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Published: 2004-11-29 16:20:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 3867; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 446
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Imagine a village in a magical world full of myths and legends and the almost required monsters and other mythical creatures. The houses and buildings vibrant and bright with colours, stacked and built one ontop of the other hugging the side of the hill, overlooking a sheer vertical cliff-side. With a second glance, one realises, "Wait a second.. This is no mythical world of fantasy! It's real!" Indeed, this is true. The title of this piece is Fia, F for fake (because the photograph has been edited beyond reality), and Ia is the name of this village on the island of Santorini in the Cyclades of Greece. Ria is the actual photograph.With some changes to the original , mainly changes to the shadow's, this almost artistic, seemingly drawn interpretation arose. I think this worked well because of the photograph's subject itself. The stacked buildings are often seen drawn with very light and vibrant colours. The way the piece was cropped along with the shadow modifications, the photograph almost appears to have been drawn. With a blurred layer at 40% opacity added , the piece has a really warm and soft atmosphere to it and looks like many paintings I saw of the village of Ia while I was there.
The thumbnail never does a piece justice, and this is extremely true for this piece.
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WOW beautiful simply amazing! Enough for me to watch you!
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This is really gorgeous. I would never have believed anything like this existed in structure or relative colours if I hadn't have seen this and really looked at it.
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Yes inded, the original subject is so colourful and doll-like that at first glance it's entirely possible to believe you drew it entirely! It's the typically Greek blue domes that were the telltale to me. This is lovely and I like how you posted both versions for comparison!
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Ah, this is gorgeous. It's an entrancing place.
Just wondering, are you Greek?
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Nei, I am not greek, just an admirarer of Greece.
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There are very few pictures that I look at and think, "This is an image of a world that already exists in my head... And now I need to write about both."
I'll link you if and when I finish the concept...
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Cool! I'm looking forward to it! (I hope you finish the concept! 
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absoloutley stunning. definate 
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I thought this was a painting... Nice. Well balanced. I enjoy all the little buildings...
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Wow, this image is so relaxing for the eye... I could stare at this all day. Very well done.
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I see this picutre at least once every day (because its my featured deviataion on my main page) .. so i know exactly what you mean!
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absolutely amazing. this MUST become a daily deviation
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Heh, ive never had a daily deviation before.. So, i don't really expect to get one with this piece.. 
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I love the little bits of texture here and there. The light colors are nice too.
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OOoooh I wish I could go there!! I probably have a million relatives there
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LOL knowing us Greeks, if someone announced there was cheese and ouzo, a million just might show up... hee hee
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I'm pretty sure a million people couldnt possibly fit there...
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This has to be the best eye candy ive ever seen. The hues are so delicious I could eat them! Instant
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Hooray! I got someone to say eye-candy to my photography!
Thank you!
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I think the original photo is quite awesome in itself, and this is a fascinating interpretation of it. I can hardly say which one I prefer. This is a manipulation that actually does add something worthwhile to the photograph, it really hooks your attention.
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It really does look painted, fascinating. It reminds me of the pictures i saw in a little gallery in Lindos when i visited Greece a few years back...lovely ^_^
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wow man this is really good, it looks just like an early impressionistic painting... your colors are great...
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Brilliant work..the layering was a great choice.
=d
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I was there for a vacation once. That place is so pretty! Nice shot!
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Wow, what an incredible manipulation of an already incredible photograph...
Faboulous work. You have a fantastic gallery, by the way.
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This is absolutely phenomenal!! Brilliant work, so magical and faithful to the original reference! I LOVE IT!!
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wow... I have a hard time believing that this is a photomanipulation and not simply a briliant painting. There is nothing I can say critically about this piece... it is simply absolutely stunning. You're really quite brilliant. Kudos.
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I'm not sure if i'd agree with you on the me being brilliant bit, but thank you!
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Most excellent image, definitely looks like a hand-painted watercolor.
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Reminds me of a postcard of Santorini, all white buildings and domed roofs. Nicely done.
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Its amazing. If I wasn't sitting down I'd fall over
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Really beautiful. Better than the original, in my opinion, because it really looks a lot more organic due to the fact it looks liek a painting.
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DUDE....how exactley did you get this from a photo... thats great
you must tell me how you did this
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Using photoshop CS i first altered the shadow/highlights of the photograph a bit. Image> Adjustments> Shadow/highlights. I didn't touch the highlightsbut set the shadow radius to 10, tonal width to 30% and amount to 70ish%. I then duplicated the layer to which i applied these shadow adjustments to, did a gaussian blur of about 6 px to the duplicateed layer, and set this layers opacity to about 30%... And this is how i did it.
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With what you have done to it, it is a painting of sorts, nice job, very nice ! ! ! !
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omg...so pretty!this is soo somewhere id love to live. the unreality. the warm tones
i love it
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I really like this. The original is excellent too, but I like the pastel tones of this version. It has a lighter, happier feel that appeals to me greatly. I love the way classic villages like this one are constructed. At first glance the buildings seem like a jumble, but as you look at the piece things begin to come together and take a form that's much more logical, not to mention fun to look at, than if they were lined up in nice neat rows. The village is so ancient, and each individual window has so much history, so many fascinating tales to tell. Each building is a work of art in itself, and viewed together as they are, arranged on the hill behind the church, makes for stimulating art, a rich historical cross section of a culture, a history lesson at a glance.
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Wow, what a comment! Thank you very much for it! 
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You're very welcome. Thanks for the excellent, stimulating art. It was a great way to start my day.
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I'm very glad i could start off your day well!
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