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suburbanbeatnik — Bea and Alan at the ball
Published: 2008-09-17 09:47:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 31219; Favourites: 580; Downloads: 246
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Here's a piece of art I did for the amazing webcomic, "The Dreamer," written and illustrated by . The concept is simple; Bea ends up in a ballroom, attired in the latest 1770s fashions, and there's Alan, actually dressed up for once, either asking her to dance or inviting her outside. There's Betsy Loring in the immediate background, with an even higher hairstyle than Bea's, and literally green with jealousy.I painted this with acrylics, on watercolor paper sealed with matte medium- no colored pencils or alcohol markers or any of that.
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Love the picture ! The dresses and hair styles, full of details !
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I love this picture! She is so pretty and her pink dress is so perfectly roccoco.
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I know, the 1770s formal look was pretty cool.
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you are so freaking amazing at cross hatching.
just an observation.
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woohoo show her bea lol i just love her and i think betsy needs to be put into her place xD and bea is just perfect for that not to look down on your characters but i just love bea so much she is everything what i ever wanted to be and she has a handsome man all to herself on top of that 8D
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Yeah, she's pretty cool.
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i think so 2 but sadly i have this weirdish tic i always make a oc from myself in that style of a comic to be the opposite of the 3 important person (nathan this time xD) kind of made a fanfic the onlyy thing nice he said about her would be "that woman is the most insane and and unshamefull being i ever met but also very skillfull with weapons xD"
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oh yeah i know im evil xD but it sooo much fun to pick on nathan xD
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Beautiful! I love Beatrice's gown and all the details of this piece!
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You're welcome.
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Wow, this is acrylics? I must admit, my first impression was that is must be color pencils. This is so detailed, I especially love their dresses
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Yup, it's acrylics (but painted on watercolor paper).
Thanks!
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Love the colors, the costumes are just amazing, and your traditional style is...fantastic! 
And I LOVE how you did Alan ;D Fine looking young man
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Thanks! He's not so dusty, is he?
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This is awesome! So beautiful.. I love how narrative it is, all the colours, the faces, the expressions!
Amazing
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Love this painting! Did you went to some artist school, so you can paint pictures like this? I yust love them!
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Thanks! Yes, I went to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
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Aaah, I love this! But I'm having personal issues...lol...Bea isn't Bea without her huge mass of brunette hair (which makes her oh-so-me)!! I understand, though. The wig was certainly high fashion.
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I know what you mean! She's not wearing a wig, though... the actual fashion of the time was to put up your own hair, supplemented with hairpieces, lard and lots of powder.
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I love this picture! The details and colors are great. I like your style.
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Thank you! I'm so glad you like.
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This is very beautiful. I love how you drew their elaborate outfits. The background is very wonderful as well. Lucky Bea...she's got a very handsome fellow that has caught her attention. (He would be my type of man back then, especially because he's blond. 
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Thank you! Yeah, the combination of the heavily boned stays and the wide paniers would have made getting about difficult, that's for sure. But who's to complain, when a dashing gentleman is admiring you?
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It also seems like it would be a bit difficult to try to sit down in one of those dresses as well. But you're right...I suppose the all the discomfort of looking good in one of these outfits is worth it when, as you put it, a "dashing gentleman is admiring you". I most definitely would not have minded at all, if I had lived back in that era.
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