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The Impossible Dream: Progressby ~blackbookalpha

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©2009-2013 ~blackbookalpha

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay. I'm sick right now so it was a challenge putting this together while avoiding dripping snot.

Big thanks to the

for the advice, my final image wouldn't have been as interesting without her critique

A huge thank you as well to

and

for releasing their custom brushes! I really learned a lot playing around with their brush sets.

Check out all the peeps I credited, they're all super talented people and they deserve more recognition than I do

I'll throw in

in here while I'm at it. This guy's work just blows my mind!

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~taelmx Dec 3, 2009

wicked!!!

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~Teben-the-Every Dec 3, 2009 Professional General Artist

The image turned out fantastic, and it was cool to get a little insight into the creative process behind it. Good stuff!

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