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                <title>Bakunawa: The Filipino Dragon</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:16:21 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Bakunawa: The Filipino Dragon</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">jrldorado</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://jrldorado.deviantart.com">Copyright 2012-2013 ~jrldorado</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ When you say dragon here in the Philippines, typically the mythical Chinese dragon, the western, Saint-George-type dragons, and even Bruce Lee, quickly come to mind. We love them dragons. Well, mainly because dragons are cool!aside from the various superstitions that surround them. We write about them, hang pictures of them on our walls, make movies, tattoo them on our bodies, etc.<br /> <br />But did you know that we Filipinos have our own type of draconic creature lurking in the pages of our ridiculously rich mythology?<br /> <br />Surprisingly, not a lot of Filipinos are aware about this fabled beast. I have asked a number of people, some of them artists, writers people young and old; most of them did not have any idea about it. They were even surprised to learn we have such a character in our mythology. To me, it is flabbergasting, considering how awesome this creature is. I myself only learned of it just a few years ago, so I thought Id share the knowledge to those who would be interested.<br /> <br />The dragon in Philippine mythology is called Bakunawa. It is often described as a gargantuan sea serpent, huge enough (in one version) to have eaten six of the seven moons of our ancient mythologys skies! Our ancestors believed Bakunawa trying to eat the remaining moon is the reason why we have eclipses. To me the idea is just so cool, easily making the Bakunawa king of all Filipino mythical beasts in my book.<br /> <br />The legends come mostly in the Visayan regions of the country which I think explains why I wasnt aware of it until recently. Im guessing (and hoping) that the pinoy dragon must be more popular in Visayas than anywhere else. And although all the references that I read told a different story from one another, all of them agree that Bakunawa tries to eat the moon every now and then, causing eclipses, and that it kicks ass!<br /> <br />Stories about the myth depend on who you are asking. In some versions, Bakunawa is simply a deity, who has an appetite for celestial bodies, while in others, they say it is also a destructive monster that kills people and destroys villages.<br /> <br />Other indigenous tribes also have mythical creatures similar to Bakunawa. Some have giant birds, snakes and crocodiles replacing the dragon, but they all share the same premise of being moon-eaters.<br /> <br />I am hoping to see more of Bakunawa and other less popular mythical creatures in pinoy pop culture. I mean the aswangs, manananggals, tiyanaks, and tikbalangs are awesome too, but we have ample (but never enough) stuff about them right now. We need to tell the kids there is a lot more where they came from.<br /> <br />I was happy to see Bakunawa used in GMA 7s Amaya last year, and Ive seen several drawings of it in the internet, and then there is this song by Jr. Kilat that goes, Bakunawa is not a fish Its a drrragon!<br /> <br />I work in the local creative industry and my faith in the Filipino talent is unshakable. There is no doubt in our capabilities to create new and original stuff, but it is always welcome and comforting to know that we are left with a beautiful history that is a treasure trove of culture and ideas.<br /> <br />Jerald Dorado<br />April 25, 2012 ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/117/a/7/bakunawa__the_filipino_dragon_by_jrldorado-d4xpbn6.jpg" height="107" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/117/a/7/bakunawa__the_filipino_dragon_by_jrldorado-d4xpbn6.jpg" height="214" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/117/a/7/bakunawa__the_filipino_dragon_by_jrldorado-d4xpbn6.jpg" height="755" width="1058" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ When you say dragon here in the Philippines, typically the mythical Chinese dragon, the western, Saint-George-type dragons, and even Bruce Lee, quickly come to mind. We love them dragons. Well, mainly because dragons are cool!aside from the various superstitions that surround them. We write about them, hang pictures of them on our walls, make movies, tattoo them on our bodies, etc.<br /> <br />But did you know that we Filipinos have our own type of draconic creature lurking in the pages of our ridiculously rich mythology?<br /> <br />Surprisingly, not a lot of Filipinos are aware about this fabled beast. I have asked a number of people, some of them artists, writers people young and old; most of them did not have any idea about it. They were even surprised to learn we have such a character in our mythology. To me, it is flabbergasting, considering how awesome this creature is. I myself only learned of it just a few years ago, so I thought Id share the knowledge to those who would be interested.<br /> <br />The dragon in Philippine mythology is called Bakunawa. It is often described as a gargantuan sea serpent, huge enough (in one version) to have eaten six of the seven moons of our ancient mythologys skies! Our ancestors believed Bakunawa trying to eat the remaining moon is the reason why we have eclipses. To me the idea is just so cool, easily making the Bakunawa king of all Filipino mythical beasts in my book.<br /> <br />The legends come mostly in the Visayan regions of the country which I think explains why I wasnt aware of it until recently. Im guessing (and hoping) that the pinoy dragon must be more popular in Visayas than anywhere else. And although all the references that I read told a different story from one another, all of them agree that Bakunawa tries to eat the moon every now and then, causing eclipses, and that it kicks ass!<br /> <br />Stories about the myth depend on who you are asking. In some versions, Bakunawa is simply a deity, who has an appetite for celestial bodies, while in others, they say it is also a destructive monster that kills people and destroys villages.<br /> <br />Other indigenous tribes also have mythical creatures similar to Bakunawa. Some have giant birds, snakes and crocodiles replacing the dragon, but they all share the same premise of being moon-eaters.<br /> <br />I am hoping to see more of Bakunawa and other less popular mythical creatures in pinoy pop culture. I mean the aswangs, manananggals, tiyanaks, and tikbalangs are awesome too, but we have ample (but never enough) stuff about them right now. We need to tell the kids there is a lot more where they came from.<br /> <br />I was happy to see Bakunawa used in GMA 7s Amaya last year, and Ive seen several drawings of it in the internet, and then there is this song by Jr. Kilat that goes, Bakunawa is not a fish Its a drrragon!<br /> <br />I work in the local creative industry and my faith in the Filipino talent is unshakable. There is no doubt in our capabilities to create new and original stuff, but it is always welcome and comforting to know that we are left with a beautiful history that is a treasure trove of culture and ideas.<br /> <br />Jerald Dorado<br />April 25, 2012<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/117/a/7/bakunawa__the_filipino_dragon_by_jrldorado-d4xpbn6.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Mysterious-Sculpture 2</title>
