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Steffel β€” Moonchild

Published: 2007-01-20 22:11:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1343; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 15
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Description The Childlike Empress of "The Neverending Story" as she appeared in the book.

Once again the book description:
She seemed infinitely frail and delicate ... Her almond shaped eyes, the color of dark gold, were serene and untroubled... She looked like an undescribably beautiful little girl of no more than ten, but her long, smoothly combed hair, which hung over her shoulders was as white as snow.

And her earlobes are meant to be that long.

EDIT: Fullview please!
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Comments: 22

marguilovegood [2012-06-03 09:03:08 +0000 UTC]

I like how it follows the book's description

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Steffel In reply to marguilovegood [2012-06-03 17:19:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for the comment. Yes, I tried very hard to match the description. Glad you like it.

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lovesarto [2012-01-06 08:56:25 +0000 UTC]

She's beautiful Nice work!

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Steffel In reply to lovesarto [2012-01-09 22:13:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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TabithaS-Photography [2011-12-09 17:23:05 +0000 UTC]

This is very good. i love how the eyes look!

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Steffel In reply to TabithaS-Photography [2011-12-12 12:23:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. By now I'm unhappy with a lot of things in this picture but I still like the eyes, so I'm glad you like those, too.

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Jennax3 [2011-07-06 10:13:28 +0000 UTC]

das bild find ich besonders schân die haare sind genial~~ und ihr gesichtsausdruck so süß, unschuldig, und doch irgendwie entschlossen

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Steffel In reply to Jennax3 [2011-07-06 14:57:48 +0000 UTC]

Danke schΓΆn.
Dabei sehe ich jetzt so viele Fehler, die mir zuerst nicht aufgefallen sind. Aber es freut mich wirklich, dass das Bild doch noch so positiv wirkt. Nochmal danke!

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AtreyuSue [2010-01-26 22:48:59 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, Moonchild!!! Lovely!!!

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Steffel In reply to AtreyuSue [2010-01-27 13:31:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Nelrylia [2008-11-02 04:12:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is so beautiful.

I just saw the sketch, and your colored it so well. You gave her an appropriate skin tone to handle white hair. Her eyes are simply mesmerizing with that earthy tone of gold. They contrast well with the cooler colors you use elsewhere. The pink flowers are really well done. Mind if I fav this lovely work?

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Steffel In reply to Nelrylia [2008-11-03 19:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you so much.
Did you ever read the book?

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Nelrylia In reply to Steffel [2008-11-03 22:57:35 +0000 UTC]

No problem. ^^

No, I was about to ask what book she came from, actually.

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Steffel In reply to Nelrylia [2008-11-07 15:27:26 +0000 UTC]

Oops, I just realized I forgot to mention it in the description.
She's from "The Neverending Story". Most people know only the movies so I wanted to give an insight into the book's character descriptions (which are quite different).

...Yeah, I just noticed, I'm advertizing books left and right.

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Nelrylia In reply to Steffel [2008-11-09 00:46:41 +0000 UTC]

lol. That's okay. I love reading, so I'm not complaining.

I actually have never seen the movie. Yeah, I know. XD; I've seen all the funny pop-culture refs, though.

In those transitions, either the movie is pretty spot on (Pride and Prejudice mixed events and chapters well to fit time) or a lot gets lost in translation (Catch-22 X_x; egads).

I always want to go read the book before I see the movie, so I can compare them. I'm nerdy like that. 8B

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Steffel In reply to Nelrylia [2008-11-18 10:47:53 +0000 UTC]

I usually prefer books over movies and "The Neverending Story" is no exception. The first movie is watchable when you see it as a fun adventure movie for children. But the book is so much more than that. It has a very deep message and manages to convey it without being annoying. Although it's a children's book it is one of my all time favorites.

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Nelrylia In reply to Steffel [2008-11-22 07:51:13 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Movies just can't easily explore different aspects and levels that books can. It's why adaption is so hard. Like how they missed a whole lot with the Chronicles of Narnia. *dies* It's okay as a movie, but the books offer you so much more without being super-preachy like other stories in it's class.

Oh, a lot of my favorites are children's books, too. As a kid, you see the initial layer and enjoy that; but with some of them, as you grow up you read more into it. It's like peeling an onion.

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I-Bleed-So-Pretty [2007-09-02 05:32:59 +0000 UTC]

This is so beautiful. I'm at loss for words.

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Steffel In reply to I-Bleed-So-Pretty [2007-09-03 15:53:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much.
I'm really glad you like it.

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UDFlipfloptraeger [2007-01-20 22:23:20 +0000 UTC]

Ah ... You colored it The soft colors emphasize her delicate beauty^^ Also, awesome job on the flowers, they look almst photorealistic. The atmosphere is nice and very peaceful.

On to the crit - her eyes should be a bit darker, I think. They look almost yellow. And try to be a bit bolder with the shadows. Strg+z will always be there to help you when an experiment has gone wrong XD

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Steffel In reply to UDFlipfloptraeger [2007-01-22 13:43:27 +0000 UTC]

You actually like the flowers? I wasn't too sure whether or not to include them but as you told me single colour backgrounds are pretty boring so I tried to paint some magnolias. I left them rather unrefined though - partly because of laziness partly because I didn't want to distract from her.
I made the eyes a bit darker now (not much though - actually I liked them lots already) but I just couldn't bring myself to use more shadows. I just didn't seem to me as if that would fit the character. I tried to include more colors in her skin tone though, so at least this has been an experiment in that direction - but not an overly bold one, I'm afraid.
What can I say, I'm a coward and a slow learner.

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UDFlipfloptraeger In reply to Steffel [2007-01-23 17:53:47 +0000 UTC]

yeah I do. It's so much better than a white bg would be. Of course, it depends, as you can see in my newest work

As far as I can tell, it's a step in the right direction. I don't want to dictate you how to draw your pictures, but it's good to try something new, maybe you'll like it. You can always return to your original style if you don't like the experiments

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