Sing my muse

Your illustration is beautiful! Love the silhouette style. Very provocatively done. The speckling is a wonderful touch. :)

Guh, sorry to hear the news about

binkaslibrary. She has been effected by the weather gods this year.

Edited twice because I am handicapped today.

Edited Date: 2008-07-25 05:52 pm (UTC)

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Thank you! The speckling was the new technique, so I'm pleased you like it. :D

Yeah, the weather hasn't been nice to her at all...

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And Ed's Adam's apple is an attractive detail.

Is it black ink or paint?

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I love Adam's apples! :D :D

It is black ink and the speckling was from splattering liquid frisket on to the paper with a toothbrush prior to painting on the ink.

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The longer I look at it, the more I think it's fabulous. Killer book cover, in fact.

LOL I love to think about the little toothbrushes at your place that get used for disparate purposes like flicking and scrubbing things other than teeth.

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Thank you so much! I guess it could be - it is pretty much a classical illustration. The book would have to be called "Starcrossed lovers" I think! LOL!

Yes - I am very careful keeping my toothbrushes apart. I can just hear the loving words my bf would have for me if he accidentally picked up the one used for ink... *cringes at the thought*

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I guess it could be - it is pretty much a classical illustration.

It is very old New York, I think. ;)

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jdbracknell.livejournal.com

Oh wow, that's amazing! I love it, and I can't believe you did that in a day. The speckling looks like stars to me, and I love how it's sprinkled on them - it makes them seem really timeless, somehow, and ethereal, which is what they always should seem. Their poses are so perfect - it says a lot, I think, that we can't see their expressions, but there's still that sense of what they feel. In shallower news, I love their hair, too, lol.

Have been really ill today, and this has really perked me up, so thank you :D. It's awesome.

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I'm sorry to hear you have been ill today! I hope you get better soon.

I'm very happy you like it! The new technique is a fast one, which is very satisfying.

You have picked up on a lot of the motivation behind the choices I made for this one - especially the decision to extend the starry nightsky to Edward and Bella as well, that, I agree, lends them something eternal which is probably what they will be. And I'm glad you read emotion in their poses, it can be hard to portray in silhouttes which should be kept simple. :D I anticipated your affection for hair and worked especially on that to make it to your satisfaction, so I'm grinning now that you couldn't help mentioning it! ;)

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Oh wow, I don't know the pairing, but it's good.

Poor Binks... her hometown being flooded O-O I know bad weather was over her country, but wow...

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Thank you - I'm glad the image transcends its fandom. :D

Yeah, she was not a happy Binka... I hope they have something about it on the news so we can see how things are going.

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Yeah it's awesome (it just oooozes love) and I love the technique, leaving me to wonder if you drew it on the pc with a tablet or just on paper :)

As for Binks... I am worried about here, especially after I read this:
http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/?id=87785

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It's done in hand - by splattering masking fluid on the paper with a toothbrush, painting over it with ink and when it's dry lightly rubbing off the masking fluid revealing the white paper underneath. I love the randomness of the stars that appear. :D

Oh no - that sounds terrible! She did say it was rather chaotic down there... Well I know her house stands on a hill so I don't suppose she is in any immediate danger that way, but if they don't have water... Poor Binks

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You know... I remember that technique, its been just so many years for me that I tried stuff like that.

I just hope that she and her family are okay. Although texting won't be that much of a success I think. Hmz.

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I didn't know you used to draw? :D

I have her on gmail chat right now. It seems that a LOT of water had come through the roof into their apartment, but so far they are fine (except of course for damage to material)...

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Yeah once upon a time in a galaxy far far away... I feel so old sometimes!

Had a good teacher too, we did pop art techniques, those brush techniques yo mentioned (the sieve and toothbrush made me go like whooah!), working with a kinda rubber (linoleum?), charcoal, paint, pastel painting ect ect. It's been so long, but I never quit sketching until I started college. I still kept my pencils and very boldy I bought two big art paper blocks a few months ago (Kevin has discovered 'drawing' too, so it has its uses now) to start again (Sirielle has been pom-poms shaking a lot). I am planning to make Brusjes birth announcement cards though. :) Who knows..

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Wow - that sounds amazing! So many fun things to try. :D Which did you like best? And you should totally start drawing again *joins Sirielle in pom-pom shaking!* Homemade birth-cards sounds awesome. :D

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binkaslibrary.livejournal.com

I'm okay. It's just I don't think I like water anymore.

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*big über glomp*

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yourlovingfeta.livejournal.com

That is an absolutely lovely picture, I love the style you did it in. I’ve come to despise Twilight, but if the books were half as good as this, I might feel differently. :)

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Thank you so much! That is awesome praise. :D

I know - the books are lacking in a lot of ways, and I mostly still hang around in the fandom because I know artists and authors who can out-imagine Stephanie Meier with their brains tied behind their back. :)

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yourlovingfeta.livejournal.com

the books are lacking in a lot of ways

That’s a very polite way to put it. :P Although I have to say, from what I’ve heard about the upcoming movie, it seems that things actually can be worse. *shudder*

I know artists and authors who can out-imagine Stephanie Meier with their brains tied behind their back.

I may have to look into that... :)

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You might want to try

bratanimus for some good fic. :D She has a series called A Change of Heart, where she is writing on from where the books left off. Very interesting vampire-theories and not limited by the YA label as Meier is. ;)

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I've still never got round to reading these books, but that's lovely. I do like silhouette pictures.

