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Once upon a time, there lived a young and beautiful princess.
Rich as she was she lived in a wonderful castle, where she had all kinds of treasures to call her own. Sadly she did not understand that the human heart cannot be bought with jewelry, so she caught a mermaid and told her to turn her tears into magic stones if she ever wanted to be free again. With those she would lure young men into the mountains which center was her castle. But since none of them truly loved her, they all turned into stone themselves, and so the mountains grew bigger and bigger so that one day she would never see the sun again. In this rich but sad world of loneliness and the desire of death her only friend would be her toad.
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Okay so much about my try to write a kitsch story. XD

The title comes not just from the poverty of loneliness but also because I thought I had screwed the whole painting as I was half through. But then I luckily got it on again and here it is finally finished after three months of work.

The original idea came from my art direction class which held the following subject to deal with in photography: Full body subject with chair shown during every day work. It can be documentary or fictional. When you plan to use this as inspirational topic, show me your results!
Remember since this is art direction the character surroundings like wallpaper and furniture are very important so don't leave them aside.

Working on this painting was such enormous work that I shot some reference photos, but this wasn't enough, so speaking of art direction, I have to do it like the Oscar's now, because there are many amazing people around here who make it possible to give inspiration for such an enormous piece of art.

I wanna thank adiastock, objekt_stock, shnarfle_stock, crumpstock, Iardacil_stock, Companda_Stock, LunaNYXstock, taho_stock, angelcurioso, FantasyStock, midnightstouchSTOCK for being such a great inspiration for all of us. For sharing their work, and for doing wonderful art direction on their figure shots aswell. Without your inspirations and references I would have never been able to finish this piece of art direction, so I have added you all to the keywords, too.
Please recognize that not everyone I mentioned here was used for reference. A lot of them are inspirations, but an inspiration is as important as everything else for the creation process of a painting, and many people forget to mention that!
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Other than that, thanks go to HuiLin85 who waited so patently for this painting. I neglected to paint her for money because of her back story. So instead she became my inspiration for this character.
Girl, I hope you will love it!

Be curious: sezazu.blogspot.com/
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Comments: 118

gigrafx [2010-01-25 19:38:48 +0000 UTC]

This is a truly amazing composition. Your attention to the scene's details, as well as of the subject's, in worth being complimented.
You have a very nice gallery also!

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digitalinkrod [2010-01-25 02:54:52 +0000 UTC]

WOW!I Love it!Great chlothing details

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LeeAnneKortus [2010-01-24 18:29:52 +0000 UTC]

Really beautiful work! I love faerie tales and I love your little story
I like all the beauty in contrast with the very large toad (and the toilet plunger is a nice contrast )
Excellent work!

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Alexiw [2010-01-24 15:41:50 +0000 UTC]

WoW !!
So beautiful !!!

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rudyao [2010-01-24 06:42:32 +0000 UTC]

oaaaa fantastic!

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JonnyMarvel [2009-11-25 13:15:14 +0000 UTC]

looks great but i have to ask... whats with the toilet plundger??

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ZombieSandwich In reply to JonnyMarvel [2009-11-25 13:41:30 +0000 UTC]

A joke! XD

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JonnyMarvel In reply to ZombieSandwich [2009-11-25 15:12:08 +0000 UTC]

a private one LOL

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LoveEgypt [2009-08-03 18:19:40 +0000 UTC]

This is not just nice...this really takes my breath away! Faved it!

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p0rkytso [2009-07-12 11:19:30 +0000 UTC]

A truly amazing piece of work, displaying your ability to paint so nicely and beautifully. The expression on the character's face no doubt spells out solitude, and along with your little intro story; it all ties nicely together.

You keep on rocking!

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CharmedPearl [2009-06-26 07:29:07 +0000 UTC]

this is such a beautiful piece
i read the story (and i love it!) and then looked beck at the picture and I feel as if everything fits with the story- it's just wonderful

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ZombieSandwich In reply to CharmedPearl [2009-06-27 18:38:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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CharmedPearl In reply to ZombieSandwich [2009-06-28 02:46:38 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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Renriel [2009-06-12 23:05:18 +0000 UTC]

wow this is stunning

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sarahhudson [2009-06-10 17:24:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's a stunning picture + really nice story/ philosophy behind it!

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Vampiressartist [2009-05-27 00:10:35 +0000 UTC]

What a sad, tragic story! But this is such a beautiful image! I am in love with all the details, the lighting, and the way you colored everything is magnificently perfect

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ZombieSandwich In reply to Vampiressartist [2009-05-28 03:13:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments!

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Vampiressartist In reply to ZombieSandwich [2009-05-29 03:00:53 +0000 UTC]

You're so welcome!

Come and visit my gallery!

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Sussi1 [2009-05-20 21:36:35 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful details!

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The-Lost-Shri [2009-05-18 08:00:41 +0000 UTC]

I love it, absolutely love it. Such beautiful details! And the plunger had be a little bit...thrown off, but reading comments made it make sense *Laughs*

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HuiLin85 [2009-04-27 13:36:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Gal.... i bought your print... hope it will reach me this time...

