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Robertwarrenharrison — Danse Macabre color
Published: 2011-08-15 20:15:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 49238; Favourites: 1907; Downloads: 4
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I felt like I should try and color it. Now I can put this behind me and move on.Related content
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Thank you and yes Spanish flu.
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You should do one of Trump's Grandfather Fredrick being taken by Death in the same pandemic, only make him worried that he won't be there to guide his sons (and future grandchildren) anymore. At least one of them improved microwave technology.
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I legitimately thought this was a 100 year old piece of art. Beautiful
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I have heard that before and I love it! That is exactly what I was going for. Thanks!
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Really?
Ou com'on, your work is so deep dude!
You have a unique style to the design style nowadays. I do not understand the meaning, but I can feel that in this picture. Drawing techniques like these remind the history books just yet. Great!
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Thank you very much. It is about the massive influenza outbreak of 1918 that killed nearly 50 million people.
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Dont say, keep it open to our imagination
awesome art you got !
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This is AMAZING! I've seen this floating around the internet a few times, but never knew who made it or when. I finally ran into it again and did a reverse image search to find the artist. I was so shocked to be brought to DA. See, you catch the period so well that by mistake I believed that this was an illustration or woodcut made about 100 years ago by someone who would have been around at the time of the plague. You mentioned in another comment that you could have been an illustrator 100 years ago, and I can defiantly see the influence.
This is the kind of artwork I expect to see in a history book about the time period and disease. This is great. I love the cold, dulled, sad colors. Having looked at your uncolored version, I definitely think color is what this picture really needed for the emotional weight of the children being taken away in the night by Nanny Death really needed to really send the horror home. With the color differences, it was abundantly clear what the difference between the girl and her family truly was and why she was leaving with Death.
I also really like the imagery of death as a sort of Nanny to lead the children away. It's still horribly sad to see the cold girl and buggy leave with the reaper, but it's interesting to see the reaper as something more of a grim caretaker instead of a totally fearful monster.
Making 1918 the house number was a good call. It makes it abundantly obvious what is really being referenced here, and for anyone finding this who didn't immediately get the reference (like me) it was enough of a clue to get them (me) to go research the 1918 flu outbreak.
This is by far one of my favorite artworks ever, on DA or elsewhere else. Fantastic work.
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Thank you so much. I am so happy that you thought it was 100 years old! I really do appreciate you taking the time to write this. I do not make a living with my work so what you have done is really what I do it for. Thanks again!
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I was just brought here by an article on the Spanish flu as well, and like Helen, I was astonished to find that the artist was on DA! I love illustration of the early 1900s, and yes, you totally fooled me! Brilliant work.
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I have heard that several times...I figured this artist was dead. I guess that means I am hitting my mark. Thank you very much.
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It was great to see your work Saturday! Thanks again for the contact information. Hope to see more from you soon!
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Thanks man! Best of luck to you at Towson.
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Your pictures are exactly the style I imagined for a story I read. Something about the garden of death himself.
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I was born too late. I would have loved being a story book illustrator 100 years ago.
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You can get it at this link. Thanks.
www.etsy.com/shop/RWHarrison
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I like the "1918" house number--reference to the influenza pandemic?
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I am glad you noticed! Yes indeed.
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This looks exactly like Hugo Simberg's works and how he portrayed death in his paintings. :S
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Had not heard of him until now. thanks!
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Seriously? So maybe you are like his reincarnation or smt lol. I thought you were copycating his style, tbh.
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I was not...but I might steal from him in the future.
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Can you sell this? I love it! and I need this hang on my wall
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www.etsy.com/listing/119225242…
There is the link. I am glad you like it!
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Thank you soooooo much xx
Your works are all awesome! I can say I'm obsessed with them!!
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Thank you very much!
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I really like this one. There's so much emotion to it.
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Thanks. I have wanted to re-do it. I really wish I came up with it now so I could have drawn it better. But folks seem to like it as is so I will let it be. Thanks again!
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It looks great the way it is. 
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That is nice to hear. I don't do this for a living so having people like and discuss is equivalent to currency. Thanks!
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I love this so much! I really want a tattoo of it. Your work is super rad.
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Thanks very much! I have wanted to re-do this one because I was still very rusty when I did it but I will let it be. I am glad you like.
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Thanks very much!
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I love this piece and all of your artwork. This one in particular inspired this story: irkatstories.tumblr.com/post/9…
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Wow...that was very cool! Thanks for letting me know!
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Brilliant! I absolutely love it.
I cannot promise that I will not inspire some prose or poetry from this <3
(I will of course add link and let you know)
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Thanks very much! I am happy to inspire!
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I found this picture on Tumblr and I loved it. So while during my art class, my teacher was like "What's your favorite piece of work?" And I brought this us and he just nodded and agreed with me.
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Very cool! I am glad you like it!
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I'm working on a danse macabre too right now, and I have to say, your idea is really powerful and gives me something to wonder about.
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If you have not already...look at Holbein's Dance of Death woodcuts...great stuff!
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Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Nice touch with the '1918'..... Your work is amazing, so much reminds me of the old illustration masters.
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