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Published: 2011-03-03 02:31:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 3203; Favourites: 145; Downloads: 28
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Description Magicians are born with hearts as black as their eyes.


- water colour, ink and gold pen
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Comments: 21

jk3y [2014-03-06 16:38:53 +0000 UTC]

I really love this.
featured on my tumblr - thejoaking.tumblr.com/
hope you don't mind!

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highjumpbunnii [2011-07-28 15:55:42 +0000 UTC]

oh goodness, those slight colours,
thsoe subtle detailsss *_*
I adore.
this. Both in it's simplicity and touch
of colour C:

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swallowingsmiles In reply to highjumpbunnii [2011-07-29 04:45:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm so happy that you think it worked out

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HolaCoyote [2011-07-18 17:07:50 +0000 UTC]

que acuarelas tan intensas!

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swallowingsmiles In reply to HolaCoyote [2011-07-20 03:32:45 +0000 UTC]

hah I'm feeling all accomplished and uneducated at the same time (i had to google translate your comment).
I won't translate my reply because i feel that would be in poor taste, but maybe you can translate mine?
I'm so happy you liked how the colours came out, i really wanted this one to focus on them.

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FrostedMayhem [2011-04-12 17:23:49 +0000 UTC]

this is so very pretty ♥

I admire the way you've painted the shadows of the face blue
it's such a strange colour to have there,
but yet it doesn't look out of place at all.

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swallowingsmiles In reply to FrostedMayhem [2011-04-12 21:58:32 +0000 UTC]

thankyouu-

i have a bit of a thing for blue shadows, i think they balance out the red which is so often present in everything that i do, i'm glad they don't look strange (listen to me go, talking like a pro )

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FrostedMayhem In reply to swallowingsmiles [2011-04-22 14:48:04 +0000 UTC]

that all sounded rather convincing
and it does work, so you must be doing something right
must be all that pro talk going to your head.

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Rin-Uzuki [2011-03-17 12:37:57 +0000 UTC]

Man, this series of paintings is pretty awesome! I love the taglines, too. <3

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swallowingsmiles In reply to Rin-Uzuki [2011-03-18 02:21:16 +0000 UTC]

thankyou, you are too kind as always- i spend the enitre time painting each one thinking about what is going to be written down the bottom, Magicians are tricksy blighters...

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Rin-Uzuki In reply to swallowingsmiles [2011-06-08 10:13:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow, do you really? No wonder your words have such power!

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j-acques [2011-03-16 16:13:19 +0000 UTC]

Very nice and cool

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swallowingsmiles In reply to j-acques [2011-03-16 23:08:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks lovely

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RedStringYarn [2011-03-06 06:50:20 +0000 UTC]

ooh trying a new style, are we?
I love your use of color on the shadows, it adds detail to an otherwise simple picture.
I also love the trendy tooth-gap<3

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swallowingsmiles In reply to RedStringYarn [2011-03-06 10:36:44 +0000 UTC]

it's kind fo reassuring to do pseudo realism every once in a while- just to prove that i still can
i fear that you are one to me and my trendy tooth gaps-

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pommepourritte [2011-03-03 22:46:13 +0000 UTC]

She is so beautiful
The gold pen is a neat idea.
and, I love that you used blue in her skin colour.
so wonderful.

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swallowingsmiles In reply to pommepourritte [2011-03-03 22:53:40 +0000 UTC]

i actually stole the gold pen thing from someone else but i can't remember who now- i just remember thinking 'that's be pretty neat' and then my dad had one just lying around when i visited him... so i took it
voila!

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pommepourritte In reply to swallowingsmiles [2011-03-04 06:25:53 +0000 UTC]

Good thinking because this looks brilliant.
When I was a little girl, I had the most stunning collection of gel pens... i wonder what happened to them

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swallowingsmiles In reply to pommepourritte [2011-03-04 07:54:13 +0000 UTC]

other than my gold one i only hve sickening pastel orange and pink
and who wants those-
it bums me out when i can't find things that i used to own, i always woner wre hey could have gone.
houses have the irritinng tendeny to eat things i suppose...

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alirodina [2011-03-03 03:51:52 +0000 UTC]

You've got me at buckteeth (the love I have for uneven teeth knows no bounds) and moles on pale skin. And it so happens that I'll probably fave everything you'll upload. XD

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swallowingsmiles In reply to alirodina [2011-03-03 04:07:52 +0000 UTC]

i know- i have to admit that they're a guilty pleasure of mine- i can't resist drawing them oh ho ho
and most of the moles were simply covering where i spilt ink but shhh

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