I'm here again to share with you another project for "Talent Tuesdays". "Invitation to a Cleansing" is the theme in which I envisioned a mysterious island.
Once endowed with beauty, Hannah fell ill under suspicious circumstances. Rumors circulated involving one of her extended family members. The cause spoken of was jealousy. Of course, a love triangle was at the root of the dispute. Her body was ablaze as she lived in torment unable to distinguish the flames surrounding her.
A mysterious old man approached her one evening after hearing of her unusual ailment. He confronted her, careful not to frighten.
Noticing her distress he spoke calmly, "A place I know can lift the curse that has been placed upon you." He continued, "all will be well. I'll deal with the perpetrator in due time."
Astonished and not knowing whether to believe this stranger, Hanna merely nodded as though her speech had been taken away from her as well.
Having now learned of the healing work done by the elusive priestess who dwelled on the island, she set out to discover whether she can be cured of the disease that's ravishing her body.
As she traveled to the edge of the rocky shore, she's tempted to return home. Knowing she's an outcast and unable to socialize with anyone for fear they'll perish at her touch saddened her. Returning to normal as other young girls her age, overshadowed her fear.
In the distance, a bright light struggled to shine through the night's threatening clouds that gathered.
Across the water lies her salvation. The forbidden island.
For a long moment, she stared, hesitating to summon the boat that would transport her to the island. A force moving toward her caught her attention. She glanced upward as the sorceress' image became visible while whispering her name. She was unable to resist.
What a menacing mirage she encountered as two giant gray statutes stood on the island's edge. But they weren't ghosts as she first surmised. She had no way of knowing that the statutes were protectors or barriers to prevent outsiders from encroaching on the island refuge.
The priestess, adorned in flowers, with am emblem on her forehead, captivated Hannah with her smoldering emerald eyes. A new subject to heal, the priestess felt, as Hannah's boat approached. The priestess also could sense the young girl's pain and suffering.
All will be well, dear Hannah, she promised as the boat docked. One of the gray statutes knelt and picked Hanna up in the palm of his hand. It turned and placed her in the priestess' care.
While Hannah healed, she was promised sanctuary from the curse placed upon her.
In designing my mixed media art project, the theme I wanted to portray entailed a mysterious female inhabiting an equally mysterious island off the coast of a remote village. For the mysterious female, I utilized a stable diffusion program StarryAI to produce the sorceress. The image I retrieved complemented my text input description.
Text Input:
"Beautiful Sorceress with long distorted fingernails, flowing blond hair with flowers on her head and about her body; beautiful green eyes; hyper-detailed."
Style: RealVisXL
Quality: Fast
Seed: 2635658909
Image Strength: 30
Other images I included helped gave substance to the mysterious island concept. The vibrant and fiery background displaying two opposing statutes, in my opinion, represented protection as they guarded the island.
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LMAC-Round 219 Contest Image ~ Gray statutes ~ Woman on fire ~ Storks
Blending elements is accomplished with Canva, my design program. Below are my steps in which I added layers of elements, duplicated images, removed backgrounds, resized, and repositioned items as needed. Below is my process in pictures.
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I share with you my completed mixed media art project for this week's Talent Tuesdays.
Thanks for taking the time to view my post. I hope you like my mixed media art project.
SOURCES:
a) JustClickindiva's Footer created in Canva utilizing its free background and images used with permission from discord admins.
b) Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken by me with my (i) Samsung Galaxy 10" Tablet, (ii) Samsung Phone, & (iii) FUJI FinePix S3380 - 14 Mega Pixels Digital Camera
c) Purple Butterfly part of purchased set of Spiritual Clip Art for my Personal Use
d) All Community logos, banners, page dividers used with permission of Discord Channel admins.
e) Ladies of Hive banner used with permission of and in accordance with the admin's guidelines
f) Thumbnail Image created by me in Canva.
g) "Flames." What is Apophysis 2.09. https://flam3.com/
1 What is Stable Diffusion? StarryAI.Com. Online at: https://starryai.com/stable-diffusion
The narrative of the story, definitely made me even sail on that boat and be next to Hannah, while the priestess, who looks beautiful in my imagination I can tell by the description of the eyes.
The good thing about it all is that Hannah soothed her pain while she was healing.
I have also been following you for a long time and you put a lot of effort into creating a special beautiful picture for us by putting together the pictures in this way and the story is also interesting.
Thank you so much @djbravo for your lovely compliment for my mixed media art project. I'm so pleased you liked my short story as well. Yes, you have been following my journey for a long time, and I appreciate your encouragement and support.
Remember, I also create collages in the LMAC Community that you have visited and found interesting. They have returned from their summer break. If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop by and view some of the projects that have been chosen as finalists. My project happen to have been chosen for this round. If you like any of the collage projects, you can vote on them. AND, you can vote on more than one.
Here's the link if you have time to visit:
https://peakd.com/@lmac/lmac-round-219-the-final-poll-vote-for-your-favorite-entries-and-help-decide-who-the-winners-will-be-100-hive-to-be-awarded
Thanks so much for your support. I appreciate it.
wow i loved this art from the sec i saw it, then i read the story & i loved too, the ocean, the fire, the clouds, the 2 ladies "hannah & the Sorceress" were beautiful & mixed great with each other, loved them, also the rocky statues gave that mysterious look & was great, the fire dress on hannah is brilliant -loved it, i wouldn't add anything except the wooden boat hannah used to get into the island. really wonderful art, great job, well done & have a good day
The boat caught on fire and was destroyed. Thanks so much for your visit and lovely compliment for my mixed media art project. I'm pleased you liked how all the elements blended together. I appreciate your support.
Take care.
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