                <link>http://tomstrzal.deviantart.com/art/Mysterious-Sculpture-2-355202139</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:59:26 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Mysterious-Sculpture 2</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">digitalart/3d/characters/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tomstrzal</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tomstrzal.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 *Tomstrzal</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Mysterious sculpture2 - this is work specially done for It&rsquo;s Art magazine, <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itsartm.ag/makingsculpture">[link]</a><br />This is kind of continuation idea from my previous work "Mysterious sculpture". I have made modeling, texturing and rendering in Zbrush, only composition in Photoshop. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/050/6/b/mysterious_sculpture_2_by_tomstrzal-d5vh7q3.jpg" height="150" width="100"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/050/6/b/mysterious_sculpture_2_by_tomstrzal-d5vh7q3.jpg" height="451" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/050/6/b/mysterious_sculpture_2_by_tomstrzal-d5vh7q3.jpg" height="1097" width="729" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Mysterious sculpture2 - this is work specially done for It&rsquo;s Art magazine, <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itsartm.ag/makingsculpture">[link]</a><br />This is kind of continuation idea from my previous work "Mysterious sculpture". I have made modeling, texturing and rendering in Zbrush, only composition in Photoshop.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/050/6/b/mysterious_sculpture_2_by_tomstrzal-d5vh7q3.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Mystery</title>
                <link>http://tomstrzal.deviantart.com/art/Mystery-339950452</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:57:04 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Mystery</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">digitalart/3d/characters/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tomstrzal</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tomstrzal.deviantart.com">Copyright 2012-2013 *Tomstrzal</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Its my last scene. I have made modeling, texturing and rendering in Zbrush, only composition in Photoshop. I hope you will like it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":-)" title=":-) (Smile)"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/331/f/f/mystery_by_tomstrzal-d5mebg4.jpg" height="94" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/331/f/f/mystery_by_tomstrzal-d5mebg4.jpg" height="188" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/331/f/f/mystery_by_tomstrzal-d5mebg4.jpg" height="563" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Its my last scene. I have made modeling, texturing and rendering in Zbrush, only composition in Photoshop. I hope you will like it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":-)" title=":-) (Smile)"/><br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/331/f/f/mystery_by_tomstrzal-d5mebg4.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Marine Poses</title>
                <link>http://sgthk.deviantart.com/art/Marine-Poses-163676799</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 02:20:17 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Marine Poses</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Games">fanart/digital/3dfanart/games</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SgtHK</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://sgthk.deviantart.com">Copyright 2010-2013 ~SgtHK</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ I normally wouldn't submit multiple images of the same model in a short time span. But I couldn't help it with this one <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2010/131/c/b/Marine_Poses_by_SgtHK.jpg" height="80" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2010/131/c/b/Marine_Poses_by_SgtHK.jpg" height="160" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/131/c/b/Marine_Poses_by_SgtHK.jpg" height="653" width="1224" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ I normally wouldn't submit multiple images of the same model in a short time span. But I couldn't help it with this one <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2010/131/c/b/Marine_Poses_by_SgtHK.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Dial M for ...</title>
                <link>http://grigjr.deviantart.com/art/Dial-M-for-147021576</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:51:24 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Dial M for ...</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">grigjr</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://grigjr.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 ~grigjr</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ ... you say ... ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2009/350/4/5/Dial_M_for_____by_grigjr.jpg" height="150" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2009/350/4/5/Dial_M_for_____by_grigjr.jpg" height="300" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/350/4/5/Dial_M_for_____by_grigjr.jpg" height="800" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ ... you say ...<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2009/350/4/5/Dial_M_for_____by_grigjr.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Tutorial on creature design.</title>
                <link>http://iririv.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-on-creature-design-110577241</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:29:15 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Tutorial on creature design.</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">resources/tutorials/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">IRIRIV</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://iririv.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 *IRIRIV</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ So, nobody technically asked me to do this, but many people asked ... questions, so, here you have it. <br />I hope it&#039;d be of some help if I can give any.<br /><br />So yes, this is a tutorial on creature design, not on how to draw the creatures you design, that is up to your own practice... well, technically everything is. But this is my speciality I guess, and there are people far more qualified to teach you how to draw or paint. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs41/150/i/2009/024/e/f/Tutorial_on_creature_design__by_IRIRIV.jpg" height="150" width="19"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs41/300W/i/2009/024/e/f/Tutorial_on_creature_design__by_IRIRIV.jpg" height="900" width="114"/>            <media:content url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs41/PRE/i/2009/024/e/f/Tutorial_on_creature_design__by_IRIRIV.jpg" height="2513" width="318" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ So, nobody technically asked me to do this, but many people asked ... questions, so, here you have it. <br />I hope it&#039;d be of some help if I can give any.<br /><br />So yes, this is a tutorial on creature design, not on how to draw the creatures you design, that is up to your own practice... well, technically everything is. But this is my speciality I guess, and there are people far more qualified to teach you how to draw or paint.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs41/300W/i/2009/024/e/f/Tutorial_on_creature_design__by_IRIRIV.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Dragon VII</title>
                <link>http://negativefeedback.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-VII-85552111</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:41:50 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Dragon VII</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Animations">flash/animations</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">NegativeFeedback</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/n/e/negativefeedback.