Blown Away

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Cyclones and hurricanes, anyone?
Lately, I've been dreaming of people being blown away, roof tiles yanked off piece by piece and flying objects.
This is not a very difficult work although it took me a great deal of time to blend it all together.
I get the greatest pleasure pulling shingles off the roof!

I'm also doing this with the hard hit people of Myanmar in mind - the recent Nargis Cyclone have caused deadly flooding with loss of lives reaching 100,000, apparently because of lack of mangroove cover in the coastal line. The deathtoll in the aftermath of this storm could be even worse due to widespread pollution and infection, either water or air-borne.

All stocks from sxc.hu

Winter Solace

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Mother Nature has provided many wonderful mountains to marvel at!
This is based on my oil painting Green Pasture posted last year.
I try to make that transformation from traditional to digital with as few alteration as possible.
Ample time spent on brush tip shape and dynamics to mimic my oils, especially the mountain and evergreen trees.

Thanks for watching! :)

Mystery of the Crystal Necklace

Just watched Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Since 'Sex and the City' edged out the latest Indy flick at the recent weekend box office, I thought I'll do a female version of it. Let's call it The Mystery of the Crystal Necklace!

This is a digital/traditional combo. The mountain range, sky and distant trees are part of my oil painting, Blu-Truth which I have posted much earlier

Except for the beautiful model, all other stock images are taken from sxc.hu.