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Published: 2004-04-23 13:21:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1140; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 236
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I can't tell if drowning in a sea of your own tears would be tragic, or an odd sort of blessing.___
I'm not sure how I feel about this technically, but emotionally I like it well enough.
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tools: sketch paper, mechanical pencil, micron pen, chinese ink
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Comments: 46
this might happen...
there's a realness to it...^^
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this drawing is very nice ....
i love how it is " simple " and very strong at the same time
and the black is very beautiful .....
: )
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I love the ink marks visible in the water and I think the lack of colour is appropriate for the mood you can feel here. A wonderfully simple yet powerful piece.
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im scared of the sea
i dont like beaches too much
that that is precisely why
drowning
i really like it
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I'm afraid of drowning too, but that fear draws me closer to water. I love it. It fascinates me. I always want to touch it, be in it, if I'm near any water.
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I think it's very good in it's simplicity, technically and emotionally.
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Thank you. I guess it gets the job done. [heh]
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Indeed. That's what art is for though, right? Getting the sadness out.
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technicaly *and* emotionally, i just love it ... feelings are deep as the sea, deep as sadness can be sometimes ...
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Thank you, Sophie!
I'm so glad you like it.
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For me, creating art is like crying. You hold it in as long as you can...until you have to let go. Then, when the moment of surrender is revealed, your mind, your heart, and your spirit are completely and thoroughly relieved and revealed.
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You leave the most wonderful comments.
That is exactly what happened here. Thank you for putting it into such beautiful words.
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interesting concept. i am reminded of alice in wonderland.
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Yes, I am a great lover of Alice. There was definitely some Carroll influence here.
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it reminds me of me lately.
i love the black water.
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Reminds me of me too!
Thank you, sweetie.
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I thought it was vector at first but I'm glad it's not, looking at full view you can see the texture of the paper showing through the ink a little and it looks really great.
As for the image itself it is striking and conveys the emotion well. I like it.
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Thank you, sweetie!
I think the piece looks much better in person, but the important thing is the mood.
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very clean lines and great inking. Very nice illustration jen. Nice to see traditional pieces from ya
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Thanks, Jason!
I love getting away from this machine to create. I'm so much more focused when it's just me, and a pencil.
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seems to me like someone (you know who you are) isn't familiar with the art of miz fox. minimalism is what she does best--digitally AND traditionally.
this is no exception.
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Funny, he does know my work fairly well. I don't know. I think the drawing is pretty weak myself, but what's important to me is the feeling the piece conveys. [shrug]
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what can i say ?
i love it
its simplicity is perfect again
and the piece tells a lot
wonderful, though sad
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She acknowleged my presence!!
*swoons
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[laughing]
I'm sorry! I'm really behind on my comments!
Anyway, I've been acknowledging your presence for ages! Just... Sort of... Quietly.
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You need to yell as loud as you can,
"Paul Is Awesooooome some some some!"
notice the echo in the end.
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it totally works. it has the feel of a classic postbill for an elegant show somewhere in a European city. or maybe a more emotional "obey giant" style image that could be repeated across public places to make people think...this is better non-vectored. the organic grit gives it extra vitality.
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This piece is technically weak enough that if I vectored it, it would be very obvious that something is missing. But with the ink, there's the feeling of "realness" that overrides the lacking. (And I had to use a friggin' sea of ink. Appropriate.)
Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but it felt good to document the moment in my life.
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I don't think you need to worry about the technique... nor the emotion conveyed either...
You style is just as simple and sharp as a razorblade.
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i thought this was a vector piece at first 
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alice? [link]
the face looks..missing, of colour? and face seems a bit simplistically (badly...) drawn.
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Tell me, why do you equate simplicity with being badly drawn? That is the sort of comment that needs backup, otherwise it's as useful as a 'thats nice' or 'that sucks.'
To me, the face is technically perfect. There is balanced use of white-space, the lines are precise and everything balances out nicely into thirds. To add colour onto the face would crowd and compete against the expanse of black ink, and the image would lose the air of striking simplicity.
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oki doki then!
the eyes have no expression to them, they're irregular too, the eyebrows look bad. the hair (outher part) looks boring, bad.
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re the eyes having no expression to them: sometimes when you cry so much you get numb but you're still crying. kinda like you're in shock. i don't know if that was what was being aimed at here, but it seems so to me.
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Creating a vectorized version of this would make it too clean. I like it just the way it is.
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i love this too, such a strong image, you have to vector it!
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