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Published: 2006-02-25 11:36:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 15157; Favourites: 152; Downloads: 450
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Phèdre's marque - finalA contination from the earlier Phèdre experiments - [link]
After consultation with several people here and on LJ, and especially with , this was created as a more book description like version. I *like* this one. It's pointy and stabby and whippy and rosey. I changed the bright red to a colour known in the books as sangoire - pretty much the darkest shade of red - that is a symbol of an anguisette. I think it looks better than with the colour contrast shock from the bright scarlet red.
[edit: bowing to infinitely great wisdom, I've tweaked the rose to add more definition!]
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*Much* better than the "official" version - and I love how you subtly added in the Shaharizai keys motif as well. The only note I might make is about the "drops" around the main design, but that's down to how I personally saw the marque, and what would literature be without some room for individual interpretation? 
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Wonderful Marque
And I think it's better than the official Artwork
I love the Kushiel series *faves*
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It looks great 
<3 I applause !
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I love your work, especially the Kushiel ones! This is excellent!
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I just wanted to say that I always wondered what the other houses' marques would look like, and you brought them to life. Beautiful.
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thank you 
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!! other people who know the D'Angelines!!!! this is beautiful, i like it better than the one on the cover...
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It's gorgeous. I've just finished "Kushiel's Avatar" and the grace of this marque fits Phedre's personality now just as well as it would fit the fresh-faced 22-year-old Phedre. I love your use of sangoire
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Would you be insulted or honored if I wanted to get this tattoo? And if you I can, would you like pictures?
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Best I've seen ever. I've always been annoyed with the fact that they didn't seem to have the tools in the Marque, but this one does. Like you said, very "pointy and stabby and whippy and rosey"
Much closer to my mental picture than anything else I've seen
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I'm quite gratified to see that, instead of just imitating the marque on the cover, you interpreted the description. It was, after all, supposed to be a bit bold and abstract. I *do* believe that the scarlet and black was supposed to be a bold contrast on her pale skin, but I think this is beautifully done nonetheless.
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this is a great piece - now I'm going to go have a look at that trilogy you mentioned
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wow, gorgeous interpretation of phedre's marque. I was actually looking for another artist's rendition which she did in sharpie, but I haven't been able to find it again yet. Any suggestions, is there a community or some such?
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there isn't - there should be though!
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This is a beautiful rendition of her mark... Great job!
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thank you
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i've read that series too!! i think you did a much better rendering than the actual one they use on the covers! rock on!
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more than welcome! i'm a fan!
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I've been browsing interpretations of the mark on here, and this one is magnificent. My compliments.
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Thank you
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I really think you should make this a print! It would be wonderful to have!
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I will do soon ... I'm doing some more Phedre-based work at the moment, then I might try and make a series of prints based around her
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Always lovely to see more Kushiel stuffs on DA! Very whip/thorny, just the way it should be! I love it!
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Beautifully done, though at my first glance of the thumbnail I thought it was something very different
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Oooooooh, what did you think it was?!
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Um ... well ... I pleade the 5th
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I Looooves it precious!!!!! 
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wouldn't it? *grins* shame I don't ever want a tattoo ...
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I don't want a big one, but I want a nice one.....
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This looks just awesome. It's amazing how experimentation really helps to work out a design, and I think you really got it with this one. The deep red works very well, too, just as you said.
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Thank you! Yes - experimentation really really does help - I must try and remember that more often!
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Ooooo!
Me likey!!
This would make a nice tatoo!
BTW, what is "Phèdre"?
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*grins* read the descriptions first
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LOL
I realy need to do my homework!!
I just read the link... now I know who Phèdre is, and why this would make a good tatoo!
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I think you have the briar feeling down well on this--especially as a piece of tatoo art. I'm not quite convinced on the big blck blob of a flower at the top. Perhaps if there was some definition given to the petals and structure of the rose through the judicious use of white it would make it less oppressive. It has beautiful symmetry.
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Thank you! Advice taken and implemented immediately!!!
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I like it. The tatoo artists in the group will probably tell you the white highlights are too small to show up in a tatoo, but at least now I can tell it is a rose! Now I can do my ooh aah comment...
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Well they can just go jump in a river
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I think this one nails it. It's absolutely gorgeous.
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Thank you
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W00T!!! 
Oh yeah. Totally faving this.
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