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://negativefeedback.deviantart.com">Copyright 2008-2013 *NegativeFeedback</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ personal favorites from the Dragons series<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Blood-Dragon-86064610?q=&amp;qo=" title="Blood Dragon by *NegativeFeedback, May 19, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs30/i/2008/139/d/4/Blood_Dragon_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Demon-83725001?q=&amp;qo=" title="Demon by *NegativeFeedback, Apr 24, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/114/d/b/Demon_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Drachen-98842428?q=&amp;qo=" title="Drachen by *NegativeFeedback, Sep 24, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs37/i/2008/273/7/2/drachen_I_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Thorned-Dragon-121601615?q=&amp;qo=" title="Thorned Dragon by *NegativeFeedback, May 6, 2009 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://th03.deviantart.net/fs42/150/i/2009/125/8/3/Thorned_Dragon_by_NegativeFeedback.jpg></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/D-r-a-g-o-n-84734851?q=&amp;qo=" title="D r a g o n by *NegativeFeedback, May 4, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs27/i/2008/125/0/8/D_r_a_g_o_n_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br />right click on film and activate Loop<br /><br />finally got the normal mapping to work properly - for those who are not familiar with computer graphics normal mapping is a technique that changes the surface orientation making it possible to add detail to an object without increasing polygon count - the reflections on the snake scales are just a result of normal mapping (the surface is actually flat)<br />I guess I'm weird cause instead of using OpenGL or DirectX I use my own graphics code written in Delphi<br />snakelike dragon also generated with programming<br />enjoy<br /><br />hell just realized for some time now that the reflections were wrong - if you pay attention the reflection moves in the wrong direction and this is because of A STUPID SIGN - it was F@#%ING <b>MINUS</b><br />that's what happens when you write your own code (actually considering that there were a few errors for rotating the view in 3ds max 4 or 5 and also some simple errors in photoshop it makes you think that maybe the people there didn't really pay attention in math classes on vectorial spaces <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/>)<br />probably will update this... ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs27/i/2008/134/5/d/Dragon_VII_by_NegativeFeedback.gif" height="150" width="150"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ personal favorites from the Dragons series<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Blood-Dragon-86064610?q=&amp;qo=" title="Blood Dragon by *NegativeFeedback, May 19, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs30/i/2008/139/d/4/Blood_Dragon_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Demon-83725001?q=&amp;qo=" title="Demon by *NegativeFeedback, Apr 24, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/114/d/b/Demon_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Drachen-98842428?q=&amp;qo=" title="Drachen by *NegativeFeedback, Sep 24, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs37/i/2008/273/7/2/drachen_I_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/Thorned-Dragon-121601615?q=&amp;qo=" title="Thorned Dragon by *NegativeFeedback, May 6, 2009 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://th03.deviantart.net/fs42/150/i/2009/125/8/3/Thorned_Dragon_by_NegativeFeedback.jpg></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" style="background-image:url(http://sh.deviantart.net/shadow/x/150/150/logo3.png);"><a href="http://NegativeFeedback.deviantart.com/art/D-r-a-g-o-n-84734851?q=&amp;qo=" title="D r a g o n by *NegativeFeedback, May 4, 2008 in&nbsp;Flash&nbsp;>&nbsp;Animations"><i></i><img width="150" height="150" src=http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs27/i/2008/125/0/8/D_r_a_g_o_n_by_NegativeFeedback.gif></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br />right click on film and activate Loop<br /><br />finally got the normal mapping to work properly - for those who are not familiar with computer graphics normal mapping is a technique that changes the surface orientation making it possible to add detail to an object without increasing polygon count - the reflections on the snake scales are just a result of normal mapping (the surface is actually flat)<br />I guess I'm weird cause instead of using OpenGL or DirectX I use my own graphics code written in Delphi<br />snakelike dragon also generated with programming<br />enjoy<br /><br />hell just realized for some time now that the reflections were wrong - if you pay attention the reflection moves in the wrong direction and this is because of A STUPID SIGN - it was F@#%ING <b>MINUS</b><br />that's what happens when you write your own code (actually considering that there were a few errors for rotating the view in 3ds max 4 or 5 and also some simple errors in photoshop it makes you think that maybe the people there didn't really pay attention in math classes on vectorial spaces <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/>)<br />probably will update this...<br /><div><img src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs27/i/2008/134/5/d/Dragon_VII_by_NegativeFeedback.gif" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>The Ring Trick</title>
                <link>http://chihucat.deviantart.com/art/The-Ring-Trick-149012905</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:58:12 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Ring Trick</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>adult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Artistic Nude">photography/people/nude</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chihucat</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/h/chihucat.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://chihucat.deviantart.com">Copyright 2010-2013 ~Chihucat</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ (c) 2009 Jason Fassnacht<br />Models: Nicole B (Chihucat) &amp; Raychill K ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2010/002/9/d/The_Ring_Trick_by_Chihucat.jpg" height="150" width="102"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2010/002/9/d/The_Ring_Trick_by_Chihucat.jpg" height="440" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/002/9/d/The_Ring_Trick_by_Chihucat.jpg" height="800" width="545" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ (c) 2009 Jason Fassnacht<br />Models: Nicole B (Chihucat) &amp; Raychill K<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2010/002/9/d/The_Ring_Trick_by_Chihucat.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>The Great Visionary</title>
                <link>http://denismayerjr.deviantart.com/art/The-Great-Visionary-144170768</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://denismayerjr.deviantart.com/art/The-Great-Visionary-144170768</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:03 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Great Visionary</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Animals">traditional/paintings/animals</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">denismayerjr</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/e/denismayerjr.jpg?4</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://denismayerjr.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 ~denismayerjr</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Mixed Media ( Gouache)<br />Original Size: 9"x 12"<br />Year of completion: 2009<br /><br />ORIGINAL SOLD<br /><br />All done by hand only on illustration board.<br />Limited Edition prints available.<br /><br />www.denismayerjr.com ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs51/150/i/2009/323/2/f/The_Great_Visionary_by_denismayerjr.jpg" height="111" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/323/2/f/The_Great_Visionary_by_denismayerjr.jpg" height="223" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/323/2/f/The_Great_Visionary_by_denismayerjr.jpg" height="445" width="600" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Mixed Media ( Gouache)<br />Original Size: 9"x 12"<br />Year of completion: 2009<br /><br />ORIGINAL SOLD<br /><br />All done by hand only on illustration board.<br />Limited Edition prints available.<br /><br />www.denismayerjr.com<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/323/2/f/The_Great_Visionary_by_denismayerjr.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Snatch</title>
