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Made for : "Gothic Wedding"

About 100 hours work, acrylic on canvas, 100 X 50 cm

Inspired by the song "The dance" by Autumn Tears

Here are the lyrics. the part in french are translated in english between the bracket

La rose se meurt (the rose is dying)
Les pétales tombent parmi les feuilles (petals fall among leaves).
Fond-toi en moi (melt in me)
En des images de beauté sans amour (In pictures of loveless beauty)
Et des profils éclairés en silhouettes écarlates (And profiles lit like scarlet silhouette)

Dance with me bue one more time
embrace the silence as I die
Never mend my broken wing
and never hear the children sing

The blade deepens, the shame weakens us
They gather and dream of passion and vengeance
The dualityé of the motion is all that remains
We are dead and death shall be our only companion
Death shall be our only companion!

Frozen cries fill the air
Must we die without despair?
Another dream flowing with lies
Bleeding souls, bleeding lies

Ta main pour toujours mienne (your hand forever mine)
plonge-moi dans le sang et les larmes (dip me in blood and tears)
et meurs avec moi une fois encore (and die with me once again)
Les enfants ne jouent, ne rient, ne dansent, et ne chantent plus (Children aren't playing, laughing, dancing and singing anymore)

Méfiez-vous mon ange brisé (beware, my broken angel)
de ceux qui sont moins misécordieux que moi (of those who are less merciful than me).
La lame s'enfonce, la honte nous affaiblit (the blade deepens, the shame weakens us)
Ils se rassemblent et rêvent de passion et de vengeance (they gather and dream of passion and vengeance).

Dance with me but one last time
Take my hand and cry for light
Open wide thy broken wings
And hear the dying children sing


Credit, from left to right

[link] on the sofa
[link] dancing couple
vampire dancing couple
[link] player
[link] violin player
[link] screaming face in the mirror
[link] crying girl

Hope I forgot no one

My brother and his girlfriend modeled from the central couple.
other characters are from my personal stock or from my imagination

Thanks a lot for *TrollDuNord for the photo and technical help

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sombrefeline In reply to ??? [2008-06-27 20:05:30 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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cldart In reply to ??? [2008-06-25 22:24:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, how detailed!! Great work. The whole painting tells a story. For some reason I love the girl in the mirror on the top floor.

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sombrefeline In reply to cldart [2008-06-26 06:45:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot , I love all the characters, but the girl in the mirror with her two reflections is one of my fave, drawing her was so fun

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PandoraLore In reply to ??? [2008-06-24 14:02:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow, kinda creepy but i love the style! Nice work

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sombrefeline In reply to PandoraLore [2008-06-25 06:24:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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tiamat9 [2008-06-23 21:10:56 +0000 UTC]

Stunningly detailed and colored. I love the character work and dresses. Great poses and fine setting. Classy composition.

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sombrefeline In reply to tiamat9 [2008-06-24 06:36:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, glad you like it

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tiamat9 In reply to sombrefeline [2008-06-27 13:51:00 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Malezol In reply to ??? [2008-06-22 14:40:25 +0000 UTC]

Comme je l'ai déjà dit, c'est absoluement magnifique, au premier coup d'oeil, ça donne un effet de majesté, et chaque fois qu'on le regarde à nouveau, on trouve un détail qu'on avait pas encore vu... vraiment impressionnant, bravo!

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sombrefeline In reply to Malezol [2008-06-22 15:34:35 +0000 UTC]

merci, c'est tout à fait l'impression que je voulais donner: très beau et élégant quand on regarde de loin, mais plein de petits détails dérangeant (la marié qui pleure, la mort reflétée dans les miroirs...)

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Everhere In reply to ??? [2008-06-21 12:56:19 +0000 UTC]

woah, ça a du représenter un sacré boulot!o3o mais ça en vallait la peine, c'est magnifique^^

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sombrefeline In reply to Everhere [2008-06-22 15:35:25 +0000 UTC]

merci

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SpiralDanceStudio In reply to ??? [2008-06-20 19:26:25 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. You are very industrious

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sombrefeline In reply to SpiralDanceStudio [2008-06-21 06:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I've been working on this since february, so I published other drawings, because I felt if I wasn't doing something else, I would go crazy

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KazeHA [2008-06-20 12:49:59 +0000 UTC]

wow! superbe travail!!!! *o*
c'est géant et détaillé! impressionnant!!!!

