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Published: 2003-03-07 07:28:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 2639; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 472
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Description ok.. this is the third collaboration I've done with my friend ~submit .. the first one, Minty , was a great success.. the second one, was a horrible failure.. and here's the third. I don't think it's better than our first collab, but hopefully you'll like it!

The picture and the poem went through many many revisions. I made the picture quickly, and with not much thought put into it. Submit gave me a lot of help and suggestions to makign the pic even better. A big thanks to him, since it is much better than my original version.

Submit made the poem and the background. The bg is a photo manip with columns, arches, etc.
I made the drawing, and added the grunge and text.

We both put a lot of effort into this piece, so please be helpful and comment!

Submit would like to add: "You'd have to be pretty fucking stupid to understand what I'm talking about "




Poem:

Slipping down the side, in the depths and of my hide,
There are truths, there are lies, and the message is implied.
Saying no, not for show, it's amusing in this game,
I'm alive, I'm awake, I don't think you feel the same.

What relief full of lull as we slide in spite our fall,
As a bird without weight, tries to settle down to crawl.
What's the use to enchant you, I’ve myself to crown.
Will abuse make you safe? Belittled, underground.

This is you, as you were; I was in your hope.
As a paragraph explaining (If I die.) how to cope.
This you must, you must ask, you must teach yourself.
The process superseding what we've always felt.

I give up, I was wrong. You will never know.
Not if I should leave, and neither if I won't.
It's not beyond your mind, but it isn't coming out.
I'm perplexed with the riddle which I cannot sleep without.

It seems, all the things, just jump out. if you grow.
As you fall even further in the undertow.
Who's to know, who's to say who is dying next.
I sincerely tried, you embrace your mess.

Don't you speak, don't you cry, I won't comfort you.
(I'm forced to hold my tears as she doesn't move.)
As infantile as this, brings epiphany,
(How can I make her leave so deliberately?)

But I must; now you lost. This; the final oust.
DIVE... - not to learn - but to leave my house.
Fall alone, fall away, my caress has left.
Down the life, through the mind, (reach the ground.) and rest.
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Comments: 50

Lizzielee13 [2006-01-07 04:28:12 +0000 UTC]

i love this.

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visual [2004-03-09 16:42:28 +0000 UTC]

I am really liking this piece. Great work here.

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x3m-iranda [2004-01-04 09:08:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow I love it and that poem is wonderful wow I love it!! Great work you two!!!

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gwack [2003-11-26 23:43:24 +0000 UTC]

uh. I really love the texture on this one.. and the way you've used the white. Really great job!

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KFCalhoun [2003-10-15 05:28:05 +0000 UTC]

You do amazing work. It is more than beautiful. It is more than ugly. It is dark, and strange, and lovely, and frightening. Unnatractive, but gorgeous. Definately not ~Pretty~, but undeniably captivating. Just beautiful. You really are hugely talented.

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digitalia413 [2003-04-24 00:09:00 +0000 UTC]

u guys make a great team; the poem and picture work well together. i like the fact that its still dark.. but instead of white n black its blue n black. nice

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manipulator [2003-04-06 18:24:40 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING !!!

I REALLY LIKE IT

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wicked-eve [2003-03-24 20:31:51 +0000 UTC]

I dont know how i ever missed it...
but apparently i did
This is fantastic sweetie...im totally digging the hues of blue and that metallic sheen...and the words are phenomenal...
nice piece hon!!

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luci-fer [2003-03-22 05:46:58 +0000 UTC]

No vote?!
Fux0r!


-Luci

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luci-fer [2003-03-22 05:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Minty was one of the first images I saw on Dev Art, and it's still one of my favourate pieces. Another great collab from you guys, your skills and styles complement eachother so well.


-Luci

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spamgrowth [2003-03-22 02:19:11 +0000 UTC]

i'm stupid too.
though perphaps not completely,
since i've never found myself in the
skin of the poet.

beautiful piece.
definately not a failure.

i love the "etchiness".
raw and excellent.

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cyber-crash [2003-03-16 13:54:50 +0000 UTC]

It's a small masterpiece, absolutely +fav.

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mar-ius [2003-03-14 22:04:14 +0000 UTC]

w00t w00t!! anothere great one asunder.. i liek the color of the strokes very tight +Fav

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matic [2003-03-14 19:22:09 +0000 UTC]

Oooooh +fav and a deep sigh of contentment. This is classy, rich and a real accomplishment. Thumbs up, very muchly so.

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euphoriem [2003-03-14 18:58:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm just in awe of how this looks, how did you start the process of this picture? I see how it's mostly dark lines and little light, how did you put the light in just the right places? I'm trying to learn other styles besides just drawing on a white background but it's hard. Did you start on a blue background and just add lots of dark lines? Whatever you did, this is probably your best submission, I love it with all my heart lol

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screaminpain [2003-03-13 11:57:26 +0000 UTC]

as usual. amazing ;0> luvin ur work. keep it coming

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eclipz04 [2003-03-13 02:29:05 +0000 UTC]

I guess Im pretty fucking stupid... anyways. I loved the poem, along with the drawing. yep

-brita-

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deverall [2003-03-11 23:09:48 +0000 UTC]

thats awesome. i really like the style goin on here. in both the poem and the pic. even though im not a big poem fanatic. only one question...is that pit hair? great detail and shit all around

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YaginoBaka [2003-03-10 16:28:54 +0000 UTC]

boosh! the blue colour tone isvery nice, and the poem really ads to it.

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avalondesign [2003-03-10 07:27:04 +0000 UTC]

That is so beautiful. Really amazing.

