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Description Sing your own song... but don't fall in.
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Comments: 56

like-textas [2010-09-17 00:07:38 +0000 UTC]

OH WOW. YOUR PICTURES ARE WONDERFUL AND DREAMY.
do u use the pen tool in illustrator? or..
how did you do this.
such lovely clean lines

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tuyenktran [2010-05-15 18:58:42 +0000 UTC]

What a lovely,simple composition. Looking at this piece makes my heart ache for winter and autumn.

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Auoro [2010-05-07 17:14:04 +0000 UTC]

hello, i love your work, i have a question about how you intended the composition with those 3 blocks in the ground , why they are not symmetrical with the picture? i can notice the weight of the image balancing towards right a lot ,but then again the sigh follow back the diagonal of the arms to the vertex with boxes and then to the right and up again to the smoke and right hand by this displacement i mentioned , i this intentionally or i am over-think it ? XD

i really think your are a truly artist

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nyctopterus In reply to Auoro [2010-05-07 17:17:28 +0000 UTC]

You are way overthinking! I don't compose pictures like that. But thanks for looking so closely!

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Auoro In reply to nyctopterus [2010-05-07 17:38:22 +0000 UTC]

ok-

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nyctopterus In reply to Auoro [2010-05-07 17:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Heh, don't feel bad about it!

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Auoro In reply to nyctopterus [2010-05-07 17:46:44 +0000 UTC]

why not? i feel over-thinker, under-feeler and non-artist person.
i am just an illustrator by now.

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nyctopterus In reply to Auoro [2010-05-07 18:00:42 +0000 UTC]

Well, now you're over-feeling your over-thinking!

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Auoro In reply to nyctopterus [2010-05-07 18:04:49 +0000 UTC]

lol,

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RhetoricHaystack [2010-04-23 02:01:32 +0000 UTC]

this reminds me of Guild Navigators...folding space in their minds. is she folding space, by chance?

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Oinky-Oink [2008-09-24 00:53:40 +0000 UTC]

o.o Whoa.

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huggingtrees [2008-08-29 02:31:05 +0000 UTC]

all of your work is fantastically beautiful. this one is definitely my favorite

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shabado7711 [2008-08-28 23:51:26 +0000 UTC]

I really like the comments you give your pieces. It really brings out the mood so much more.
Great stuff by the way. Impressive gallery.

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Pixedelic [2008-06-27 09:29:44 +0000 UTC]

So incredible worls... incredible atmosphere... thank you, really.

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OpheliaFairie [2008-05-26 01:44:06 +0000 UTC]

Hi this picture is featured here:[link]

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Schall [2008-05-12 13:02:38 +0000 UTC]

I find it so impressive the way you work with vectors and yet make things so natural and warm.

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GoldenBomber [2008-04-09 21:20:43 +0000 UTC]

There's a beautiful atmosphere to this image... It's so ethereal. I love it

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thedeadfish [2008-02-04 19:34:06 +0000 UTC]

your stuff is just.. wow..no words will describe them good enugh..

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balakadd [2007-12-14 14:09:46 +0000 UTC]

it is amazing
i love your style and all of your pieces
how do you do it

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s00perd00per [2007-10-04 11:51:42 +0000 UTC]

simply amazing

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arr-matey [2007-09-09 20:29:45 +0000 UTC]

wonderful!

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Sophquest [2007-09-06 06:26:07 +0000 UTC]

You can see this amazing piece of artwork
featured in the NEWS ARTICLE:
*Wednesday's Wall of Wows - 9/05/07 [link]
Way to go~ I think it's fantastic! Sophie

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DLindsey [2007-08-21 16:30:41 +0000 UTC]

One of the best pieces of "vector" art I've had the pleasure of seeing!

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m00n-dust [2007-08-19 00:12:47 +0000 UTC]

You are one of the few people here on dA I would truly call an artist! And one of the very few people it is worth to watch continuously.

Damn, your style is unique and I am deeply impressed by your (seemingly) never ending creativity. I actually wonder if you earn your money with it?

In any case, this work is brilliant.

