Shamans of Water - 3 by dragongirl
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Poser - Bryce - Amorphium - Spiralizer - All my own textures - All 3D, no post
One of the Underground Shamans
She comes above ground only by night. The desert suns by day, make the planet surface unendurable.
She keeps the stories and myths of water alive for her people. Water - the great Mystery. The great sparkling beast that ate the underground rocks and created the caverns that now house The People.
A creature that, in the long-ago Times, could be touched, but never grasped.
The Shamans here can see and touch the Rivers of Gold that flow within each Being, modulating the health and life forces of The People, touching what can never be grasped, a sparkling beast flowing beneath the surface without voice or language.
A world where an outward experience of scarcity, led to a daily interaction with that which flows in infinite supply.
Comments (43)
very cool render !
Really fantastic and fascinating scene, wonderful image!
The shaman's textures are outstanding, and the decor is strange, very dream-like portrait and poetic text !
excellent
Very intriguing & beautiful story & illustration!
Impressive and creative artwork over here ! Way to go !
you've spoken of water as a manifestation of pure spirit, and underground water (water at a deep inward level, I think), which can dissolve rock and remain whole. (The Tao Te Ching/Dao de ching, as you may know, says one should be like water, as it is the one basic substance that can dissolve rock...) You speak of the People the way myths speak of the People, their ancestors, their founding stock, etc. And the caverns are formed not by erosion but by the great sparkling beast (water) of a time long ago. 'Touched but never grasped' speaks in the words of ancient cultures, and she touches the rivers of gold within all people, the way water (and spirit) does. Amazingly, this timeless shaman has the face and proportions of a child, rather than of an adult, and that suggests eternal childhood, purity, etc. Her ornamental head dress (or hair) has mythic carvings and forms on it, and two large flowers on each side, and her mouth is almost dammed (as in a "dam"), suggesting more water. And your background has these totem-like presences---torsos and heads made of intersecting flower petals (maybe) and the effects of drying and erosion...and a vast red wasteland and red sky, suggesting primality and primal beginnings. Your art often evokes primal formative landscapes. And your shaman seems half in trance, half looking at us...as if she came 'out' halfway, but remains halfway inside herself...Finally, you have two thin rods or lights flowing from her head to her shoulders...they remind me of the 'lifeline' that eastern mystics wear, to connect upper with lower (a string worn from the head to the genital region). Rich and profound musings, with a primal timeless landscape...and the shaman has reds on her as well, to harmonize with the world around her...another profound piece from you...
Very beautiful work.
she is one wicked looking creature. superb work
I love her eyes. Great image dragongirl
Wonderful fantasy art! Very creative :) Cathy xoxoxo
These are so interesting!
Excellent