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joulee — The Yellow Bird of Freedom
Published: 2005-08-08 19:12:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 7510; Favourites: 177; Downloads: 597
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The yellow bird of freedom sings without guileResting tiny wings that have flapped a thousand miles
His head is shimmering golden, his coat is fire ablaze
He was, and is, and will be--for all the book of days
A boy who saw remembered, and watched with glowing eyes
Nostalgia lingers in beauty, this bird of paradise
He looked at it so gingerly with sad and sweet a smile
--Before you fly away, may I love you for a while?
Not quite the submission I had in mind for yellow day, but since I didn't have time to create anything new, here it is. I won't explain the symbolism--take it as you see it. ^^
The boy here is Rune, an original character (and my first picture of him, yay!) He used to be an angel and now isn't... His eyes are blue-glowing, but it's hard to see because of the lighting in this picture... And his hair is a bit more blue, but again, overdose on yellow lighting made it sort of green-ish.
picture done in painter/photoshop, and poem by me too.
Happy community day, everyone, and much love to this place and the happy memories it has made for us. ^^
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Comments: 98
This is so pretty! I love the way his eyes glow! 
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This is awesome on! Really! Adn these coloring! ** Fav of course
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I just found this randomly...
But I want to say that I'm falling in love with this beautiful picture. He's SO CUTE~!! 
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Great linework and perfect colouring as usual.
But somethings disturbing me about his expression...
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awsome job on the light effects
even without that the drawing itself its well..GREAT
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wooow... those eyes and hair are just sensuall....
you're such an incredible artist... :applause:
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love it ! how do you make things all glowy looking? just use color variations or is it somthing specific?
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Just a light-colored brush at low opacity ^__^
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I just read a book where a yellow bird symbolizing freedom was repeatedly mentioned: "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. The context is a little bit different, though... -__-"
Anyway, awesome lights in your pic.
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haha, that's interesting. I haven't actually read In Cold Blood, although I have heard about it. ^__^ Thanks! ^^
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this looks awesome! I like the yellow bird and the hair
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WOW!~ your coloring is amazing. How do you do it!? Very nice!! ^-^
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well... check out my hair tutorial... ^_~
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I have to download it right? I dont think my comp has enough memory for a tutorial. -_-
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nope... it's an image file. You just have to wait a moment for the 1 MB to load... ^___^
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Oh! Its only an image file! then of course! I do like the way i do hair now, but Id like to improve meh self.
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Wow!! So beautiful!! Lovely colours and light effects!! Such a perfect pic!
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yay! Glad you like! ^_^ Thank you!
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That's so pretty, the pic and the poem both!
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omigosh i looove the poem so much! thats beautiful!! and the picture is fantastic. i love how it glows. cute little bird! and i love the boys expression. wee the bird hehe. awesome. tihs is really great! you did an excellent job!
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Whee! Glad you like the poem. They're fun ^_~ I really wanna do more pictures of him now...
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OMG THAT BIRD IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT IT!!!!!
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^____^! Yes, I wish I had a golden bird!
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yea! a poem! Wow...It looks like me O_O! this may sound stupid but what does "guile" mean? the poem isn't much if I can't understand it...
I :+love: and
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guile means craftiness or trickiness. So something that is guileless is innocent and pure ^_^
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