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Published: 2009-11-25 18:38:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 19639; Favourites: 1117; Downloads: 465
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For my deal real-world friend Abigail Larson, otherwise known as *MirrorCradle
This is inspired by her story Amarantha's Red Ribbon. OK so I have not actually read this story yet (lol) but the artwork she did for it is awesome.I know Archibald is supposed to be wearing clothes, but I prefer naked skellies so.. he only gets a hat in this pic.
Hope you like it Abby! <3
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I love the warm greys and contrast of red.
Beautiful flow and details too~
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For some reason, this reminds me of the song "The Riddle" from the Scarlet Pimpernel. (There are a couple of versions, but this is my fav: [link] )
Excellent work.
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This is gorgeous, I'm sure she loved it. :]
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Oh, dear. I've been stalking MirrorCradle too much--I knew just who these two were before even looking at the title!
Anyway, I love the way you've captured the two of them. I _really_ like the sparse application of red--it really works well within the context.
Excellent job!
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very nice! reminds me of some of the characters in the last unicorn
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Oh ! i thought i recognized your style ,
I faved this two weeks ago !
Definitively my favorite
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I love the vine-covered window-thingy. I want it in my dream house.
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beautiful, the colours are amazing XD
my inbox has been assaulted with amarantha's ribbon images and all of them are beautiful
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This is absolutely beautiful! The red goes in perfect contrast with the brownish tone to the piece!
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Love it. Abby's skeleton character is so great!
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This is very pretty. I love staring at it. *fists under chin*
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Beautiful. I love the shine in her hair and the red tones in her face especially. I think your work has been branching out and improving as of late and I definitely think this is one of your best pieces. Fantastic work.
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Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod! Alex I can't thank you enough! This is so beautiful, I'm touched!
This is just incredible 
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yay I'm glad you like it!
I can send you the big file by email, or I could put it up as a print on dA if you want, I just wasn't sure if you'd want me selling your brainchild
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Haha yeah
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So amazing and wonderful 
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Oh i love *MirrorCradle 's works! Nice representation very well done
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OH, wow! This isn't your usual look, so I had to look again to see who did it. I really like this! I think you should experiment with subtle hues and b/w more if you turn out results like this!
Vurrah nahs.
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It's all *MirrorCradle .. she does nice sepia tones. I somehow managed to oversaturate the most neutral of tones, lol.
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Wow. This is a bit of a different direction for you.
But I really like it!
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Oh my, this is really very cool!
I love the brownish tone with the pop of red~
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Really cool, great shapes and colors, I especially dig the shapes in the skellyton's anatomy!
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WOW! I love the colouring. So simple yet effective. Her dress is beautiful, very victorian (which I like a lot
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Wow - I love the composition, and the characters are beautifully done (om nom nom, clothing folds
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The character design kind of reminds me of The Last Unicorn. Very nice image!
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I love your take on her work! Did she go to VCU too?
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yep, we're both in Comm arts
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It's the little things that make me smile - like the fact you know where seams go and how clothes are constructed. So many people don't. 
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I sew (badly) in my spare time, lol.
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Very lovely and nice composition
The only problem I have is that there's a tangent going on with the curls of her hair and the crescent moon. Since they are close in value, and the moon is at the angle her hair was going, it becomes confusing.
I'm not sure how to solve it because the moon is in a good place compositionally. The only thing I can suggest is to thicken the crescent a little and give it some moon-ish texture.
That being said, lovely job with the touches of red in her face.
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