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ObsidianSerpent
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[2010-03-04 11:41:09 +0000 UTC]
"Itzcoatl"
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
Favourites: 221; Deviations: 338; Watchers: 752
Watching: 65; Pageviews: 75687; Comments Made: 4418; Friends: 65
# Interests
Favorite movies: The FountainFavorite bands / musical artists: My Chemical Romance, Death Cab for Cutie, Placebo
Favorite games: The Sims
# About me
Current Residence: UKPersonal Quote: My brain is the key that sets me free
# Comments
Comments: 311
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The pleasure's all mine, I'm very much looking forward to seeing your future paintings. Your gallery is beautiful, I'm particularly stunned by your flowers as that is something I've rarely tried and not successfully.
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You're too kind! Flowers do present some unique challenges, but it helps a lot if you can sort of "look past" the flower to see and render the abstract shapes that make it up.
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Yes, I can see how that would help, it's a bit like sketching in the basic shape of the skull before putting on the features and the hair etc.
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Just wanted to let you know I didn't forget you, I had a harsh end of 2017, my Dad almost died from huge heart surery, hopefully he's better now, I wanted to comment on some last piece you did but forgot, sorry, I loved the last Merlin/Arthur piece you did, so powerful as always
I watch a fabulous series called "Shadowhunters" based on the Mortal Instruments novels and it's so great, I am sure you would love it, especially the openly gay couple in it, it's just amazing, sometimes, I dream of a piece done by you of these two lovebirds that are Alec and Magnus 
Hope you are doing well, thinking of you, always
Hugs and love
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Hello dear, so sorry I didn't reply sooner, I haven't been on here in months, my whole artistic thing kinda dried up. Yeah, 2017 was rotten for me too. My Dad had a bad fall while on holiday abroad and it seemed to set off a cancer in his chest that was dormant, (maybe it didn't, but that was really what it seemed like, as he was fine until the fall), then swiftly after he was diagnosed and within three months he was dead. It was all rather a shock.
Sorry to hear about your Dad, I'm really glad that he's recovering well.
I've recently paired up with a lovely writer on ACBB and it's got me back into painting again after so long.
I shall give Shadowhunters a go, as you've recommended it and see what I think, thanks for the tip. It does sound interesting.
Sorry again that it's taken me so long to reply.
Much love and hugs,
xxx
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You are formally invited to join the "Merlin and Gwen" contest for the chance to earn a CORE membership (1st prize).
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Sorry for the mini bomb of favourites, I finally got round to sourcing one of your artworks and saw just how many other fantastic pieces you've done. You have some amazing talent
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Thank you very much for the kind words and the favourites, I'm so glad you liked them.
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Your photographs are fantastic!
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My pleasure, I went over to have a look and realised that you're making really lovely things.
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Just had to leave a quick message to say how amazing your gallery is, all your paintings are just gorgeous!
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That's so nice of you to say, I'm so pleased you like it, thank you.
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No problem, I like good art
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I absolutely admire your drawing/painting skills! I would favourite your entire gallery, had I not feared of tiring my finger. Why, perhaps I shall favourite everything indeed!
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That is such a kind thing to say, thank you so much.
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if you wer einterested in seeing the result 
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Ooh, thank you for letting me know, I'm going to go see.
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a bit of a +fav spam from me but seriously you're such a great artist!! wow! +watch!
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Thank you for the favourites and for the watch. I'm so glad you like them, thanks very much.
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I'm looking forward to seeing more from you
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I've been a bit quiet lately, as I've been mucking around with craft type things, but I should be doing some more painting soon.
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but crafts are really fun too! I'm a bit all over the place myself. I was actually doing research for a digital Merlin drawing I'm working on.. I tried to find Merlin/Colin in the right angle so I could draw him more easily, and stumbled upon your art... and you had lots of wonderful hurt!Merlin and I ended up going through them all instead of doing what I was supposed to... hehe
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Yeah, craft stuff is a fun change from painting.
