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Steffel [2012-01-11 15:37:55 +0000 UTC]
What a great picture!
The doll like beauty and the shine of her golden eyes fit perfectly. At first I thought the lights over her were her seven senses but I nevertheless like the athmosphere they create.
I'm not sure I completely agree with the description though. "Giver of all kindness" makes her too much of a good guy (or girl) although she is neither good nor bad and can be seen as a bit cruel sometimes.
Nevertheless, awesome artwork.
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ElenaTria In reply to Steffel [2012-01-20 15:12:11 +0000 UTC]
Oh I've been wanting to re-read it for YEARS! *hides*
Well.. what can I say. Neverending Story is basically a fairytale about.. philosophy, or many philosophies at once, and.. yeah, you could say it's about God and how the writer (or just some of us) perceive Him. Indeed God, if he exists, doesn't tell you what to do, we come to this world unwarned, unready, we have to face everything and learn everything from scratch, even if it kills us in the process. Sure God, as I see him, cannot intervene in human fate, and it's not his place to warn us or tell us what to do, and maybe that shows that he "doesn't care". I'm sure it's not the Empress' responsibility to save Bastian's soul. There's a lesson to be learned here! After all, when Bastian goes back to his world he's a changed person. If he hadn't forgotten everything, and what real life is about, would he appreciate it enough when he finally found his memory?
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Steffel In reply to ElenaTria [2012-01-24 22:47:26 +0000 UTC]
Actually I don't see it quite that way (IMO God tells you quite a lot of what you are to do) but it's rather cool how metaphysical you can get thinking about the motives and themes of this book.
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Steffel In reply to ElenaTria [2012-01-31 10:42:02 +0000 UTC]
That's quite true. But I also really like how Bastian isn't left completely alone but has Atreyu. Even after all they go through Atreyu is the most loyal friend I could imagine. Without him Bastian would have been lost in the end.
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ElenaTria In reply to Steffel [2012-01-31 18:21:19 +0000 UTC]
That's totally true, and the book says that as you grow up, you end up finding *real* friends, people you can rely on.
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GokuMartin [2011-06-15 08:35:40 +0000 UTC]
And the reason why you didn't use 12 year old Tami Stronach's face is because...?
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ElenaTria In reply to GokuMartin [2011-06-15 09:52:55 +0000 UTC]
Because it's not how I pictured the Childlike Empress when I was reading the book.
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GokuMartin In reply to ElenaTria [2011-06-15 09:55:06 +0000 UTC]
...yeah, I never read the book. I just grew up with the movie. I don't want Michael Ende to contradict my beloved childhood memories.
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Kvardeknaw [2011-04-06 00:25:36 +0000 UTC]
It's so close that's I imagined when I read the book !!!
It's so hard to find very good drawing of the never ending story directly inspired from the book !!!
Bravo !
(did you made other characters &/or places of this so wonderful story ?)
P.S: sorry for my english I'm french ^^
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Dahila-Mockery [2009-07-06 00:17:00 +0000 UTC]
Oh this is just beyond beautiful!
You used the perfect colors for her hair, her face and everything.
You made her look so peaceful and wise yet young and innocent.
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Dahila-Mockery In reply to ElenaTria [2009-07-06 21:19:52 +0000 UTC]
You did? Oh wow! You really did a great job.
I love this avvy. Its a good film and it followed the book a lot. Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies too.
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ElenaTria In reply to AnetteAga [2009-02-23 09:36:23 +0000 UTC]
Oh yes, snow, most certainly!!!
You put in a lot of gray, I'd use.... ummmmm, mmmmmaybe light blue instead.
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Mechant-Loup [2008-08-08 05:21:54 +0000 UTC]
P.S.: If you thought the first movie was bad, avoid the others and the series at all costs, they only get worse.
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Mechant-Loup [2008-08-08 05:20:28 +0000 UTC]
Wish I had read the book first. My mental imagery will always be linked to the movie, which I loved as a kid, having no basis for comparison.
It's interesting to me to see how people interpret her from the book.
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-11-25 18:43:09 +0000 UTC]
Do you really think so?
I imagined her as a very beautiful live doll. I must do some more fanart with her.
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-11-26 20:35:27 +0000 UTC]
Please do?
