The Prayer

Robert O'Neill

The Prayer

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Few people there are who have not turned to prayer at some point in their lives. Many find hope and answers; others become bitter.

The lighting on this was very complex. Hope you enjoy it.

Rob

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The Prayer by Robert O'Neill
  • butchart

    butchart

    Ste. Joan? ..................... brilliant work rob….. the light cast on the floor and your subject is beautiful to behold…............b

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Butch. The lighting to long time to set up—to get it to go through the windows just the way I wanted.

    Rob

  • Walter Colvin

    Walter Colvin

    Beautiful Image, nice work with the light, Well done

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Walter. As I said to Butch, complex light set up, to look slightly volumetric. Took ages.

    Rob

  • jessica paskaruk

    jessica paskaruk

    very amazing love the lighint

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Kitty. Glad you like it.

    Rob

  • VanSnuG

    VanSnuG

    Looks like Sophitia from Soul Calibur to me. Hey! Just me, can’t help it. :-D

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Suppose it does look a bit like it. Pure coincidence. Still it is nice to be compared to something else.

    Cheers

    Rob

  • Magaret Meintjes

    Magaret Meintjes

    Very touching, great techs, love it, well done!

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Mags. It stretched my PC to the limit to render it. Once I get to Scotland, I shall need an upgrade.

    Rob

  • Leno

    Leno

    very skillful work ….I like it!

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks leno.

    Rob

  • Leslie Hagen

    Leslie Hagen

    Lovely. Is this computer work or a real person? It is really hard to tell

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Leslie—so kind. Yes, it is 3D. I used Carrara to pose, light and render. I ran out of memory (4 gig) so I couldn’t turn on Global Illumination, which gives it that extra touch or realism. Need several machines linked for an image like this.

    Happy to know you like it.

    Rob

  • Shanina Conway

    Shanina Conway

    Beautiful lovely work…full of emotion;)

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Shanina. Yes, I wanted it to be very emotional. Hopefully I achieved something of that.

    Rob

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great composition, perfect lighting, well done

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Antanas. As I said, the lighting especially was very complex and maxed out the computer as it rendered. Glad you enjoy the result.

    Rob

  • suzee

    suzee

    Love what you have done here Rob, you have captures the essence of prayre. The lighting is awesome.

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Suzee. Hopefully, I captured something of it’s essence. Glad you like it.

    Rob

  • theyellowfury

    theyellowfury

    The lighting’s exceptional alright. Well done.

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Simon. Sometimes it’s possible to ‘fake’ certain lighting effects in Photoshop or After Effects, etc. But all the lighting here is from Carrara.

    Rob

  • hfrymark

    hfrymark

    lovely composition

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks a lot. I am happy you like it.

    Rob

  • RMonroe

    RMonroe

    Fantastic image:)

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Robin.

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    awesome this is my friend! Thank you so much for your support on my work! MUCH appreciated!

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks for the view Tahnja. I like your paintings very much—glad to be supportive.

    Rob

  • Tony Ryan

    Tony Ryan

    Great image once again. I wonder if the great benefit of prayer is that it forces us to slow down in the mind and body. That once we do this we start to disconnect from the stress many of us exist under.

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Tony. Yes, I wonder that you are not correct. Meditation and focusing seem to have been studied more, especially with NLP implications and so forth.

    Prayer seems to have been less studied-certainly it is almost universally practiced-most people have prayed at some point in their lives. In fact, most of the world is religious—very few strict atheists out there. But who knows what’s going on inside a person’s head and heart.

  • Maggieposh

    Maggieposh

    Great work Rob….And very True word’s ! Mp

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Maggie. Glad you like it.

  • Rosina Lamberti

    Rosina Lamberti

    wow this is superb!

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Rosina

  • Gary L. Suddath

    Gary L. Suddath

    very creative,all Crusaders wert men

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks for the view Gary. Perhaps, as butch said, Joan of Arc was the most famous Medieval female soldier, but there were others. I didn’t try to pin it down to specific person—sometimes ambiguity lets us draw our own conclusions.

    All the best Gary
    Rob

  • drjones

    drjones

    Nice Work!!!

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Dr.

  • RosaCobos

    RosaCobos

    Sory for the ones that feel bitter.
    May be they have not “prayed” in a soulful way.
    Sometimes a prayer is a singing of silence… and submission to Life.
    Difficult….yes.
    Nowadays… she is feeling in contact with her spiritual resources…
    So far away from our fountain we are..
    we have to look up…
    instead of down…
    out instead of in…
    so our Soul… flees from the core..
    and then..
    we become bitter….
    Rosa (she is a young love… and her prayer is pure… I know)

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks for the view Rosa. I think you have explained it so well. Prayer is a misunderstood thing, I think, inside religion and out.

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    I cannot even begin to imagine how you made this! To say its brilliant would be an understatement.

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks a lot Avril. It is a 3D work. I used a program called Carrara to pose, light and render. The models are commercial.

    Glad you like it

    Rob

  • T.D. Ruley

    T.D. Ruley

    brilliant lighting, and great concept…

  • TREVOR IRWIN

    TREVOR IRWIN

    Because of your kind comments on My Piece called “To Much To Little”, I have found your art. This is truly outstanding. I have not seen such talent and Skill. The lighting is absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing your art and inspiring me.

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    Please visit my Africa Mission website.
    http://www.philadelphia33.org/

  • Robert O'Neill replied

    Thanks Trevor. It was an experiment in lighting—I had been inspired by a piece I had seen at the Napoleonic Museum in Switzerland.

  • ellamental

    ellamental

    Thank you ROB!!!!

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    had to come back and appreciate this again, the lighting is supremely beautiful and very Godly somehow. Well done

  • Ushna Sardar

    Ushna Sardar

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