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in search of a beak

colossus once said I should do something more "epic". I'm not sure whether he refered to the size, if that was so, he should be happy ;)

A sea gull obviously flying over water... I tried to improve my cloud paining here, the bird itself was a job of two hours - if there wouldn't have been the beak! It took me some time to create it good looking, still it is responsible for the title (imrik was too). There's a beakless version included in the zip file, looks interesting.

Download includes 3 colors (sky) and one beakless verion.

Size is 1920x1440, other sizes available at my homepage.

Comments and ratings are as usual very appreciated!

Comments (34)

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I meant epic more in a "Lawrence of Arabia" way, as in large scale full of stuff sort of thing. But this qualifies. Very peaceful and epic in it's own way, I like the coloring, and the positioning of the horizon down low gives the wall a nice "big" feeling.

Nice to see the large res as well.

Tue, Jun 17th at 02:52pm (6 years ago)
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shocks says:

extremely beautifull, and usable. excellent.

Tue, Jun 17th at 02:54pm (6 years ago)
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Imrik says:

beautifull detail. Colossus has stolen my thoughts. But Hermik... you let this feeling in my body grow .. this peaceful feeling. Maybe i go to far with my experiment these days but those colours are yours. You bought them and you own them. The beak couldnīt look better. The face of the bird is awesome. It just feels like the bird is looking straight into your eyes. The cookies did it right? No hermik. This is love again. Love in art. And you will do it again and again. AND I SAY WORK DO IT AS WORK. Get professional. Noone is doing it this way. I please you.

Tue, Jun 17th at 03:18pm (6 years ago)
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LTD says:

Epic indeed. The very scale of it is impressive. 1920x1440 . . . wow!
As always, beautiful work! The clouds are gorgeous, too.

Tue, Jun 17th at 03:58pm (6 years ago)
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ere.mite says:

i dont like the color of the one in the preview, but i am downloading it to check out the variants. nice.

Tue, Jun 17th at 04:09pm (6 years ago)
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imrik, i love your lack of good english :) oh yeah and hermik, i love your work, good job on this one.

Tue, Jun 17th at 04:16pm (6 years ago)
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Great job... love the mellow pastel tones.

Tue, Jun 17th at 04:30pm (6 years ago)
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SirWonkus says:

background looks much more painterly than any of your others i like that. whats wrong with seafoam green? i think its a kick ass color.

Tue, Jun 17th at 05:22pm (6 years ago)
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heroin says:

"I please you." *giggles*

Tue, Jun 17th at 06:10pm (6 years ago)
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sweet job hermik!

Tue, Jun 17th at 06:41pm (6 years ago)
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MANTO says:

I really hate this color, anyway almost perfect work.

*edit* Thanks chc, should have read the authors comment. ;) The the rose sky looks most living, but somehow doesn't fit in so well.

Tue, Jun 17th at 09:02pm (6 years ago)
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c h c says:

manto, there are 3 colors if you dl it

Tue, Jun 17th at 10:41pm (6 years ago)
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What did Imrik just say?

Wed, Jun 18th at 01:41am (6 years ago)
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TeckWolf says:

Great work of art. Love the beakless version!

Wed, Jun 18th at 01:49am (6 years ago)
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senex says:

no taskbar touching makes me a happy panda. I think it looks very nice, but the shading looks a bit funky on the seagull.

Wed, Jun 18th at 04:17am (6 years ago)
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hadda says:

you did an awesome job, once again. but maybe try to take a larger object for your next wall, it would be very intresting to see this...

Wed, Jun 18th at 06:19am (6 years ago)
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wow... hermik: for the last two months, the only wallpapers on my computer's have been made by you....

Wed, Jun 18th at 10:00am (6 years ago)
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fate0000 says:

Yeah, always a pleasure man. Awhile back I said I was going to do a SS with one of your walls. Its a little late =)

http://www.customize.org/details/25903

Thu, Jun 19th at 12:08am (6 years ago)
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DoorinD says:

gorgeous - the bird and scenery, as well as minimal feeling are fantastic.

Thu, Jun 19th at 02:58am (6 years ago)
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Pudicio says:

very nice, calm on the eyes. like your work altogether. keep it up

Thu, Jun 19th at 03:55am (6 years ago)
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SaltTank says:

Great as always hermik!

Fri, Jun 20th at 01:17am (6 years ago)
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Arznek says:

You're my idol... this is absolutely amazing.

Wed, Jun 25th at 09:08am (6 years ago)
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Threed- says:

A complete display of talent and skill. I love your work.

Fri, Jun 4th at 08:47am (5 years ago)
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Wynton says:

Oddly enough, I'm using this wall right now.

Tue, Aug 17th at 05:09pm (5 years ago)
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Moskow says:

this is just pure art...

Tue, Aug 17th at 06:30pm (5 years ago)
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infinism says:

epic!

Tue, Aug 17th at 09:09pm (5 years ago)
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for months hermik's fantastic work is on my desktop and will be for many more time to come. beautiful piece of work!

Wed, Aug 18th at 04:32am (5 years ago)
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jujube says:

huh?! well... it does deserves to be featured once more.

Wed, Aug 18th at 07:26am (5 years ago)
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frederoil says:

this is brilliant! perfect! A masterpiece!

Wed, Aug 18th at 11:52am (5 years ago)
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timbot says:

BRILLIANT!

Wed, Aug 18th at 02:06pm (5 years ago)
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You've got your reputation for a reason. Absolutely brilliant - this belongs on a canvas. It's almost a disservice to put it on a desktop.

Thu, Aug 19th at 03:08pm (5 years ago)
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what the rest of them said :)

Fri, Aug 20th at 08:46am (5 years ago)
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drawp says:

wow looks so simple but yet serene and beautiful

Fri, Aug 20th at 01:03pm (5 years ago)
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IcE4Rice says:

Magnificent.

Thu, Jul 7th at 11:23pm (4 years ago)


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