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..Or if you prefer: Pride - Mother of all sins.

First one of the, duh, Seven Deadly Sins serie.

"Vanity is an excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise."


symbolism?
It's all pretty obvious but I will explain some stuff which inspired me, to sound cool, mind you. :P

- As you can read up, vanity is linked with the color violet, so here you go the color theme.
- Peacocks remind me of vanity as well, therefore I have used a peacock feather as an inspiration for the "frame".
- You can see the background being desertish (plus the dead tree)... Vain people usually never see any beauty in the world, but only in themselves... That is why everything around them, sooner or later, dies - and that is what I have tried to depicture.


techy info:
lady's props based on my (pencil) sketch based on a couple o' refs, refs for textures.
you can see some art nouveau inspirations in the frame - my tribute to A. Mucha, as he is my idol:)

Generally it is my most thought-through and time consuming piece and I need to say I am satisfied with it :)
Around 60 hours or so, as some parts were hell to finish, seriously :/


Anyway, I hope you like it, comments, critiques, favs welcome! :heart:

Coming next (someday): Envy :]

Update 19.01.2005: ENVY CAN BE SEEN HERE: [link] :]

PS. No I am not really religious, I just found the Seven Deadly Sins a really inspiring subject. ;)

PS2. THIS DEV WILL BE AVAILABLE AS PRINTOUT AS SOON AS ADMINS ACCEPT IT :D
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~RoseTheUnicorn 3 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
Beautiful!

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*JessMonsta 4 days ago  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Love this! My favourite one =)
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~ballz1975 6 days ago  New member Hobbyist General Artist
i absolutely love the entire series. far different than what i was thinking for this topic. very well done!
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~meganparkes May 20, 2012   Digital Artist
hey, i think someone is stealing your work and selling it (as a template on eBay) -
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Mood: Love ~SweetestRevenge2734 May 18, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
This is definitely one of the most beautiful depiction of the Seven Deadly Sins and basically everything else that I've ever seen.

"Vanity" is sure hard to depict - from what I know. If I were you, I probably would've only drawn a mirror with a vain woman. I never thought about colors, and symbolism before. I love how you used all the different shades and tones of violet, and how you incorporated the deserted background, the dead tree and peacock feathers into this. It is truly wonderful.

The dress is also beautiful, and from what I've seen here, you are one artist that is definitely going up on the top of my "Favorite Artists" list (in my head). I will be sure to look out for more of your art. :)

willcheckoutEnvynext\\\
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Mood: Love ~HotxMukuro May 17, 2012
Wow...
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~noise-chick May 14, 2012
I love this series! I began an internet search to find them all (and the artist) after I saw "Wrath" posted on a friend's picture gallery. (It took probably 15 min, but that's like, months, in internets time ;P )
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Mood: Wow! ~quince-tart May 10, 2012  New member Hobbyist Traditional Artist
nice one!!!!!

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~williamengbjerg May 9, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
very nice!

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~Tarapotamus May 8, 2012
gorgeous!

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