Shallows
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© 2015 - 2020 Charlie-Bowater
I can't really call myself an artist without ever having painted an Ophelia type painting, right?! Lots of fun to work on 
I'm having a print sale over on Etsy right now and there's 25% off with the code AUTUMN2015, this print included!
Done over the course of a couple of days, Cintiq 22HD, PSCC.
I'm having a print sale over on Etsy right now and there's 25% off with the code AUTUMN2015, this print included!
Done over the course of a couple of days, Cintiq 22HD, PSCC.
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633x895px 421.27 KB
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Software
Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows)
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I don’t know how you did it, or where exactly you got the inspiration from, but I have seen this woman in a dream. This exact woman, in a dream I have never been able to shake. It’s absolutely uncanny, from her appearance to the water and the lily pads... so strange. I wish it hadn’t been such an unpleasant dream. It makes me feel so many things, I don’t know how to describe it.
I haven’t logged into this account in so long but once I saw this painting I had to say something.
Your work is beautiful, thank you.
PhotosCrystalJonesHobbyist Photographer
Splendid ! =^-^=
ashleyjordanHobbyist General Artist
My goodness I'm floored with the ethereal loveliness to it all!
BeatriceGraveStudent Digital Artist
for some reason this reminds me of Shadowfell. Anyone else...?
carlos-salva-artProfessional Digital Artist
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JohnlockedDancerHobbyist General Artist
Beautiful!
Do you only sell prints or is it possible to buy a digital file of this picture? (I'd like to use it for an e-book cover!) Thank you!
The detail where the water hits the face is amazing
Ornicar-photographieHobbyist Photographer
Like, like, like
SalmanAboFaisalStudent Digital Artist
why U sooo good 
TreeWyrmHobbyist General Artist
I'd never watched Hamlet, but now having read up about it on Wikipedia, I think I'm glad! Some great quotes to be sure but a horrible story for poor Ophilia and one that marks very much how women were seen and treated at the time I suppose. :S
Yours is a beautiful work of art, although I would not pitch it at Ophelia necessarily. The woman you've painted looks too alive and watchful!
But that in fact is a good thing, not a bad thing. When I first thought of it, I thought perhaps a tale of a woman who spent a great deal of time in a great pond, a solitary wild thing, who hid in the lillies when other humans came near. Or a water spirit of some kind, watchful of children that play at the sides of lakes. Your lady is smart, not mad, she is alert, not distracted by misery, she is alive, not forlornly dead. At least... that's what I feel when I see your piece. But that's a magic of it's own, and the magic of all art.
Yours is a beautiful work of art, although I would not pitch it at Ophelia necessarily. The woman you've painted looks too alive and watchful!
But that in fact is a good thing, not a bad thing. When I first thought of it, I thought perhaps a tale of a woman who spent a great deal of time in a great pond, a solitary wild thing, who hid in the lillies when other humans came near. Or a water spirit of some kind, watchful of children that play at the sides of lakes. Your lady is smart, not mad, she is alert, not distracted by misery, she is alive, not forlornly dead. At least... that's what I feel when I see your piece. But that's a magic of it's own, and the magic of all art.
dgm1001mrmomProfessional Interface Designer
love the portrait those freckles and eyes just grab me keep up the good work!
seyyartedorovStudent Digital Artist
do it.
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