                <link>http://omen2501.deviantart.com/art/Snatch-94494345</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://omen2501.deviantart.com/art/Snatch-94494345</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:16:07 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Snatch</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Sci-Fi">digitalart/paintings/scifi</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">OmeN2501</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/o/m/omen2501.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://omen2501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2008-2013 ~OmeN2501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Picture made for ImagineFX magazine workshop, issue #34 about painting SciFi Images. Whole tutorial is about how to put story together and how to execute it properly. With screenshots from production and few useful tips :] Hope you gonna like it<br /><br />Image was done by hand in Photoshop, few references used but nothing significant. Inspired heavy by awesomeness that is Mass Effect<br /><br />Crits and comments always welcome ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs31/150/f/2008/224/a/6/Snatch_by_OmeN2501.jpg" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs31/300W/f/2008/224/a/6/Snatch_by_OmeN2501.jpg" height="167" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs31/f/2008/224/a/6/Snatch_by_OmeN2501.jpg" height="642" width="1150" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Picture made for ImagineFX magazine workshop, issue #34 about painting SciFi Images. Whole tutorial is about how to put story together and how to execute it properly. With screenshots from production and few useful tips :] Hope you gonna like it<br /><br />Image was done by hand in Photoshop, few references used but nothing significant. Inspired heavy by awesomeness that is Mass Effect<br /><br />Crits and comments always welcome<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs31/300W/f/2008/224/a/6/Snatch_by_OmeN2501.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Marija_1</title>
                <link>http://summer901.deviantart.com/art/Marija-1-142598857</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://summer901.deviantart.com/art/Marija-1-142598857</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:21:16 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Marija_1</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Emotive Portraits">photography/people/emotive</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">summer901</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/default.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://summer901.deviantart.com">Copyright 2009-2013 ~summer901</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ ... ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs51/150/i/2009/309/1/6/Marija_1_by_summer901.jpg" height="150" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/309/1/6/Marija_1_by_summer901.jpg" height="300" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs51/PRE/i/2009/309/1/6/Marija_1_by_summer901.jpg" height="894" width="894" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ ...<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/309/1/6/Marija_1_by_summer901.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>King of Harts</title>
                <link>http://caravela.deviantart.com/art/King-of-Harts-94145846</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://caravela.deviantart.com/art/King-of-Harts-94145846</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:51:26 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">King of Harts</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Wild Animals">photography/nature/wild</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Caravela</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/a/caravela.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://caravela.deviantart.com">Copyright 2008-2013 ~Caravela</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Taken at Lyme Park. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs32/150/f/2008/220/e/e/ee629402d04129a727ba7ede097d0b12.jpg" height="113" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs32/300W/f/2008/220/e/e/ee629402d04129a727ba7ede097d0b12.jpg" height="225" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs32/f/2008/220/e/e/ee629402d04129a727ba7ede097d0b12.jpg" height="675" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Taken at Lyme Park.<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs32/300W/f/2008/220/e/e/ee629402d04129a727ba7ede097d0b12.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>lets stay in bed today</title>
                <link>http://poisoned-kiss.deviantart.com/art/lets-stay-in-bed-today-100645639</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://poisoned-kiss.deviantart.com/art/lets-stay-in-bed-today-100645639</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:59:28 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">lets stay in bed today</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Self-Portraits">photography/people/selfportrait</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Poisoned-Kiss</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/o/poisoned-kiss.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://poisoned-kiss.deviantart.com">Copyright 2008-2013 ~Poisoned-Kiss</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@esphotography</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <sub>Its been so long but Im back! Sorry I havent uploaded anything. I havent had my laptop working for a while now.. well its still not working, but im working on getting it running again.</sub><br /><br />Heres something for the time being!..<br /><br />If you want to see more visit my flickr! : <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikasnyder/">[link]</a><br /><br />taken at the same time as...<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a  class="mature" href="http://Poisoned-Kiss.deviantart.com/art/lets-stay-in-bed-today-2-135538524"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs30/150/f/2009/244/4/0/407d03ec92025625cd8f2bc353055028.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://Poisoned-Kiss.deviantart.com/art/Myself-2-135539559"><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs23/150/f/2009/244/a/9/Myself_2_by_Poisoned_Kiss.jpg" width="101" height="150" /></a></span></span> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs37/150/f/2008/287/0/e/0ebc9b5aa5a81932bb1fae056a236808.jpg" height="101" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs37/300W/f/2008/287/0/e/0ebc9b5aa5a81932bb1fae056a236808.jpg" height="201" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs37/f/2008/287/0/e/0ebc9b5aa5a81932bb1fae056a236808.jpg" height="402" width="600" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <sub>Its been so long but Im back! Sorry I havent uploaded anything. I havent had my laptop working for a while now.. well its still not working, but im working on getting it running again.</sub><br /><br />Heres something for the time being!..<br /><br />If you want to see more visit my flickr! : <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikasnyder/">[link]</a><br /><br />taken at the same time as...<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a  class="mature" href="http://Poisoned-Kiss.deviantart.com/art/lets-stay-in-bed-today-2-135538524"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs30/150/f/2009/244/4/0/407d03ec92025625cd8f2bc353055028.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://Poisoned-Kiss.deviantart.com/art/Myself-2-135539559"><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs23/150/f/2009/244/a/9/Myself_2_by_Poisoned_Kiss.jpg" width="101" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs37/300W/f/2008/287/0/e/0ebc9b5aa5a81932bb1fae056a236808.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Love</title>
