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JohnPatience — Dancing for the West Wind

Published: 2011-01-05 11:28:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 3254; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 0
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Description Acrylic and Ink book illustration, originally with areas left open for type, but digitally reworked here to make a stand alone image.
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sesam-is-open [2020-11-03 20:50:56 +0000 UTC]

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NanaCasas [2011-09-21 04:35:52 +0000 UTC]

:^) Beautiful!

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JohnPatience In reply to NanaCasas [2011-09-24 07:03:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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mgcat989 [2011-07-03 02:00:58 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! I like how he's all "GGrrrrr fear my powerful wind!!" and she's all dancing in the wind. Does she have different colored shoes one? Very cool idea!

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JohnPatience In reply to mgcat989 [2011-07-03 05:35:35 +0000 UTC]

Your reading of my illustration is spot on,apart from the shoes which are both the same colour.

Thanks for the nice comment and the fave

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mgcat989 In reply to JohnPatience [2011-07-03 07:32:26 +0000 UTC]

Lol yay! Nice! That means you got your point across very well. Oh lol yep I was look at it in bad lighting.. my bad X) Your welcome!

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JohnPatience In reply to mgcat989 [2011-07-03 09:15:40 +0000 UTC]

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annewipf [2011-06-29 12:23:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Marvelous.

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JohnPatience In reply to annewipf [2011-06-30 18:10:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks,its been in my gallery for some time but just got picked up by a couple of group galleries.

Thankingyou for the faves.

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annewipf In reply to JohnPatience [2011-06-30 19:44:26 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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Carrie-Kube [2011-06-29 08:29:35 +0000 UTC]

There's such a lovely children's book vibe to it.

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JohnPatience In reply to Carrie-Kube [2011-06-30 18:11:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

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Winged-Isis [2011-02-10 21:49:20 +0000 UTC]

*** Beautiful ***

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JohnPatience In reply to Winged-Isis [2011-02-11 16:16:59 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks

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sesam-is-open [2011-02-01 08:33:18 +0000 UTC]

Featured[link]

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JohnPatience In reply to sesam-is-open [2011-02-01 09:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for including my illustration. Great idea to make a feature on dance.

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sesam-is-open In reply to JohnPatience [2011-02-01 15:21:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you too!

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prbardin [2011-01-19 07:16:52 +0000 UTC]

Great! I wish the ground was manually drawn too. Heheh.

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JohnPatience In reply to prbardin [2011-01-19 09:39:48 +0000 UTC]

Yeah the ground is marbled. Always had a thing about marbling.

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XiaoLiliputh [2011-01-07 12:05:04 +0000 UTC]

i LOVE this one, you make my imagination make histories. i'm a BIG fan

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JohnPatience In reply to XiaoLiliputh [2011-01-07 13:53:39 +0000 UTC]

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vforvengeance [2011-01-06 07:11:33 +0000 UTC]

When East and West collide, they form tornadoes right?

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JohnPatience In reply to vforvengeance [2011-01-06 13:39:52 +0000 UTC]

I think you need a weatherman to answer that, but it sounds feasible.

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Calimarigirl [2011-01-06 02:57:33 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous! There's so much movement in this piece!

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JohnPatience In reply to Calimarigirl [2011-01-06 13:38:49 +0000 UTC]

Hi there, and thank you

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Jumbi [2011-01-05 20:12:04 +0000 UTC]

That guy has the coolest beard.

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JohnPatience In reply to Jumbi [2011-01-06 13:29:28 +0000 UTC]

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Astera-T [2011-01-05 16:02:22 +0000 UTC]

Lovely and dynamic! I always enjoy your storybook illustrations.

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JohnPatience In reply to Astera-T [2011-01-05 16:50:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks v much I'm glad you like this one. I like to vary my output, but I think at the moment I favor the landscapes. Tomorrow,next week whatever I may feel differently.

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Astera-T In reply to JohnPatience [2011-01-05 17:13:09 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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PridesCrossing [2011-01-05 15:00:10 +0000 UTC]

WONDERFUL!!

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JohnPatience In reply to PridesCrossing [2011-01-05 15:37:09 +0000 UTC]

One word will do if it's a good one. Thanks very much.

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PridesCrossing In reply to JohnPatience [2011-01-05 17:30:04 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!!

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sweet-666 [2011-01-05 12:09:30 +0000 UTC]

what I would have done to have illustrations like these in books when I was younger! love the way you merged the hair to make wind

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JohnPatience In reply to sweet-666 [2011-01-05 15:27:33 +0000 UTC]

You're very sweet Sweet666, thanks muchly.

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mevagh [2011-01-05 11:30:54 +0000 UTC]

Love that long purple hair!

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JohnPatience In reply to mevagh [2011-01-05 15:18:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm thinking of going for that look myself

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mevagh In reply to JohnPatience [2011-01-07 07:14:32 +0000 UTC]

Now that would be something!

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fantasyluis [2011-01-05 11:28:48 +0000 UTC]

wow! great work! the colors are amazing!

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JohnPatience In reply to fantasyluis [2011-01-05 15:17:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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fantasyluis In reply to JohnPatience [2011-01-05 17:43:09 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome! ^^

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