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Published: 2009-03-02 04:33:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 8984; Favourites: 365; Downloads: 0
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My latest client, Tegan , was an absolute sweetheart and let me share images from our shoot.
Model: Tegan
Makeup: RoseS
Photography / Styling: =feline643
Mural: =feline643
Edit Mar-24-2009: I can barely keep up with the comments and the faves... THANK YOU ALL so very much... I will try to thank you all, one by one... It just may take me some time...
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Comments: 105
Aside from a great composition, I absolutely am in love with these colours you used. Very bold, very vibrant, and very beautiful.
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Thank you so very much!
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thank you sweetheart!
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This deviation has been featured in my journal! Please let me know if you'd like it removed. Find it here--> [link]
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Dont know what to say, cause everybodies comments say more then enough.
I just like this image, very good execution, beautiful pose, love the colors
great work...definitely something that can inspire someone to go for more.
Keep it up
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thank you so much... I really appreciate the fact that you took the time to comment...
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I believe this is a fresh and futuristic take on the Geisha and I can appreciate it for the reason. Every DD featured here on DA is bound to have people who will disapprove, because we cannot please everyone. But regardless, it's a great piece and that is why I featured it.
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thank you so very much for it, yet again.
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ZOMG that is a BEAUTIFUL MURAL. I hope I can paint as pretty as that one. X3
Sorry, the one thing I saw was the mural exactly. XD the model was second.
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well, thank you either way... you can see it better in a couple of the other images from this series..
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love the fresh colors here, and the make up was neat.
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thank you very much!
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So gorgeous, every aspect of it. : ) Congrats on the DD, you deserve it.
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Thank you so much sweetie! Love your gallery btw...
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Ah, thank you very much! : ) <3 That's so nice of you to compliment my little old gallery, haha.
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<3 So nice. : ) ::hughug::
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wow that just amazing 
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more like my very impressionistic attempt at painting cherry blossoms...
Thank you sooo much!
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thank you so much! Love your paper kitties btw...
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your very welcome 
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beautiful photograph the blues reds and pinks look wonderful together
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thank you sooo much!!!!
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yes, on occasion... someone left a nasty little message here... I guess he didint approve of the DD... which is cool. I can take critisism, absolutely... as long as someone isnt being nasyt..
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Arguing a DD is senseless; even if a piece is not liked, assuming ones opinion to be superior might be arrogant.
So here's my inferior opinion
I don't like this one, it seems wrong. I think my problem with it is twofold: while reminiscent of a geisha, the subject is not apparently Japanese, which is as strange as an Aryan Jesus, to me; the other, I think, is the tones of pink found in the make-up and hair which make me think of artificially flavored strawberry candy, plastic, taking away from the experience.
I think it's clear that my objections stem from my schema and/or prejudices; but of course, when you address a topic to an audience, as all displayed art does, such things are always present in the audience, and meeting or violating them is a choice that has to be made as part of the artistic process.
Still, Congrats on the DD
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Thank you so much for your candid opinion.
And it is a valued opinion, btw. I am not here so people can sing my praises.
But, to answer to your comments..
If you have a look through the series of images, you will see that there were some done with more traditional geisha makeup aswell. This was simply our artistic, western adaptation of the stereotypical image of the geisha. My client had a desire to be depicted as one, and so, instead of attempting to completely mimic the look, that due to her caucasian-ness 
I was not willing or able to supply a geisha wig, as they are horribly expensive, and the cheap ones, are just that... cheap. So, with all this in mind, we created our version of the look.
After all, the essence of the geisha, and kabuki theater in Japan, is all about tranformation, and illusions.
Thanks you so much for your honest, well thought and worded opinion.
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I see the others now. Black hair dye might have aided the illusion of the traditional pieces; though I can see how they are closer to form.
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well, unfortunately, it wasn't an option, though it had been discussed. We shose to move forward as is, knowing it would not be traditional in the purest sense.
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Sometimes you have to work with what you have. Even though I don't like it (when viewed subjectively) for the reasons I expressed, I think, when viewed without my biases, (or judged apart from my expectations) the series came out nice.
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Thank you very much.. And the Makeup Artist is awesome!
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