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[Alone - Heart (Song Excerpt)]- You don't know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight...
You don't know how long I have waited
And I was going to tell you tonight...
But the secret is still my own,
And my love for you is still unknown,
Alone...
Till now, I always got by on my own,
I never really cared until I met you.
And now it chills me to the bone,
How do I get you alone.
How do I get you alone...
[!!!An Important Note]
This drawing goes with Chapter 13: UnsureClose up with digital camera: [link]
- I think it's time I finally included a song that I find to be... very emotional. There were a couple earlier scenes in the story I was tempted to mention this song but.. it just felt too soon and not quite right. So if you can, I highly suggest listening to the first 1 minute and 47 seconds of This: [link] Song (Clint Mansell - Shellshock) while you view the drawing.
[Artist's Description]
- I really wanted to keep this very soft and simple with very light coloring to just focus on the emotions in this piece. I'm really glad with how it came out.
I didn't intend for Neelix's bed to look so.. human. A sheet ended up in there when I couldn't decide which line I liked better when I first added in the blanket and ended up keeping both... and I didn't wanna go too dark on the pillow and main bed so... yeah. >_>
But please... No rude comments. I know my watchers who enjoy my story are always so kind and polite but the random people stopping by can be so ignorant and rude sometimes...
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I'm having such a wonderful day. I hope you are, too. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone.
Story: Everything Under the Stars Cover and HubMaterials:
Size: 8.5 x 11
Media: Prismacolor Colored Pencils
Prismacolor Markers
White Pen
Touch Ups/Edited/Text:
Photoshop 5
Everything Under the Stars, Neelix, and Heather © Lady Owl
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Comments: 86
youre amazing.
turn this all into a book.
Id buy it.
<3
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............................ I have nothing to.... to say (ima just grin and bear it)
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I'm not really sure how I stumbled across your gallery but I'm going to start reading this story. All the pictures are so beautiful, and this one is so sweet.
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Thank you so much. I'm interested to know what you'll think. c:
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My goodness, I love the detail in this! Well done.
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Such a rare beauty in an alien world!
Neelix's face has such a cautious and peaceful front with the light capturing the lines features of their bodies....
The eyes have such a natural light.
Keep up with such beautiful captures. Your sci-fi style is really unique!
Hope you'll do more drawings about Neelix's family and species.
Oh! And Ala, too.
I don't want to hurt your feelings. I see you give a great love to this project, but, while I've been paying attention to the score you gave us to interpret the fear in the characters, I realized you should make a description about Neelix's species behaviour (culture, planet, environment) to help understand how his feelings work with Heathers.
I've seen one of his species characteristics - feeling natural with nudity - but, by what I could see with the chapter, this helps to create feelings in Heather. That seems.. too much like how humans behave when having sexual attraction.
What about Neelix? What does appear to make him really "care" about her?
I know this is an "alternative universe". You're the artist. But sometimes some reality is what makes the thing spice even more.
Correct if I'm wrong, because I haven't read completely the story yet.
Some day (when I have more time) I'll get a close look to it.
Hope to know if Heather's parents will ever know about her kidnapping...
or what happened with the course of time.
Good work!
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Now that's adorable. 
I never told you I love Heather's nightgown, did I? Well, I do. I think it's because the way you shade it. All the shades you use just make such a beautiful color. 
I also love the way you drew their facial expressions here. It gives the picture a very warm, gentle feeling.
It's wonderfull. Made me smile all afternoon after I first saw it.
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Heh, thank you very much and I can't recall if you ever told me you liked her nightgown before. XD
Aww.. well I am glad to know that! And that you liked their expressions. n_n
I wish the scanner hadn't made everything look so grainy cause it sorta messes with the lines a bit. D:
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these two get cuter and cuter together every time I see them. Why can't all aliens be as sweet as Neelix?
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Heh heh, Aww...
Thank you! n_n
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O.O Stunning, just stunning! (it almost looks like a photo) He does look really human in this one. But you know, it's not a bad look. At least for this moment.
The blankets look sooooooo soft...Makes me sleepy...Cuddle back up into my blankets and sleep for another 12 hours...But I want those blankets. They look softer than my blanket. Aren't blanket folds just so fun to draw? ^.^ But the pillows look a little light. It MIGHT be my monitor again, because it's a jerk. XP I see a small V shape, but I don't see much more than that little line. Just sayin'...