                <link>http://jpdean.deviantart.com/art/Love-50316085</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:42:29 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Love</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Emotive Portraits">photography/people/emotive</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">jpdean</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/p/jpdean.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://jpdean.deviantart.com">Copyright 2007-2013 ~jpdean</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ I love having my son so little right now.  Baby feet have to be on the of the cutest things around.<br /><br />*edit<br />Print Now Available due to requests<br /><br />It&#039;s nice to see so many people adding this photo as one of their fav&#039;s and it being featured <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":-)" title=":-) (Smile)" />.  Within a week, my son will be one and those little feet are getting bigger.  I&#039;ve been blessed with a GREAT Son and can&#039;t wait to take more and more shots of the little guy.  And who would have thought he&#039;d be such a great excuse to spend more money on camera stuff (i.e. 10-22mm Canon lens on order). ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs26/150/i/2008/035/9/3/Love_by_jpdean.jpg" height="100" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs26/300W/i/2008/035/9/3/Love_by_jpdean.jpg" height="200" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/035/9/3/Love_by_jpdean.jpg" height="400" width="600" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ I love having my son so little right now.  Baby feet have to be on the of the cutest things around.<br /><br />*edit<br />Print Now Available due to requests<br /><br />It&#039;s nice to see so many people adding this photo as one of their fav&#039;s and it being featured <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":-)" title=":-) (Smile)" />.  Within a week, my son will be one and those little feet are getting bigger.  I&#039;ve been blessed with a GREAT Son and can&#039;t wait to take more and more shots of the little guy.  And who would have thought he&#039;d be such a great excuse to spend more money on camera stuff (i.e. 10-22mm Canon lens on order).<br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs26/300W/i/2008/035/9/3/Love_by_jpdean.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>what?</title>
                <link>http://piratewench831.deviantart.com/art/what-88117846</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://piratewench831.deviantart.com/art/what-88117846</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:03:55 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">what?</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Reptiles &amp; Amphibians">photography/nature/reptiles</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">piratewench831</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/piratewench831.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://piratewench831.deviantart.com">Copyright 2008-2013 ~piratewench831</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ another photo taken at brookfield zoo. a little difficult to take pictures of animals behind glass. he doesn&#039;t seem to pleased that i am intruding. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs28/150/f/2008/160/d/8/d824d07653eb7661c196aa5b319af1a1.jpg" height="106" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs28/300W/f/2008/160/d/8/d824d07653eb7661c196aa5b319af1a1.jpg" height="211" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs28/PRE/f/2008/160/d/8/d824d07653eb7661c196aa5b319af1a1.jpg" height="750" width="1066" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ another photo taken at brookfield zoo. a little difficult to take pictures of animals behind glass. he doesn&#039;t seem to pleased that i am intruding.<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs28/300W/f/2008/160/d/8/d824d07653eb7661c196aa5b319af1a1.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Anthony</title>
                <link>http://claudiasutton.deviantart.com/art/Anthony-63365641</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://claudiasutton.deviantart.com/art/Anthony-63365641</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:05:18 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Anthony</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Portraits">digitalart/paintings/people/portraits</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">claudiasutton</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/l/claudiasutton.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://claudiasutton.deviantart.com">Copyright 2007-2013 *claudiasutton</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is a portrait I did of Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in honor of Stadium Arcadium when it came out. This was about a 40hr+ painting using Photoshop. <br /><br />It is purely a technical study from photo reference. I wanted to practice some new Photoshop techniques with the grid method, texture and color dynamic brushes.<br /><br />If you are interested in how I create these types of painting you can view the steps to a similar piece of artwork here:<br /><a href="http://claudiasutton.deviantart.com/art/Sitting-Nude-Steps-79662060">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs29/150/f/2008/092/a/9/Anthony_by_claudiasutton.jpg" height="150" width="97"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs29/300W/f/2008/092/a/9/Anthony_by_claudiasutton.jpg" height="464" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs29/PRE/f/2008/092/a/9/Anthony_by_claudiasutton.jpg" height="1112" width="719" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is a portrait I did of Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in honor of Stadium Arcadium when it came out. This was about a 40hr+ painting using Photoshop. <br /><br />It is purely a technical study from photo reference. I wanted to practice some new Photoshop techniques with the grid method, texture and color dynamic brushes.<br /><br />If you are interested in how I create these types of painting you can view the steps to a similar piece of artwork here:<br /><a href="http://claudiasutton.deviantart.com/art/Sitting-Nude-Steps-79662060">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs29/300W/f/2008/092/a/9/Anthony_by_claudiasutton.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>angel wings</title>
                <link>http://9tattoo.deviantart.com/art/angel-wings-42488062</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://9tattoo.deviantart.com/art/angel-wings-42488062</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:39:37 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">angel wings</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>adult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Tattoos">traditional/bodyart/bodymods/tattoos</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">9tattoo</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/9/t/9tattoo.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://9tattoo.deviantart.com">Copyright 2006-2013 ~9tattoo</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ These wings were drawn on with a bic, and took three 4 hour sessions to complete. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs12/150/i/2006/308/c/1/angel_wings_by_9tattoo.jpg" height="113" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs12/300W/i/2006/308/c/1/angel_wings_by_9tattoo.jpg" height="225" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/308/c/1/angel_wings_by_9tattoo.jpg" height="480" width="640" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ These wings were drawn on with a bic, and took three 4 hour sessions to complete.<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs12/300W/i/2006/308/c/1/angel_wings_by_9tattoo.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Sadhu Naga 10</title>
                <link>http://vdsphoto.deviantart.com/art/Sadhu-Naga-10-70417336</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://vdsphoto.deviantart.com/art/Sadhu-Naga-10-70417336</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:58:19 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Sadhu Naga 10</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Documentary &amp; Editorial">photography/journalism/docued</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">vdsphoto</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/v/d/vdsphoto.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://vdsphoto.deviantart.com">Copyright 2007-2013 ~vdsphoto</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Sadhu Naga, Holy men, taken at the Kumbh Mela in Allahbad (2007) ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs23/150/f/2007/326/c/e/Sadhu_Naga_10_by_vdsphoto.jpg" height="100" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs23/300W/f/2007/326/c/e/Sadhu_Naga_10_by_vdsphoto.jpg" height="200" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs23/f/2007/326/c/e/Sadhu_Naga_10_by_vdsphoto.jpg" height="427" width="640" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Sadhu Naga, Holy men, taken at the Kumbh Mela in Allahbad (2007)<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs23/300W/f/2007/326/c/e/Sadhu_Naga_10_by_vdsphoto.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>undead wizard</title>