I've only recently started trying digital art and I'm not finding it terribly easy and everything seems to take so much longer than with real paints. I think that's because I haven't gotten to grips with the programme properly. I'm like you, I like to find a photo of Colin in the right sort of position or angle to draw from, I'm not someone who can draw faces just out of my head.
hurt!Merlin Yeah, hurting poor Merlin shouldn't be fun, but it is. 
What digital drawing of Merlin are you planning on doing?
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hey, sorry about the late reply, I was bussy watching a friend's kid and wow that is really exhausting! xD
yeah I fel like there's less mess and such with digital art but I love working traditionally too.. I just.. don't find the motivation lately... it usually takes less time with digital art because you don't have to wait for the paint to dry and such.. but it all comes down to how well you know the programmes. I can do faces out of my mind if I work on them enough... but I have problems doing them from different angles and such..
I love to hurt him and make it better again <3 damn.. we sound like complete psychos when talking about this don't we? XD
well I got this idea for a little fanfic I wanted to draw because in my head it looked stunning... I suddenly changed it from a normal summer day to an autumn day... and I'm trying to do landscape which I'm not good at... and a completely different perspective than I'm used to... wow it's gonna be really hard... it's kind of birds view of a "cliff" or hill or something and below it is forest. and Merlin lies in the leaves below the hill and Arthur has rushed to the edge to look down... ah it's way too complicated to try out new things on but o well. I hope I can finish it...
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Acrylic paint is really good for waiting time, as it dries pretty much instantaneously, (in fact way TOO quickly a lot of the time, if you're trying to smoothly blend a large area of sky then it can be a bit of a pain). I agree that physical art needs a bit of motivation to get just get going. There's a lot more mucking about before you start and after you finish...clearing a space, getting the paints and brushes out, getting the palette ready, clearing up afterwards...you need more time to take a good run at something, you can't just spend 15 minutes. Plus, with digital art, you don't need to worry about the light, as you're doing it on the screen, but with physical painting you do really need decent natural daylight, which limits when you can do it.
The comfort is as important as the hurt I think.
Oh, I'm listening to the CD by Hozier at the moment. And this song, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh7k69… two bodies decaying together in the countryside made me think of Merlin and Arthur...could make a very nice, (if rather depressing), Halloween painting I think... Such a dark subject and such a pretty song.
As I said in my email, the painting is going really well so far, and I just love the autumn colours and the light on them.
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I never managed to use acrylic paint. It always ended up looking like flat plastic when I tried using it. That's another reason why I'm so impressed by your work! you make it look so full of life! but yes, there's a lot of work and preperation with painting, not matter what paint you use.
yes! worried and protective Arthur is just as important as hurt Merlin!
That was a beautiful song! I think I'm gonna have to add that to my merthur/otps spotify list... I think that could be a nice (but yes, depressing!) horror/halloween painting!
Thank you
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I'm just going to say, wow
I adore your work! Am jealous of your skill with acrylics
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Obsidian, were you ever on SMWCentral? If so, I'm wanting to submit your Night Among the Dunes song to the music section.
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Hi, sorry, no that wasn't me, I'm not musical at all.
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My pleasure, you are making some really beautiful things.
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Thank you very much
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I haven't been on dA much in the past few years, but every single time I do get on, I look at your amazing works. If I had a tenth of the artistic talent you do, I would just about die of happiness. You brighten my day!
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Thank you very much for your really sweet comment! *hugs*
I would have replied sooner but I haven't been on DA myself for the last few weeks, lost the painting bug a bit recently and have been playing about doing other things instead.
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Even if you never paint again (which I would be sad about, but still...), you will have enriched the quality of fanart overall with your awesome (and extremely classy) paintings. I completely understand this 'losing the muse' thing; I haven't drawn pretty much at all recently. Sometimes your creativity needs a break.
Whatever you choose to do next, it will be excellent, I'm sure!
Happy New Year!
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