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This is my tribute to Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite.She is an astoundingly well written character and deserves the recognition.
If my drawings didn't make it obvious enough, I tried to portray the struggles she goes through in the game (and DLCs) that transform who she is.
There are 3 things I decided to do for each piece of this tribute:
1. I wanted to include each outfit as it first appeared, clean and fitting, and the same outfit after battle damage. ONE of the many things I LOVE about Bioshock Infinite is the detail put into the gradual dirtying, tearing, and un-tucking of Elizabeth's clothing over time as she gets caught up in Booker's battles. I also made sure to include the bruises she acquires after she had been tortured in Comstock House; they're so subtle that I'm sure many people did not even notice she had them.
2. Her facial expression in each part is significant in that it depicts her emotions at that moment in time and how life-changing it all is. This young woman goes through some serious shit.
3. Bird or cage? I drew each of her [in game] outfits twice, but each of the two drawings of the same outfit has a different brooch. Depending on whether she is wearing the bird or cage signifies her sense of confidence, power, freedom, and emotion. In Burial at Sea she wears the bird, but her brooch falls off by the end of the game with the battle damage her clothing suffers. So, technically, her bloody Episode 1 outfit shouldn't have the brooch because that is what holds her red neck tie together. I struggled with my decision to keep it accurate to the game and leave it out or to include it, even if it doesn't really work. I decided to keep it [just floating there] because the significance of the bird and cage was important for my tribute.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone that stuck with me from the beginning of this tribute. I uploaded the first piece back in April, so you've been waiting for the finale for quite some time. Trust me, it was a struggle for me as well! But it was worth it. I loved Elizabeth before, but now I love her even more. And I used a painting style I've never used before, so I gained a new technique with the practice I used for these! HUZZAH!
Follow me on Facebook to see stuff I don't post here. www.facebook.com/Majinneda?ref… Reblog on tumblr here:majinneda.tumblr.com/post/9048… If you'd like to see each individual piece separately you can find them in my gallery.
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i just wanna say ive been using this pic as my twitter banner for quite some time! its a lovely work of art
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Wait, really? Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I'd really appreciate it if you credited me for the art somewhere on your Twitter!
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ooh, sure. done! ^^
I found it originally somewhere in the wild and reverse search wasnt getting me anywhere. im glad i found this source ^^
and ur welcome :3
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Thank you! Aw man, I didn't know people reposted it anywhere without credit, I wish they wouldn't. I'm thankful that you like it enough to have tried finding the source, and I'm glad you finally found me!
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ur very welcome dude. :3
also, heres a ink if u wanna see how it looks. ^^
twitter.com/Nigmachangeling
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Oh, thanks for sharing! Unfortunate that the last one gets cut off, but it looks nice as a banner! And thanks for crediting me!
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yeah its unfortunate, but i did try to make it work with the limitations. plus young elizabeth makes me very happy, shes just so cute. x3
and ur welcome!
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How the world killed Elizabeth Comstock... Anna DeWitt, if you will... one horror at a time.
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I noticed the different brooches, and I'm glad you used both of them. What do you think they symbolize? Since I've seen different interpretations of them.
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Thanks! My interpretation is basically the same as everyone else': the bird represents Elizabeth's freedom, in regards to her body, leaving the tower, positive emotions, her choices, open future; and the cage represents stagnation, lack of power, negative emotions, a fixed future.
The bird is who Elizabeth can be, who she deserves to be, who she wants to be. The cage is who she is forced to be, does not want to be, who she is stuck as.
The bird means she has control over her own life. The cage means she is under the control of other people or things.
It's a very clear metaphor, either she is a bird that can fly with freedom, or she is stuck in a cage with no control over herself or her future.
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Ok cool! I figured the bird = good, and cage = bad, but just wanted to make sure so I didn't misinterpret.
For ex. I saw one version of someone saying that, since the bird on the brooch is facing downwards, that its falling rather than flying, and that is also represented the Songbird, her terrible guardian. On the other hand, the cage represents safety and protection (Booker maybe?) from the things in the world that want to hurt and abuse her. Its not a popular theory, but since Infinite is so full of symbolism, I think its fitting that the bird and the cage might have dual meanings. Although I have to agree, I think the cage has a lot more negative connotations.
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I think it's open to each individual's interpretation, there is no right or wrong answer!
Oohhh, that's a super interesting theory! I can totally see that! I never really noticed that the bird is pointed downwards, and the cage definitely could be a symbol for safety. But also, what would they mean to Elizabeth? Elizabeth clearly doesn't want to be caged in. And Booker never equated safety to her, but freedom. Elizabeth is put in more dangerous situations than ever when she is with Booker. Safety isn't a good thing for her; if safety is what she wanted she would have stayed in the Tower. She wanted freedom. She was safe in the tower, but she wasn't happy. She learned how to pick locks because she was constantly trying to escape for years. She was actually caged in her entire life, but when Booker comes along she's finally able to spread her wings and fly.
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lol right Booker did free her, I forgot he kind of broke into the tower. He also keeps her safe from Comstock and Songbird (well, he tries). I think it the cage also represents the safety of home, of the familiar world -- i.e. her tower, where everything makes sense, everything works, all her stuff is there, and no one is secretly spying on her and treating her like a science experiment. Choosing to leave the cage is a big step, because it means she's willing to go into the dangerous unknown, where her fate is a variable, and everything is turned upside down when her true powers are unleashed. And she can go to Paris
I think I always choose the bird anyways, haha. The only thing that bothers me is that the choice of the brooch doesn't change anything in the game, but I don't think any choice matters, so maybe it makes sense.
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Except her tower IS where people are spying on her and doing who knows what kind of horrible things to her (the room with the chair and all the creepy tools, that Booker questions)...Wait, I'm confused. I probably misread what you were trying to explain. Haha
I've played the game so many times that I've lost count. I switch off every now and then between bird and cage but I usually choose the bird because I just want Elizabeth to be happy. 
It would be interesting to see what they could have done to make the choice between the two brooches have an impact. Maybe it was just an illusion of choice for Booker, since he didn't know the truth in that he didn't really have a choice but made up a story for his predicament as a way to cope. It does bother me that Elizabeth is stuck with the bird in Burial at Sea. It would have been cool to see it switch between episodes because she's a different Elizabeth in the second episode. I don't think she even has a brooch in the second episode (it falls off with battle damage and we don't see her because we're playing as her. I want to say that the Elizabeth in the reflection on Jack's plane isn't the one you're playing as because she doesn't have her pinky, but I'm pretty sure the developers were just using the same model for convenience, so I don't know).
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Astonishing, but where's Comstocked old Elizabeth?...
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I was thinking about drawing a few extras with Elizabeth as a baby and elderly but decided against it.
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Very well done! I'm very glad you push on with this idea. You also have an excellent attention to details. I give you my praise
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Thank you so much! Kind words are truly appreciated. 
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Hm...
Happy
Shocked
Hardened
Sad
Angry
Forgiveness
Wow, Liz has gone through a lot in both Infinite games.
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Good analyses! She sure has.
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she sure changed. I love how you changed the expressions and the backgrounds in all of them :3
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She sure has. Thank you!
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i like to think the last picture is Elizabeth in her own heaven after she dies.
great art
sorry about the comment error
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i like to think the last pictures is Elizabeth is her own heaven after she dies.
great art
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I think that second-to-last picture should be the last one, and the last one second-to-last.
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I did in order of the Episodes.
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