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Brigantia by *dashinvaine:icondashinvaine:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fantasy

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©2009 *dashinvaine
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Oil on board. Plenty more dragons in this one... My new camera isn't very good and has swallowed much of the detail, but you get the idea...

Brigantia was an ancient Celtic goddess, identified with the Roman Victoria. In this picture I wanted to encapsulate the spirit of pre-Roman Britain: artistic, poetic, mystical and untamed.. I used my imagination on the details, designing my own motifs, although keeping to the spirit of Celtic art. I took the image in a fantasy direction with the costume. A real Iron Age warrior would have worn a sort of tartan tunic and trousers and a heavy woolen cloak fastened with a broach. That or fought naked...

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Mood: Love ~eitherangel Mar 4, 2009, 6:50:00 AM
You`re simply astonishing me! :)

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=zewhatcher Mar 4, 2009, 6:54:19 AM
:clap: Wow! I am totally amazed. A most fantastic job!

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*faile35 Mar 4, 2009, 7:07:59 AM
That is beautiful work, and your imaginative liberties paid off, I'd say. The lighting is interesting, clashing some cool dawn colors with some harsher sunset hues, giving it an allegorical feel--is this the beginning, or the ending of an era? :nod:

Wonderful! =)
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Mood: Love =AbKi Mar 4, 2009, 7:29:56 AM
I definitely think this is your best yet.

Really nice job. :clap:

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`mizzdraconia Mar 4, 2009, 7:31:37 AM
absolutely gorgeus :clap:

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Mood: Love ~Toxs1n Mar 4, 2009, 7:36:05 AM
haha, haven't failed to amuse me :)
Good job.... i mean fantastic!

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~Dawrei Mar 4, 2009, 7:49:20 AM
You are -so- skilled O_o If I could reach through the computer, I swear I could touch those rocks XD The dragon hill figure in the background strongly reminds me of the Uffington White Horse :D Oh, and I really like the face tattoo on her shoulder. The rest of her tattoos seem a little bit distracting, though your knotworking skills are neat :D
My only point of criticism (if you're interested at all, if not skip this ;)) is that her expression is quite typically the fantasy fighting babe femme fatale. I mean, of course she IS a fighting babe femme fatale, but I think I would have preferred a less sexy, more grim (or cheeky, I dunno) expression. But this really is just a minor detail, because everything else is just completely lovely :D
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~Simbelmyne-hills Mar 4, 2009, 7:49:43 AM
Love it! :)
Awesome job on all the details and Celtic knots! And love her torque!

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Mood: Wow! *WS-Clave Mar 4, 2009, 8:08:47 AM
Astounding! I want to give this more than one fav!
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~sindarelf Mar 4, 2009, 10:22:54 AM
gorgeus <3
nice tatoos :D

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COOLPIX L16
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Mar 4, 2009, 11:43:25 AM

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