                <link>http://bgx1.deviantart.com/art/undead-wizard-77297566</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bgx1.deviantart.com/art/undead-wizard-77297566</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:00:57 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">undead wizard</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">digitalart/3d/characters/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">bgx1</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/b/g/bgx1.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://bgx1.deviantart.com">Copyright 2008-2013 ~bgx1</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Image created in 3dsmax.<br />All textures in photoshop. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs26/150/i/2008/044/a/5/undead_wizard_by_bgx1.jpg" height="113" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs26/300W/i/2008/044/a/5/undead_wizard_by_bgx1.jpg" height="225" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/044/a/5/undead_wizard_by_bgx1.jpg" height="675" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Image created in 3dsmax.<br />All textures in photoshop.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs26/300W/i/2008/044/a/5/undead_wizard_by_bgx1.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>drip brushes</title>
                <link>http://drowningheart-stock.deviantart.com/art/drip-brushes-37979113</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://drowningheart-stock.deviantart.com/art/drip-brushes-37979113</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:51:50 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">drip brushes</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Photoshop Brushes">resources/applications/psbrushes</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">drowningheart-stock</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drowningheart-stock.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://drowningheart-stock.deviantart.com">Copyright 2006-2013 ~drowningheart-stock</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ what stock account wouldn't be complete without a set of dripping blood/ink brushes? <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle"/><br />25 brushes<br />CS2 &amp; higher <br />hope they're useful, the rules are in my journal <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/blowkiss.gif" width="35" height="21" alt=":blowkiss:" title="Here's a kiss for you, my love!"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/226/3/a/drip_brushes_by_drowningheart_stock.jpg" height="478" width="504"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ what stock account wouldn't be complete without a set of dripping blood/ink brushes? <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/g/giggle.gif" width="17" height="15" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle"/><br />25 brushes<br />CS2 &amp; higher <br />hope they're useful, the rules are in my journal <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/blowkiss.gif" width="35" height="21" alt=":blowkiss:" title="Here's a kiss for you, my love!"/><br /><div><img src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/226/3/a/drip_brushes_by_drowningheart_stock.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Splatter Brush</title>
                <link>http://leedeeya.deviantart.com/art/Splatter-Brush-34855241</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://leedeeya.deviantart.com/art/Splatter-Brush-34855241</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:21:25 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Splatter Brush</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Photoshop Brushes">resources/applications/psbrushes</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">LeeDeeYa</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/l/e/leedeeya.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://leedeeya.deviantart.com">Copyright 2006-2013 ~LeeDeeYa</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ I've been dying to make this for oh so long but I've been wasting time moving house, and adjusting to my new job. Eventually I took two days off from work and came up with this concotion. I hope you enjoy it. Do credit when you use it. And of course <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/plusfav.gif" width="15" height="16" alt=":+fav:" title="+fav" /> and <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/+devwatch.gif" width="30" height="16" alt=":+devwatch:" title="Added to my devWatch!" /> to stay tune to whatever other concotions I wanna come up with.<br />
<br />
Made with Adobe Photoshop 7.0<br />
<br />
LeeDeeYa ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/167/5/7/Splatter_Brush_by_LeeDeeYa.jpg" height="419" width="363"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ I've been dying to make this for oh so long but I've been wasting time moving house, and adjusting to my new job. Eventually I took two days off from work and came up with this concotion. I hope you enjoy it. Do credit when you use it. And of course <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/plusfav.gif" width="15" height="16" alt=":+fav:" title="+fav" /> and <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/+devwatch.gif" width="30" height="16" alt=":+devwatch:" title="Added to my devWatch!" /> to stay tune to whatever other concotions I wanna come up with.<br />
<br />
Made with Adobe Photoshop 7.0<br />
<br />
LeeDeeYa<br /><div><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/167/5/7/Splatter_Brush_by_LeeDeeYa.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Hunger</title>
                <link>http://edwinmartinez.deviantart.com/art/Hunger-47261297</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://edwinmartinez.deviantart.com/art/Hunger-47261297</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:18:56 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Hunger</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Street">photography/street</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">EdwinMartinez</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/d/edwinmartinez.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://edwinmartinez.deviantart.com">Copyright 2007-2013 ~EdwinMartinez</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ a street child, finding food in the trash...how i pity the world we have now. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs13/150/f/2007/023/2/1/Hunger_by_EdwinMartinez.jpg" height="150" width="100"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs13/300W/f/2007/023/2/1/Hunger_by_EdwinMartinez.jpg" height="450" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/023/2/1/Hunger_by_EdwinMartinez.jpg" height="800" width="533" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ a street child, finding food in the trash...how i pity the world we have now.<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs13/300W/f/2007/023/2/1/Hunger_by_EdwinMartinez.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>The Storyteller</title>
