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Magnifique 
J'aime les symboles dessinés qui deviennent un vêtement, j'y aperçois Nôtre-Dame de Paris, un Christ, une salamandre, les lettres ANAR, des soleils (Phœbus), un gibet annonçant la fin de la Esmeralda... par contre en l'araignée, j'y vois Frolo s'approchant d'Esmeralsa avec toute sa convoitise...
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Ah, merci ! 
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J'ai vu le profil de la chèvre après voir posté le commentaire 
J'aime aussi la comédie musicale qui a été faite pour ce livre, les voix sont belles, et les paroles... illustrent tellement l'état d'esprit des personnages
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Oui, le Frollo de Hugo est très gris en effet. C'est vraiment un personnage tragique, qui montre bien comment les passions humaines les plus vitales et les plus nobles peuvent devenir si implacables et destructrices lorsqu'elles sont trop réprimées. Frollo est un personnage à vif, c'est ce qui est tellement poignant chez lui. Il est à la fois terrifiant et pathétique, et attire forcément une forme de sympathie, parce qu'on peut tous se reconnaître en lui, dans une certaine mesure, à travers sa profonde crise existentielle.
J'aime beaucoup la comédie musicale, je l'écoutais quand j'étais enfant. Une des meilleures comédies musicales françaises selon moi, et oui, c'est une belle adaptation du livre, qui respecte plutôt bien les personnages (ce qui n'a pas vraiment été le cas de beaucoup d'adaptations de Notre-Dame!). "Belle" était vraiment une réussite. "Tu vas me détruire", "Bohémienne", "Les Cloches", "Florence", "Le Temps des cathédrales" sont parmi mes préférées.
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Les chansons que tu as mentionné font parties aussi de mes préférées, "la cour des Miracles" aussi 
Quand même quand j'écoute aujourd'hui les chansons de "Belle" "la Zingara" ou "tu vas me détruire"; je me rends compte des sous-entendus et figures de style adulte je ne comprenais pas (ni chercher à creuser le sens lol), ça a fait un peu rougir XD
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Haha, la réalisation de l'adulte, c'est assez marrant en effet! Surtout que dans Notre-Dame de Paris, la sexualité est un des thèmes principaux. 
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i love that little spiderweb. this would make excellent cover art.
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Thanks, you're kind
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you're welcome, friend.
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Oh, she's beautiful and look all of those details! This is truly wonderful :3
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Thank you very much
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This is incredible! 
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Thank you very much, I wanted to show many key elements of the book indeed, the cathedral of course, but also all the "ananke" meaning : spider, gallows, religious, demonic and alchemical symbols, and finally omnipresence of death.
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Thank you !
Rebellious hair is great to draw, and this gypsy girl is so inspiring
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Such a sensitive portrayal, I love it. Even without the title I could tell that this is Esmeralda. It feels like I look at her with Claude's eyes, inflicting her with a symbol-laden gaze as she sleeps, pure and unknowing
Also, the hair! OMG, the hair are perfect! Whisps, locks, swirls... perfect hair, well done!
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Thank you kindly
This is exactly that : a pure and peaceful face, and yet a so tragic fate. It is a Frollo's point of view indeed : the contemplation of this untroubled beauty enchants him at first, and then leads him progressively to the most tortuous and morbid thoughts.
I'm glad you love the hair ! I love drawing hair (and well, Frollo for that does not give me much satisfaction...)
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I am so loving all the little details and symbols woven in, a perfect tribute to the book.
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Thank you very much ! 
It is so easy to associate the book with symbols that many spider webs could be done like this one. Here is the result of a spontaneous impulse, I didn't really planned anything and drew symbols as they came, but I'm sure it could be even more striking.
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You're welcome. I really am enjoying your work.
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The details in spider web...So clever! You even included a salamander! A lot people keep forgetting about this symbol.
I can tell it's one of best ideas for NDdP illustration - it's full of meanings written in the plotline what has a form and structure of a spider web - an essence of the book.
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You're incredible, you even noticed the salamander ! I had a great time in including all the symbols coming to my mind, but at the end I looked at my drawing and thought : "well, now that it is finished I don't see anything anymore..." But if you saw the salamander, I am reassured (even if few people looks at details as you do I'm sure).
The salamander came to my mind when I was thinking about alchemical symbols, and struck me like an evidence. But in fact it was more difficult than I thought to incorporate appropriate symbols. The vision I had at the beginning was a great spider web, deep like an abyss in its centre, and in which the symbols evolved from bright and luminous forms to deformed and ignominious presages of death. Well, the result is a little more conventional and uniform than what I imagined at first, but I think it remains interesting, so.
Anyway, thank you greatly for your comment !
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Oh yes, examining little details became my little obsession - I noticed that faithful book!Frollophiles always include a lot of Easter eggs in their artwork. Have you ever focused on *Agriografo 's drawings? Her "I saw a goat beside you" is like the dirtiest picture of Esmeralda I've ever seen (clever mockery of a womanhood and sainthood!). But let's talk about your drawing... I kissed my screen during recognizing all these symbols and details from the book - believe me, I was quite excited: "Spider, cathedral...oh look! A crucifix! And the gallows!", but a salamander really got me...
Thank you again for this pleasure for my frollophilia~~
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Agriografo's works are wonderful, so full of meanings indeed.
I can't help laughing imagining you discovering the symbols, I'm glad you had such a great time.
I wanted more demonic symbols, but I didn't find any (my djali is really not great), so there are just the burning crucifix and the pentacle, which is a bit limited. But I like the cathedral, the gallows and the spider. I thought it would be easier to introduce alchemical material, but I just use symbols for "gold", "mercury", "philosopher's stone" and "athanor". My raven was supposed to be the one at the gates of Notre-Dame, but it's not really convincing...
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Beautiful! I love the way the spider web melts into her. It's lovely and so apropos.
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Thank you !
Yes, the spider web was an excuse to draw all the symbols I could,
I've tried to go from light to death, like her life and fate.
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