Thats soooooo awesome!!!!!! I love it!!! Instant fav for me!!!

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The key to flying is to throw yourself at the ground until you miss.
-Chuck Norris

glad you like! I did it in about 20 minutes using the Gimp.

Thats soo awesome!!! It takes me ages to use the Gimp!!! (it sucks being a beginner)

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The key to flying is to throw yourself at the ground until you miss.
-Chuck Norris

I mostly just used the spark brush with a gradient and the smudge tool, and I put it on a patterned background (starscape). I used some other brushes, too, but my fav is the spark brush. I drew the outline first, then shaded with a brush on the gradient setting.

Very nice. It certainly has the "wow" factor.
Bonus ponts for using GIMP, and using it well!

n_n I actually like the Gimp! It has cool brushes. I did that pic at 2:00 in the morning out of boredom, and the fact that the dream fox had... revisited my mind? I dunno... considering how little sleep I got that week, I was probably hallucinating it... Oh, well. Glad you like! It was really actually very simple to do... and I did it with a MOUSE. I just put the starscape pattern as the background and used the eraser on it a little, then drew the outline with a simple brush on the gradient setting, then used the star and galaxy brushes to fill in the fox, again with a gradient, then did the same for the eye and crystal, then smudged it alot. I used the spark brush on a gradient and as itself to get the sparkles. But, man, it turned out cool. I could recreate it in about 10 minutes, sadly.... The smudge tool is my best friend!

nice work !

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i know my comments are brief, but im not a critic, just an admirer.

new competition - dooo iiiiiiit

feel like a challenge ?

Thanks! This was the very first piece I ever produced with The Gimp. It was an experiment, and I like the results.

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Trapped in the city of steel and lies,
You have no worth but what death buys!
Strive to secure your own damnation;
Your blood and tears are the only salvation!
(requiem)

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