                <link>http://dark-spider.deviantart.com/art/The-Storyteller-63828942</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://dark-spider.deviantart.com/art/The-Storyteller-63828942</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Storyteller</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fantasy">digitalart/paintings/fantasy</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dark-spider</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/dark-spider.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://dark-spider.deviantart.com">Copyright 2007-2013 ~dark-spider</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is Clover, the storyteller in my artbook Forgotten, for sale here: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.heavymetal.com/shm/product_info.php?products_id=5113">[link]</a> . Done in Photoshop.<br /><br /><strong>--- <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVbbt7q7YhA">VIDEO PROMOTIONAL OF FORGOTTEN</a> --- Now available a video showing several of the artworks from the book series. Check it out to see more artwoks like this one.</strong><br />_______________________________<br /><br />Artwork (c) Cris Ortega / Norma Editorial, S. A. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs20/150/f/2007/244/6/e/The_Storyteller_by_dark_spider.jpg" height="129" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs20/300W/f/2007/244/6/e/The_Storyteller_by_dark_spider.jpg" height="258" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs20/f/2007/244/6/e/The_Storyteller_by_dark_spider.jpg" height="687" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is Clover, the storyteller in my artbook Forgotten, for sale here: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.heavymetal.com/shm/product_info.php?products_id=5113">[link]</a> . Done in Photoshop.<br /><br /><strong>--- <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVbbt7q7YhA">VIDEO PROMOTIONAL OF FORGOTTEN</a> --- Now available a video showing several of the artworks from the book series. Check it out to see more artwoks like this one.</strong><br />_______________________________<br /><br />Artwork (c) Cris Ortega / Norma Editorial, S. A.<br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs20/300W/f/2007/244/6/e/The_Storyteller_by_dark_spider.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Sickle in the Haystack</title>
                <link>http://damie-m.deviantart.com/art/Sickle-in-the-Haystack-42588193</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://damie-m.deviantart.com/art/Sickle-in-the-Haystack-42588193</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:55:12 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Sickle in the Haystack</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fantasy">traditional/drawings/fantasy</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">damie-m</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/damie-m.jpg?9</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://damie-m.deviantart.com">Copyright 2006-2013 ~damie-m</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@obsidiuscomic</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Passion errupts.<br /><br /><br />Graphite on sketchbook paper (11X14)<br /><br /><br />edit:<br />wtf this got a DD?  Random<br />0___9 thaanks. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs12/150/i/2006/310/7/f/Sickle_in_the_Haystack_by_nanya.jpg" height="150" width="113"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs12/300W/i/2006/310/7/f/Sickle_in_the_Haystack_by_nanya.jpg" height="400" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/310/7/f/Sickle_in_the_Haystack_by_nanya.jpg" height="1000" width="750" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Passion errupts.<br /><br /><br />Graphite on sketchbook paper (11X14)<br /><br /><br />edit:<br />wtf this got a DD?  Random<br />0___9 thaanks.<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs12/300W/i/2006/310/7/f/Sickle_in_the_Haystack_by_nanya.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Pandora</title>
                <link>http://dahlig.deviantart.com/art/Pandora-42615227</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://dahlig.deviantart.com/art/Pandora-42615227</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:25:31 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Pandora</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fantasy">digitalart/paintings/fantasy</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dahlig</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/dahlig.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://dahlig.deviantart.com">Copyright 2006-2013 `dahlig</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Hello everyone,<br />
<br />
After a longer absence, again something inspired by mythology - this time it's Pandora. If you don't know the story, you can go here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora">[link]</a><br />
<br />
For more details, some walkthrough screenshots and some tips on painting, please check my CGtalk thread: <a href="http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=425910">[link]</a><br />
<br />
I hope you like it, any feedback as always appreciated <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs12/150/i/2006/310/3/1/Pandora_by_blackeri.jpg" height="150" width="123"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs12/300W/i/2006/310/3/1/Pandora_by_blackeri.jpg" height="366" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs12/PRE/i/2006/310/3/1/Pandora_by_blackeri.jpg" height="987" width="809" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello everyone,<br />
<br />
After a longer absence, again something inspired by mythology - this time it's Pandora. If you don't know the story, you can go here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora">[link]</a><br />
<br />
For more details, some walkthrough screenshots and some tips on painting, please check my CGtalk thread: <a href="http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=425910">[link]</a><br />
<br />
I hope you like it, any feedback as always appreciated <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs12/300W/i/2006/310/3/1/Pandora_by_blackeri.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>The Seven Deadly Sins: VANITY</title>
                <link>http://dahlig.deviantart.com/art/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-VANITY-13310012</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:37:30 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Seven Deadly Sins: VANITY</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fantasy">digitalart/paintings/fantasy</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dahlig</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/dahlig.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://dahlig.deviantart.com">Copyright 2004-2013 `dahlig</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ ..Or if you prefer: <b> Pride - Mother of  all sins</b>.<br />
 <br />
First one of the, duh, Seven Deadly  Sins serie.<br />
 <br />
<b>"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." </b><br />
 <br />
 <br />
symbolism?<br />
It's all pretty obvious but I will  explain some stuff which inspired me,  to sound cool, mind you. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" /><br />
 <br />
- As you can read up, vanity is linked  with the color violet, so here you go  the color theme. <br />
- Peacocks remind me of vanity as well,  therefore I have used a peacock feather  as an inspiration for the "frame".<br />
- 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.<br />
 <br />
 <br />
techy info:<br />
lady's props based on my (pencil)  sketch based on a couple o' refs, refs  for textures.<br />
you can see some art nouveau  inspirations in the frame -  my tribute  to A. Mucha, as he is my idol<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
 <br />
Generally it is my most thought-through  and time consuming piece and I need to  say I am satisfied with it <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
Around 60 hours or so, as some parts  were <b>hell</b> to finish, seriously :/<br />
 <br />
 <br />
Anyway, I hope you like it, comments,  critiques, favs welcome! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /><br />
 <br />
Coming next (someday): <b> Envy </b> :]<br />
<br />
Update 19.01.2005: <b>ENVY CAN BE SEEN  HERE: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/view/14288513/">[link]</a></b> :]<br />
 <br />
PS. No I am not really religious, I  just found the Seven Deadly Sins a  really inspiring subject. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br />
<br />
