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punker--rocker — Wicked Through and Through
Published: 2011-09-21 05:05:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 20171; Favourites: 749; Downloads: 110
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"Unlimited, the damage is unlimited,To everyone I've tried to help or tried to love...
One question haunts and hurts
Too much, too much to mention:
Was I really seeking good
Or just seeking attention?
Is that all good deeds are
When looked at with an ice-cold eye?
If that's all good deeds are
Maybe that's the reason why
No good deed goes unpunished."
~"No Good Deed (original version)" from Wicked the Musical
This is Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, obviously.
Hooray for Photoshop and its amazing magic glowy effects!! I saw a performance of this song on YouTube by Eden Espinosa (she's da boss) where they had this neon purple spotlight on the smoke, and it looked legit so I ran with it. 
This one took me a little longer for several reasons. The angle (which required some foreshortening), all the glowy....ness.....that's everywhere, and her expression. Her expression was difficult because I was trying to put so many emotions into her face that for some reason she kept ending up looking sort of apathetic. So then I'd focus on one emotion, and it just wouldn't have the right feel. She isn't just angry here, or just sad or just afraid. More like...everything she's ever fought for is crashing at her feet, and everyone she's ever loved is either dead or in danger or turned against her, and she's suddenly realizing that most of it is her fault. Yeah...not an easy expression to pull off. >< So I think I probably worked on it for about eight hours total on three different days.
Comments and constructive criticism are appreciated! (Visit my gallery 
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Comments: 124
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If her world is a hell on Earth, I can live there with her just so she will never be lonely ever again.
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Wicked for life! I love love love this! It's amazing!
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Beautiful picture, and I'm just a tad bit sorry to admit that the first thing that came to mind when I looked at this was the line from the song, saying, "I don't even know what I'm reading!"
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Seriously. This is like my favourite piece of Wicked fan art.
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**gapes**
I have been actually left speechless.
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This is such a powerful scene and you depict it well. I second 's comment, lots of expression in her face.
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That face says so much. Fear, frustration, hatred, heartbreak, desperation.
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I hope that in her own universe, she mastered her magic and can revert Fyero to his human form... and live happily ever after n_n
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I'm... disturbed... that picture looks like me...
Well people do say I look like Elphaba so GREAT JOB!!
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No Good Deed is my favorite song, and this picture is awesome!
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Beautiful! Also....MAJOR ASSKICKING WILL COMMENCE!
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It captures her mood wounderfully and the glow is down right magical. sorry can't find any criticism for this piece.
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This has always been my favourite song from Wicked x
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Love this! Elphie looks a bit psycho, though given all of the crap she's been through i'd say thats justified lol
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Haha yes, for me this scene could have been called "In which Elphaba temporarily loses her mind."
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Then she makes amends with her bestie and escapes with her handsome prince.
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Yup! ...even though she'll never see Glinda again and Fiyero is nothing but a sack of straw with arms, legs, and a face...
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...okay that makes it less fine. GOSH I'd almost forgotten the feels this musical gives me.
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I know the whole time that I watch the musical I'm like "oh come you stupid Ozians just let her be happy!!!!!!!" But nope they decide to drive her to insanity and use a young child to kill her in cold blood. Just realized how twisted these Ozians are...
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Yep they have serious issues....
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I blame the Wizard and Morrible. They probably started the great drought that started Animal discrimination! Seriously though, every crappy thing, be it larged scaled or miniscule, is because of the Wizard and Morrible. The ozians should have melted them. Lol sorry for my mini rant
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Haha you're good, I feel the same way.
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Yay!!! I'm not alone!!
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"no good deed goes unpunished
no act of charity goes unresented
no good deed goes unpunished,that's my new creed"
I love so much this song,Elphaba's voice is so amazing!
In particular,I really love Kerry Ellis as Elphaba.
And I really like your art,of course <3
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Powerful and atmospheric! Love the foreshortening on the arm, her expression and - of course - the epic glowy smoke effects.
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Thank you so much! I love when people write thoughtful comments.
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Thank you so much!
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Not much I can say that hasn't already been said. Just this: I wonder what that spell's gonna do.
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Hopefully good things and not bad, otherwise she'd just get even more ticked off than she already is.
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If it's a summoning spell, with her luck, it's either Nomes, or someone like Spike or something.
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