Regardless of the lightness of this, I do really like it. The colours are so soft.
Did you use the markers on her skin? I was looking really hard at this and I kept thinking inks, like those fine manga inks that are like $7 a little bottle. I have never seen such clean markers!
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Lol I meant the bed and sheets came off overly human, not Neelix! XD
Blanket folds can be a pain sometimes. I actually referenced my own blankets for this. My cat wasn't too pleased since she is always sleeping on my bed lol.
And no no, the pillows are very light. I kept them lighter in real life as if it was fading into whiteness as the drawing went upwards, but the scanner has issues picking up very light colors and pencil strokes so it came out even lighter then I intended. :c
Yup, marker was used for Heather's skin and a dot for Neelix's eye. I use Prismacolor Markers and pencils but my Premier brand of Prismas have been giving me trouble lately with too much texture and a grainy look, especially the smaller the characters are on the paper, the more it shows so I've been experimenting with my markers and Verithin Prisma pencils to help for a smoother look when scanned in. In real life, that texture doesn't show that much so it is really disappointing to see how badly the scanner butchers my art. :C
But thank you so much for your comment, Murra! n_n
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XD It never occured to me that a bed might look alien. And I account for the dumbest things in life. But Neelix still has a human expression, regardless if you were talking about the bed or not. I don't have the faintest idea what an alien bed would look like...Skins from animals we can't simply fathom? Cryo beds? =/ Air matresses...? Maybe something similar to a temprapedic? And the designs on the blankets, what would they be? Planets? Space ships? Alien heroes? But I think the most likely would be shapes, like quilts already have. Shapes I think would be a universal thing if there really were aliens, but solid colour seems probable too. Yes, I think about this stuff ALL the time.
XD Nice. The KFC cat, right? XD Still makes me laugh. Poor little girl. What upset/displeased cats need is a BIG hug and a kiss on the head. XD No catatude on the bed!
Blarg, scanners suck. I think that's part of the reason I transfured my art to digital. What kind of scanner is it? And did you try previewing it before scanning it? Some let you do that and you can change the brightness and contrast before scanning it onto the computer. But of course, that's not all scanners, unfortunantly.
Have you tried smoother paper? Because the tooth of the paper you're useing might also account for the scanning problem. Of course, smoother paper is so much more less forgiving. ;.; I've played with the pensils and they do leave a grainy texture on paper like Watercolour paper, expensive paper and the NICE drawing boards. Wich totally sucks because I LOVE the vibrance of Prismas. Another problem might be maybe you're not pressing down hard enough? I know that there are people who press too hard and there are the people, who I envy, that just can't pressure the paper to bleed.
But I all honesty, I like the 'grainy' look. The faded and lightness of your works is just perfect to my eye. But that's just me. Artists will always beat up on themselves, always pressuring to get better and better. You are your own worst enemy...JUST under the scanner. 
Bah, you know I always comment. I have too much to say! XD
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The coloured part of his skins lighter :3
But that is so kewl XD Do u colour with coloured pencils or something?
'cuz I suck with those. XD
I wish I could draw that good >_<
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Thank you and I put all information about the drawing, such as what I used to create it, in the Artist's Description. c:
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I've been reading the story and look forward to the next chapters. I invite you also to visit my pages / galleries at *MMSmith1777 and *Rachelevans1013
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It goes along so well with the chapter. I'm just loving it
I don't mind if the things in your story have a huge similarity with things on earth (I think it's hard to believe that everything should be different although the different races have similar abilities and organisms.)
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Thank you and I'm glad you think so. n_n
I'm trying to make things feel more alien but, I guess as a human, it can be difficult to pull away from our familiar concepts. The good thing about that is at least we can relate to it when it is familiar. If things need to be similar in use such as a table, chair, or simply a spoon, I do want to at least try to redesign it to look different in some way but it can be hard sometimes. XD
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D: Sorry for butting in on this conversation.
But I know exactly how you feel. I personally am trying to write (or at least plot out) a story involving aliens, and it's hard to make things different, hard to think of a way they might be different from us. We're used to the way we work, it's hard to imagine a way the things we do might be done differently and still work.
