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As to the Flame
Published: 2015-03-03 00:35:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 44564; Favourites: 3692; Downloads: 938
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Attaar- Poem of the Butterflies
: سه پروانه - شعر از عطار ... با صدای سالار عقیلی
جملگی در حکم سه پروانه ایم "
در جهان عاشقان افسانه ایم
اولی* خود را به شمع نزدیک کرد
گفت هان من یافتم معنای عشق
دومی* نزدیک شعله بال زد
گفت هان من سوختم در سوز عشق
سومی* خود داخل آتش فکند
" آری آری این بود معنای عشق
/ عطار نیشابوری
"All of us are in reality like three butterflies
We're the fable , in the lover's oasis
The first came near the candle
and said : ' I've discovered the meaning of love '
The second fluttered its wing near the flame
and said : ' I've been burned by the fire of love '
The third threw himself into the fire
Yes ... Yes ... This is the meaning of love ..." / Attar
Details:
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tools: Photoshop and Wacom Intuos 2
Size: 6000x4400 pixels at 300ppi
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Comments: 125
that's the first time i've ever actually yelled "holy crap" at an art piece because hOLY CRAP you know how to draw
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I don't even know where to begin - the colors, the shading, all these details... this is pure perfection *-*
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I love this painting. The colors and symbolism are amazing!
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Every time I think I can't get any more impressed with your amazing work....you just continuously one-up yourself, how?? So awesome to have watched you over all these years.
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I so agree with xKaseix on that. You have outdone yourself! Amazing work!
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My god, this is one of the most gorgeous paintings, art, I have EVER ever seen. Just stunned. This is so amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Ничего себе! Как вы рисуете мех? Сделайте учебник, пожалуйста! Он будет иметь много полезных.
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That is amazing. The glowing amber adds depth and do well to bring focus to the leopard.
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Absolutely Stunning ~ Breath takingly Beautiful <3 <3 <3
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It's one of these artworks from which I can't take my eyes off! Snow leopard is beautiful as well as these colours and lights
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snow leoparddd???!!!
I love snow leopards!!!
and this is...beautiful!
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The attention to detail in this is amazing - I love the connections of the gold everywhere, how his eyes really bring the piece together, the little gold hairs on his feet where the light hits it, and the way the cat seems to recede in the back, almost dissolving like ink, like some sort of other worldly being. I understand that the poem is a kind of inspiration, yes? I am curious to know what your direct symbolism would be from your point of view, though, with the cat and the stones, and they way they circle around, if you wouldn't mind explaining.
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Thank you for the uplifting humbling words!!! The symbolism is very deliberate throughout the piece though I chose not to elaborate since it is a mood piece and I want folks to take what they will from it. But, even so, all the visual choices were very deliberate. Amber represents lasting memory while the leopard is sort of a duality. He represents justice or balance in the natural world. He comes as the reckoning, as the flame to burn the old world. But he does so without hatred rather contrary, with love. So though the moths, as drawn to the flame, die, the last thing they would feel in their departure is a rapturous sort of love while their memory is kept preserved for eternity in the amber. I hope that isn't terribly corney ;}!
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Thank you for the reply! I love the meaning behind everything, especially the idea of their memory being preserved in the amber. And now that I look back at the piece I can see what you said in the cat, him coming to burn everything away in a justice-type of way, and kind of in a loving way, in that he does it because he cares, and leaving the smoking tendrils behind him. It's just a wonderful piece, full of both detail and meaning, and I don't find it corny at all. 
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Stunning beauty! Thank You and congrats on the DD.
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I really enjoy how the gold emphasizes the symmetry of the picture!
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Love the realism combined with fantasy - wonderful work
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Wow! Congratulations on the Daily Deviation recognition! 
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there is so much power in the cat's pose. I love the stones and light around it! great job 
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Incredible digital painting. Beautiful and powerful (I adore Snow Leopards). Congrats on the DD!
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