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medium - photoshop & painter8 | size - 3600x5400px 300dpi | view close ups at my website



Actias luna
Family: Saturniidae
Also known as the giant silkworm moth.


I know i am going to get asked this, so i will answer it here. Why does she have four arms? Two reasons. One, i felt that i owed a favour to someone, even though they did not ask for it. So i told them i would paint whatever they wanted. All they asked for was something with multiple appendages, something different from my normal comfort zone. The other reason is that when i started painting the luna moth, she just sort of grew four arms, and it made sense to me that she would have six appendages...because insects have six. Well, at least it makes sense to me ^^

What doesn't make sense to me is that i started this one year ago. I took many long breaks. Re-painted basically everything several times. Moved the arms around, repainted her dress, repainted her head twice, repainted the background twice, cropped it differently, etc. I learned a lot, but it was a frustrating process.

So, i just want to thank everyone for the support you have given me, it is definitely an inspiration for me to keep going, even when i feel like quitting. A specific thank you to ~tlagrange and `frail for their support and advice on this particular painting.

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~marisaskylar Aug 27, 2010
lovely..
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Mood: Love ~mike-reiss Nov 12, 2009
Just a wonderful image!
I love the colors and the lighting... :-)

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~SelkieJoanMistclover Nov 7, 2009  Student General Artist
I was looking at this thinking "cool, a person with butterfly wings" then I saw the second set of arms and my awesome meter bounced. Great drawing! :D :icondragonwant:

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~Dragonlady92768 Aug 23, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
I love the two sets of arms! A great touch and beautiful colors! Love it! :D Dragonlady92768
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~luna-nightgoddess May 31, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
it looks soo lifelike

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~delirium-nebula Apr 18, 2009
Gorgeous, aeriform image and I love the name also.

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~mary-cherry-me Mar 20, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
She's quite scary, in the mystic way, but also eerily beautiful :heart:

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~LunarRuler Feb 4, 2009  Hobbyist
really nice.. everything compliments everything.. if that makes sense XD

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~ChemicalWedding Oct 29, 2008
Very cool.

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~LunaEclypsa May 26, 2008
Wow! This is so pretty! And her fingernails, I have mine grown out like that! Seriously, they\'re 2 inches long and filed to points! :)

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