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The Officer And The Dolphin Volleys of rain fall from the night sky, dark beauty, dark javelins;
they sting like nettles, soaking me through my clothes to the bone.
I glance across the darkened sea; there are dolphins,
and the crewman fight weather, yet i am alone.

soberness bathes me; lucidly i survey the soft night.
Frozen, freezing, lonely, i stand apart from the dotards,
and wonder if the moon still casts its serene light,
though my mortal eyes can barely see twenty yards.

Perhaps, when the storm has left, and the stars return,
and I have doffed my hat, there will be peace again;
in nature is balance that human affairs spurn,
so i must guide this instrume

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The Abiding Darkness / The Blessed Light
A Collaboration between =the-disposessed and =Sweetheart-Hikari.

To everything in the world there are two sides - good and evil, yin and yang, light and darkness. Without these forces in balance there would be nothing - no shadows without sunlight, no beauty without ugliness. These two facets stretch beyond us into the infinite cosmos, and yet they are both within us all.

We each produced a Terragen render on one of these themes, and then swapped pieces and added the space elements to the other scene. So each piece was half Ben and half Rachel.

The Abiding Darkness
So after I sent off my peaceful render to Rachel, I received in return this grim, desolate landscape. I'm getting pretty happy with my nebula work, which is lucky because her render looked really great so I didn't want to disappoint. I tried to make it turbulent and fiery (hence the colours.. obviously =P ) and i also made it a different colour to the actual scene itself to give it some variety, to break up the lighting on the planet a bit, and because it made it more clear that the nebula is the most distant object. The planet was initially going to be gaseous, but I decided a rocky planet with volcanic activity better suited the theme.

Incidentally, my half of the Terragen render (which is the bottom of her image) took a ridiculous 31 hours to render. I've never, ever seen Terragen take so long.. previously in my experience a 1600x1200 image takes around 7-9 hours if it has a reasonable amount of water.. I guess this is what I get for adjusting virtually every setting and rendering a huge amount of water from a great height above the surface.

In this piece I used around 30 layers. This taught me a lesson, which is that you name the layers when you MAKE them, not when you need to tell them apart. That delayed me somewhat. I'm sure everyone who was talking to me on MSN at the time remembers my good-natured cursing =P. It wasnt much of a problem. I couldn't give an estimate of the time taken as I've been working on it intermittently for weeks.

I think I've said enough. Besides, these words are besides the point. Just enjoy the image. :)

I HAVE TO INSIST THAT YOU FULLVIEW.
Really. Or you aren't seeing it properly.

Please COMMENT. If you like it, please +FAV. Rachel and I really appreciate your support. And whatever you do, remember to go to visit The Blessed Light on Rachel's page and do the same. They are a pair. :)
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~ladymysti Jan 4, 2010
*blink blink (blink blink blink)* Sorry if someone else has noticed and mentioned this already, but...do I see a penguin in the clouds at the top?

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into the fog where all is gray
sad notes are as falling rain,
whispering "journey on
walk on and away,
just turn your back,
go away.
no wait.
stay."
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~raven-wyld Nov 27, 2007
that is hot!!

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~We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty~
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~the-disposessed Nov 30, 2007
well, it took a while!

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use. - Kirkegaard
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~my-x-last-x-breath Jan 19, 2007
This is great, I don't really see anything that could be changed. I love the nebula (pretty colors and flashy lights!) :+fav:
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~the-disposessed Jan 20, 2007
Thanks! :D

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use. - Kirkegaard
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~VelvetVamp Nov 23, 2005
this is amazingly good! good job ;)

I'm going to fav+ this one, it just asks for it ^^

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["... to Know, means possessing Wisdom, to use Wisdom, means Art, but using Art, means danger and sometimes warnings come too late..."]
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~the-disposessed Nov 23, 2005
:D!

thankyou very much! glad you liked it, I really appreciate the +fav :hug:
:) :)

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use. - Kirkegaard
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~SiempreYo Apr 13, 2005  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
AWWWWWW!!!!!! ben has a girlfriend!!! and this is STUNNING!! :wow: wow, that is insanely goood!! i think this is one of the best collabs ever ben and i absolutely have to +fav it. the colors are great and the foggy parts are the bottom really bring the attention up to the detailed sky. wow, great job and congrats on our girlfriend!!! ^^ :smooch:

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Raquel*
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~the-disposessed Apr 13, 2005
:smooch: aww thanks so much :D :D i'm glad you like it, in fact you're embarassingly nice about it, sweetie :)
thx so much for the +fav :) :)
:hug: :hug:
and as a matter of fact today is my 2 month aniversary with my gf :)

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use. - Kirkegaard
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~SiempreYo Apr 26, 2005  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
hahah, i wasn't embarrassing nice about it!! i just said what as true hun! anyway, awwww, 2 months?!!? wow, that's been awhile then! it's 3 months this week with my boyfriend, it's nice to care and love someone so much. you always have someone there even when you don't feel that well. ^^ :smooch: take care hun! :hug:

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Raquel*
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