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| Date: 12/22/04 |
Size: 568x900, 157kb |
Rating: 4.87 (35 votes) |
Top 100 Rank: 12 |
Hardware: Tablet |
Software: click here |
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..Or if you prefer: Pride - Mother of all sins.
First one of the, duh, Seven Deadly Sins serie.
"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."
symbolism?
It's all pretty obvious but I will explain some stuff which inspired me, to sound cool, mind you. :P
- As you can read up, vanity is linked with the color violet, so here you go the color theme.
- Peacocks remind me of vanity as well, therefore I have used a peacock feather as an inspiration for the "frame".
- 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.
techy info:
lady's props based on my (pencil) sketch based on a couple o' refs, refs for textures.
you can see some art nouveau inspirations in the frame - my tribute to A. Mucha, as he is my idol
Generally it is my most thought-through and time consuming piece and I need to say I am satisfied with it
Around 60 hours or so, as some parts were hell to finish, seriously :/
Coming next (someday): Envy :]
PS. No I am not really religious, I just found the Seven Deadly Sins a really inspiring subject. |
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10 Newest Comments |
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Jessie
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As usual Marta, you are still my top favorite artist. Fabulous job!
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Favorite Kiss Of Nervousness Bitmap Bumpkin
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Vanity is probably the best i have seen. And it happens to be my 2nd favorite sin. Lust being first. So i guess im asking, have you done a lust yet? Im just signed up yesterday and have not a clue yet of this stuff. But Im still in aww of this piece. this is very very beautiful and I cant really think of a word to express its beauty. Its just WOW. I want to give you a 7. haha
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Lise
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I have seen all seven of these now and I think they are all gorgeous... I have not seen such artwork since I don't know when... I would have loved to use these on a layout site I am a member of... And honestly, I do think that this one is my fave, though WRATH is kinda cool also.
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Lise
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I love these pictures and I tried to use them on a MySpace layout site and I was told that they were copyrighted. Is that true and if so, how do I get permission to use them??? HELP
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Jesse Kah Pixel Pusher 
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Wow! one of the perfect artwork ever viewed...
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CourtneyKills JPEG Jedi 
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of your seven deadly sins series, this one is by far my favorite. Great job!
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CourtneyKills JPEG Jedi
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very good! can i have that dress??
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abnormalpoet Artwork Addict
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AMAZING. i LOVE all your work! i give it a 10
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Erica Artwork Addict 
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You must have a muse in your pocket! All your artwork that i have seen is breath-taking. I ENVY your talent
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Onibox Bitmap Bumpkin
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So beautiful! I love her hair! And the expression would totally go with the Sin! *claps and huggles pic*
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