. The rest is Photoshop postwork by me. Thanks for looking!

Comments (7)

kimsim

9:26PM | Thu, 13 January 2005

I love it, thanks for asking. Montage is tough for me and this one is great. Excellent work!!

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diomedes66

10:17AM | Fri, 14 January 2005

Marvelous composition, and quite lovely! Bravo!

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Vali

7:11AM | Sat, 15 January 2005

excellent image, wow...very original !

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STEVIEUKWONDER

9:03AM | Sat, 15 January 2005

I agree, great idea. Bags of initiative. Well done! Steve :o)

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iclaudius

6:09AM | Mon, 17 January 2005

Beautiful work. The compositing is excellent!

RadelBaluvar

12:09AM | Tue, 25 January 2005

In ancient sources references to trans-Saharan crossings are few and problematic. In his trip across the desert, Ibn Battuta traveled with merchant caravans. Although trans-Saharan trade involved many products, gold was the magnet. Once on the desert's south side, North African merchants were likely to stay in Sahelian towns such as Walata and Tim-buktu, where they were fed a steady diet of misinformation by Sudanese merchants, the Wangara, who brought the gold from the mining areas. The miners were said to be everything from deformed troglodytes to gigantic ants; only through a mysterious process called the silent trade would they part with their treasure.

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