Detail of The Temptation Of Eden by Jamie Flack on DeviantArt. Click for full image (1,600px × 1,131px)

Many digital artists live in a fantasy world where the inhabitants are barely known to the outside world. Twenty-year old British photoshopper Jamie Flack is one of them. Publishing under the name Silver5 on DeviantArt, he created this beautifully remastered version of Bouguereau’s 1880 painting Temptation. In this contemporary edition, the main characters are Mefísto and Eden, originally imagined by Jamie Flack’s friend Hannah. In Hannahs words:

Mefísto, originally known as Abel, is the first Immortal in The Ouroboros Complex along with his identical twin/self, Cain. Sly and with ulterior motives, Mefísto becomes a Source Nox, a creature capable of spreading disease across the world in return for power, and consequently becomes the most powerful man in the world.

Eden, originally a ‘Dark Voidling’ (a hybrid Immortal of both Nox and Voidic heritage), plays her role in the sequel to The Ouroboros Complex, and has been re-edited to be a human girl, adopted by the main protagonists of the story, Omega and Soluus. Since Eden is a Lux, a creature of Light, she embodies the physical, mental and emotional challenges that Soluus must face up to. Named after the first human woman, Eden represents the beauty of the natural world and is somewhat of a beacon for her family in dark times.

Below you can compare the two versions. Click the first to visit the gallery where you will find several more contemporary versions of Bouguereau’s painting. Click the second to view The Temptation Of Eden on DeviantArt.