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rio [2003-03-08 08:44:34 +0000 UTC]

omg she returns!! wonderin where youve been definitely worth the wait tho, just beautiful!!! would look really nice in reds too methinks!

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substandard [2003-03-08 05:48:38 +0000 UTC]

my god, i wish i was a poet.

that is one great poem there...

the drawing is very cool too, though it is not exactly what i am into...
i do like the colors a bunch

but man, what a great poem!

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evee [2003-03-08 05:12:25 +0000 UTC]

This pic is an awesome piece of work, and i like the blue...excellent job!

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bl0odytears [2003-03-08 03:47:24 +0000 UTC]

very nice work!!!

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blackenedhonestyart [2003-03-08 02:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Stunning. *jaw drops after having read the poem* I think I like the poem better than the drawing...maybe be you should submit your poetry? although the colors add alot to the mood. good job asunder.

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dark-euridice [2003-03-08 02:03:23 +0000 UTC]

such a beautiful color.....

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sufferingchild [2003-03-08 00:01:46 +0000 UTC]

whoa cristina..i love it! definetly a fav! your art work is great and his poem is awsome....i wana do a colaboration thingy....even though it would suck donkey balls cause i cant write for shit...but this is awsome definetly something i will remeber!
-maS

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wearyfeelingail [2003-03-07 23:27:50 +0000 UTC]

hm...its very nice! when u 2 do things like this together it makes me smile....great job cristina! marius...great work on the poem

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contra [2003-03-07 23:03:29 +0000 UTC]

the drawing is powerful with the lips and the big tear... great work!

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thedreamlord [2003-03-07 22:47:11 +0000 UTC]

you keep amazing me with your work..tell me, was the girl done in traditional medium or on computer? i can never tell with your work any more! i'm guessing it took you a long time, but it looks amazing so that's always worth the time and effort...you continually inspire me to strive harder with my work!

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lunareklipze [2003-03-07 22:28:37 +0000 UTC]

woah, kinda feaky, but its still pretty good

^.^\\//

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n05feratu [2003-03-07 22:23:59 +0000 UTC]



Wonderful...

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n05feratu [2003-03-07 22:21:06 +0000 UTC]

wow... the colors kick ass... and the poem too...

for both.. are great artist...

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beyondlight [2003-03-07 21:19:04 +0000 UTC]

oooooh... don't know where to begin. amazing collab, that's for sure. not much of a blue fan but this is somehow... catchy. amazing drawing - hair, eye, lip... hair mostly. those curly ends. fineness. I like the subtle use of grunge sctratches. everything fits so perfectly.
(the only thing that bugs me - ok, there's always something bugging me, sorry - is her ear. a little bit too large?! and my look always wanders towards it - it's a little bit distracting)

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jibrille [2003-03-07 21:02:26 +0000 UTC]

Looks great, how'd you pull off the colour..? It is so different.

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pinopixie [2003-03-07 20:50:19 +0000 UTC]

oh the poem~ i can see why you wanted to colab with this guy/girl? it had a nice rhythm to it. i will scrawl this into my diary so i can read it whenever i feel uninspired ^^

the columns, i didnt really notice-- maybe becasue im staring at it too close the grunge i suppose, you mean the old film/photo look you gave to it? love all things old and mouldy. well the blueshish silverly colour makes the picture not so old, kind of millineumish. it looks realistic - altho noone really has blue skin, and saggy eyes but so beautiful cheekbones.. lah- im kind of expecting an eye to blink, and tears will run amre and sad music to start playing. heh.
maybe ive said too much abou things obvious to you already. O_-

beautiful work..
*until nxt time..

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pdtnc [2003-03-07 19:06:49 +0000 UTC]

really cool

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maliciousevl [2003-03-07 16:08:58 +0000 UTC]

great job its perfect

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tinkerbelle [2003-03-07 15:57:02 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome... all your art is amazing, and Submit's poem flows so nicely.

Very very nice

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dholms [2003-03-07 15:00:18 +0000 UTC]

beautiful and extraordinary, top to bottom.
i just love collabs. love doing them as well.
wish i had more time for them.
excellant work asunder.

i just can't stop looking at the hair. i want to
be strangled in it!

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-bree- [2003-03-07 14:10:50 +0000 UTC]

wow....this is really great O__O the coloring is awesome! i like the shiny bluey look ^^

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december [2003-03-07 13:25:34 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely amazing, I can't beleive this doesn't have more comments. The colour is brilliant and realy does the picture justice.The effects abd brushes are also realy nice, the hair and the grunge effects. It just goes on. I think what I am trying to say is - Fav!

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gothic [2003-03-07 13:19:09 +0000 UTC]

Great work
I love the expression and feeling in this one
Nice colors, very dark and cold
CHEERS!!!

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arpad [2003-03-07 12:15:47 +0000 UTC]

So great. So sensitive. So favorite

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evil-master [2003-03-07 11:01:25 +0000 UTC]

I love the color, you allways chose so great colors!
And the whole work... it looks like digital copperplate.
Goes to my favourites!

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mikkeh [2003-03-07 10:18:54 +0000 UTC]

awsome!

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anatheme [2003-03-07 09:29:56 +0000 UTC]

I love the words and the blue tone looks cool. It's really Impressive.

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kle [2003-03-07 08:46:23 +0000 UTC]

great work...

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asunder [2003-03-07 08:28:02 +0000 UTC]

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rocketfemme [2003-03-07 07:48:01 +0000 UTC]

that's amazing..like the rest of your drawings and stuff.

it's really good.

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