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nyctopterus In reply to m00n-dust [2007-08-20 12:13:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Alas, my creativity frequently come to an end, hence my not posting art for months at a time.

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m00n-dust In reply to nyctopterus [2007-08-28 07:11:01 +0000 UTC]

Well, I always thought that quality is more important than quantity...

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Mortel3 [2007-08-18 23:13:54 +0000 UTC]

Isn't this vector then? Great work though!

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nyctopterus In reply to Mortel3 [2007-08-19 09:37:08 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it's all vector. It was removed from the vector section by an admin who didn't know what they were doing.

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spookiwaffles [2007-08-17 14:39:47 +0000 UTC]

oh dear lord. i'm in love... i cannot do vector art for the life of me... this is soooo gorgeus. can we get married? hahahahaha

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nyctopterus In reply to spookiwaffles [2007-08-20 12:08:15 +0000 UTC]

Sure! I never say no to a marriage proposal.

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spookiwaffles In reply to nyctopterus [2007-08-20 23:58:25 +0000 UTC]

polygamy rocks! hahaha :-D

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cinart [2007-08-16 11:18:00 +0000 UTC]

a magikal piece

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wise-son [2007-08-16 11:02:50 +0000 UTC]

very nicely haunting.
now i can die happy..

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Lemonwedge [2007-08-16 09:47:59 +0000 UTC]

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Nenonic [2007-08-16 07:59:02 +0000 UTC]

sweet, fresh and very natural ^_______^
:3

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Batcandoi [2007-08-16 06:26:07 +0000 UTC]


how can u do that !
it's amazin'
special... with AI !!!!!!!
aaaa

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barbarasobczynska [2007-08-16 05:22:31 +0000 UTC]

so dreamy and whimsical, her legs and hands look so perfectly, and the dress looks so real but at the same time so unreal

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khildress [2007-08-16 04:27:40 +0000 UTC]

that is a BRILLIANT representation of music and voice. At least I'm hoping that was the intention of the piece. Anyways... I wish was able to envision something that beautiful.

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nyctopterus In reply to khildress [2007-08-20 12:14:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. That is what it's representing, yes, but that's not what it means (which is a secret, because I am a secretive bastard).

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0meter [2007-08-16 02:48:09 +0000 UTC]

I am completely aware that this is all vector, but the black gaseous object fools me to think that it is not. I think that's what is making this picture stand out very much

I am enjoying the bright color of the person against washed out colors in the background; it gives very unique focus to the dancer/singer

the black gaseous object is still cool

great work!

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Annaksunamoon [2007-08-16 01:46:45 +0000 UTC]

awesome!! congrats!!

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pearwood [2007-08-16 00:03:05 +0000 UTC]

The beautiful eerie dancer.

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GreenSprite [2007-08-15 21:27:39 +0000 UTC]

Did you intentionally make the scenery behind her look like it's painted on some sort of cloth? She looks like she's on a stage anyway. I love it how the colors aren't as muted as usual in this one. And all the other little details, of course. Awesome. *pleased sigh*

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nyctopterus In reply to GreenSprite [2007-08-15 22:05:49 +0000 UTC]

Yeah that was intentional. It was inspired by some of Walter Sickert's stage paintings.

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LilRedAngel452 In reply to nyctopterus [2008-01-17 02:37:25 +0000 UTC]

Hi ,its me agine.I would like to know what is the girl falling into? is she falling into dessperation.Or is she just falling inside herslf?

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nyctopterus In reply to LilRedAngel452 [2008-01-23 18:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Her song. Make of that as you will.

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jsmonzani [2007-08-15 20:23:38 +0000 UTC]

Great image

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zedka [2007-08-15 19:50:21 +0000 UTC]

wonderful as usual

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robphillips [2007-08-15 19:39:00 +0000 UTC]

I love you! This is awesome. Great work!

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wonderfulrachel [2007-08-15 19:15:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow.
This is beautiful - I love the concept as much as I love the realization. The whole thing is really dark...I love the shadows of her legs behind her dress.

You've captured what it is to perform. =]

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