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Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Illustration > Storybook

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A simple scribble inspired by gothic tales…. I’ve got the original idea from the “Fall of House of Ushers” by E.A Poe. However, in that tale the manor was not on the sea, but on a simple pond!
The scanner messed up the tones of the empty sheet… thus, the “old looking” of the paper was not meant.
China ink, pencil... and just a bit of red and yellow.

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:iconjuesanosano:
~juesanosano Jul 13, 2009, 4:12:55 AM
i love you're style :)
it makes my imagination flow :D
i adore the curving lines in the sky, and that little boat really adds a nice finish to the illustration.

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วะฮ่าฮ่าฮ่า!!
:iconserj-o:
~SerJ-o Jul 13, 2009, 4:13:55 AM
Bellissimo come sempre, e le nuvole sono un capolavoro =)
:icongiuliapellegrini:
~GiuliaPellegrini Jul 13, 2009, 4:23:59 AM
Sei un miniaturista d'altri tempi:)
che pazienza!

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Nella botte piccola ci sta il vino buono, nel mio caso ottimo aceto balsamico.
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~Siracundo Jul 13, 2009, 4:52:41 AM
It's wonderful.
And even if the colours are messed up it look splendid also on the pc screen! :D

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L'assurdo ci sfida per spingerci ad essere fieri di noi.
(F. Guccini)
:iconvivianedanglars:
~VivianeDanglars Jul 13, 2009, 6:24:03 AM
Mi ricorda l'Isola dei morti di Böcklin... per l'atmosfera, immagino. Ha qualcosa del monastero... è bellissimo!

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I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.

- Wuthering Heights, IX
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~duece Jul 13, 2009, 6:25:38 AM
Simply loving this new style of yours. Seems we both started looking at an art nouveau style around the same time. I love that sky in particular.

Do you intend on colouring these up at all, or are you keeping to the minimalist colours? :)

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"I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this! Have a nice day..."
:iconlilielo-lawliet:
~Lilielo-Lawliet Jul 13, 2009, 7:36:52 AM
lovely

i think on an island the story would be tenser based on the characters isolation in ushers company. it would make it worse when the sister is buried because it would seem like there was little escape from the terror of the house.

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Peachy keen!
:aww:
:iconevilnoodles:
~EvilNoodles Jul 13, 2009, 9:13:41 AM
Lovely! Real nice texture and i've a softspot for nice lines like those :)

:+fav:
:iconiristhevirus:
~iristhevirus Jul 13, 2009, 10:02:40 AM
I love those rocks and the sky... and the little red boat is such a nice touch

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Andy şi Iris
totdeauna
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*CyrionB Jul 13, 2009, 12:39:53 PM
Sempre, sempre love your style. :)
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