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Description They all fall
Like a million raindrops
Falling from a blue sky
Kissing your cares goodbye
They all fall
Like a million pieces
A tickertape parade high
And now you're free to fly

Carryin' a millstone malaise
It's been pulling down your gaze
You pound the pavement
It don't give or care
This weight ain't yours to bear

I have finally finished my entry for the contest! The theme is to draw something to a Christian song. (We where given a list of possible songs.)
I decided on "Million Pieces" by Newsboys.

Concept: The raindrops represent the cares of this world. I picked four common worries in today's world. Here's what each one means;

Heart: This represents love, which can be a very good thing, in the right place. Though, sometimes it can be an unnecessary burden. (Usually only in the case of a needless boyfriend/girlfriend. I'm not talking about your family here. )

Dollar sign: As you can probably guess, this represents money. Again, money is good, in it's place. Though it can often consume us and make us spend our days worried about it and how we can get more.

Shirt: Represents clothes, fashion, maybe even social standings. Clothes may be a necessity, but don't let having the most stylish boots become too important to you!

Carrot and tape measure: The ridiculous way I decided to represent body image. Eating healthy is always a good idea, but over-obsessing can lead to health problems and poor self confidence.

To sum it up, we need most of these things, in some way. Though, we need to trust God on what we NEED and not focus on what we WANT!

"Therefor I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet you heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?" ~ Matthew 6: 25 - 27. NKJV.

The song, "Million Pieces" belongs to Newsboys. ^-^
(By the way, I LOVE that song!)
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Comments: 16

sNicole490 [2012-05-21 21:27:43 +0000 UTC]

I totally love that song too.... I like to listen to it when I'm feeling down... Those are things people obsess over. Erm, is it too late to join the contest?

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Lavender-Star In reply to sNicole490 [2012-05-21 21:29:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!
Unfortunately, the contest ended about a year and a half ago. But you're still very welcome to join !

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sNicole490 In reply to Lavender-Star [2012-05-23 00:03:57 +0000 UTC]

Oh, whoops. xD Too bad I didn't know about deviant art that long ago. That was dumb of me to not check when it had ended.

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Lavender-Star In reply to sNicole490 [2012-05-23 01:06:38 +0000 UTC]

That's okay! You're still new to dA and we all make those kinds of mistakes at first.

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Miyuko142 [2010-09-18 04:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh very nice.

Yeah, those four are most definitely the things people seem to obsess over the most, now-a-days, and as we all know, it's never good to obsess over anything XD

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Lavender-Star In reply to Miyuko142 [2010-09-18 15:18:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

No, it's not. XD Though it took me a little bit to decide on which four I was going to do and how to best illustrate them.

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KittyCowLexa [2010-09-18 02:41:26 +0000 UTC]

O.O
This. Is. AWESOME!!! Seriously! Those are probably the top 4 things that people worry about in this world. Man! This is cool!

And you also did a really good job on the background and the lighting and the hair and eyes on the girl and...and...this is just awesome!

Oh! And I LOVE the bible verse you put at the end. That TOTALLY made my evening!!!

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Lavender-Star In reply to KittyCowLexa [2010-09-18 03:25:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the in depth comment!

The shades grays are not my usual style, nor do I think I'll use them TOO much. Though I think they fit this picture well. ^-^

I happened upon that just this morning, (I mean, I'd read it before, but I was reminded of it.) and this picture crossed my mind. I knew I HAD to use it in this.

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KittyCowLexa In reply to Lavender-Star [2010-09-19 16:40:52 +0000 UTC]

No problem!!

It really does fit the picture well! But I agree with you; I can't really picture any of your other drawings with the gray tint.

It was perfect!! I love that verse! It always relieves a bit of stress when I read it.

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Lolly-pop-girl732 [2010-09-18 01:54:31 +0000 UTC]

Nice!
I'm gonna kick your butt in the contest! XD Jk, I probably will fail at mine XD
Good luck.

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Lavender-Star In reply to Lolly-pop-girl732 [2010-09-18 03:25:32 +0000 UTC]

XD, we shall see.
You too!

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Lolly-pop-girl732 In reply to Lavender-Star [2010-09-18 03:32:45 +0000 UTC]

XD The line art for mine ish almost done
Dunno how I'm gonna color it though...

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Lavender-Star In reply to Lolly-pop-girl732 [2010-09-18 15:19:19 +0000 UTC]

As you told me, it shall all depend!

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Lolly-pop-girl732 In reply to Lavender-Star [2010-09-18 22:28:17 +0000 UTC]

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randyxshadow [2010-09-17 23:09:30 +0000 UTC]

nice!!!!

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Lavender-Star In reply to randyxshadow [2010-09-17 23:22:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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