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Ashelflaed — Gilded Cages
Published: 2010-02-20 23:54:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7477; Favourites: 173; Downloads: 55
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I'm still not too happy with this (the lighting, mainly, and the curtains), but I'm going to let it sit a bit so I can work on the other 8 (ugh) pieces I need for concentration (fractured fairy tales, contrasting old renditions with new, so really only six fairy tales all together. I think they're going to be Snow, Red, Donkeyskin, TLM, Cinderella, Alice)So this is Donkeyskin ideally. Very much influenced by Robin McKinley's Deerskin - if you haven't read it, you should, although it's a bit darker than her other work. Very good though; I loved her depiction of Lissar as haunted by her mother's portrait, and the growing knowledge of her father's intentions.
details here . I actually do encourage these, for once, just because it got -so- minimized when I resized the painting for DA. And those hands destroyed me.
[E] Lighting tweaked.
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I saw this and immediately thought of Deerskin before reading your description. Amazing!
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I've read the book. Great picture. Her face is so desperate.
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This is very lovely work--creepy, but in a good way! The title reminds me of one of my favorite Blackmore's Night songs
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I love this piece the most, I think! Not that I don't love your others...
This one is just gorgeous! I love the concept and the details. Very beautiful! The reflection is especially stunning! 
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I think I may print this out and but it on my wall. Would you be cool with that?
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Of course
Let me know if you want the larger file.
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Nope, this should be a good size.
SOME day, you should paint Tigerlily and Merlin for REAL, so I can put them on my wall. Right now I have Tigerlily and Firecat on my wall, which is blasphemy. :/ You know... just saying. XD
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Oh my, this is gorgeous, and all painted? Geeze girl I am jealous of your talent. That like, belongs on a bookcover.
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This is why I will never be an artist, I do one painting that takes a while, and then nothing else for a year. Aaaah...but it was fun. Need more paintings which are absorbing and not "ok, let's just get this done with I'm sick of it now".
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Lawl, that is like me and writing though.
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Nice! This is very inventive! I just finished reading Deerskin, and I think this does great justice to the misfortune of the princess inheriting her mother's beauty. It would have been interesting to have a figure in there that represents her Moonwoman phase, with the white hair and white dress.
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Mmm! McKinley!
Holy hemophilia, you always impress me! THE HANDS! THE HANDS are just FFFFFF! Can't type!
<--- Needs to lay down.
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She's fun 
I think I'm in love with that expression XD
and OH MY GOD, THE HANDS. I just wanted to die after painting them. And then I realized I had the painting's hands there too, and was just, "no, I refuse." At least they're a bit better than my usual pocket/behind back/out of picture frame approach...
*reposted for stupid spelling typo
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I realize completely now that this is A Portrait of Dorian Grey
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFff you're done? D: Stop making everybody jealous BELLA
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XD
It's not really done - I still need to make those tweaks to the curtains Natalie suggested, and do a last light breeze over, but I'm working on Red for now.
GOSH, GO BACK TO YOUR EDWARD WHY DON'T YOU.
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Whoa, very nice. Especially the details...really epic. 
Your paintings are getting really good. I can't wait to see how your other pieces turn out.
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Oh yes you can...
The current one is a mess, hah.
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Okay. I looked up the story because I didn't know it. 1) For real, her name was Donkeyskin while wearing a donkey skin? -.- 2) For real, her father wanted to marry her that badly? That's just creepy.
On another note, I completely love this painting. I could list everything I like about it, but honestly, the only thing I DON'T like is the one arm in the mirror, the one closest to the viewer. I think it's kind of going the wrong direction, so her arm looks really thick and long. Other than that, I adore this. In fact, my favorite part is the reflection in the mirror. I would kill to be able to draw expressions like that. And the blood spatter is beautiful. And so is her hair. And the slash through the painting in the back is an awesome touch.
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1) I know, not very inventive was she? I blame it on the trauma. 2) I know! McKinley's highlights that alright...
Ah, I should fix that 
I think the blood splatter is my favorite too. Shows how much the painting is worth XD
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XDD The trauma, oh yes.
Hm, I think the frame would have to be quite a bit wider to cover it, nice try. XD Good luck.
Well, you know, blood spatters just take the attention away from everything else, and you have such skill with blood.... *shot*
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xD blast, I'll just have to fix it then. Oh well!
*Grin*
I was going to have the front of the mirror-dress covered in blood (the original sketch was so Robin McKinley heavy it's not even funny) but I backed off on that. But still, I could've hidden/avoided all the folds! Half of which you can't see anyway 'cause I painted the arm over it D:
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No, no, you couldn't cover those beautiful folds with blood! I forbid it! They're too beautiful!
Speaking of folds, I just noticed the veil more completely.
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