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Optimism by ~aaronravensoul:iconaaronravensoul:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Landscapes & Scenery

©2005-2009 ~aaronravensoul
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Another Illustration assignment, this time we're doing a cover illustration for a book called "hard optimism" which is basically a <100 page self help book about why it's good to be an optimist, how to be one, and how not to be a "Polyanna" while you're at it. Needless to say, I find it massively hilarious to be working on an optimism themed landscape right now.

Anyhoo. Yeah. Full value study in pencil, painted over it in photoshop. Total time: about 15 hours. I spent waaay too much time before that copying photos of clouds into my sketchbook. oof.

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=emla Oct 16, 2005, 9:34:06 AM
Nice work andrew; the trees are looking good. :)
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~ruxil Oct 16, 2005, 12:44:00 PM
nice job, i like the scene here and the painted clouds.
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*bob-artist Oct 16, 2005, 1:05:29 PM
Hehehe, I too was a bit amused at the irony. Well, "amused" isn't the right word, but you get what I mean. Anyway, well done! Although it does look more like *my* version of optimism than the "official" version -- it feels a little sad! But even so, I respect anyone who can do anything useful with landscapes. ^_^ When I try to draw or paint clouds, they end up looking like airborne mud.
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*bob-artist Oct 16, 2005, 1:05:29 PM
Hehehe, I too was a bit amused at the irony. Well, "amused" isn't the right word, but you get what I mean. Anyway, well done! Although it does look more like *my* version of optimism than the "official" version -- it feels a little sad! But even so, I respect anyone who can do anything useful with landscapes. ^_^ When I try to draw or paint clouds, they end up looking like airborne mud.
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*bob-artist Oct 16, 2005, 1:06:00 PM
Gaah, sorry about the double post!
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*bob-artist Oct 16, 2005, 1:06:28 PM
Gaah, sorry about the double post!
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*bob-artist Oct 16, 2005, 1:08:10 PM
Okay, it's official, this site is loading very weirdly today. I don't know if you can delete entries, but if you can, feel free! Sorry about flooding your account with messages. -_-
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~Rin-Rin-Rin Oct 17, 2005, 11:12:25 AM
Wow..great job with those clouds! >w<!! I esp. like those ones in the top right <3

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~BrokenEver Nov 27, 2007, 9:04:09 AM
Gorgeous :love:

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