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silenced-echo — Common Weeds of Elfland

Published: 2013-05-08 18:48:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 1037; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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Description "[...] Even their weeds sound brilliant, strong and bright as silk, blues and blues and blues.

Elfland has no weeds,
nothing common or plain."

Kij Johnson, Common weeds of Elfland  [link]
I love this poem, such beautiful contradictons <3 the story has little to do with the drawing though, those lines just inspired me for this
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After much fiddling around on Photoshop to revive the scan, I give up and just post it like that. The colours didn't quite go as planned, but I scanned the line so I might redo a digital version... someday

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0.03 Stabilo technic pencil sketch
warm grey Neopiko 0.03 Line-2
cool grey Copic multiliner 0.03
Copic Ciao, triart, Flexmarkers, Neopiko and Tria markers
Steadtler Noris colour pencils
Conté carré soft pastels (?)
white gel pen
rubbing alcohol
Photoshop 7.0
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Comments: 23

ResetStandby [2013-06-27 21:50:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow. So much work! Lovely details and the contrasting colors are great!

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silenced-echo In reply to ResetStandby [2013-06-28 18:46:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I was trying a different palette from my usual blues and greens ^^

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CaptainMisuzu [2013-06-27 21:26:39 +0000 UTC]

Lovely, the hairs are perfectly done !

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silenced-echo In reply to CaptainMisuzu [2013-06-28 18:46:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The hair took me about a month to sketch and ink XD

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deadTwinkies [2013-06-01 09:11:34 +0000 UTC]

The colors are gorgeous, and amazing detail
Keep up the good work!

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silenced-echo In reply to deadTwinkies [2013-06-02 18:25:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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blackearsbunny [2013-05-21 15:48:13 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING0--0

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silenced-echo In reply to blackearsbunny [2013-05-22 08:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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blackearsbunny In reply to silenced-echo [2013-05-26 00:58:50 +0000 UTC]

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nasharios [2013-05-13 22:22:40 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely gorgeous.

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silenced-echo In reply to nasharios [2013-05-14 21:48:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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PtitAngeSun [2013-05-12 12:12:23 +0000 UTC]

C'est bôôôô ....
Bien joué pour le scan
ça a bien rattrapé !

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silenced-echo In reply to PtitAngeSun [2013-05-12 15:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Merchi~~~ egeh photoshop powaa...

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TheGothicGamer [2013-05-11 23:16:52 +0000 UTC]

Can I just, die?
Oh my god, I love the detail of the hair and how you mixed purple into it which makes it just so perfect. Next thing I want to say are the purple flower petals that create that perfect layer in between the fairy and the green.
Now, about the green, let me explain to you that that is a piece of perfect right there. That is amazing. Just the way the darker green snakes out from under the purple petals, to the lighter drops that look like lily-pads and amazing stuff that I can't describe.
Okay it's a really good image and holy shit I would buy the original off you and frame it in my room if I could.

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silenced-echo In reply to TheGothicGamer [2013-05-12 08:22:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you sooooo much !!! I'm starting to like it again... Actually, I miscalculated and the original ended up with a much darker colour scheme than intended, so I straightened it a bit on ps The sketch and inking took about a month, on and off since I didn't have that much time to draw. And colouring took half a day because I didn't want to stop in the middle I'll show you the original next time I see you at a meet ^^ When's your bday? I'll draw you a pic ^^

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TheGothicGamer In reply to silenced-echo [2013-05-13 17:41:34 +0000 UTC]

I really like it!
My birthday is on the 22 this month but you really don't have to draw me anything! You really don't, I don't want to bother you with something like that!

Do you go to every meet? It's just I feel a little uncomfortable being with grown-ups that I don't know well and I like it when you're there because I know you to some degree and yeah I'm kind of shy...

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silenced-echo In reply to TheGothicGamer [2013-05-14 22:06:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, good thing I asked now XD I'll draw you something, it's fun after all ^^ But belatedly probably

I try to go to all the meets, but sometimes it's just not the right time Next one is smack in the middle of my exam weeks so nope, but I'll certainly go to one of the summer ones if I'm in Paris ^^ I'll note you next time I go if you want, it will be great seeing you and your super drawings again !! I did feel a bit uncomfortable and shy in the beginning too, but now after a few meets I got to know some of the staple meeters ^^ And no one is grown up in their head in that group, so it's okay ^^ Also, it helped that last time I went around and got almost everyone to draw something ^^

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HayLyn [2013-05-09 18:28:10 +0000 UTC]

Magnifique !

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silenced-echo In reply to HayLyn [2013-05-10 05:56:12 +0000 UTC]

Merchiiiii~ ^^

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Arthisa [2013-05-08 23:40:18 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful!! T____T
I love it love it love it~ the hair the grass the colors the everything

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silenced-echo In reply to Arthisa [2013-05-10 05:55:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank youuuuuu ^_^ *heart overdose* Ya, shiny stuff this time Glad you liked it ^^

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JR-T [2013-05-08 21:02:52 +0000 UTC]

Je trouve qu'il passe très bien au scan
La peau, les cheveux (je sais que ce n'est pas tout à fait les tons que tu voulais), nan les couleurs sont vraiment sublimes ^^

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silenced-echo In reply to JR-T [2013-05-10 05:54:52 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup ! J'ai essayé de faire les réglages avec les courbes de couleurs cette fois, mais il me faut encore de l'entraînement XD

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