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She is Baalhu, one of the Ancients. Legends say she dwells in the mountains, waiting for the brave and desperate to seek her out. She richly rewards those who find her, granting them anything they desire… and taking their souls as payment. Before they die, those mortals are forced to return to her. She places their souls into the bodies of bluebirds, cuts out the heart - - staining their chests red - - and sets them free into the world to be her eyes and ears.

Never tell a secret when there are bluebirds nearby. She might hear you.
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The sketch for this painting has been lying on my hard-drive for years. I’ve been meaning to finish it for ages, and a few weeks ago a burst of inspiration hit. It still ended up being a struggle to finish. August was a turbulent month. Still, here it is.

Painted in Photoshop CS4 (yay!) and Corel Painter 8 with a Wacom Intuos4 (double yay!).


Closeups here: [link]

And you can see the sketch from 2007 here, hahah: [link]
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*HoshisamaValmor 4 days ago
This truly is beautiful, there are so many rich details and the story/concept behind it is quite interesting. I do like the sketch too, it's cool to see how it developped from the original idea to the final piece. I don't really know what else to say, it really is visually captivating and a really well executed piece :clap:

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~jseverin 4 days ago
This one's awesome Lauren. It was cool hanging out with you in Kansas.
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~Laccimotion May 19, 2012
This is my favourite of your paintings, still. It is stunning to watch her with all the details, a masterpiece in my eyes. It is very dark to me - no wonder if I read the note of you (first time today... -.-), but the scenery is magic. I love her skin, the tone of it and the reflection of light, how she is dressed, her jewellery and the tiny birds (I always believed them to be hummingbirds - they might be not, but in my imagination they still are ^^); her expression is commanding, calm, knowing and dangerous but somewhat innocent the same time. The combination of death and live is perfect - maybe not you intention, but I can see this duality evrywhere in this painting and Baalhu is the personification of it.

Yes, I really am in love with her since I know her. *gg*
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~navate 6 days ago  Professional Digital Artist
All my work is about life and death. :) Thank you.
*The birds are bluebirds. Humming birds are much smaller!

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~Emmysarus May 18, 2012  Student Writer
incredibly beautiful!

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~ilianexsi May 15, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Wow, this is amazing... the story, the level of detail, the darkness of it, just stunning.

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Mood: Love ~riimfrost May 11, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This is sooo beautiful!
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Mood: Wow! ~Shamsiel-Grimoire Apr 13, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow! gorgeous! :heart:

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*jamspooon Mar 30, 2012
beautiful work, I love the bit of orangish pinky goodness on her lower back and upper thigh. centers and grounds her ever so lightly.
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~tasa78 Mar 11, 2012
W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L....creation..!!!
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