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I love this image, Chance. And beautiful words, too. Life has a LOT of Initiations!!!

:-)

*Thank you,* Sam'!

Indeed it does.

You know I am no fan of Flux. Yet Zrina (Magma) from the initial release has gone about training it to behave in a less digital manner and more like a tradional painter. It's challenging .. but it *can* be done.

Well, since NC lowered the cost of Flux with LoRAs to only 1 credit, I have been experimenting a lot. I must try this one! Thanks for letting me know. 

Masterpiece Monday

“An ‘Initiate’ is someone who has ‘crossed the boundary or threshold.’ The greatest Initiates have crossed the boundary of death and have returned — they have been called the *twice born, the born again,* or *those born from above.* 

These Initiates are often referred to as the *Enlightened.* However, the spiritual voyage consists of many steps, and thus in reality there are many initiations that the seeker experiences on the path to knowing wisdom. Each initiation is the badge of having overcome some challenge or barrier.”

―Laurence Galian

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Medieval Warrior in Ancient Splendor

A Vow Fulfilled

It's always a party how everyone can make such quality images and you are also one of them my congratulations you did a fine job. 
We had this time 49 entries and one winner 
I hope to see you all again in the next challenge with a new creation 
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Winner
@EowElysion
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She was like the sun,

She knew her place in the world―

She would shine again regardless

of all the storms and changeable weather

She wouldn't adjust her purpose

for things that pass.

―Nikki Rowe

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Whimsical Dreamworld with Happy Girl Explorer

Like a Fixed Star

Such a regal Knight, and all part of the greater story. Suddenly I see a myriad of story threads leading to and from T's tales. You've probably been planning them for months, forgive my density🤣 I can be terribly slow at times🙄. Funny how one image can give you a glimpse at so much possibility. You'd know more about than me🤣. Gorgeous - you know he reminds me of your Spartacus portraits.

There is no such density to forgive. How could you know what I do not refer to?  There are only two other portraits posted of the Leonian characters from the later stories. In both cases I have included nothing more than names; this for logical content protection reasons.

All these characters belong to the other side of the threshold and are still relating their tales (or is it tails) to me. 

I suppose he might shine with certain Spartacus like aspects.

:-)


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He shines with the same Spartacus spirit, or perhaps Spartacus had the same lion heart - there's definitely something there that threads through them both. Probably something to do with what you put into them if I'm being logical. Haha tales/tails - funny 🤣.

I'm itching to play with prompts, but I'm in the midst of cooking, so it will have to wait till my butter chicken is done and I can get away from work for the day.

These Leonian characters are magnificent. Doesn't seem to matter what medium you create them in, they are absolutely gorgeous.❤️🌹❤️

There are no happy endings― 

There are no endings, happy or otherwise. 

We all have our own stories which are just part of the one *Story* that binds both this world and the others. 

Sometimes we step into each others stories―perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years―and then we step out of them again. 

But all the while, the *Story* just goes on.

―Charles deLint, Dreams Underfoot

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Dreamy World Fantasy Art of a Happy Girl and Lion Friend

Allaris ~ Court Knight of Qialara

Wow this actually brought me to tears, and i don't know precisely why. Perhaps its the Bell Hooks quote that did it. One always needs to have that anchor in life, to know there are those to whom you always belong regardless. 🦋🌹

It is a powerful portrait for me as well. 

It radiates with a clear, distinctive quality. The result is an interesting combination you may wish to try.  The original of this and the Lion Knight were initially generated with RPG v5. As these are small images I attempted to enlarge them with CU, though with only minor improvisation.  The combination of this two-step process produces a smoewhat cinematic feel to the final image. In this case the result is quite striking.

This is a very interesting time in her development as it continues to come into focus and be refined. The early adult era yet before the Stormbringer stage. It is during this time that she grows into her own sense of infleunce and thus there are more than a few trials.

Looking at a group of the *study* portraits such as those posted here what we see are great lengths of time in her life compressed to several glimpses. Much is lost this way. Naturally I have the advantage of knowing a bit more of what fills in the gaps.

The process is fascinating, similar to how I've been working with LCM and DPO and CP to a certain extent.

It's hard for me to locate the time in her development based on the images alone. I just know how the image and the words accompanying it affected me today. Its fascinating how some creations can trigger an emotional response.

I look forward to filling the gaps one day with the whole story. 😊🌹❤️🦋

“I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.”

