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Published: 2010-09-21 20:33:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 144213; Favourites: 1319; Downloads: 3853
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Photographer, retouch: Marco RibbeModel, make-up, styling:
Armour, Skirt: GirlArmour www.girlarmour.com
Wig is self-made Thanks for the title suggestion ~EvilKingGumby
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A beautiful piece for those whole love the extravagant and sublime, the model's natural beauty is complemented with the flamboyant apparel and dazzling lighting.
The execution was exceptional, her pose seems like a genuine in motion shot, and everything from the fingers to the expression merely add to its particular flavor.
Like the wondrous clouds after a devastating storm, she screams with a boisterous wake but also with a subtle beauty that demands a calm silence, or a stand ovation.
Make up is fantastic, but the jewelry from the head piece seems needlessly encumbering, but only by the slightest bit, it is my only slight objection.
Overall, it is significantly pulchritudinous, job well done.
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Thank you very much for your criticism!!
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There is no critique on this yet? Really? So the responsibility falls to ME? All right, but don't say I didn't give ample warning.
*clears throat*
I'm perpetually viewing the world through the eyes of an oil painter and everything I look at is picked apart in minute detail as my hyperactive mind attempts to distill every image into its constituent pigments. In that vein (jugular?) as my neverending life strolls down the gilded primrose pathway to insanity and/or enlightenment, I'm more and more drawn in artistic imagery to limited palettes, and that very thing is what I find so appealing about this photograph.
Yes, the model is splendid... of course. What sexually reproductive mammalian bipedal mobile heterotroph with at least a tenuous grasp upon reality not find Miss Overdose here intoxicating? (Get it? "Overdose?" "Intoxicating?" Ah, forget it.) The costume is delightful and impeccably crafted as are all of her creations. The composition is classical, traditional portraiture, which is a delightful juxtaposition with the strange sort of timeless mix of modern aesthetic quality and Louis XIV-ish ornamentation. It all makes me think I'm looking at what Marie Antoinette would look like at the present day if she had been abducted by extraterrestrials in 1784, traveled at the speed of light for about 24 hours, and was then deposited in Hollywood in 2003.
Yet what continually draws me to this photo and keeps giving me multiple eyegasms is that deliciously limited palette of colors... titanium white, mars black, raw umber, raw sienna, yellow ochre, and burnt sienna. There are no emoticons to express how much I want about four cups of coffee, those six colors, about two yards of Belgian linen canvas, and this young woman's permission to use her likeness in a enormous painting which will be sold and the proceeds used to purchase a lifetime's worth of good intentions, birds' nests, single malt Scotch and yes, more oil paint.
I think it shows a lot of maturity and sophistication to place restraints upon yourself and your self-expression, in this case the use of few colors. It shows discipline, and Overdose and her photographers present this to us again and again in their collaborative work, and that I believe is the magic and appeal in her/their work, and what catches the reclusive eye of even someone like me who is not necessarily drawn to the glamour aesthetic, yet can still appreciate the skill of a master of their craft.
Kindest regards,
~M
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there I'm really flattered...
thank you so much!!!
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Wooow... thank you so much for your criticism!
As a German it was hard for me to understand it... but dict.cc helped me
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Is it alright if I redraw this in my own style/use this as a reference for a different picture? Of course I will provide credit to you.
Thanks for reading.
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Your unique piece of artwork work has been featured in my journal "The White Series" --> [link]
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Wow! I love this pic! I saw it by chance on the favorites of another artist. But I want to return here to check more of your great artworks and do some critiques too. Awesome!
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Such a fair maiden, oh dear you've truly stolen my heart with this one!<3
White is a favored color of mine and along with that sort of eggnog brown and the fine tone of your skin, you've become a criminal that steals hearts! I adore you in this photo and can't help but love this outfit - you've completely outdid yourself!
Oh medieval times, eat your heart out!~
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It's really beautiful!
I hope it's kay for you that I used it.
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woha!! so very nice. what material are you use for that??it's so amasing
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Absolute Trancendence of Beauty
Dream's Beauty
Delicate Class Sensitive...!!!...
Dear Ophelias-Overdose
Your Fabulous artwork is featured in
...and...
you are Most welcome!!! .............................................
regards
-Life is an Original field of Experiences , expressions , emotions ...!!!...........
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Amazing!!
It would be my honor to feature your work in
Regards,
Claudia
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Is www.girlarmour.com where you got the beautiful corset?
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i could fav all of your work with no hesitation.
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Just plain WOW! I look at this and the pure beauty of it takes my breath away. As always keep up the great work!!!
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you where in "gothic lifestile"
and i really like your expression!
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Yes this female form is stunning eye candy. Yes the photography is first class with excellent lighting. What really sells me is the gorgeous haute-couture customized costume, expertly tailored and worn like a Goddess 
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I would love learn how you make all of the amazing things you do !!
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Gorgeous
You Really Know How To Put A Costume Together
And The Wallpaper Is Just Perfect As A Finishing Touch Tying Everything Together
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Wowww, I'm wordless. Everything in this picture is so amazing, you sure you come from Earth ? *o*
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wow so beautiful and innocent, reminds me of a wedding dress xx
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