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lily-fox — Labyrinth: hula
Published: 2008-01-03 00:35:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 66988; Favourites: 3418; Downloads: 233
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It could be his rejection and defeat, or it could be the first time he fell in love with Sarah. Both are painful, thrilling falls. A little melodramatic for me, but it gets the point across. (I'm lame!)I'm stuck on that long panel look. This whole thing was an excuse to draw the animal bones on the shoulders of Jareth's owl coat in the last act of Labyrinth, and you can't see much of them. I want to do another.
This one was frustrating and I don't know how I feel about it. I did it during a bad cold, so I was cranky and stuffy and inclined to half-ass it. Goddamn, I don't know what I was thinking with all the fabric. Never again, unless I get some skills.
The title kind of needs explaining; I've been really heartbroken twice in my life, and both times the only thing that made me feel better was listening to "Drowndeep: Hula" by Maxwell. It's an undulating, underwater song, appropriately embryonic, like a good Codeine fog. It put a new feeling to the word "hula".
materials: ink and Letraset illustration marker on bristol, plus a touch of the ol' PS
music: Maxwell, "Drowndeep: Hula"
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Awright! 
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They keep coming and I keep faving because your Labrynth arts rawk!
I think the fabric was successful; you can tell it's fabric but it also looks like landmasses encircling and trapping him. Kind of relates, yes?
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Wow, I never thought of that! Very cool observation.
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Gah! Last time I tried to draw him, I got more "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" than Ziggy, or the King of the Goblins.
Jealousy!
*snorgles the image on her monitor*
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He is a difficult snot, and you really have to wrestle him into it. Keep trying!
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I love the owl-bone thing he wears in his last scene
I like the long-panel look 
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Sad and beautiful. It reminds me a little of Swan Lake (tragic ending, bird/person, a hint of ballet tights).
I wish I looked this lovely during heartbreak, but usually there's just snot and crying and moping around the house in cat-print pajamas.
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AW! That image of you is adorable and sad.
That's a hugely complimentary analogy.
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i dont think the fabric is bad at all. This could be a scene out of any number of fanfics.
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Whoa. For being delirious with a cold this is pretty good! Even if you weren't sick I can't see how you'd improve upon this because I think it's absolutely loverly! ... I hope you didn't get offended by that. Haha. We are all our own toughest critics I suppose... unless your Ryan Seacrest. Good grief is that man full of himself....
ANYHOO! Like I said, I think it's great!
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Ha! 
Thank you, my dear! I'm glad you like it.
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That makes me love you even more! Haha. He's the announcer guy (I'm sure he has a more technical job title....) on 'American Idol'. Blech. Not that I really watch the show... so maybe I shouldn't complain so much.
'The End'
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The word "hulla" in Hungarian means dead body.. thought I'd just tell you ^^
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The word "hula" in Hawaiian is completely different and beautiful.
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I know
It is also a dance, right? It is like a story in dance form I heard because my Dad went to Hawaii and saw an amazing dance show there
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you found the beauty in heartbreak. equally stunning as it is sad. one of the best bowie fanarts to date i do believe. excellent source of negitive space too!
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Thank you much! I'm not a fan of angsty fanart, but he wears it so nicely.
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Very emotional and heartfelt...sort of a bittersweet drowning feeling.
The emotion on his face is great. D: *swoons*
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Totally, drowning is the word. Thank you. It makes me sadder, the more I look at it. I think it's all in how you feel. Like, if you feel happy, he's still doing alright. ;D
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Thats a wonderful drawing of Jareth but why dose he have arows in his body did some one shoot him?
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Arrows of Luv.
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heartbroken, Sarah should have left Toby with Jareth. I mean it's not like he was really going to turn him into a goblin right,Jareth's too soft for that and since he loved her so much he probably wouldn't have if she didn't defeat him he would have made her his queen and toby his kid how knows i mean I wish they made a second movie.
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Ha ha, somehow I don't think that's what would have happened... Can you really imagine a relationship with Jareth? What happens when you get that urge to put on some Mariah Carey and dance around in your socks and panties? Or bake some brownies? Or just sit around and be a loaf? Life with Jareth wouldn't leave room for being a well-adjusted young woman.
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I don't know about that. He sounds like the kind of guy that would make a great father and husband if you know what i mean. I would certanly be Jareth's girl if only is kingdom didn't have the bog of eternal steanch and a dieing laybrinth with large pieaces of wood every where. My bog is the bog of eternal fire and my castle is like the one off of "Lord of the Rings" the bad guys castleof Mordor along with the two of the towers of power and death as i call them. And of corse the big bad arse Black gate.Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Nevertheless Jareth is cool.
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You kill me, Lily! 
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Totally! That is totally why I love the long panels! Mucha! *smacks forehead*
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love love love it !. I love all your bowie art ! i think i have commented that before but really truely amazing.
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Beautiful, again. Your Labyrinth stuff is so poetic and beautiful.
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D: gorgeous! reminds me of that story of st sebastian, with all the arrows.
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O_O ... Can I eat your brain to steal your talent? Pleaaase?
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Beautiful! This image is so stunning, its like I can see him falling in motion.
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His FACE. The pain and sorrow, his eyebrows and the arrows impaling him.
Magical. Sensational. Thank you for sharing your lovely work.
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You make me feel so good about this. ^_^ Thank you.
Pain and ecstasy are just, like, a breath's difference.
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I think it's great! It looks exactly like Jareth, and the colors are wonderful - they're very impassioned, despite being so muted. <3
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Thank you.
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Wwooaaahh. Looking at this while listening to PAX217's 'Kiss Me Glory' makes it trippy in a whole other direction, kinda sorta. Maybe it's just me?
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Never heard that. Gonna have to find it!
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You're too hard on yourself, if only I could draw as good as that!
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Hey, if I'm not hard on me, who's gonna whup me into shape?
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True, I guess everyone is critical of their art and that always leads you to try harder.
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You continue to amaze me. I like the animal bones on the jacket, props.
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Thankya! Makes me want to draw more bones.
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*sigh* I am SO HAPPY that somebody got you into Bowie. I have been loving all these pieces (finally got around to favoriting them!); your art is so damn pretty. Bowie's a hard man to capture on paper! It's impressive, and you just keep on doing it.
I was really hoping you'd get to Labyrinth, too. Oh man. Your Jareth is fantastic, and your Sarah really looks like herself as well. The "feathers" piece was just . . . guh. This one is also gorgeous; just brimming over with emotion.
I am gushing. Sorry. Just, YAY. Thank you for drawing these. Apologies for playing catch-up all in one comment like this.
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