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Published: 2011-06-21 03:52:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 4502; Favourites: 385; Downloads: 16
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The Rising TempestThe Ocean is inherently a beautiful but alien world; and sometimes with art you can dive deep down into the depths of your own imagination and create something great from there on upwards; to see the progress, the changes, and the enormity of the challenge from beginning to end.
I wanted The Rising Tempest to be the highpoint of an attempt at freedom of thought. The Rising Tempest is a blend of contemporary and traditional art. In it I have attempted to merge the Edo period of Japanese art with a 21st contemporary portrayal of portraiture. I wanted it be more so dream-like then realistic. I wanted to create something mesmerising, an illustration that embodied the stormy but gentle manner of the sea and its barriers.
But it wasn’t until I put pencil to paper and let my hand guide itself, that I noticed through my recent exposure to Japanese culture and traditional art, how the symbolic nature of the Great Wave and the Koi tied into one another and balanced out evenly.
The wave represents the obstacle, where the Koi fish symbolise perseverance through adversity and strength of purpose. The woman represents people in the world who do not conform to society’s rule bound nature and therefore have a greater appreciation for the freedom of thought, but who, like the Koi, swim against the opposing currents defying every obstacle in their way, no matter what, in order to reach their own real enlightenment. The legend of the Koi fish and their courage of persevering through adversity and living free is a beautiful representation of the unfathomable Ocean herself. The image of the woman ties in together with this all perfectly because she essentially rising above the Tempest of Society herself presenting herself to the world as if to say “Here I am...Deal with it”.
So after the long awaited wait, i present to you The Rising Tempest I hope you all like it
Im considering making this a print onto Shirts not sure yet - i kinda have to learn how to do that first lol
Let me know what you think~!
AWARDS
-CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
-PSC ART FACUALTY DISTINCTION AWARD FOR 2011
(c) BrokenQuiet 2011 Haylea Gusling Please do not use my artwork in any way without my explicit permission. Thankyouu~!
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Comments: 292
love the color choices and the contrast, so beautiful :0 great concept too!!
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Isso é Lápis aquarelável (watercolor pencils)? qual é o papel?
Seus Trabalhos são lindos e muito particular. Virei fã! (quando eu crescer quero ser assim também) Um Beijo.
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No, i used just normal pencils for this
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This is breathtakingly beautiful!! Love the ocean hairdo!
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I really like the blending! What medium did you use?
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Thank you! I used Faber Castell classic colour pencils and a little black pen
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Interesting
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Beautiful colour and detail. Excellent composition. Wonderful work. Annoying dA watermark. I do not use watermarks. I frame and sign my work. The frame and signature ARE the watermark.
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You can actually watermark a picture without the watermark being visible. I see a ton of really nice artworks on dA from a lot of talented artists, but then, there is this huge watermark over the top. You can adjust the transparency of the dA watermark, as well as its size and repetition. It will be there, even when made invisible. The problem with an invisible watermark is that, in a standard JPG file, it cannot be separated for proof because JPGs have only one layer, unlike PNGs, GIFs or TIFs, which have many. Knowing this has caused me to go a different route and forego the watermark system which dA provides.
If somebody were to steal my art, what they are getting is a JPG that has been optimized for the 'net with an old program which does not support EXIF data. The tag is dropped during post edit. The file has had the addition of a buttonized frame which obscures the boundary of the image. Also, my name or the name of the one who took the image is at the bottom, obscuring pixels in that part of the image. The original file is on my machine. That one is unobscured around the boundaries and has the EXIF data intact. In a court of law, I am the winner. The problem then becomes the mountain of red tape you have to roll up in order to prove the art is actually the intellectual property of the one who made it.
The reason I bring this up is, I see a lot of watermarking here. I also read a lot of opinions on the subject. I understand the pros and cons of watermarking. What I have read is this: generally speaking, putting a large watermark in the center of an image puts people off. Yes, they will look at the art and even comment on it. But they will not fave it in many instances. Although some will ignore the watermark, most will not. The ones who do not ignore it and pass the art over because of it fall into two groups: folks trying to steal your art and folks who are purists. I fall into the second group. The first group makes watermarking a necessary evil, like ads on TV are a necessary evil there. Same stuff. Annoying.
All that said, and not just for you, but anyone reading this who has ever wondered about the pros and cons of watermarking, I look at your work in total awe. An extraordinary talent, you are, indeed. I can understand why you would want to protect the work you put so much into. I hate art thieves also. So far, I have not had to deal with them, since my work is of a different nature and I WANT folks to use it without restriction. You could say my stuff is open source.
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You are one extremely talented artist yourself. 'Watch button,' don't mind if I do
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No problem. It has a fragile feel about it but at the same time an independence that shows it could hold it's own. Hard to maintain that balance in art but you did it well with this. Beautiful
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you're very welcome. Keep up the good work
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Looks great!
I'm very curious though to what kind of pencils you use when coloring.
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great idea surrounding the art ^_^
-- this is beautiful ~
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XD You're welcome anytime dear Haylea ! ~
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This is truly a beautiful piece full of creativity and imagination!
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Very beautifuk and fanbtastic. Great work from you. I really 
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