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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 :/


Anyway, I hope you like it, comments, critiques, favs welcome! :heart:

Coming next (someday): Envy :]

Update 19.01.2005: ENVY CAN BE SEEN HERE: [link] :]

PS. No I am not really religious, I just found the Seven Deadly Sins a really inspiring subject. ;)

PS2. THIS DEV WILL BE AVAILABLE AS PRINTOUT AS SOON AS ADMINS ACCEPT IT :D

Comments


:iconbellezzacremisi:
Wow....that's really amazing. i love it! i give it a 20/10.....its goregous! lol
:iconirishjenoart:
That's so cool. I love your use of colors!!! :)
:iconmissy-g:
WOW!! So pretty! :wow: :clap:

Missy-g

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:icondestructionist:
:wow: Such lovely work as usual :) Absolutely increible, I love the pose, expression and the colors that you used. :jawdrop:

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:iconthoughtparadox:
thats incredible, how do you do it
:iconplutosenshi2002:
This is absolutely stunning. I certainly would be satisfied too wit this piece.
Everything about it is prett amazing :clap:

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:iconaximal:
Welll.. thats just... DAMN!.. wow. hey! it looks like you!.. doesent it?

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:iconravendarkshadow:
gorgeious and inspiring, I can't wait to see th eothers

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:iconthetigress:
The dress texture is absolutely amazing. The whole image is. Looks incredibly realistic and sets a great tone. The circular design behind her totally reminds me of peacock feathers. :D

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:clap:

a definite fav
what wonderful colors and details...all the symbolism rocks mah world

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