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Heh, it's ok! I'm glad to share in conversation and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with this problem. XD
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haha it's quite strange, but very good ^^ i love it
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Heh, well I'm sure the idea of an alien romance can be odd for most people but it's nice to know you like it all the same. c:
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Very appropriate for the spirit of the day. Too bad I was uncosncious before you got it posted. >.< Still... so this is what youve been up to.
Once again, the magical hand of magicalness brings us something else, loaded with emotional power. Heather appears to be unsure, but the longing in Neelix is easily seen. you never fail to capture the emotions of the moment. I think it's great how you've managed to show their respective body plans, even under the blanket. 
I hope they themselves have a happy Valenine's day (/had)
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I wanted to do something sweet and romantic involving these two for Valentine's Day... which is kinda predictable but.. ya know.
I'm really glad to know you think it has emotional power. I know I've mentioned it before how strongly I like to portray emotions in my drawings so knowing you feel that way lets me know I succeeded with that! XD
I did draw out both of their bodies before adding the blankets.. which was difficult because I hate having to cover up my line art with blankets after I went through all that trouble.. but it's just how it goes if I wanna make things feel more real instead of just shapeless blobs beneath the blankets, lol.
As for the other part, well, I just wanted to elaborate on Falcon's reply to you just so you can know and understand my take on it.
I don't mind critique but the problem is that your dislikes aren't what I consider critique, but instead more like criticism and nitpicking which is something I honestly don't care for and isn't going to help me in any way because it's a difference in opinion.
If you simply dislike something I chose to do, such as a more flowly style with her hair vs. a more realistic, hyper detailed style (which I made note of in the description that I was intentionally going for a more simple and softer approach), that actually comes off more annoying and rude than anything.
As harsh as it sounds, I don't care if you don't like her hair for whatever reason. The way I drew it, the way I colored it, or simply because it is more flowy and fantasy looking than overly hyper realistic and flat against the pillow. That is simply the style I chose and wanted to do for this drawing. Or even like before with the way I chose to draw Veeno's face or if Muora does or does not have a tail. A comment telling me you dislike that is not something I care for because it is something I do like and chose to do for myself, not for anyone else. I'm not here to please anyone, so if you don't care for something, I ask that you kindly keep it to yourself.
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Well at least you set me straight in a more cohesive way than Falcon did.
Fair enough. I'll bite my tongue more.
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Dude. You are becoming annoying. It seems you cannot simply enjoy a picture without feeling the need to leave at least some kind of criticism about it that you don't like or a fault you notice. Did you see critique requested? Did you see the artist specifically ask for critique or criticism? No? Then maybe you should just stop and enjoy the picture.
I am seeing on every piece you are constantly leaving more and more rude and direct/blunt comments on each submission and enough is enough. Maybe the Artist doesn't want to hear you go on an on about something YOU don't like on EVERY picture. Maybe they don't care you noticed an error that they themselves noticed, and don't appreciate you going on some long detailed analyzation of it. There is a line between just saying a comment about something and going on and on about it or giving a detailed analyzation of it. It's not appreciated. I don't appreciate it. You have been warned.
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I think it says more about you than about Lostkavi that you choose to focus on the one (barely) negative aspect of a comment otherwise full of praise.
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I think you don't know the situation. He has been replying to many pictures and leaving more and more rude and blunt critisim that does nothing to help the artist at all. Saying you don't like such and such doesn't help. It's not constructive. It's just ranting about something he notices or doesn't like. On top of that the artist did not ask for critique. Lost has plenty of other submissions on da he can go ranting and criticizing if he so chooses. As it already seems he does anyways.
So I really think you should mind your own business. You had nothing to say about the art and only came here to say something to me? Are you an idiot? Are you one of his friends coming to say something because he's all hurt about it? If you have nothing to say about the art itself then don't comment here. Seriously. Let lost reply himself. He is quite capable and doesn't need "Hero's" to come to his defense. If you aren't one of his friends then you still have no point to being here anyways because you chose to respond to me in a comment that has nothing to do with you instead of about the art itself. Go away troll. Do not reply. There is no need for you to.
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This is wonderful. The expressions on their faces capture everything from that scene.
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Thank you and I'm glad to hear that! Their expressions were so very important to me.
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