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Published: 2005-01-31 04:20:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 5981; Favourites: 179; Downloads: 775
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Description Some people do have stage fright. So when the minstral gets a royal request from the King to perform he flees from the messenger!
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Comments: 36

Windgott [2015-07-02 19:46:16 +0000 UTC]

Superb.

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corrybug [2013-09-26 04:02:32 +0000 UTC]

I love your art!Β  You are amazing!

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ajhop [2010-03-06 01:57:37 +0000 UTC]

This is such a great picture. I featured it in my journal here .. [link]

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hogret [2009-12-04 07:22:42 +0000 UTC]

Featured ~ [link]

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Brilliantpants [2007-08-24 20:07:16 +0000 UTC]

Is this done in colored pencil?!?! I love how its goofy, but totally sweet and beautiful at the same time.

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betta-girl In reply to Brilliantpants [2007-12-01 14:02:29 +0000 UTC]

Yup! Coloured Pencil.

I no longer work with coloured pencil on large pieces anymore. Takes too long!

Sorry about the delay in answering you back. I'm starting to come out from a heavy workload.


~Pat Ann~

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primulatook [2006-05-20 04:30:26 +0000 UTC]

This is great! I love the expressions!

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LA-Woman [2006-02-15 00:44:20 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful artwork !!!
The scene is so funny... I love it !!!
Go to Fav !!!
kisses

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emalterre [2006-02-14 13:55:28 +0000 UTC]

do you imagine the story or you take it in a book
that is very good you deserve to be published

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TaNBourinE [2005-12-27 02:28:14 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous! I must watch you!

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Nuri7 [2005-09-25 14:10:18 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHAHAHA a horse winged!!! that's very original! I love you

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anrenee [2005-07-24 01:35:31 +0000 UTC]

I just love this horse, and of course your illustration style.

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Ktuloo [2005-04-19 20:49:06 +0000 UTC]

I just love how your drawings are like stepping into a farytale...
They're all so wonderful and fun to look at!!!
Great details!

Keep up the breathtaking work!

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evanjensen [2005-04-16 05:48:32 +0000 UTC]

God, I LOVE it. The wings kind of confused me at first, the way they've been rendered to be in mid-flutter, but I love the expressions on horsebug and boyminstrel.

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DevineSilence [2005-02-16 14:54:36 +0000 UTC]

wow this is so great and cute.. the horses expression is delicious

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silwena [2005-02-14 06:09:26 +0000 UTC]

One of the best work ever .. I adore it.. since I saw it first time at epilogue.. masterpiece

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NioTheDreamer [2005-02-13 20:11:03 +0000 UTC]

I like this one, makes me think "horse fly"

Anyway possible some darker darks but then again looks fine when blown up so I imagine its not a probaly with its real size

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Arianna2005 [2005-02-07 03:57:04 +0000 UTC]

At this rate, may your brain never grow up so you can continue to draw what you draw Hurrah! Great work!

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winged-elf-girl [2005-02-05 20:04:57 +0000 UTC]

horsefly! haha!! adorable hummingbird!

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ziennajames [2005-02-01 20:04:41 +0000 UTC]

oh I love that I'm having stage fright too... xD I luv to sing, but not with others listening >.< LoL
and maybe you should change the category to fantasy just suggesting

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Gottschalk [2005-02-01 01:26:01 +0000 UTC]

*snickers* You’re Great.

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Vermelho [2005-01-31 21:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Such a wonderful story for an equally wonderful illustration. I thoroughly enjoyed both. Everyone in this lovely picture has so much personality.

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iwaslikeWEEE [2005-01-31 19:53:59 +0000 UTC]

you are amazing, and the story is brilliant.
orange peels and lutes are indeed intrigueing ^_^

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four-eyed-samurai [2005-01-31 15:12:11 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!!

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SloWcOacH [2005-01-31 10:33:53 +0000 UTC]

Love the horse's expression!!!!!!

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Butterflyhornet [2005-01-31 07:10:04 +0000 UTC]

A horse-fly how funny How do you get your ideas? Do you imagine something in your head and then draw it out? Do you use refrence photos? I really like the expressions and the cahracters you draw

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betta-girl In reply to Butterflyhornet [2005-01-31 18:22:09 +0000 UTC]

My brain never grew up!
~ That's why I draw what I draw.

Thanks
~P~

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Butterflyhornet In reply to betta-girl [2005-02-01 01:29:10 +0000 UTC]

Keep it up

With me I see pictures in my head and draw them. Mostly it has to do with insects and their world.

