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.: misery for mariners :. by =xdragonflyx:iconxdragonflyx:

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Submitted: December 6, 2007
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For my final project in Illustration this semester, I'm experimenting by illustrating four old wive's tales in a variety of mediums and styles.

Crush your eggshells when you are done with them, or witches will make boats of them and terrorize sailors:

Oh, never leave your eggshells unbroken in the cup,
Think of us poor sailor-men and always smash them up,
For witches come and find them and sail away to sea,
And make a lot of misery for mariners like me.

Prints available. Note me if interested.

Art © B. Veenstra
Poem is an anonymous one from the 1930's.
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*wynnter89:iconwynnter89: Dec 6, 2007, 3:33:15 PM
awesome work !

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i know my comments are brief, but im not a critic, just an admirer.

feel like a challenge ? - take part in my colour project
=Wolfy-T:iconWolfy-T: Dec 6, 2007, 5:19:56 PM
I wish there were words to use so I could tell you how much I absolutely love this. I love how ABSTRACT the tale is that you chose. The illustration is absolutely perfect. It looks like it came straight out of the pages of a storybook. The tones you used all work together and the glossy spots on your sharks are loooove.

I just hrt this SO. FRIKKIN. HARD. I'd buy a print if I had magical internet money ;-;

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Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me, and be my friend.
=xdragonflyx:iconxdragonflyx: Dec 6, 2007, 7:22:55 PM
I'm really glad you like it!

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~en-ni:iconen-ni: Dec 6, 2007, 7:34:52 PM
lovely.

and congrats on the studio space! (i snuck in there just to see what kind of lovelies were hidden away in there, and saw that you have a table now.)

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Life was so simple when we believed dreams could come true.
=xdragonflyx:iconxdragonflyx: Dec 6, 2007, 7:46:19 PM
Thanks and thanks again! I really love having the studio space, too. It's such a wonderful atmosphere to work in there, because you can feed off of other people's creative energy and vice versa.

Plus it gets me in a more "professional" mood, so I seem to do better work.

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~sugarpeep:iconsugarpeep: Dec 6, 2007, 8:00:59 PM
I like the speckling. Nice job :)

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~*~ Mallows will fly.~*~
~en-ni:iconen-ni: Dec 6, 2007, 9:53:22 PM
anyone else from your class in there, too? or are you the only lucky one?

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Life was so simple when we believed dreams could come true.
~Alueus:iconAlueus: Dec 6, 2007, 9:58:03 PM
Waaay too cool. XD Wow, wow, and more wowness. Those are the coolest witches ever. Like srsly.
srsly.
*lantairvlea:iconlantairvlea: Dec 7, 2007, 8:21:26 AM
Your art has evolved so much, it's amazing, even from just a year ago. I can see the influence of the ancient, oriental paintings in these and it's lovely and refreshing, combining simplicity and detail that makes it seem so effortless and spontaneous as well as beautifully well-composed and carefully constructed.

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*Melts into a puddle of ooze.*

"Never be afraid to make bad art."
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