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Submitted: February 23, 2009
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The Naiadsby *Damascus5

Digital Art / Paintings & Airbrushing / Fantasy

The characters are naiads, the fresh water sisters to nymphs. I wanted them young and beautiful but also give a subtle dark undertone. Unlike nymphs who were by and large altruistic creatures, naiads were just as likely to drown you as help you.

Created with Adobe Photoshop CS4

UPDATE:
The piece was included in Spectrum 17: The Best of Contemporary Fantastic Art.
WordsofWinter wrote a wonderful poem inspired by the piece which can be read here.

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Given 2009-05-14

Yes it's already a popular submission, but there's no way I can pass up featuring this awe-inspiring painting. The Naiads by *Damascus5 ( Suggested by `Hellobaby and Featured by `Narfmaster )

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~toadz May 15, 2012

Loving the Waterhouse feel to this piece, lovely stuff

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'You may give a toad a wart, but a toad will never give you a wart'
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~iENDERi May 7, 2012

This is based off of one of my favorite paintings of all time. great work.

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~iENDERi May 7, 2012

This is based off of one of my favorite paintings of all time. Awesome work.

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Watch my 3D animated short film! Project Demunyo

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~tstilson20 May 4, 2012

The two in the top left remind me a bit of J.W.Waterhouse's girls in "Hylas and the Nymphs". Beautiful.

*B0NDART May 9, 2012 Professional Photographer

pretty much because they are traced off Waterhouse's paining, however I do love the end result, I actually added a print of this cool work to my wishlist.

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~tstilson20 May 9, 2012

Haha. Yeah, I just realized how much everyone else noticed it too. It's a great piece.

~lil2content May 4, 2012 New member

Inviting, yet creepy. An amazing piece. Great centering with the blonde

~alicat511 May 3, 2012

This is an absolutely stunning piece of work

~JasoonMoore May 1, 2012

O M G LOVE THIS SO MUCH

~Jaylayson Apr 29, 2012

This is fantastic! Amazing piece. I remember it from Spectrum.

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