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Another in the series!
A little while ago my beloved
Bagheera was away for a week visiting with family. While I missed him terribly, the time alone swept away the years and took me back to where we first stood to face each other. Whether it was on a whim or not, one day as many years ago now, he sent me a note on Deviantart. In it, he introduced me to the most clandestine place in his heart and I fell in love with the story and all the souls that populated the world that he had been building. Little did I know then that our road ahead would be fraught with peril, potential dead ends and many a wrong turn. But through it all, we remained friends and maybe even because of the journey itself. But I still most fondly recall the unlikely beginning and while he was away, I took time to revisit the world that we, now together, seek to bring to life.
This painting is a very rough concept of a dream sequence idea I had while he was away in which the protagonist dreams of those things that he has lost from both within and without. My greatest failing in art being overthinking and overdetailing, I aimed to keep the painting loose leaving the sketch lines visible. The wondrous sky is borrowed from NASA. The concept doesn't get near to what I imagined but it is as good a starting point as any!
A little while ago my beloved
Bagheera was away for a week visiting with family. While I missed him terribly, the time alone swept away the years and took me back to where we first stood to face each other. Whether it was on a whim or not, one day as many years ago now, he sent me a note on Deviantart. In it, he introduced me to the most clandestine place in his heart and I fell in love with the story and all the souls that populated the world that he had been building. Little did I know then that our road ahead would be fraught with peril, potential dead ends and many a wrong turn. But through it all, we remained friends and maybe even because of the journey itself. But I still most fondly recall the unlikely beginning and while he was away, I took time to revisit the world that we, now together, seek to bring to life. This painting is a very rough concept of a dream sequence idea I had while he was away in which the protagonist dreams of those things that he has lost from both within and without. My greatest failing in art being overthinking and overdetailing, I aimed to keep the painting loose leaving the sketch lines visible. The wondrous sky is borrowed from NASA. The concept doesn't get near to what I imagined but it is as good a starting point as any!
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Thank you dear! I take these lofty words as a great compliment coming from an artist I hold in high esteem! You nailed the idea. The eye in the sky and his eyes are meant to be opposites to each other, the eyes in the sky being his soul as at last it is extinguished by darkness. Thank you again for the wonderful words!
*looks in awe of the imagery, then reads the description and tears up* I seriously love hearing the stories behind beautiful pieces like this and yours is a wonderful one! I really think by leaving this a lose piece and showing the lines and sketches *which to me, is the raw emotion of an illustration) really makes this work more as the emotional and stunning pieces it is. You are so very lucky to have found someone so special like that in your life. <3
Many have already complimented the artistic merits of the piece, so I will avoid sounding like a broken record.
What I can say is that you do not simply share in my dreams; you elevate them. This story has grown a lot, and many (if not most) of the most profoundly powerful changes originated from you.
Thank you for depicting our dreams with such lucid clarity. :>
What I can say is that you do not simply share in my dreams; you elevate them. This story has grown a lot, and many (if not most) of the most profoundly powerful changes originated from you.
Thank you for depicting our dreams with such lucid clarity. :>
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