A Secret Path by bakapo
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
made with photos, tubes and brushes in GIMP and IrfanView.
some credits: forest background: splitshire, rocks: artreferencesource, grasses: wolverine, stones: bykst,
turtle: susannp, chicken: graphicallusion
I found a transparency button in GIMP so I wanted to make a hidden arch... not sure if I like the outcome or not, but thanks so much for looking and comments.

Comments (17)
A wonderful image Barb and I like your imagination.
Exellent done.
Beautifully composed and magical production excellent production Barb applause my friend!!
Wonderful job!
Fantastic arrangement of elements make for a unified whole. Great light.
he looks cool... great surroundings for him
Your mastery of compositing is inspiring. Great little scene for this most odd little fella.
Incredible and beautiful scne... Wonderfully done !!!
Creepy leprechaun my friend, reminds me of the movie. Just stay away from his gold. Love the setting.
you did perfect with the arch - great scene
a lovely, well constructed and fun composition
A beautiful image and I do like how you have done the arch. Very creative work and I love all the little details. :)
Magical !
Very beautiful creation, very nice colors !!
Ein sehr schöner Render
(First, the "Cat Walk" piece was magical: I love the pinkish undertones, and the way the cat walks over a mythic fairy tale ground and fence. It's in a perpetual twilight, in that image, and that "8" is quite striking. See, I'm looking at everything---I see it all nearly the day it goes up. I just can't leave long comments on it all. But there's nothing here I don't love.)
A real fairy tale image. And the transparent arch feels like a dream of the man---the transparency makes it real for him, but a dream for us. It takes place in a deep dark forest (the forest primeval), and the man---a leprechaun?---and the chest and light give it the feeling of a secret home. Perhaps he's a miser. Or perhaps he's just a kind old man, who found this chest. Or it's his chest but he keeps it secret to sustain himself. The surrounding is a rich deep forest, with a deep dark green; and it feels almost underwater. Beautiful deep dark forest tones (and details). Another enchanting vision from you...