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Published: 2003-10-15 11:37:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1123; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 217
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Despair, Desire's sister and twin, is queen of her own bleak bourne. It is said that scattered throughDespair's domain are a multitude of tiny windows, hanging in the void. Each window looks out on a
different scene, being, in our world, a mirror. Sometimes you will look into a mirror and feel the
eyes of Despair upon you, feel her hook catch and snag upon your heart.
Her skin is cold, and clammy; her eyes are the colour of sky, on the grey, wet days that leach the world of colour and meaning; her voice is little more than a whisper, and while she has no odour, her shadow smells musky and pungent, like the skin of a snake.
Despair says little, and is patient.
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Inspired by Neil Gaiman.
Third in my long planned Endless series.
First :: Delirium [link]
Second :: Death [link]
Still to come:
:: Dream
:: Destiny
:: Desire
:: Destruction
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Stock photos from the wonderful Sckamb [link] Drive [link] and Aquilier [link]
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Comments: 36
I Love your renditions of the Endless, I can't wait to see more! I too am a Neil Gaiman fan.
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This has to be one of my favourite pieces I've seen lately. ^_^
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Thanks!
Cheers, Cliff
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Hmm. Pity. The series seemed promising with Delirium, which was a very nice start.. but neither Death nor Despair seem anything like their Gaimanish counterparts at all. You will, of course, remember that Despair is very fat and always has her hair tightly together in a knot over her head. Just trying to find stocks for that would probably be too difficult. You'll need to find proper models to make this series come true. I can see why you (apparently?) gave up. At least I could only find these three in your gallery.
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Unfortunately you are right. To try and pay Gaiman a tribute is just very hard and currently I don't have the time and the resources to devote to it. I'm semi-satisfied with the three I submitted so far, Death and Despair don't really represent the original characters as much, but baisically it's my take on their main traits and the feelings they convey... I hope to finish this series at some point when I hope to have chanve to actually shoot the proper "models" that are required... Thanks for a honest and thoughtful comment!!
Cheers, Cliff.
ps: and sorry for taking forever to answer, but I'm currently working my ass off on the wrong side of the world so I didn't have too much time for devart
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interesting ... love that you have mixed colors and b/w .. it turned out great .. not that fond of the frames on the photos tho', and think it would have been better without the mouse .. but all together .. very nice
keep it up
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This is a really cool pic! Like the colours...
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Thank you so much... Might take a while for the rest cause I'm pretty busy at the moment, but I'll hurry
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wicked
that's all that i can say.
wicked.
fukkin wicked.
or super-fukkin wicked? 
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Hey, I hope she isn't cruel to the poor mouse/rat!
Very interesting piece of work again...a piece that makes me think and want to learn more about its constituents. The fogs of despair...the remind me of X-ray pics of bones...mere chance or intention?
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Hmm... well... In that case ask Andy about what she does with the rat...
X-ray pics of bones? Very cool, but I must admitt its more chance and not intention...
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Despair...I always wondered how Despair and Desire could be twins...but then again...not.
All those windows...I would like to look through them...and see that I'm not the only one who is caught in the net of Despair...
The rat...I really enjoy how you add those little but very crucial details to your pieces. All those rats...and the fog...on the earth...covering her feet...and the rats...
Despair is beautiful in this piece...but the look on her face...is just right...that'S Despair...using her hook to capture the next victim...
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Thanks, I think all those little details really make the characters unique.. The only thing I left out was the hooked ring, but that would have cluttered the image to much... Don't worry you're definately not the only one caught in her net, but I think we're on our way out of it 
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It's really cool that there's someone who really adds the details to the pieces in such an artistic way...they are there but not too much in your face...just there so that someone who knows about them can notice.
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instant fav...
just add 500 ml hot water, stir it up and enjoy the drink - great work, sir
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well done - a "little" higher res so one could use it as full-size wallpaper would've been nice but i guess the resolutions of the various pics didn't allow it?
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Hmm...
Actually I never thought of that.. Maybe I'll do a wallpaper version... I think the pics were all ok size wise to do that... Generally I don't like to have too big pics, they get ripped to often
Thanks for the comment!
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pfff... would you know if one of your pics gets ripped? personally, i think i wouldn't so i don't care ... and i think neither should you because if everybody thought like that who would create lovely high resolution pics then?
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True, but the other reason they are this size is that it fits nicely onto my homepage if I ever get round to updating that... and since many people still work on smaller resultions than us on our 20" Monitors I tend to keep the pictures smaller so that they can also enjoy them... In reality this translates into I'm to lazy to make two sizes
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uhm... i think everyone who knows just a little about pcs knows a way to reduce an image's resolution - and if someone can't do it... well i don't really think that's my problem.
but of course i see your point - that's why i've made all my wallpapers in 1280x960 (before i made the step to 1600x1200) and reduced the resolution to 1024x768 and 800x600 and put those 3 versions on my site...
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great collection of images. i love the smooke and the mouse! but the main girl doesn't look like she's in despair...
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Best stock I found to suit the pic... If you wanna provide a more "despaired" pic I'll manip it
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Despair looks kind of arrogant. And what is she doing to little mousey?
You've achieved a good effect with the B/W vs. (moderate) colour contrast. What are the white streaks in the background? They look like fire or smoke somehow. I like the idea with the mirrors (as described in the text and as realized in your picture). I'll hang white cloths all over my mirrors now.
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Hmm... Maybe not the best model for despair, but it's the best I found in the stock section and since I currently have no-one to photograph it'll have to do... All in all I think it worked out quite allright
Reread your Sandman
Yup, mirrors are evil...
Thanks!
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Excellent composition 
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...and thank you again sir!
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love the photos... blended together beautifully. something about the smoke methinks......
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...und nochmal ein grosses DANKE!
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interesting. the left side of the image have very good resolution.
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