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This idea came to me when I was waiting for an atelier to make some photos there
I was thinking about "a cup of tea" - a theme for this month in childrensillustrator's club Hope you like the idea ^^
Those are tea faeries, as I call them, and at the moment they're flying away as a steam does.
watercolours and ink
12 March 2007
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Thank you very very much for that ^^
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You'll see more :3 I promise!
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I love the hand its so classical ...and the way you render the colors...
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Both the concept iof the tea fairies and the execution are gorgeous. The ruffles of the woman's sleeve give it such a beautifully elegant mood. Wonderful job.
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really nice painting and idea. i like it.
susanna
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I love the texture of the wrist ruffles and the way it seems transparent and gauzy, the proportions of the hand and smoothness of the skin tone. Whimsical idea and it doesn't surprise me that you're in a children's illustration club. Very impressive. You're professional, right?
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Not really
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I think Lulu.com has formats for real books that are illustrated, heavily illustrated children's books. They are a provider for print on demand self publishing and of all the print on demand companies I've researched, have the best and most flexible contract. They also seem to have a wider variety of available formats and mediums -- for my books I could go with print books of various styles and types, or ebooks, or audiobooks all through the same print on demand company at a reasonable markup. Unlike the rest they don't set the final price on the items either, how large a profit margin I want on them is up to me -- including of course my setting it at base cost plus zero to order batches of my books and wares wholesale. If I'm not mistaken, the ebook edition can be set to a base cost of zero and given away as a freebie.
I love the concept of independent production and self publishing. It doesn't gain any honors in SFWA or anything like that, but I've known people to make a living doing it and it does carry extreme levels of artistic freedom. Something that would not be cost effective for a mass market publisher can find its niche and thrive anyway. Over the long term, I'd earn more in regular publishing and will be going both routes -- but anything that I can't sell because it's too weird or off the wall or risky for regular publishing, I don't have to abandon it either.
There's no advance with it but on the other hand, initial cost is low or zero depending on how much of your copyright paperwork you do for yourself. I like getting them to do it and the premium package for Lulu.com costs the same as at iUniverse.com where I had Raven Dance produced -- Lulu wasn't around yet. Otherwise I'd have been giving away Raven Dance as a free ebook to advertise the print version, trusting people who like it would want the print version.
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So I think I'll look closer into this lulu.com thing
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Lulu is fun! They also have a huge online community and many of the artists and writers share their work in licensing like you can do here at DeviantART, where you could use theirs as part of your work and have to credit them for their part of it but can use it.
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I te same duszki raz jeszcze, świetna seria
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Bo ja bym chciala ilustratorka zostac ^^
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Ja też, ale przede mną droga daleka. A tobie już się pięknie udaje uchwycić magię i ciepły klimat bajek, IMHO już byś mogła ilustrować, powodzenia!
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"In my humble opinion", czasami nadużywam, szczególnie, ze każde moje zdanie jest moje
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Dziekuje
a robie to tak: siedze sobie i sobie wyobrazam wrozki. a potem nagle widze (w glowie) jak te wrozki siedza w filizankach, chowaja sie w ksiazkach i ogolnie wszedzie ich pelno, wiec szybko rysuje szkic a jak wroce do domu to robie wersje ostateczna
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hmm, niby proste ;] ale ja mam nieraz cos w glowie, a potem na papierze to sie juz nie pojawia
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Tez tak czasami mam - w glowie pomysl wydaje sie byc super ale jakkolwiek bym go nie narysowala to wychodzi straszna chujnia
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gorzej, ze czesciej mi nie wychodzi niz wychodzi xD a jeszcze gorzej, jak nawet pomyslow nie mam...
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Oh this is soooo coooll.. oooooooooooooOOOOOooooOoooOoOOoooooOo
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wonderful!!! you are such a talented and creative artist i love your work
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Bravo!!!!
Now this is the dynamics I was talking about with the other fairy picture I commented on.
There is movement (the fairies flitting out of the cup, the cup on its way down (though I imagined it on it's way UP until I read the other comments). there is drama (I thought the person with the hand was about to get an amazing surprise when they looked in their tea cup, there is tension and anticipation in that image - do you see what I mean?) and there is emotion too (you wonder what the little fairies are doing there, will they escape?)
More like this PLEASE!!!!!
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I'll do my best
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This is a fun work. I love the little details you worked in with the nice fingernails, ring and frilly sleeve. I really like how the fairys are treated, in a small, but not necessarily cute sense. Not that's there is anything wrong with cute, but it is very refreshing to see. Great piece.
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Very nice, I love the delicate feel of this with the greens and yellows!
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What a nice idea. It makes me smile
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