I imagine her as... something pure, and wise. Young of body, but old in years, if you understand...
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-11-26 23:50:08 +0000 UTC]
Wise she was indeed. As SOON as I read in the book the phrase "Childllike Empress" (and you would never know how lovely and pure it sounds in Greek) I felt a shiver down my spine. I said "I WANT to read the description of this character. I want to know what she looks like. Right now!" And the description was more than perfect. White hair!.... Living in a flower!...
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-08 00:30:37 +0000 UTC]
Well, I learned Ancient Greek, but to be fair, I wasn't the star of the class.
She's so perfect she's hard to imagine... but that description; it couldn't have been better!
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-12-08 02:37:52 +0000 UTC]
It's ฮ ฮฑฮนฮดฮนฮบฮฎ ฮฯ
ฯฮฟฮบฯฮฌฯฮตฮนฯฮฑ (pediki aftokratira). It's beautiful.
That's right, so perfect she's hard to imagine..... She's a living doll, I'm sure...
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-13 22:02:36 +0000 UTC]
Ouf.The first word I guessed but the second...
I am the disgrace of my Ancient Greek class ^__^
But it does sound beautiful...and complex. Not an easy give-away name...
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-12-13 22:15:40 +0000 UTC]
Ah yes, aftokratira meaning empress.
You must be good though!
So you do learn Ancient Greek in Belgium.
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-13 22:20:45 +0000 UTC]
I figured ^^
I did, for 3 years. But I sucked, all I cared about where the little tales
And for Ancient languages, well yes, they still are popular here *read: our parents force us*
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-12-13 22:30:02 +0000 UTC]
Tales? You mean Ancient Greek tales? Aesops' fables?
Your parents force you? What? Isn't Greek an optional class in school, is it obligatory?
Students here are obliged to learn English at school. And they also have to choose a second foreign language, French or German. We didn't have a SECOND foreign language 12 years ago, when I was still a student!
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-13 22:48:56 +0000 UTC]
Yep, those things^^
Nope, it isn't, well not ANCIENT languages.
In our country, we speak 3 languages: Dutch, French and German. To survive, you got at least to know 2 of them.
And English, if you intent to set a foot out of Belgium once a while. ^^ From the four, you have to learn at lest 2 others then your mother language, but it depends on which school you go.
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-12-14 16:04:46 +0000 UTC]
Oh my, so many languages to learn!
How about Ancient Greek? Why do you HAVE to learn it?
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-14 22:13:35 +0000 UTC]
Nono, you don't understand! ANCIENT languages are an option. Like extra math or chemics.^^
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-20 18:25:47 +0000 UTC]
Er they let us pick 4 paintings of our choice the first day, and asked why we liked it. Then they chose in our place.
I mean, they asked me why i took one from Ensor, and I said "... Because he was a funny bloke? " *slaps face*
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-12-20 23:36:26 +0000 UTC]
Ensor is too amazing! I always dreamt of making art inspired by his surreal/expressionistic paintings.
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MXDP In reply to ElenaTria [2007-12-21 09:17:27 +0000 UTC]
Amazingly weird. I love him! I wanted to do one of his legendary Death's...
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MXDP In reply to MXDP [2007-12-26 11:19:16 +0000 UTC]
Well, I don't know how they are called in English actually. But he draw a lot of people, usually dressed them up like it's Carnaval, - with masks and stuff - hiding their true identity. Between them you could often seen Death himself, in his natural form. He, as only one, doesn't need to hide or pretend.
But you should read something about him, I know only what people told me, and that's not too much.
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ElenaTria In reply to MXDP [2007-12-22 22:11:12 +0000 UTC]
Tell me more about these Deaths.
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BlueBirdie [2007-04-19 23:19:05 +0000 UTC]
neato, her glowing eyes are a little creepy though *__*;
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ElenaTria In reply to BlueBirdie [2007-04-20 22:14:11 +0000 UTC]
Um, I guess you've read the book. They're supposed to be golden and eerie. And she's not really human.
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ElenaTria In reply to Vaitylos [2007-03-29 23:12:26 +0000 UTC]
Of course!!! I so love this book along with "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman. But I hated the film, it was HORRIBLE! What a shame... And still haven't found a good illustrated version of the "Neverending Story".
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