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Published: 2011-03-16 03:37:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 3604; Favourites: 104; Downloads: 0
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My illustrated interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's most well known work, "The Raven". This narrative poem follows a man lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore, whilst being slowly driven to madness by the mysterious titular bird.Created with a companion piece, "The Black Cat's Revenge" Seen here:
The original has sold.
Open edition prints available via my etsy store: [link]
8x12 print, $10
4x6 print, $4
2.5x3.5 trading card, $1
Other sizes available upon request.
Here is the original sketch:
"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
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Comments: 35
The perspective in this is brilliant, and so is the colouring. Such an awesome work!
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this was one of my favorite poems not because of the hype that is around it, its just beautiful
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Thank you. It's one of my favorites too.
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yes, i love the way you put the point of view and shadow placement of where the candle is, gives it that more mystery feel just like the book :3
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Anytime, you're most welcome!
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Nicely done, I like the bright colours in contrast to the rather dark mood of the poem. The low and slightly exaggerated perspective also makes it interesting, giving it a bit of a quirky feel, and I like the lighting from the lantern casting the long shadows on the objects in the room.
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This certainly is a lovely illustration and captures the mood of the poem quite nicely. Bravo, great job.
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Fantastic illustration! You've captured Poe to a T!!
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"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain..."
Purple curtains wouldn't go too well with that wall colour, I think. Lovely piece though!
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The wall is likely white or cream. It just looks blue in the dim light. 
Thank you for taking the time to comment. Always appreciated.
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Quoth the raven: "Eat my shorts!" XD I remember this. I never knew it was a real poem
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As opposed to a fake poem?
Just kidding. I loved that episode. Thanks for commenting!
Poe wrote a lot of great stuff, and it's all in the public domain and available online totally for free. Here is wikipedia's article on The Raven (includes the full poem, analysis and list of all the parodies.) [link]
For Poe's complete works, see:
Poestories.com : [link]
and/or
Project Gutenburg: [link]
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Interesting...........the raven is purple and the wife in the portrait looks like a mean old hag...........I guess he has already gone nuts.?
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Yeah, that's more to do with my personal style more than anything. I never use black paint.
I was trying to make her look disaproving, frowning down at him. That, together with the shadows... I wanted him to look oppressed, further adding to his dispair and madness.
Thanks so much for your comments!
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