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A woman from a dream I had. Except the woman in the dream had a bird skull and a blindfold, and her hair was bigger. I guess she was more of a muse than a direct reference.I read this folk legend from Europe about how to kill a witch. You would go into the woods, find an ash tree, and then burn an image of the witch into the bark, with an X over the heart. Then you would nail a peice of iron into the X. And that is how you kill a witch, so says the legend.
In my dream, she had a tattoo over her heart, meant to protect herself from this particular spell. Also, she wore a blindfold because she felt her vision was her weakest sense. But I can't draw blindfolds for shit. Jess had an interesting idea, but I'll leave it to her to create.
She is basically an old, crazy hermit with big tangled hair and antlers tied into the mess.
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wow that is very beautiful... I had a dream kind of like the same thing...
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this is wonderful..she makes me think of Beltane, the god and the goddess together,,
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I love this. It reminds me of my own dreams... Now if only I could draw. Great detail and shading. I also like the fact that you went with the deer skull too, becasue I don't think this would look nearly as specatacular with a huge beak on top of her head.
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the picture is so perfectly done - the description wasn't necessary for me to get the dreamlike idea - i just love it. great concept and what a great sense for dreams
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Glad you did. You are a wonderful muse.
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wow that's really something
love the pic, I think u put the dreamy/mistic/magical feel of ur dream n the legend in it pretty well <3
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Yay a new piece. I haven't seen any new art pieces from your neck of the woods for a while. I missed you!
Great detail with the face. And the description is nice...good to know if I need to kill an evil witch sometime soon.
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I've decided that in my universe, the spell can only be used on 'good' witches. But I suppose it reality....or folk reality, it would work.
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But who would want to get rid of good witches? Not me that's for sure.
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quite wonderful!
it's really unique, and well detailed
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Wow... That's amazing, and I love the story behind the picture.
I'm surprised that you remember what she looks like. I can't accurately recalled what strange characters in my dreams look like.
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Sometimes images just stick with me. Also, this really isn't what she looked like, but I tried to capture the feeling I got from her.
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Wow very well done. Nice design and nice details.
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she looks really lovely!! her tattoo and hair! just perfect!!
your dream sounds very interesting!
:3
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Beautiful work. I love the value and textures you've used.
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HOLY CRAP! Your line work is AMAZING?!? Where have you been hiding this?
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Hehe. You are crazy
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whoooaaaa!!! incredible design and detail. Thats amazing that you have dreams like that and able to depict a person from it in a drawing. I really wish I had that ability. I love the skull....you're so awesome at shading..great work!
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Thank you so much. The skull is my favorite part.
Also, these dreams usually succeed in freaking me out. That's about it.
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omfg the detail in this is so amazing 
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I really love the wealth of details and texture things going on in this, as well as the story behind it!
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*ADORES*
I keep forgetting how mindblowingly awesome your penicl skills are,
and then BAM, you smack me in the face with somehting wonderful like this O.o
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This is a gorgeous rendering and an interesting subject. It really catches my attention.
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That is really a fascinating story! I also adore her because of the crown she is wearing, despite the fact that it is a skull I find it pretty; I also happen to have a soft spot for skull-wearing characters as well (My gallery is filled with them) Overall it stands for something very cool!
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really awesome...I love the details, the plants, the hair - she reminds me of this book I read by Charles de Lint...something like "into the woods"...can't remember the actual title, but it was about this artist finding inspiration in forest people
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its great, i love how u took the reference and got her features down while still adding your own twist
nice job and concept
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