Don't ever get confused with your toothbrushes late at night... ;)

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I tried to make an image that would transcend the fandom as well as be meaningful to the twilighters. I have never done silhuoettes before, so that was fun.

The infamous art-toothbrush is at a safe distance from the regular-use toothbrushes, don't worry! LOL

(what a pretty little horse! *pets*)

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lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com

That is striking! I love it!

Poor Binka also, :( and there's us thinking it is summer.

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Thank you very much!

Yeah I know - Denmark is having such lovely weather and then not very far away it's raining like hell...

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lethe-lloyd.livejournal.com

I was just reading how you did it - amazing! You're so talented!

The weather everywhere seems to be strange, a friend in Canada had a fierce storm a couple of nights ago and lightning ( or shock maybe ) killed about 40 of her fish in their pond :(. I hope it passes ove Binka's region fast and some good weather can push in for her.

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Oh thank you! :D Such comments make my day.

Wow that is strange, poor fish! Yeah, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Binka as well.

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train-lindz.livejournal.com

Wow, I love that silhouette look! Beautiful!!!

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Thank you so very much!! :D

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morethmusing.livejournal.com

That really caught my eye! Nicely done...

Give *hugs* to Binkas in case she doesn't get my response. I remember us being flooded around here, and it isn't fun at all :/

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Thank you so much! It makes me happy that you like it. :D

I'll definitely pass along the *hugs*. I have never experienced a flood but I can well imagine it isn't very funny...

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Oh, I love it! I love Bella's profile; she looks so classically beautiful. And Edward looks tall and thin, as he's supposed to be in the books. The Adam's apple really brings home the fact that he's still a "teenager" and adds to the gangly feel of him, and yet he seems very poised at the same time, as he should be. And am I wrong or is he holding her hands to his chest? I love the moon silhouetting them, and the speckles look like starlight. Lovely piece of work. You should post it on

twilight_fanart. Thanks for sharing this. :D

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Wow thank you so much. I'm always so happy to receive a review from you!

I'm really happy that you think that I captured the characters - as you know I don't spend as much time thinking about Bella and Edward as I do with certain other characters *cough*Jasper*cough*. :D

That is indeed one interpretation of what he is doing (and I mean no naughty implications here, just to make sure). It is deliberately a little ambiguous so viewers can decide for themselves. :D

What is

twilightfanart? Are there other artists there?

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twilight_fanart is a place for original art as well as icons and manips (wallpapers, banners, etc.). So far I've only seen icons and manips, so they definitely need some ART over there. Though you'd probably get more hits through

lion_lamb. They take art, too.

I've filtered all the Twilight comms off my flist for now, though, because there are spoilers galore flooding the web at the moment. Apparently the epilogue is out there. Grrrr. :/

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there are spoilers galore flooding the web at the moment

Grrr, what is wrong with people!! That is so annoying not to mention discorteous! I'm fully prepared to be spoiled because I have actually made no move to secure BD for myself, though Ali has kindly offered to send me hers, when she is done. :D

I'll take a look at those two comms. Thank you for suggesting them. :D

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I know it! People can be SO immature. At least I got fair warning from one of my flisters so I was able to filter quickly. But I remember getting spammed right before the HP release and I nearly didn't click away fast enough. The person had posted on one of the Remus communities and put all the deaths in BIG CAPITAL LETTERS!! Needless to say, I learned my lesson about communities: they are not to be trusted. :(

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Wow! That was horrible!! D: Not even under a cut? *growls* I wonder if it is the excitement of knowing something before everyone else and wanting to share it, or if they are being intentionally malicious... *sends the angry elves after them*

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That person definitely deserves the angry elves. Grrr. Nope, no cut. It was posted in the HUGEST capital letters possible. The person created a fake LJ simply for the purpose of spoiling people for, as he/she said, "the LULZ." Idiot. Of course a zillion people went to his/her LJ to rant and rave, which only fanned the fire. People like that should get NO ATTENTION WHATSOEVER. That would hurt them the most. >:(

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Absolutely! Ignoring them would really hurt them - all they are looking for is attention of any kind even negative... I can only imagine that people like that must be so miserable in their RL that I should feel sorry for them, only their ungraciousness leaves me completely unable to.

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people like that must be so miserable in their RL that I should feel sorry for them, only their ungraciousness leaves me completely unable to.

Seriously. So true. I have no patience for people like that. It's just mean and cruel.

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shimotsuki.livejournal.com

Sorry I'm coming a bit late to the party here, but this is so, so nice. I was interested to read in the comments how you did the starry speckles! I love the way their heads fall on the diagonal down the page. And it's amazing how intense they feel, even in silhouette; I think it's the way they are gripping each other's arms (? or Edward's clasping Bella's hands to his chest, as

bratanimus said), and there's some real dynamism in the angles of their faces, too, especially the way Bella has hers tipped up.

I can't wait to see the other pieces you'll come up with! :)

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OMG! How could I forget to answer this wonderful review! *headdesk*

Thank you so much! I'm really happy that you read emotions from them, and I'm also pleased that you noted on the composition, because I also think it works very well in this piece. :D

A lot of thank yous, and I'm sorry I didn't answer before now.

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javidan.livejournal.com

Lovely!
In my recent purchase of art books I found explanation of the masking fluid technique. I haven't tried this out yet but now I want to play with it too!

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