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Submitted: August 24, 2006
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I don't know.

I think I've been looking far too long at this, there are so many meanings it can have. I can't choose which meaning fits it best. Like the butterfly: it can have a symbolic meaning (meaning life to the embryo) but it also means life to the caterpillar because he'll become a butterfly later on...
I don't even know if I want to make a statement with this or not. I mean, the reference I used for the embryo is from an embryo in a jar :worry: Yay for humankind, we're putting embryos in a jar :sarcasticclap: :|
I *know* that humans don't come from cocoons, but caterpillars don't use blood veins for their cocoons either...
Full view please.And I'm not saying that just for fun.

Done with Photoshop, all the references are from
sxc.hu -- [link]
imageafter.com -- [link]

[EDiT] I darkened the background and enlarged the border a bit.
I'd like to know what you think :)
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=SheldonSands:iconSheldonSands: Aug 24, 2006, 6:02:52 AM
That's pretty interesting. The butterfly is a really nice touch, adds contrast to this piece. :)

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~N0rks:iconN0rks: Aug 24, 2006, 6:05:30 AM
Thnx :)
I like the butterfly too, I added it before I did the embryo and the caterpillar :P I was like: I don't know what this will look like, BUT IT'LL HAVE A BUTTERFLY! :D

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~alt0208:iconalt0208: Aug 24, 2006, 9:51:42 AM
butterfly makes a good contrast-type thing but if ya hade the rest of the scene darker it would stand out more, if you wanted to make it more of a point. otherwise. damn good :nod:

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~x-piracy:iconx-piracy: Aug 24, 2006, 9:59:21 AM
wow thats really good! i think of it more as life is cruel, and the butterfly symbolizes that there always is some good in the world.

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~N0rks:iconN0rks: Aug 24, 2006, 10:48:22 AM
I agree :D I didn't look at it like that, but the embryo kinda makes me think about that kind of stuff. That could've been a human being and now...
Anyway, before I drift too far off: Thanks very much :hug:

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~N0rks:iconN0rks: Aug 24, 2006, 10:50:49 AM
Thnx :D
There's a water texture under it, although barely noticable, but it's there. If I made it darker you couldn't see that one, so I decided to just go with this :)

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~alt0208:iconalt0208: Aug 24, 2006, 1:15:42 PM
ohhhh ok! well yeah i guess but you also could have adjusted the brighness down, then paste the buterfly in.
anyway nice peice of work :nod: keep at it

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~N0rks:iconN0rks: Aug 24, 2006, 1:33:58 PM
The butterfly is above the hue layer (above all the layers actually), so I could've darkened that one :hmm: Oh well, I'll see, maybe I darken it a bit and edit the deviation very very sneaky :P
Thank you, I think I will, photomanips are quite fun :nod:

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~N0rks:iconN0rks: Aug 24, 2006, 2:20:27 PM
Darkened the background now, how's this looking?

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~Esmaice:iconEsmaice: Aug 24, 2006, 3:28:22 PM
aaww the butterfly is purdy :aww:... is the baby dead? or just in an old attic? either way awesome work!

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