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sombrefeline In reply to KazeHA [2008-06-21 06:51:59 +0000 UTC]

merci beaucoup

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zevenstorms [2008-06-20 11:31:05 +0000 UTC]

wow looks cool,
a bit dreamy styl (and a bit nightmare if id might say )
looks nice, u sure put a lot of work into it, u painted it or made it in photoshop?
any ways,
(think you can almost put this painting into the 'magic realism' art catagory)

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sombrefeline In reply to zevenstorms [2008-06-21 06:53:25 +0000 UTC]

"Magic realism" Thanks a lot! That exactly the effect I wanted to produce!
To answer your question, it's traditional art, done with acrylic paintings. about 100 hours work

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zevenstorms In reply to sombrefeline [2008-06-21 11:25:51 +0000 UTC]

wow cool, 100 hours x_x;;

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Cersiana In reply to ??? [2008-06-20 02:36:03 +0000 UTC]

Must have taken quiet a while! So much detail. Love some of the poses.

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sombrefeline In reply to Cersiana [2008-06-21 06:54:08 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it took me very long, but it worth it

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illusorya In reply to ??? [2008-06-19 18:20:51 +0000 UTC]

Argh!!!!
You're great!!!! This work has a lot of details!
Really compliments!

Sigh, I want see the full view for look all the details but is most large for download (4,4mb) for my modem 56k.... I want look to better the details... Please, send me a not with the file of 1 or 2 mb, if you want.... Please, if you want, eh eh... T_T
Thanx!!!

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sombrefeline In reply to illusorya [2008-06-21 06:56:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!:: hug:
For your liltte request, I'll try to do that this week-end, no prob

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illusorya In reply to sombrefeline [2008-06-21 10:19:00 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, dear! And thanx for the availability!

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PorcelainGoth In reply to ??? [2008-06-19 17:06:30 +0000 UTC]

ow it's great! really awesome work you did on this..

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sombrefeline In reply to PorcelainGoth [2008-06-21 06:57:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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Terpandre In reply to ??? [2008-06-19 05:43:10 +0000 UTC]

Superbe, grandiose, magnifique, hypnotisant... Les mots manquent pour définir le respect qu'inspire une telle oeuvre.

Félicitations

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sombrefeline In reply to Terpandre [2008-06-19 06:57:56 +0000 UTC]

grand merci pour le compliment, je suis ravie de voir que cette oeuvre est appréciée

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CSnyder In reply to ??? [2008-06-19 00:26:19 +0000 UTC]

oh my, at first i thought on nice and elegent but then i looked closely at all the detail and wow!!!!
this is really great work....wow

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sombrefeline In reply to CSnyder [2008-06-19 06:59:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot It's the effect I wanted to produce: something looking nice and elegant at first, but full of disturbing details: blood, death, tears...

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CSnyder In reply to sombrefeline [2008-06-19 12:45:32 +0000 UTC]

well very well done them!
you are very welcome

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hedaard [2008-06-18 21:24:20 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! And lot of work.

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sombrefeline In reply to hedaard [2008-06-19 06:59:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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MaliciaRoseNoire In reply to ??? [2008-06-18 21:01:20 +0000 UTC]

Whaou! J'adore! Vraiment très beau!

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sombrefeline In reply to MaliciaRoseNoire [2008-06-19 06:59:20 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup

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MaliciaRoseNoire In reply to sombrefeline [2008-06-20 17:39:36 +0000 UTC]

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popeyethecat [2008-06-18 20:18:03 +0000 UTC]

This looks fantastic! It's a real shame about the watermark, but I can understand you not wanting it to be stolen. There is so much going on, it's quite exciting trying to understand all the little things

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sombrefeline In reply to popeyethecat [2008-06-19 06:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for this nice comment I'm so glad people like this painting

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lindowyn-stock [2008-06-18 19:55:38 +0000 UTC]

That is a heck of a lot of work...and it looks great! There's so much detail in this...I can't imagine how frustrating that must have been. Good luck!

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sombrefeline In reply to lindowyn-stock [2008-06-19 07:01:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot . Yes, it was a lot of work, but it worthed it

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