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Project: 4 illustrations for a story, communicating a sense of mood.Story: The highwayman.
They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,
But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed;
Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!
There was death at every window;
And hell at one dark window;
For Bess could see, through the casement, the road that he would ride.
Acrylic ink. These were all done in a super rush so I feel they are not my very best work, but the teacher still seemed to like them.
illustration 1 - Bess
illustration 2 - Tim the Ostler
illustration 3 - Bess bound
illustration 4 - The Highwayman
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Very nice! What was the workflow on this one? Sketching, acrylic ink, drying, india ink, drying? or some other way?
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Yup, pretty much... it's been a few years since I did this, but I recall that I spent quite a lot of time drawing at first, then transferred the drawing to watercolor paper, acrylic ink washes, and lastly the acrylic ink outlines and splatter and whatnot.
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Cool. I might be giving this style a shot someday as well.
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out of all of your highwayman pictures, this one is my favorite. Idk y. it just seems to have more emotion than all the other ones. nice job.
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You know, I never really got how they tied her up.
I mean, how can a musket be bound with the barrel benieth her breast if her hands were tied behind her and she could reach the barrel that way?
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Hi your picture of bess really helped with my school project on the highwayman.
ive used it if thats ok with you
great pic btw it gave me real insperation for the title of the work we were doing
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I love this song from Loreena Mckennitt awesome job!
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wow that is amazing, i remember when i was 11 at primary school having to read this poem and the teacher gently asked if we knew what the red coats did the bess, of course most of the class did but a few of the more sheltered kids didn't :L this is awesome my favourite poem.
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This is stunning! I love her expression and your style( and the poem)! Watercolour and marker pen? Definitely worth a
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Almost, watercolor and a dip-pen. Thank you!
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this is really nice! I really love the colours you used and the way you did the background.
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I love this poem to death (and the song too!)
And the painting is great
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i adore the poem "the highwayman"
and i think you have captured the story line beautifully in this.
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Love! Always been one of my favorite poems ...the tragic romance of it is just so beautiful...and your art totally does it justice. You can see the fear on her face, and she stands out, clear and distinct, while the soldiers are almost abstract menacing shadows...very effective.
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A lovely illustration for a lovely poem. You really captured her expression quite well. Nice job!
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omg.. I love that song, and this is so well done! awsome!
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Fantastic! I love Loreena McKennett's recording of this song (understanding it is a poem first). Bess's expression is great in this!
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