In the Rose Garden
Digital Painting and Photo Manipulation of a Medieval Gothic Fantasy Warrior by Justin Gedak 2015
Golden words locked behind Crimson secrets Wild and unfound, and hidden in the shadows A light in the past, holding true
An unbroken promise to make it last
To see it through
To find a way
She waits in furthest corners of the unknown Ready to give up, but endeavoring just the same
Quiet agony
Silent torments
The light in the past holds true Burning with despair
Tortured hope
Yet stronger every day
This Gothic fantasy portrait was created with a combination of digital painting and photo manipulation using Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, and a Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet. I digitally painted on literally hundreds of layers to get that "scratchy effect using a self taught technique.
Based on the photography of Marali Sadykhov
A hand embellished special edition mounted to an art board and
custom framed is available at Big Cartel
Open Edition prints and merchandise are available at the following
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