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cbards — A Strange Eclipse, This
Published: 2009-12-26 11:33:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1454; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 31
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One summer, she took a lantern from the cave where the lantern-weaver moths lived, the insects that wove their brightly glowing nests with the seasonal eclipse of the twin moons every year.She hung it from the tree outside her house, but its light had gone out, and she didn't know how to get it back. Each night, she returned to the hill behind to the house, to see if her lantern had lit up.
One night the following autumn, she was standing by her window, watching the rapidly fading light of dusk. The eclipse was hours away.
As soon as she stepped outside, watching her lantern swinging in the breeze up on the hill, she at once knew that tonight, something was different. It was something that wasn't quite a tremor in the air, a wordless anticipation. It was perceptible if you brushed your hand across the long grass, shivering gently with the warm evening winds; but you couldn't sense it by speaking, or asking it to announce itself. If you stood still for a second it was there; but you couldn't find it by running.
Gazing at the rising moons in the rapidly fading light of dusk, she waited.
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Comments: 21
OMFG, this is amazing! Just, everything about the composition is gorgeous and so aesthetically appealing!
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Why thankyou very much! And for the fav 
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I love the atmosphere of this one. The glowing moons and the lanterns are just so calming and summer-like. As always, I enjoy the stories you include with your work.
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Thankyou very much! Yeah, I actually do like the story I wrote for this one. I'm reasonably pleased with how it came out.
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Wow! I really love the bright orange moon. Especially the way you handled the colors and texture give it a really illuminated feel. And the lanterns at the top, with the moths flying around them, make an incredibly effective compositional frame.
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Thankyou! And for the fav. I was a bit concerned there might be too much going on in this one for it to make sense compositionally.
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this is the one of my favorite works! I like the view from a cave, the moon, the silhouettes of the tree and girl are amazing! I can feel the silence there.
interesting who lives in that house
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thankyou! In the story, it's her house (the girl on the hill)
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Love the classic illustration style you use, so professional & clean. Wonderful light & glow given by the moon, the lanterns & the light in the windows. Mysterious darkness, just enough light to show hints of the what is there, silhouettes.
The story ties in wonderfully. It make the entire scene come alive with anticipation.... makes you wonder what will happen next.
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Thankyou very much! I wonder myself what will happen next... makes me want to do a sequel haha. Anyway.
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If it feel like there is a sequel. Why not, "Go for it!"
Art inspiration is like finding gold, you keep tapping it until that vein runs out. Sometimes it's just a single nugget & sometimes it's the work of a lifetime. You just never know where one idea will lead you.
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MY God this is so perfect. Really enjoying this. Your work is one of my most favorites ...sincerely Cameron. Unfortunately I am not qualified to speak of the technique. The story is equally brilliant.
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Cheers! Technique...hmmm, I painted this at like 4000x 3500 resolution, using mainly the acrylics brush set in Corel painter. If that's any help.
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None whats so ever 
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this is so beyond me - great stuff ((:
instant fave.
have to say, though, that i don't really get your brownish borders, they kinda mess with the painting colors.
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Haha as if! If I could do stuff as half as good as your paintings I'd be a happy camper.
Thanks very much, and for the fave as well.
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You may think they are good (or something, BUT, there is alot of experimenting and photoshoping. If i had to paint everything like you do, i think i'd fail miserably. ^^
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Or any borders for that matter. I really think those without give better impression.
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Hmmm, you might be right. I tried it with a few different border colours - wasn't quite sure why I went with the orange.
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