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sarah-zell — .:' Somewhere I belong ':.
Published: 2005-12-19 08:32:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 849; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 41
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Ack I've been meaning to submit this for a week or so now.I drew this a few weeks ago, I was really listening closley to the lyrics in the Linkin Parl song 'Somewhere I belong'. I never really took notice of how I can actually... relate to this song. None of you have to read this long descrition, but I feel obliged to write it down and have scince I stared working on this picture. I'm not doing this for sympathy either
Somewhere I belong
When this began
I had nothing to say
And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me
I was confused
And I'd let it all out to find
That I'm not the only person with these things in mind
Inside of me
When all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
Nothing to loose
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own and the fault is my own
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long
Erase all the pain till its gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
Like Im close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
And I've got nothing to say
I can't believe I didnt fall right down on my face
I was confused
Looking everwhere only to find
That it's not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
So what am I
What do I have but negativity
Cause I cant justify the way everyone is looking at me
Nothing to loose
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own and the fault is my own
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long
Erase all the pain til its gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
Like Im close to something real
I want to find something Ive wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else, until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything
till I break away from me
I will break away
I'll find myself today
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long
Erase all the pain till it's gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
Like Im close to something real
I want to find something Ive wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong
This picture and song... are actually quite happy in my eyes. The truth is, I have not had the greatest of all lives, for pretty much my whole life I have been bullied, picked on and tormented for various things, wether it be my strange behvior, my family, my art and even my mere existance. I can realte to this song, becuase as a kid, I think my strongest desire was to normal, like other kids, to have a 'normal' life so to speak. I spent alot of my time, thinking to myself 'I wonder if there is some place I belong, where there are people like me.' I always thought that I probably would fit in where I was born, not anywhere else.
Of course, I adored all the places I have lived, I love for north queensland for its beautiful rainforest and wild rain and cyclones, I loved brisbane for its warm city feel, I loved byron for its laid back hot weather and beautiful beaches, but a pretty landscape is not enough.
Thats why I'm glad we moved here, to Tasmania, becuase I found the one thing I really wanted, I found somwhere I belong :3 .
I have met a tonne of awsome people here, like all my friends. I can't even begin to explain how much all of them mean to me, in them lies the reason why I'm almost always happy, becuase I have the greatest friends in the world ^^. I just feel happy here with all my awsome friends and my family.
HAPPY HAPPY.Anyways, thats enough talk.
This picture took around 6 hours, around 4 hours was drawing sketching and shading the picture, then an additional 2 hours to cut out the pic with a stanley knife, then splatter white paint onto a black sheet, then cut stars out of said black sheet, then attatch an additional sheet of green shiny paper... then finally put them all together. OF COURSE my scanner raped this image. With all its evil powers. I spent an hour ajusting the image and like... trying to make it look like the origional. Still didnt work.
NEVER USE BIC PENS TO DRAW WITH. THEY ARE CRAP. Vibrant colours.... but when you stroke in one direction and then stroke in the opposite direction it leaves a big blob of ink. *needs to stop drawing serious pictures with pens she finds on the floor at school -slapped for being poor-* P.S. Myst has a really big head. *just realised tihs fact*
media: Blue BIC pens, 2H pencil (I always sketch thing with 2H for some reason...), lined paper, black card, shiny green paper, white chromacryl paint, cheap 4 year old stanley knife and photoshop CS2 for making the stars SHINY.
ok I'm done.
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Comments: 19
This is a really moving piece (picture and description), I really can feel something when I look at it, you know? Great job. *fav*
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Some moving lyrics to that song... I can understand that from a personal level.
I like how you did every detail by hand. Another beautifully drawn ballpoint pen picture I think its actually cool you draw things like this from pens you pick off the ground at school. 
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Not only do I love the character design and the detail you included, but the perspective totally wins. Fantastic job. My only, not really critique, because I know that sometimes we all come up with the best stuff on lined paper and then kick ourselves and go through the process of re-tracing it, is just that the lines slightly take away attention from what was drawn over them, at least on the less-shaded areas. I just noticed you can't really tell on the heavier-shaded areas, hehe. :3 But this is a great picture, it's very cute and the theme shows really well in the character's expression.
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yep, you certainly belong here 
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:3 I'm not leaving this little island for a long time. ^w^ there are good schools and stuff here but I know my mum is gonna move to queensland probably when I'm 18 becuase she doesnt really like it here. X3
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and thats when you can come live at my house, by then I'll be a billionare! >:3
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Wow, you actually have enough dedication to your art to actually make a background by hand instead of just nicking one from the internet or Paint Shop archive
As long as you're happy now, that's what counts
j00 are the shading queen
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THe bacground was fun to make... Ah I don't usually borther with them.. I usually just leave the paper white
Yeah I know a majority of people that go on the internet are kids who've had a hard time in thier lives. hah... britt doesn't get teased. She doesnt make an effort to stand out though. Ah shes cool though...
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Hmm, that's pretty deep - I sometimes feel the same way. Like, I'm perfectly happy where I am now, but I'm always longing for the furture to take me somewhere else.
Wooooooow, another pen god. o.O" I really wish I could draw in ballpoint like this!! This is really stunning, well done!! Hehe, that's an interesting way to make a background as well, it must have been so tedious trying to cut that out with a knife. 
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:3 I love your comments Kazzi!
I'm no pen god... XD I just spend too much time using them as my favourite media (which I must say is really annoying, becuase there aren't many places that make coloured biro pens.)
XD it was a bit annoying cutting out the image
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OMG! Damn the folk from Linkin Parl ! They took the original songs and reproduced them as their own! THEEEEVES!
(yah, im just making fun of your spelling now!
But yeah, thats a great pic, looks awesomely spacey!
Really well done!
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lol... I always make an ureasonable amount of mistakes when I'm writing things. X3
Thanks for your comment!
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Oh my goodness, this is....this is friggin' amazing! And I do not over-exaggerate, not one little bit!
This is by far your best piece up to date. Those colors you mixed are an extremely odd mix indeed and that makes for one smooth recipe of style.
That's a fascinating viewpoint, makes me feel like I'm flying above the little creature. The detail with pen is splendid and clashes wonderfully with the green and black background.
Cute little stars, too. 
By far, I gotta say...AGAIN...the eyes. The way you color them, they are so deep and full of some sort of emotion.
Fantastic job! 
*beats your rapist scanner for you*
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(sorry I didn't reply to this sooner)
I love your comments, X3 you always put so much effort into them and I'm greatful for that. X3 This pic was a really kind of strange but... fitting amount of green blue clashing.
THank you for the fave too! I'm glad you like this pic ^w^
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