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kittyvane β Fallen star
Published: 2004-11-17 22:12:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3029; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 212
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On her way home from the park that evening, Stella found a fallen star laying on the street._______
Technical bits:
I was originally going to colour this with markers, but then I ran into some techical difficulties (ink running out, uneven coverage, ect.) and finally decided to do this in Photoshop.
So, lines are done with ink on marker paper, colour in Photoshop 7 and finally I applied a paper texture (by ~rodrigogua-stock ), since the picture looked too clinical without any.
If you want, you can have a look at the origianl sketch here.
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Comments: 47
its such a pure innocent picture I love it soo much, it really speaks to the inner kid of mine
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Very touching to the heart.
I also keep thinking stories about stars, you see, being too honest and sensitive sometimes really adds up to the pain and worries.
- Ahmed Nayyer
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The picture is very good, especially the lights and shadows of the building and on Stella's clothes. The texture is a small, but very important detail, it really gives the picture a different feel. But - what's she looking at? The sky from which the star has fallen? Is there a picture that makes a 'whole' with this one?
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Uh, there is a second picture to go with this one somewhere in my gallery.
And there's a whole story to go with the pictures somewhere in my head. There is a reason why you can't see the sky in the picture and I will tell what that is as soon as I can get the story to paper.
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Found the other picture 
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Superb piece and clever composition. I like the stylistic way you've rendered this and I love the limited palette. Brilliant!
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Thank you.
I'm very pleased of how these turned out too.
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ihana kuva. PikkutytΓΆn kysyvΓ€ katse kertoo paljon.
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It makes you wonder what Stella was doing all alone that late at night. The streets aren't safe, girl!
Kim.
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'Round here the streets are pretty safe for kids and it gets dark around 3 or 4 pm in the winter, so kids do walk around in the dark streets quite often.
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Oh. Alrighty, then.
We have a park here which ices up and snows up to 3-4 feet of snow in winter. Not safe. In summer, after dark, people get mugged in it. And I live in the extreme suburbs. Sniff.
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That would be perfect for a children's book, you know.
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Such sweetness, but not the least bit cliched or cloying. I'd love to read the full book that must eventually follow this.
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Muahtavaa! (Jou, vihdoinkin saa kirjoittaa jopa suomea! xD)
Aivan loistava tyyli piirtÀÀ! Oikein omaperÀinen!
Khaanis kuva! Tunnelmallinen! n_n (ΓΆΓΆh...?)
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love it, excellent concept and superb realization. awesome job.
also, thanks for the credit
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Jajaja. Mythicnorms XD
This is a great picture. I love the style and the emotions coming from it.
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I have not forgotten how AWESOME you are.
kit.
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Aww 
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Fantastic as always! The fact that some publisher isn't emailing you to work on books for them is an actual crime!
This picture just has everything ... a beautiful work of art that just leaves all kinds of questions floating around in your head.
Wonderful!
Strangebear
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I think I'll go check my e-mail right now!
As I said, I'm trying to put Stella's story onto paper now. It popped into my head one evening, along with some more images that I'm also going to work on, as I quite like working with Stella.
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it has been almost 22 hours since I last called you . . . AWESOME!
kit.
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I like the building's cast shadow because it adds depth even though the house is very flat. It looks like a stage background which I think is nifty. I'm thoroughly enjoying the fact that you're doing illustrations with full backgrounds and everything 
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I'm also enjoying doing backgrounds, to my utter surprise as I was pretty sure that I'd hate it.
You're right in saying that the picture looks a little out of context, as it is just a seperate picture. The fact that you can't see the sky is actually part of the story that's behind this, and I'm pretty sure I'll get it on paper sooner or later. It's just that I'm not very good at writing and it takes a while for me to get a story together. I'm also thinking of doing more pictures on this.
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you know what i really dig about this picture. It makes me sigh...happy sigh.
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how does it feel to be . . . SO AWESOME!
kit.
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i'm in love with your illustrations, really. all the time!
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it's a good 3D effect with the building, & such wonderful line art!
I hope she takes good care of the start.
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Oh, she will. I'm sure whe will.
Thank you so much for the nice comment and the fav.
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that make me glad
& yeah, have to support my fellow scandinavians.
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Beautiful!
I love the red dress it makes Stella stand out and gives her a sence of warmth, I really like it!
I think I'll end up faving all of these background based pictures
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Thank you!
Yes, her dress does give a nice warmth to the picture (even if her favorite colour is green 
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ooo looks like a story book illustration, nice job!
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