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git2 [2005-01-31 06:37:44 +0000 UTC]

that is so cute! the transparent wings are really impressive.

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ironhenry [2005-01-31 05:54:30 +0000 UTC]

Unique in its Fantasy as are all of your works!!! Bravo! Your "story" for the piece is funny, but I do think that it takes away from the "wonder" this piece inspires. In my mind, he was running from a valentine sent by a persitant and unwanted admirer. I love it, and I love all the work that you have shared.

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ironhenry In reply to ironhenry [2005-02-01 03:47:01 +0000 UTC]

Okay, okay, mercy! You have attacked me with your fantastic story and I have loved it

I feel I must make it clear that I did not want you to change your story, but only to leave it up to each person's imagination, as it makes the best stories for each of us. However, I stand corrected, the new longer story was a fine piece of art in itself, which inspired many more images in my mind. Ahhhh. The power of imagination is never-ending!

I just want you to know that I simply adore your work. Each new piece is an enchantment!!!

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betta-girl In reply to ironhenry [2005-01-31 14:38:34 +0000 UTC]

Okay, let's see.
One day the King's daughter (who was quite ugly) while playing with her orange peel collection (she wasn't that bright either), overheard the minstral playing under a a willow tree. she was so smitten by the sweet sound that came from the Minstral's lute that she put down her peels and rushed to him yelling, "Oh the enchantment that is Cupid's arrow! Thy comes in music!" (She was melodramatic as well).
The Minstral, was actually playing a musical spell that would lure all the beautiful women in the kingdom that were desparate to marry. However since all the beautiful women felt that there were bigger and better things in other kingdoms, had left and the spell had to settle for the King's daughter.
The minstral certainly was not expecting the ugly, melodramatic Princess.
"Oh you are the golden source of thy sultry sounds!" the princess swooned with a lisp, "Oh thou is so glorious! Oh,I must go to my father and get us wed! Oh, he will be so full of joy that his daughter is finally betrothed! Oh, look for a letter from the King on St. Valentine's Day. (she can get a little annoying) Oh, and do sing a little ditty of thy love for me to my father!"
So, realizing that she left her orange peel collection exposed to theft, she turned and danced and swayed all the way back to the castle, happily mumbling about the wedding plans and how many children they were going to have.
The Minstral became very nervous. Enjoying his musical, nomadic lifestyle; marrying an ugly princess and ruling a kingdom that didn't have bigger and better things wasn't for him. Then he realised that the next day was St. Valentine's Day and the sun was setting.
"What am I going to do?" the minstral thought as he paced back and forth under the willow tree. He decided to get some sleep and in the early morning, flee the kingdom.
The next day, when dawn peeked through the kingdom, the minstral was startled awake by a huge, ball-like humming bird. In it's beak; a Valentine with the royal seal on it. "The King demands your request." the hummer hummed.
The Minstral paniked, "Err....but I have stage fright! I can't perform in front of the king!" (Actually he lied. He could perform quite well in front of the King.) And as he said this he looked around desparatley to see how he could make his quick get away. He then noticed that he slept in a pasture that belong to a horse-fly (the enchanted equine kind, not the pesky little insect kind). Realizing his luck, the Minstral grabbed his lute and ran towards the grazing animal. In a single leap, he mounted the horse which startled it enough to take off in flight.
When the Minstral thought he was safe, he exhaled and turned around to see how far away from the kingdom and the humming bird he was.
It was certain that he was far away from the kingdom. He had caught a fast horse-fly. However the humming bird was just as fast and was easily keeping the same speed.

I'll leave it there!!
~thanks for the suggestion.
~Pat Ann~

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ironhenry In reply to betta-girl [2005-02-01 04:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Okay, okay, mercy! You have attacked me with your fantastic story and I have loved it

I feel I must make it clear that I did not want you to change your story, but only to leave it up to each person's imagination, as it makes the best stories for each of us. However, I stand corrected, the new longer story was a fine piece of art in itself, which inspired many more images in my mind. Ahhhh. The power of imagination is never-ending!

I just want you to know that I simply adore your work. Each new piece is an enchantment!!!

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clarence-mcgraw [2005-01-31 04:24:31 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!!

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AntMuzak [2005-01-31 04:23:44 +0000 UTC]

oh my gosh it's spectacular!! I love the softness of the colours and the expression on the minstral's face!! totally faving it to the snap tangent

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missashkta [2005-01-31 04:22:01 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful artwork! The characters are so cute! And the textural look of it - I love that.

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