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May 18, 2011
Paradise: The Great Mystery by *ephemeratics Fantastic character designs with a unique use of colour. Gorgeous attention to detail and a background that really interacts with its inhabitants complete this illustration.
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Paradise: The Great Mystery

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Photoshop. Digital Illustration/ Environment Concept. 
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This project is first and foremost a labor of love, just as it is an allegory reflecting on the nature of Love. It has been, and will continue to be, a long journey of much effort, energy, and hours. As a result, I particularly appreciate your support and encouragement.


The central inhabitant of Paradise is a small robot/cyborg named U.R.I.E.L. This is the player's avatar. His task is to maintain the grand machine at the center of the garden, the Tree of Life. However, the robot is very lonely in Paradise. To cope, the robot has come to think of the machine as a personality and friend, who is merely “asleep”, but very valuable. The Tree of Life is like a sleeping princess, waiting to be awakened. As the robot uncovers stories and clues, and makes sense of its reality and predicament, it will come to realize that the machine is broken, and needs to be fixed. The robot comes to suspect that if he fully fixes the machine, it will fully awaken, and the robot's loneliness will end.

Also the avatar encounters other mechanical creatures in the environment, biomechanical wonders, that the robot might repair and who might help him in return, by providing advice, or by serving as missing components to fix the Tree of Life.

This image evolved in a very natural and organic fashion - I was in a state of flow from beginning to end. As a result, I decided to go with it and bring the image to a state of completion beyond the other concepts. I'm thinking I may do a full color variation eventually.


This image features U.R.I.E.L., guardian of the lost paradise. Here is the original concept: ephemeratics.deviantart.com/ar…

He is now featured on graphic T-shirts at my Zazzle store:
www.zazzle.com/ephemeratics/gi…
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1500x774px 1.91 MB
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