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Kitty-Kunoichi [2009-04-17 01:28:37 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous!

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Nakatoni [2009-04-14 19:11:15 +0000 UTC]

At first glance this blows me away but when I look at it more carefully one that comes to my mind is "not balanced". Just my personal opinion, I respect you as an amazing artist. The right side of the image has a "hole" of some sort. Reminds me of Melanie Delon's paintings but she balances her works perfectly, like this one [link] I don't know, maybe in your piece there should be something floral on the girl's left side, some kind of little thing that would close the composition.
Just my opinion. Overall it's really beautiful painting, in interesting color palette

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Serenity279 [2009-04-11 17:24:51 +0000 UTC]

your artwork is always a pleasure to view
but this one led me to your blog
and those same provacative questions i have to struggle with everyday...i love art, but everytime i do a drawing, i end up despising it, b/c i see it as empty, even though there is something behind it
forever it seems that i am lost

i'll like to hear from you; maybe i can find my path

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Angelia61 [2009-04-10 18:34:32 +0000 UTC]

Your work is featured here..[link]

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ZombieSandwich In reply to Angelia61 [2009-04-10 23:34:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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17092005 [2009-04-10 13:08:42 +0000 UTC]

very beautiful,well done

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Hermyonee [2009-04-09 22:37:19 +0000 UTC]

this is really great!!

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shrumpish [2009-04-09 02:37:48 +0000 UTC]

Aww My Gawd..

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MythArcana [2009-04-08 10:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Yay!! Shoots off fireworks! I'm so glad to see this amazing and masterful piece here again! Thanks for returning it to your gallery!

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ZombieSandwich In reply to MythArcana [2009-04-08 10:44:01 +0000 UTC]

I also submitted it as print now because I had promised this to a friend. XD

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MythArcana In reply to ZombieSandwich [2009-04-08 12:03:12 +0000 UTC]

Your work would look so good at poster size! If I could paint like that, I would never leave the house! Hehe!

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ZombieSandwich In reply to MythArcana [2009-04-10 13:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Well it's available as print products now.

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DarkRaven17 [2009-03-31 19:44:26 +0000 UTC]

Quite beautiful.

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ZombieSandwich In reply to DarkRaven17 [2009-04-01 02:16:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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sheppardarts [2009-03-30 19:52:42 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work - I especially like the consistency of your brushstrokes throughout the image.

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ZombieSandwich In reply to sheppardarts [2009-03-31 19:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I worked pretty long on that to get everything how it looks now.

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jo-he-ma [2009-03-29 13:32:52 +0000 UTC]

I love it!!!!! thank you!

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AndyFairhurst [2009-03-26 18:50:13 +0000 UTC]

Bravo Anne! Incredible detail.

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ZombieSandwich In reply to AndyFairhurst [2009-03-29 06:01:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you dear! :3

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xxHoneyxx [2009-03-26 15:08:30 +0000 UTC]

i think it's a stunning picture, and a lovely story XD it caught my attention, and held it

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IronQuill [2009-03-26 02:17:29 +0000 UTC]

hmm.. this is cool.. it's really good

the wrinkles looks fun to paint, but the feet are a little tricky at that angle/position.
...and wow, I know what you mean when you have to (or want to) Thank so many people here on DA just for a single painting..lol.

thanks for mentioning all the refs./insp. tho...some guys get too lazy to post that stuff

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ZombieSandwich In reply to IronQuill [2009-03-29 06:05:53 +0000 UTC]

"thanks for mentioning all the refs./insp. tho...some guys get too lazy to post that stuff"

Yeah they do. Most of them sadly do so because they want to appear more skillful than they are. Yet they shit on you all the time to mention everything. Ts!

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StaccatoHarmony [2009-03-25 20:48:23 +0000 UTC]

This is a seriously cool picture. I love every single detail--the face, the lighting, the details, the various textures, everything.

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WarrenLouw [2009-03-25 07:01:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that turned out pretty well! Love her dress! How long did it take you?

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ZombieSandwich In reply to WarrenLouw [2009-03-25 09:45:35 +0000 UTC]

Hello there, nice to see you! :3

It sadly took me way too long. I worked around 80 hours on this piece during a time of 3 months. o_O

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WarrenLouw In reply to ZombieSandwich [2009-03-25 14:24:21 +0000 UTC]

haha, I can sometimes spend that long and sometimes longer on my work, but its awesome you had the patience for that! Anyway keep it up!

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ZombieSandwich In reply to WarrenLouw [2009-03-25 16:27:55 +0000 UTC]

I am not always having that patiente, though. I sadly also scrap a lot of paintings. .___.

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WarrenLouw In reply to ZombieSandwich [2009-03-25 22:16:13 +0000 UTC]

Aww, dont scrap em, still keep them. I have a few that are half complete that I just lost interest in. Some I wont ever bother going back to, but others, maybe. Its always interesting going to to see old art that never got finished.

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ZombieSandwich In reply to WarrenLouw [2009-03-29 06:03:18 +0000 UTC]

Ah sry when that got over wrong!
I do not delete them, I just don't finish them. This is what I mean by scraping. XD

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