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Promises Remembered Finis by *rachaelm5:iconrachaelm5:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Sci-Fi

©2005-2009 *rachaelm5
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Finally, this mammoth project is complete.

In the year of our Lord 4046, it falls to Noah's great-great-great (x82) grandson to take with him all of Earth's animals, the original real ones as well as the beautiful, fantastic ones that Mankind has dreamed up. He and his wife gather them all, two by two, and with the city-sized Ark Mark II go to settle on a whole new world.

This is a commission and gift for my good friend Dave S., his wife Jennifer and their daughter Grace. To Grace: Happy very, very belated first birthday. :D

I used a watercolor wash as an underpainting, but the vast majority of the detailing has been done with colored pencil.

I have also uploaded a HUGE version of this picture so that the dozens of creatures can be seen more clearly.

Daily Deviation

Given 2005-10-07

This deviant has been working on this mamoth project for ever. She had submitted each piece as she finished it and now at last it is done. See Promises Remembered Finis by ~rachaelm5. Or zoom in on the details. (Suggested by =EnigmaticEmpress and Featured by `oedalis)

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=steeljaw Jun 9, 2005, 11:54:36 AM
Amazing work, Rachael! The shear amount of detail in this blows my mind. I can't even imagine doing something of this magnitude. It's really inspiring. :> :+fav:

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~MysticSlayer14 Jun 9, 2005, 12:43:05 PM
oh my gosh this must have taken you forever! But good job, all the details and stuff are terrific!

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~LatinaMinority Jun 9, 2005, 1:54:34 PM
o dear lor! how long did this take
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~Heimerich Jun 9, 2005, 2:18:19 PM
Whoaa is finally finished :D girl I love this piece, the details and the color ammounts are great ñ_ñ' its a sure fav =D ...haha, I wonder now if your friends are noah decendants.. O_o maybe, who knows xDD

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*Senaru Jun 9, 2005, 2:51:29 PM
o.o ^__^ *huggles teh Racheh* >_> omg i love your details!!!!!! *.*
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~relzilla Jun 9, 2005, 3:44:40 PM
Wow, that turned out amazing. o_o

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~ittybittybits Jun 9, 2005, 4:19:36 PM
It looks great! If you hadn't included the bright blue leaves on the lower left corner I think the blue in the upper left would have unbalanced the picture. Somehow you did a great job balancing the numerous variety of hues without letting the contrast between them get out of hand. There's a lot going on in the picture but it doesn't seem to be too busy for the eye. Great job!
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*rachaelm5 Jun 9, 2005, 4:31:57 PM
Thank you very much. I can't figure out how I do this stuff either...

Never in one sitting; I think that's the trick. There's between 80 and 100 hours of work in this piece, spread out over six months or so.

:glomp:

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
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*rachaelm5 Jun 9, 2005, 4:34:03 PM
I think it took somewhere between 80 and 100 hours, spread out over six months... So yeah, almost forever. :D

Thank you muchly - I'm glad you like it!

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
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*rachaelm5 Jun 9, 2005, 4:38:13 PM
This one took somewhere between 80 and 100 hours, but I spread that out over about six months.

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
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