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Published: 2016-06-28 09:51:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2868; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 0
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Description A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.

How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?

A shudder in the loins engenders there
The broken wall, the burning roof and tower
And Agamemnon dead.
                                Being so caught up,
So mastered by the brute blood of the air,
Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?
W. B. Yeats - Leda and the Swan

Credits
model by mjranum-stock
swan wings and head by Drezdany-stocks
foreground by kuschelirmel-stock
roots by NellyGraceNG
bird skull  by Fyrrea
bird skeleton by cyborgsuzystock
tree trunk by vacuumslayer
ruins 1 by 1989juni and ruins 2  by Kowia
pillar by CD-STOCK
pedestals by mjranum-stock  
sky by PaulineMoss
texture by W-out
everything else is painted by me

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Comments: 38

mixuls [2016-10-01 15:05:27 +0000 UTC]

A great approach to the eternal theme!

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sara-hel [2016-08-18 12:48:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow I just saw how it turned out! It's wonderful!!

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shadeley In reply to sara-hel [2016-08-25 13:40:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, Sara! I'm so glad you liked it.

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sara-hel In reply to shadeley [2016-08-26 10:05:06 +0000 UTC]

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TalXorFire [2016-07-30 03:42:07 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful piece!  

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shadeley In reply to TalXorFire [2016-07-30 11:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, Talo.

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Andaelentari [2016-07-24 17:17:40 +0000 UTC]

the blending of that swan

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shadeley In reply to Andaelentari [2016-07-25 10:02:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.   

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ErikShoemaker [2016-07-05 22:04:28 +0000 UTC]

the blend of the swan and the woman forming an angel is nicely done! beautiful piece.

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shadeley In reply to ErikShoemaker [2016-07-06 10:07:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, Erik. I'm glad you liked it.

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pams00 [2016-07-05 01:29:30 +0000 UTC]

this is stunning. I really like the smaller details you've worked in such as the cobwebs and vines.

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shadeley In reply to pams00 [2016-07-05 09:00:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I was just working with the details of the poem.

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pams00 In reply to shadeley [2016-07-05 17:26:59 +0000 UTC]

yw, it was beautifully interpreted !

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shadeley In reply to pams00 [2016-07-05 17:31:21 +0000 UTC]

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Euselia [2016-07-04 22:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful!

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shadeley In reply to Euselia [2016-07-05 08:59:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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DriPoint [2016-07-04 07:02:44 +0000 UTC]

Great composition

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shadeley In reply to DriPoint [2016-07-05 08:59:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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AledJonesDigitalArt [2016-07-01 08:22:47 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful artwork and scene

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shadeley In reply to AledJonesDigitalArt [2016-07-01 10:04:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, Al.

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AledJonesDigitalArt In reply to shadeley [2016-07-02 20:11:31 +0000 UTC]

You're always welcome

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Wesley-Souza [2016-06-28 21:35:19 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful and well done I love the color

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shadeley In reply to Wesley-Souza [2016-06-29 12:07:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Wesley.

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SvitlanaFox [2016-06-28 17:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! Great job!)

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shadeley In reply to SvitlanaFox [2016-06-29 12:07:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Rowye [2016-06-28 16:31:46 +0000 UTC]

Excellent job with the swan, love how you played with it and then the color work taking all the attention to the swan and model's heads.

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shadeley In reply to Rowye [2016-06-29 12:06:36 +0000 UTC]

I couldn't find a perfect swan, so I had to create my own. It was my intention to take the attention to the model's and the swan's head, I'm glad I managed to do it.

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Rowye In reply to shadeley [2016-07-01 10:10:34 +0000 UTC]

Ahh that thing we all manipulators feel so lazy about often. Glad you decided to build it!
It all went just right.

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vacuumslayer [2016-06-28 14:42:29 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful. Thanks for using my stock so beautifully. 

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shadeley In reply to vacuumslayer [2016-06-29 12:04:06 +0000 UTC]

I thank you, I'm glad you liked the result.

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Corneev [2016-06-28 13:56:33 +0000 UTC]

Really fantastic work, beautiful **

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shadeley In reply to Corneev [2016-06-29 12:03:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Cornée.

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Digitiel [2016-06-28 11:44:08 +0000 UTC]

Sublime and my preferred model!  

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shadeley In reply to Digitiel [2016-06-28 11:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

I remember you also used this model, and you also have a Leda and the Swan piece in your gallery. Fantastic works.

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Digitiel In reply to shadeley [2016-06-28 21:37:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, you remember that, thank you so much Noemi!

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CD-STOCK [2016-06-28 09:56:06 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work Thanks for using my stock.

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shadeley In reply to CD-STOCK [2016-06-28 10:00:56 +0000 UTC]

You were quicker than me noticing you above the actual picture. I'm so glad you liked the result!

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CD-STOCK In reply to shadeley [2016-06-29 07:01:29 +0000 UTC]

It was pure coincidence that I saw your artwork in the MB. Most welcome

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