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zenphoenixa — Ice Phoenix: REMIX
Published: 2008-03-10 15:38:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 8520; Favourites: 124; Downloads: 2160
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CHARACTER: Mr ice phoenix, on his third public outing. (Why does it sound like he just came out of the closet?
)OWNER: Me, I guess.
PIC STATUS Remake of this image: zenphoenixa.deviantart.com/art…
MEDIUMS: Photoshop CS pen tool (tail and chest motif), recycled wings from an older pic (prismacolour markers).
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Look familiar?
Yep, I remade my older ice phoenix pic, and not because I was bored or anything – the problem with the older version was that it was created at a very low resolution (100 dpi, if I recall correctly), which meant I was very limited in what I could do with the image. Pain in the ass to not be able to resize or print it out for stuff. >__<;; So this here is the ice phoenix, remade at 300 dpi and looking a lot clearer for it! If you compare the two versions, you’ll notice both similarities and differences… I wasn’t able to completely duplicate the head and face of the first version, and I went on a different path with the tail since I’d figured out the pen tool by this point. The wings are pretty much the same, but took one hell of a lot more editing (ie. feather moving
) to get them looking balanced. The background clouds are brushes which I made quickly using cloud photos as reference, but I haven’t made them available for download since my brushes are absolute total crap, and I was only able to hide the crappiness using different opacities and the eraser tool, so please look elsewhere for high quality cloud brush sets! 
The little design on the chest was just something I threw in randomly… it doesn’t have any significance, or at least, I wasn’t thinking on anything significant when I drew it. Interpret it however you please!
That’s all I wanna say folks – straight forward image, I should hope. ^^
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Comments: 20
ooo it's good to see stuff from you again! ^^
hehe I remember this guy, the ice phoenix! =3
It's looking really good, I like how the tail is done, and the colouring looks quite nice too. I like the affects you used, especially on the wings, i love the wings, hehe.
great work!! ^__^
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holy crap you live
I missed your drawings as they are so beautiful and original <3
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looks cool sweety
TOO long time no see...
miss ya
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Aaaaaah! It's beautimous, just like the first! Hopefully no one will steal this one, eh?
O.o...I just realized that it said (c) Annabel Lee, and my friend's name is Anna Lee. Haha...yeah that was weird.
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Hey! Good to see you back.
Seems like you want to start things off with a bang and this is it. This is something you need to look at for ages before you can really see all of it. For example, I didn't realise the wings were half folded and thought that over all the wings looked a little on the small size. But then you spot the line of the wings and you can see how there is a curve in the shards of ice. You can almost get lost in this image as you try and work out the exact lines of the phoenix, a bit like trying to see a shape through a blizzard.
The tail and eyebrow feathers are wonderful. They give the impression of streams of wind or the path a snowflake might take through a storm. The odd patten in the centre of its body, like a tattoo, seems to show another phoenix on the rise. Lovely, lovely image.
Ever thought of doing other mythical animals?
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oh wow... that is absolutly gourgeous... it would make an incredible tattoo
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WEWT!!!! Your alive!!!
I love it, feels like its exploding outward you know? Like the wings have just opened! I really like it!
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ZEEEEEEEEENNNNN. I MISSED YOUUUU.
You totally need to come on more often or something somesuch.
D:
Your phoenix is totally effin' awesome, as usual. I like the tail feathers. ♥
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Wow, this is just so.....eh I have no words. Its reallllllly goood!
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Hey, you're back!
Very nice, once again I amazed by your work~ ^^
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