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Blue Sunrise by =Serain:iconSerain:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Illustrations > Conceptual

©2009 =Serain
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Artist's Comments

This is actually pretty old, it's something that I did on tegaki and really liked, but it was really messy and needed work. Today I imported it to photoshop and started it up again, fixing aspects until I was satisfied, just as a casual thing to distract me from my ten-page paper due friday that I haven't started yet...

I rather like the result.

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*genesischant Apr 29, 2009, 9:06:37 PM
This is really quite wonderful. The choice of colors in particular is breathtaking. Of special note is the juxtaposition of bright high key colors with low key compatriots. This piece practically jumped out at me from the thumb, and its impact is not dulled much by seeing it larger.

Very moody setting, the silhouette buildings are convincing but really secondary to that amazing light show. I like the little bits of information that reward the closer view, the figure, the "open" sign, street lamps and weathervanes. They're interesting but seem unimportant compared to the big picture.

A beautiful painting, impressive coloring, great sense of mood.
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=LadyCalypso Apr 29, 2009, 8:43:22 PM
I love the cityscape that you've done, the black contrasting with the lightning in the very back and the clouds. You did the sweeping lines of the sky well, I love those. The open sign contrasts very nicely with the overall cool palette that you chose here. And that person sitting on the roof? A very very nice touch, a detail I didn't notice until the third time looking this over, so it's something I can appreciate even more.

The only complaint I have are the olive green boxes on the bottom right corner. I know that's part of the building and everything, but I would have liked it just black, you know? Bright red, then just...black. Like a silhouette. I think the red would pop even more then.
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~mittensforthekittens Apr 29, 2009, 7:38:24 PM
this makes me smile so hard. I really wish that the sky actually looked like that. The colors are wonderful and it's definitely a cool looking image. I don't think i can make you understand how much i love those clouds.

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"Every speed on our knees is crawling."
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=Serain Apr 29, 2009, 7:47:04 PM
I've seen some pretty amazing things, but this, indeed, is from my imagination. Thank you <3
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=Antipathy00 Apr 29, 2009, 7:57:38 PM
You might rather like the result but good god, i FCKING love the result.
I second what the guy up there said, I cant find words to describe how awesome I think the clouds are.
Seems like I could stare at this pic for a good hour without being tired of it. Am I going crazy or do I see people standing on top of those buildings? (Well there is at least one I can confirm for sure)

Anyhow, pretty amazing color choice Serainlove, Im proud of you :heart:.
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=Serain Apr 29, 2009, 8:05:19 PM
You know the holy grail of art: have people look at it for longer than you to create it. EVERY DAY I GET CLOSER TO ACHIEVING IT!

There's only one that I intended xD all the 'others' were achieved through extremely large unwieldy tegaki brushes.

Thank you baby. This was mostly made during my "I will use strange colors for everything and it will look cool!" phase. Even when I went back to this one... it still looked cool. I guess I was lucky, hah ha.
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=Iris-Zeible Apr 29, 2009, 8:31:58 PM
Why are you so goddamn good at skies and epic dark scenary? D: ( :heart:

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=Serain Apr 29, 2009, 8:33:15 PM
Because I climbed to the tallest tower in the highest mountain in the forbidden land and prayed to the dark god that dwells there for three nights straight with no food nor sleep... and he granted me this power.
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~jadewraith Apr 30, 2009, 2:29:06 AM
i really love it, you have a great vision, the only thing i can think of is adding a cigarette to the mans hand, so that you see a little glowing ember on the end of the cig. just to help separate him from the buildings a slight degree. :)
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*P0W4H-L4D33 Apr 30, 2009, 6:23:27 AM
Oh man, again, gotta admire your ability to use basically only one color, but use so many tones on the spectrum that it creates such a bright and deep looking piece. I usually don't think of green when I see clouds, but the hints you put in are a really nice touch! And I like the 'OPEN' sign for some strange reason XD

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"And remember, homosexuality is a choice. Like cancer."

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*electromancer Apr 30, 2009, 7:01:06 AM
Which dark god, for there are many?

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Not in cruelty.
Not in wrath,
The REAPER came today;
An ANGEL visited
this gray path,
And took the cube away.
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~merely-mango Apr 30, 2009, 9:41:42 AM
I love the colors! I think it turned out lovely! :)

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