A moment of peace by LyraScience

A moment of peace by LyraScience
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Date
Jun 26th, 2007
Designer
LyraScience
Series
Missing link
Size
1600x1200
Downloads
190
Designer's comments
I 've always wanted to make something that would look like a real painting, but always I 've been failing. This time I feel it got out right. ^^;

This wallpaper 's been finished in steps. It took almost a month of partial work.

Creating it...
First step: The scan, derived by the "GEN artbook" of Jun Suemi (found in digik.net), needed a thorough cleaning and some parts had to be modified as to fit the proportions of a wallpaper.
Second step: The photo, which I found in deviantART by MORFEAS (when I saw this photo I fell in love with it and so I contacted the photographer asking for his permission to use it on a wallpaper as the basis of a bg, hopefully he gladly accepted), had to go through several edits to look like a painted landscape.
Third step: Here comes the landscape creating... Although the main background is based upon MORFEAS' photo there are lots of differences as well. First of all the temple (?) appearing at the back of the original photo was pretty incovenient and unfitted with what I had in mind, so I 've changed it with the "temple of Olympian Zeus" (stock photo of the temple found in DPGR). Afterwards I had to change the origin of light cause in the original was opposing the shadings of the scan, so I painted a little setting sun using the basic brush. And eventually the trees... This was a tough one. To be honest the idea came to me while creating the wallpaper. Before I added them there were a big gap needing to be filled. The general idea was of an autumn landscape so it felt right to have some "dead" or "almost dead" nature elements. The branches of the trees were made with brushes and the usage of the dodge, burn and smudge tools. The roots of the right tree, on the other hand, derive from a stock photo (found in sxc.hu).
Last step: Some textures added and two or three layers of color as well, to create the warmness of a sunset.

Looking through the picture:
The view of peaceful waters in the sunset always create to me a calming feeling and a sensation of refreshment. Also I admire the way the earthy colors warm and soothe the soul. Finally this is what it was named by, "a moment of peace". Cause in the tense lives we are all have nowadays "a moment of peace" is really appreciated and welcome from the depths of our hearts.

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PPS: Please comment on it and if you like it do favour it...

Thank you in advance :)

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Posted on Jul 3rd, 2007
Uh-AMAZING wallpaper. That must have taken a long time. It's also in my screen resolution <3. YAY new WP!

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