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©2007-2009 ~MayYeo
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Submitted: August 18, 2007
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I always wanted to paint something allegoric to religion. This illustration started just as a simple practice, wanting to get the handle of Old Masters (hah, as if... ). There's no art that inspires me as much as Boticelli's or Bouguerau's, to name a few, and I was thinking that it would be awesome that a contemporary artist was born to mimic that style (if someone knows that artist, please let me know).

So in my attempt to mimic that, I did this. I know it's still full of mistakes and it's way too far away from the image it was originally in my head, but still, I'm tired of this piece and I want to move on to another one.

I took references from everywhere, from old paintings to my own body. Some refences came from from sxc.hu as well.

I want to thank all my friends for not rolling their eyes everytime I sent a WIP xD And special thanks to :iconelectrosveis: for her composition eye and the dove suggestion.

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PS: Please don't say "Jesus was not a shepherd" or "Jesus was not white". See the symbolic side of it.

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WOOOO You are back with avengence, May ;) I love that face! You really did capture that rennaisance look in the expression. The pastel colours in the fluourescent background is also very painterly and gorgeous. Great job!

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Wow, that's amazing! ah, but jesus is a shepard, he is a shepard to all of human kind *philosophical look* lol can't go to a catholic school for 4 years and not learn something XD the lambs are adorable! ha ha. jesus is pretty darn cute himself ;) great pic!

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Good work May! It seems an old renaissance painting, really! And it also remind me those little old holy images of Saint we used here. I don't know if you know them, on the back there's a prayer... The Italian name is 'santino', I don't know the name in English... ^_^;;
Love the texture on sheep's coat, so soft, so real...!
Wow...glad to see you back,May!

This is such a great work...although I'm not a religious person,but this work really captured my full attention!
This really reminds me to te old paintings anyway...

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Judge it, King tsumugarete kita unmei no Saga
sono ude ni yudanerareta
kiba o muita mono wa eien ni naraku o samayou
What is real? attouteki na
shihai o ima oozora ni shikakete kuru
yuruginai sonzai Roots of the king…
Beautiful.. Reminds me of old christian paintings. The Looks like you've been using Liv Tyler as a reference to the face of the girl?:)

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waaa~may~!!
u'r back~!!!

this piece was remind me of Jesus painting in some old church near Rome~
SUPEB~!!!:heart:
fav~!!i feel like want to go to church immediatelly

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Beautiful... Like Michealangelo :)

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BEAUTIFUL!
I like how you changed the sheep's expression during the process.
Thanks for sharing the 100% versions too :)
:+fav:

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Wow.
I just love the way crisp lines are combined with gentle, soft strokes...
Amaling. Breathtaking.

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