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Light of the Moon by ~Saimiri:iconSaimiri:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fantasy

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Wow.
This is SO OLD and I mostly forget about this picture's existence because I could only see it for a few hours xD

This was done as a gift when visiting ~Tiara-C some years ago, the first visit to her new flat actually. She had to work in the mornings so I stayed at her house and drew a (birthday...?) gift for her.

Despite how old this picture is and knowing it's neither perfect nor very good, unique or even clean - I still like it a lot. Must be the colors. Or something. Also the fact that I didn't draw him with his face to the viewer. I like back-views, I'm just not that good at it.
Screw it. Now I want to draw a similar pic with Aurelio. That would look pretty cheap, wouldn't it...? I don't know.

Also, it's full of symbolism, the pearls, the butterfly, the thorns, the fullmoon, all of them have a meaning related to the character.


Dated /// 2005 I think?
Character /// Kesai~Saraah © ~Tiara-C
Media /// Watercolor, Copic Markers (?) Silk Paint, Ink Liners, Ink Brush Pens, White Ink

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:icondivinestain:
~divinestain Jun 25, 2008, 10:20:32 PM
Looks very nice, especially because he looks emotionally like a man, even the clothes aren't changing this. First I thought: "if this shall be a girl, she has done something wrong, but I don't know what" and now I think: "omg... it shall really be a boy!, but I don't know how she obtained this, despite that pose/clothes". Really, I'm impressed.

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keep it s i m p l e oh captains
:iconmerriya:
~merriya Jun 26, 2008, 12:48:40 AM
The movement and composition of those branches silhouetted against the night sky is beeeeautiful! I love the blues of the night sky!

Kesai seems to be glowing? Is he one of those moth people like your... erm *forgot cahara's name ^^;*

Go ahead with the Aurelio pic! You could change the symbolism a bit XD maybe?

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Is there a madman with a brain to turn the stuff of nightmare sane
:iconsaimiri:
~Saimiri Jun 26, 2008, 9:45:31 AM
Thank you!

Kesai isn't actually glowing but it could very well seem like it as he's so very pale.

Your guess isn't that far off, still Kesai doesn't have anything to do with Priyati.
Kesai is a Papillhomme (a race of people with butterfly wings existent in our MII RPG, where Akhila and Nyarai are also from), whereas Priyati is a much weirder character belonging into our MTS world (ghosts, the afterlife etc.).
He's more human/elf like with only his wings and pointy ears; Priyati is more moth-like and actually something like a ghost. :D

of course, the symbolism would be very different if I were to do the same with Aurelio! XD
:iconsaimiri:
~Saimiri Jun 26, 2008, 9:49:38 AM
Thank you!
You have no clue how awesome this comment makes me feel! :bow:

I have no clue how a man can "emotionally" look like one so I don't really get it. What I DO get though is that he despite clothes, colors, etc. does not look like a girl. Although his design appears pretty feminine/androgynous/soft to me. I always want to keep as close to the original design as possible when drawing someone else's character. If that character happens to be a not very masculine male though, it gets somewhat difficult.
I want to stay close to the original design, but still want to show that the character is male. In the end I always hope the character is recognizable and doesn't simply look like a girl lacking boobage.
:icondivinestain:
~divinestain Jun 26, 2008, 1:44:38 PM
@emotionally: I couldn't describe the feeling well, that's why I used that word. What I ment was, he felt like a boy, but I really couldn't exactly find out why.

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keep it s i m p l e oh captains
:iconyakra:
~Yakra Jun 27, 2008, 5:29:27 AM
Wow... that is OLD! @___@ 2005! But its is still very nice (I mean, it doesn't look awkward with age, as most of our older works do). I love the transparent, layered effect that there in particular? Like around his hair and the wings? Because of that he's looking like some ghostly being (actually, this is reminding me a lot of your Hijo De La Luna pic for some reason! ^^; ).

An Aurelio one would be very nice! Make make! :D Nah, it wouldn't be cheap! One gets inspired off one's old works a lot and even if you might be envisioning it like this, I've noticed nothing ever comes out the same! Sooo... it'll be nice to see how you make something like this all these years later!
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*janaschi Jun 29, 2008, 6:53:41 AM
Oii schöne Stimmung mit der weißen filigranen Figur und dem Schmetterling^^ Der Mond hätte vielleicht weniger Gelb sein können, so wird der Eindruck verstärkt, dass der Mond leuchtet. (es gibt ja schließlich keine andere "farbe" die mehr leuchtet als weiß;)
Aber sonst ist das Bild rundum bezaubernd :>
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~BellaKhokhah Jun 29, 2008, 4:39:59 PM
awesome ^^

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:heart: e chiare sere d' estate
il mare i giochi e le fate
e la paura e la voglia
di essere nudi
un bacio a labbra salate
il fuoco quattro risate
e far l' amore giù al faro...
ti amo davvero ti amo lo giuro...ti amo ti amo
davvero! :heart:
:iconleftyfro:
*leftyfro Jul 4, 2008, 11:08:25 AM
You did a great job with the blue, so nicely applied. I also love the angle, makes a great composition.

Keep it up! :-)

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*watercolorists . *Word-worth-1000-pics . *Country-Club . ~the-artists-cubby
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