―Stephen Chbosky

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“A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong.”

―Bell Hooks

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“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. *You belong.*”

―F. Scott Fitzgerald 

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Dreamy Girl in a Fantastical World

Someone Exactly Like You

Filigree Oil Impasto

Deep deep deep within - I love this - she looks sublimely at peace, wandering the forest within. You really have captured the essence of filigree oils, I wonder if I will be able to recapture this lora again. I'm still building datasets, but motivation for sharing loras on external sites is thin at the moment. I have enough images and I've made a couple of tests but can't quite get the focus to build. Perhaps I'll use this image as a motivator. Truly beautiful work.🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️

Deep deep deep

within your being

exists a place,

an ancient realm

which spans back

beyond remembering―

yet impossible

to forget.

If you ever

embrace the call

of your yearning heart
 
to venture within

you may find

the most essential

treasures

of your existence.

Be unafraid!

It is only You

in your eternal skin

wandering those

shadowy forest

deep deep deep

within.

―Chance

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Surrealistic Birth of Venus in a Futuristic Galaxy

Deep Deep Within

The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of creative enchantments, not only for its own characters caught in its own plotlines; it offers magical metamorphoses to the one who opens the door, who passes on what was found there, and to those who *hear* what the storyteller brings. The faculty of wonder, like curiosity can make things happen; *it is time* for wishful thinking to have its due.

―Marina Warner, *On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers*

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Whimsical Fairy Realms in Oil Painting

Decorated with Light

Crystal Plant in Eldritch Beauty

Crystal plant

This enchanting image depicts two Indian women standing together under the radiant glow of the full moon and twinkling stars, surrounded by a vibrant, neon-lit atmosphere reminiscent of futuristic and dreamlike digital art.

Two Indian Women Unite Under Neon-Lit Moonlight

India women stand under the Moon and stars. Woman In neon bikini transform standing next to Young Woman Dressed in neon under the moon




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Fragments of REALITY -  Neon-Noir

This image is dedicated to the queen of my heart,  very talented artist Lucyalia @Lucyalia 🌹🥰😘

Glitched Portrait Series.

© Surrealistic REALITY 2025. All rights reserved.

Song: Johnny Cash- Hurt

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I highly recommend having a look at the art of:

Lucyalia @Lucyalia.

Kristallkoenigin @Kristallkoenigin

Saskia Ross Anderson @SaskiaRossDillinger

Apparition @Aparition

AIUrbanTemple @AIUrbanTemple

Princess of Romance @IFINDMASKEDMENFINE21

Justa Mea @un0wn

BW3 @bkwillms

Petra @PISA911

A_Persona_non_grata @A_Persona_non_grata

Mesc @FactualFiction

They are very talented artists, new to Night Café.

You are invited to join my chat group. Still images and animations can be posted. I like every image posted. 

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Surreal Dali-Style Night Desert Blooms with Fiber Optic Flow...

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Thank you kindly for your submission to the True Fey Contest. Please join us again. Link on my profile page 

I would like to thank you all for participating in this challenge, and I hope you will join me again for the next one. I am truly thankful to each and every one of you who made the challenge successful. If you placed, congratulations. If you didn't, better luck next time. I am honoured and thankful that you decided to join me in the challenge and hope to see you all in some of my upcoming challenges. This challenge will be weekly for as long as they are successful. I would love it if you could spend mere seconds of your time and like the first three placings in the challenge. Thank you again.

The intricate details and eerie beauty of this piece truly capture the otherworldly nature of the fey. Well done ⭐️

Gorgeous - love this - it looks like SD3.5 large to me - she has that beautiful ethereal quality accompanied by vibrant colours. Its a look I associate with Large. ❤️❤️❤️

As they have come down to us in traditional lore Wood Sylphs represent a personification that symbolizes beauty and the connection between the natural environment and human emotion. 

These figures embody the harmonious relationship between nature and humanity, reflecting how natural elements can influence and express feelings. 

The Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus developed an elaborate theory of ruling "elemental spirits": gnomes controlled the earth, salamanders fire, undines water, and sylphs the airs. 

These fantastic ideas were balanced with an impressive array of solid medical discoveries. In fact, many of his scientific contributions are still highly respected, however his concepts of sylphs has been degraded as mere fairy-tale fantasy. There they remain only as romantic figures of literature, art, and ballet, where diaphanous Woodland Sylphs are often depicted enchanting unwary males.

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