PS2. <b>THIS DEV WILL BE AVAILABLE AS  PRINTOUT AS SOON AS ADMINS ACCEPT IT <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /></b> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs5/150/i/2004/354/8/d/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins__VANITY_by_blackeri.jpg" height="150" width="95"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs5/300W/i/2004/354/8/d/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins__VANITY_by_blackeri.jpg" height="475" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs5/i/2004/354/8/d/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins__VANITY_by_blackeri.jpg" height="900" width="568" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ ..Or if you prefer: <b> Pride - Mother of  all sins</b>.<br />
 <br />
First one of the, duh, Seven Deadly  Sins serie.<br />
 <br />
<b>"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." </b><br />
 <br />
 <br />
symbolism?<br />
It's all pretty obvious but I will  explain some stuff which inspired me,  to sound cool, mind you. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" /><br />
 <br />
- As you can read up, vanity is linked  with the color violet, so here you go  the color theme. <br />
- Peacocks remind me of vanity as well,  therefore I have used a peacock feather  as an inspiration for the "frame".<br />
- 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.<br />
 <br />
 <br />
techy info:<br />
lady's props based on my (pencil)  sketch based on a couple o' refs, refs  for textures.<br />
you can see some art nouveau  inspirations in the frame -  my tribute  to A. Mucha, as he is my idol<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
 <br />
Generally it is my most thought-through  and time consuming piece and I need to  say I am satisfied with it <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
Around 60 hours or so, as some parts  were <b>hell</b> to finish, seriously :/<br />
 <br />
 <br />
Anyway, I hope you like it, comments,  critiques, favs welcome! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /><br />
 <br />
Coming next (someday): <b> Envy </b> :]<br />
<br />
Update 19.01.2005: <b>ENVY CAN BE SEEN  HERE: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/view/14288513/">[link]</a></b> :]<br />
 <br />
PS. No I am not really religious, I  just found the Seven Deadly Sins a  really inspiring subject. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br />
<br />
PS2. <b>THIS DEV WILL BE AVAILABLE AS  PRINTOUT AS SOON AS ADMINS ACCEPT IT <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /></b><br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs5/300W/i/2004/354/8/d/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins__VANITY_by_blackeri.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Honeycomb</title>
                <link>http://sleepinglion.deviantart.com/art/Honeycomb-18000519</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://sleepinglion.deviantart.com/art/Honeycomb-18000519</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 19:27:23 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Honeycomb</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">digitalart/3d/characters/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sleepinglion</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/l/sleepinglion.png?3</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://sleepinglion.deviantart.com">Copyright 2005-2013 *Sleepinglion</media:copyright>
            <media:community>
                <media:tags>@ArtofJacques</media:tags>
            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Life is getting very busy and I have  hardly have time to post as much or be  at home and do something personally.  This image is called "HoneyComb", a  fantasy type inpsired image. Created of  course, in Cinema 4d and textured with  bodypaint and experimental C4d shaders.  Enjoy. See you soon. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs5/150/i/2005/125/8/1/Honeycomb_by_Sleepinglion.jpg" height="82" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs5/300W/i/2005/125/8/1/Honeycomb_by_Sleepinglion.jpg" height="163" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs5/i/2005/125/8/1/Honeycomb_by_Sleepinglion.jpg" height="549" width="1008" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Life is getting very busy and I have  hardly have time to post as much or be  at home and do something personally.  This image is called "HoneyComb", a  fantasy type inpsired image. Created of  course, in Cinema 4d and textured with  bodypaint and experimental C4d shaders.  Enjoy. See you soon.<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs5/300W/i/2005/125/8/1/Honeycomb_by_Sleepinglion.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Moonlight Sonata</title>
                <link>http://aragwen.deviantart.com/art/Moonlight-Sonata-17296793</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://aragwen.deviantart.com/art/Moonlight-Sonata-17296793</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:57:36 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Moonlight Sonata</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fantasy">digitalart/photomanip/fantasy</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">aragwen</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/r/aragwen.jpg</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://aragwen.deviantart.com">Copyright 2005-2013 ~aragwen</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Newest piece.<br />
<br />
Done with Photoshop CS.<br />
<br />
Print will hopefully be coming of this  one soon as well!<br />
<br />
<br />
Stock from:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://lockstock.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/l/o/lockstock.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="lockstock" /></a><br />
sxc.hu ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs6/150/i/2005/106/0/4/Moonlight_Sonata_by_aragwen.jpg" height="150" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs6/300W/i/2005/106/0/4/Moonlight_Sonata_by_aragwen.jpg" height="300" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs6/i/2005/106/0/4/Moonlight_Sonata_by_aragwen.jpg" height="800" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Newest piece.<br />
<br />
Done with Photoshop CS.<br />
<br />
Print will hopefully be coming of this  one soon as well!<br />
<br />
<br />
Stock from:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://lockstock.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/l/o/lockstock.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="lockstock" /></a><br />
sxc.hu<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs6/300W/i/2005/106/0/4/Moonlight_Sonata_by_aragwen.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Raw</title>
                <link>http://omgboris.deviantart.com/art/Raw-14906918</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://omgboris.deviantart.com/art/Raw-14906918</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:34:46 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Raw</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Free Verse">literature/poetry/romantic/erotic/open</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">omgboris</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/o/m/omgboris.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://omgboris.deviantart.com">Copyright 2005-2013 ~omgboris</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ mm erotic poemness of the day..<br />
it's about sex..actualy its about the  anticipation leading up to sex..when  you know its inevitable and the  attractions about to become to much to  bear. ]]></media:description>        
        <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[ He'll fall around me<br />After I fall around him<br />I pictured it for nights<br />Him in me<br />So raw<br />Like this poem<br />No use for metaphors<br />We'll fuck<br />Make love<br />Be one<br />His breath on my cheek<br />His lips on my hand<br />His hips<br />His hips thrust into mine<br />Like I said<br />We'll fuck ]]></media:text>            
            <description><![CDATA[ mm erotic poemness of the day..<br />
it's about sex..actualy its about the  anticipation leading up to sex..when  you know its inevitable and the  attractions about to become to much to  bear. ]]></description>            </item>
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