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PrincessMelissa83 โ The Princess and Curdie
Published: 2009-12-07 03:40:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 8520; Favourites: 133; Downloads: 181
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One of my all time favorite couples who never get any love. This is Princess Irene and Curdie from the book The Princess and the Goblin and the sequel The Princess and Curdie by George McDonald.There is also an animated movie based on the first book. If you have never seen the movie, you really should. The one and only song will stick in your head and drive you nuts, but other than that, it's really well done, I think.
Okay, so of course the couple is an adult version of Irene and Curdie. The portrait is the Queen Irene - Irene's magical great-grandmother who lives in the castle tower and watches over Irene. The bust on the table is over Prince Froglip, one of the main villains from the first book.
Queen Irene is supposed to be magically appearing in the mirror as a translucent being...I realized later that it could actually just be a painted portrait. Either way works.
Some textures and stock used:
[link] (Irene's dress)
[link] (wall)
[link] (mirror/frame)
[link] (candles); [link] (bird cage)
(bed)
Characters (c) George McDonald (estate)
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Well done; the mirror definitely looks like a mirror. I absolutely love the movie but have never had access to the books. The one book of McDonald's that I have read 'At the Back of the North Wind' is one of my favorites however.
My one critique would be that Irine and Curdie look like they were drawn separately and then pasted onto the background rather than being a continuous whole. Getting rid of the lifelike stonework in favor of something more animating looking would held with that.
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i own the book and i'd love to read the book but i dont think the book is sold in my country.
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i own the movie and iยดd love to read the book but i dobt that the book is in my country's library.
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I loved that movie, and thank you for (inadvertantly) reminding me that I need to read the books.
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wow todd got a hair cut and took off his sweat band.
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I loved these books and the movie. Finding the movie as a kid is what actually made me read the books, which I finished in two days. xD So yay for finding more fanart!
You did a really nice job on their expressions and everything.
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Dude! I didn't know there were books?!!! I fricking LOVE the movie!!! Where can I find them?! I have to read the second one!!!!!!!!!! AND I LOVE you picture!!
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Wow, Grandmother looks amazing! Awesome! I cried when I finished The Princess and Curdie! It was a happy ending until... well "no children and a few generations later the country disappeared." Way to go George 
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Where can I read the books?
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You can find them on Project Gutenberg I think. Or just search for them on Google! I think Google has all of both of them.
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Thanks! I already bought them! I'm working on the second one. I love them, but they are kind of hard to understand sometimes.
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Wanna help with character design for the princess and curdie?
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Maybe you can make a movie about it and I'll give Lina the daemon messanger her ability to speak and reason and put Helfer in the movie too.
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