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'Modern life is rubbish', thought the Sorceress, besieged by everybody and every 'nobody' of the Royal Court. They pleaded with her to save them - but simultaneously chastised her for letting the world slip into decay. After all, they reasoned that they had abolished religion and its practitioners in her favour.... surely she could do better than this to keep the forces of evil at bay? But to her mind, they had brought all these evils upon themselves - through greed and poor planning. There was even talk that the banks were beginning to stumble... a panic far more fearful to some than merely flood, plague or pestilence... now things would really have to change. Yes, this was one weird halloween!
Bemused... she had tried every trick in the book. Now she would have to try the one that isn't in any of the books... you can only try this one once - but the real trick is you can try it ALL the time and forever... Now if only they would all shut up a minute and let her concentrate on the spell...
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: Hold on!"
Produced in Daz|Studio and Photoshop. All props from Renderosity and Daz.
The poem is edited from 'IF' by Rudyard Kipling.
I'd like to dedicate this to everyone here at Renderosity at these dark times. In particular though, I would like to dedicate it to 'novelist'. An artist and friend here who has helped me so much in the past few months and without her support I would have never held on... thank you Cathy.
This work is copyright and cannot be used for any purpose without written permission from Peter Hague Concept - Design - Art Direction. All my images have an embedded digital ID throughout, which cannot be removed, even from a cropped section, and is registered.
This work is copyright and cannot be used for any purpose without written permission from Peter Hague Concept - Design - Art Direction. All my images have an embedded digital ID throughout, which cannot be removed, even from a cropped section, and is registered.
Comments (427)
Truly you are the master of details, yet they are not overwhelming but contribute to the whole. Each and every little detail is perfect, all the poses of the rats are amazing, each person has an appropriate expression on their fact that tells the story in this fictious piece as well as in the parallel reality of today. Your work is always amazing.
Oh la la! It's really a fantastic masterpiece you have done here. Wow! Splendid work! 5/5
Wow, very detailed picture. Very good work. Hope you are having a nice day.
Excellent image and story!! Not sure how they can concentrate with plague rats running about, but that's what makes them leaders, right? Hanging on? Hope things smooth out for you and others... I know we are heading toward darker times as well...
MINDBLOWING scene PACKED with details!!!! WOW, WOW and WOW again!!! deep bow to the Master-Jedi of scenes
Astonishing in its detail- a real joy to behold
Amazing ART...!!
Splendide scène....!!! fav et +100 :)
Nothing short of a masterpiece. The imagery that goes so well with the words is literally staggering! An instant fav that shouldd be hung in a museum. Bravo!
OUTSTANDING.
Bravo, Peter. Another stunning work here!!! :-)))
Wow, great looking scene!!!
An amazing scene!
Awesome cool work! Well well done!
can't say more than WOW!
Great work.
Superb image Peter! Excellent detail and composition! 5+
This has so much amazing detail! A truly masterful work!
Excellent detailed scene. The facial expressions on each and every character are great! Outstanding work!
So much thought out, so much detail, a great work of art!
Very nice render...5 stars from me...Do more please!
Sorry that I missed this one initially, this is brilliant stuff. As always exquisite detail and a razor sharp riff on modern times. By the way, I believe that rats get a bad rap sometimes.
Wow - there is so much detail here I hardly know where to begin. It's stunning!
I M P R E S S I V E render my friend!!!!
Now ! That's a spectacular scene. As always, it is great image from you : I always expect them and see them with great pleasure. You put so many details that it becomes incredible ! Bravo !
Interesting scene. beautiful render and wonderful composition. great work!!
Good work and image erland
Splendid story and a splendid masterpiece. There are so many details to admire. My compliments ;O)
You must have a smokin' system to deal with that amount of detail. Outstanding!! Absolutely brilliant work!
A tememendous amount of work, excellent..but you forgot the subtittle... "But now for the bad news!"