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©2008-2009 =ErikDShipley
:iconerikdshipley:

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The art I grew up with was illustrations out of children's books or magazines. Nothing ever looked like a photograph. I think that shows a lot in my work. I have tried to make my manips look life-like or "real" but I always add textures to it or distort something because "real" just doesnt look right to me. So, this is the art I remember as a child. I did a lot of painting of my own on this one.

Stock used:

:iconlisajen-stock: [link]
:iconpeace-of-art:
Tree Brush- obsidiandawn.com
Fish/Wings- Public Domain (personal collection)
Rock- Own pic

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:iconsilentplea:
Erik, it's absolutely breathtaking! I so love this one :love:
It does look like an illustration from a children's book, and you did a fantastic job on the painting. :clap: I love it, I know I've said this before, but this one really is your best...it just keeps getting better and better! :hug:

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~Shelley

What lies behind us
And what lies before us
Are small matters compared to
what lies within us

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
:iconmeljoy68:
Like Shelley says, it keeps getting better...you've been holding out!!

I think you've been testing us... :hmm:

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I write the words that come and go
That swirl around all to and fro
Inside my head, where they scream and shout,
Pushing and shoving to find a way out
to wind up on paper for all to peruse-
interpret my words any way that you choose.
:iconerikdshipley:
:clap: :clap: I have been!!!

No, just taking more time. Doing more of my own painting instead of just cut and paste.

I am glad you like it. :hug:
:iconerikdshipley:
Thanks. :hug: Well, I might as well stop now since this is my best. :rofl: :rofl: :clap:
:iconsilentplea:
I commented too.....! :laughing:

--
~Shelley

What lies behind us
And what lies before us
Are small matters compared to
what lies within us

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
:iconsilentplea:
hahahaha

--
~Shelley

What lies behind us
And what lies before us
Are small matters compared to
what lies within us

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
:iconmeljoy68:
Sorry, that was a rip off of a comment! :blushes: So let me fix that...

I don't remember the books I read as a child, but the ones my kids read now. I look at this and I can see it as an illustration in one of their books...I don't think I truly realized just how talented you are. I'm looking at the pieces individually, the original stock pieces, and it dawns on me...the hat, the hair, the wings, the fish, the rocks, the background...that's all YOU?!?!

:worship:

--
I write the words that come and go
That swirl around all to and fro
Inside my head, where they scream and shout,
Pushing and shoving to find a way out
to wind up on paper for all to peruse-
interpret my words any way that you choose.
:iconmeljoy68:
Good, I think it's important to not lose yourself in the cut and paste. Bringing more of yourself to a piece is important, and you're really starting to shine through...


:iconslapplz: Ok, sorry. Got sappy there for a minute.

--
I write the words that come and go
That swirl around all to and fro
Inside my head, where they scream and shout,
Pushing and shoving to find a way out
to wind up on paper for all to peruse-
interpret my words any way that you choose.
:iconerikdshipley:
Oh...rock no. My own stock. Trees in the background forgot that was a brush I used.. Thanks for reminding me...haha. Fish was a black&white public domain image i found...so you can take away the bow or only do half a bow now. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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