[Art] The Bronze Forest - COMPLETE.

[moonvoice]

Preliminary shots.

Links to print files and so on will come tonight or later tomorrow.
But I just wanted to post up initial pictures here.
And now I'm going to sleep, because my hand is cramping.

Also, for the curious, here are the things to look for:

- one large totoro
- one small totoro
- two lantern beetles
- one ladybug
- one snake
- one rabbit
- one owl
- one cat-possum thing
- two wallabies
- one mushroom frog
- one stag


The Bronze Forest - with flash.





The Bronze Forest - without flash.

Comments

Beautiful!

[ysabetwordsmith]

This looks splendid.

What about the stag with leafy antlers? That's not listed, I think.

Re: Beautiful!

[moonvoice]

Added; I thought I'd forgotten something. Thank you.

[kehleyr]

Wow *applauds* that is truly amazing! I wish I had half of your talent!!
*love*

[moonvoice]

*blush* Thank you!

[wrenstarling]

It's completely alive now, and beautiful! (And I really, REALLY want that stag to be real.)

[moonvoice]

I want the stag to be real too! And the lantern beetles. So I could strategically place them around my home, and then watch them do whatever they wanted. Lol. 'Hmm... the lantern beetles are all congregating in the dining room today, okay, I guess I'm spending time there!'

[catsittingstill]

Beautiful!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[white_rabbit]

Oh, P. This is just EPICALLY gorgeous. :) Everything about it is marvelous; it's crawling with life and light and dark. Warmth and coldness.

Perfect. <3

[moonvoice]

Yay! *dances* Thank you. :D

[minxi]

I LOVE this Pia - I could look at it for hours. Well done!!!

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much! :)

[aldersprig]

Holy shit wow.... beautiful. Stunning. Amazing. Wow.

[moonvoice]

Thank you. I'm just so glad it's done now. :D

[rivenscythe]

I'm always amazed at your ability to breathe life into your creations, Rav. The depth and detail in this work is simply stunning.

You take my imagination places I never thought possible!

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much. :)

[unaspenser]

This is 100% stunning.

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much!

[mdlbear]

This is simply amazing! WOW!

But I want to go there *so much*...

[moonvoice]

I want to go to there too. :D

[contrarywise]

It's awesome to finally see the whole, finished piece. Beautiful work! I've enjoyed your in-progress pics of this and watching the whole thing develop.

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy the illustration.

[surpassingly]

Breathtaking!

[moonvoice]

Thank you very much. :)

[spider_fox]

I don't blame your hands for cramping, but this is amazing. If I had the money I'd totally spend thousands on it, its so worth it.

Your best piece yet, which is a hard spot to get in my opinion, especially compared to your pastel works.

I love this, and I'm so happy you're making prints for this. It's going to be on my xmas wish list.

[moonvoice]

Woohoo! Maybe I can encourage other people to spend thousands of dollars on artwork like that. Though wow, they take forever.

[silere]

Phenomenal. There's something about the light that reminds me of places i've been.. and a certain timelessness that i love, even though it feels bittersweet to me.

Thank you again for sharing all the in progress shots! It's great to see it completed.

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much! :D

[hrafn]

Oh, wow! That is fantastically atmospheric! Spooooooky :)

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :D

[psychrobia149]

This is sooooooooo epically cool!

Looking at it, I feel like I'm standing in the forest...pausing on my walk towards where the sunlight is shining in.

Absolutely awesome!!! :)

[moonvoice]

Hee, thank you! Remember to pick up some lantern beetles to take home!

[meeks]

Oh wow...I love how the colours and values have completely shifted the composition and formed a diagonal leading into the scene! It creates a lovely sense of space and feels like I could walk right into it to see what's behind the tree on the left!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! And I'm glad the shift in colours/values helped to create that sense of movement, it's what I was going for, but I never knew until towards the end if it was going to work.

[goddess_incarnate]

The flashes make it seem like it's at two different times of the day! So I don't know which I like the most. :D

[moonvoice]

I love how much the flash photography changes it. :)

[ladymondegreen]

It's so beautiful. Have you thought about doing an animation with this work in its various stages?

[cherrydaiquiri]

That would be extremely cool to see.

Pia, this is so amazing! I don't even know what to say. It's so detailed, so well executed. You're truly one of the most gifted artists I'll ever see work by. :)

[moonvoice]

*blush* Thank you so much.

[moonvoice]

I don't have the nous to do something like that! But someone else is welcome to.

[nkyinkyin]

oh wow.

i've been sorta watching your progress and squirming with anticipation--and this just glows. it's subtle and rich and just plain gorgeous and the textures and colors are just...yeah. *happy hand flap* my eyes are so HAPPY right now. this is stunning.

[moonvoice]

Yay! I'm so glad you like it. And thank you so much. Also - catbus!

[kitrona]

Beautiful!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[jenniology]

Absolutely magical!

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much. :)