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Probably the apogee of my Beardsley-esque pieces (I have a few more in the offing, but none so painstaking as this). This one is inspired by his 'Le Morte d'Arthur' series. I was a huge fan of black and white illustrations (especially Victorian era stuff like Tenniel & William Morris) even before I was introduced to Beardsley's works. Something about the attention to detail and the intricacy really appealed to me from a young age. So I loved doing this!SSHG pairing. Pen on paper.
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Gread work! I much love the inspiration behind this art.
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Thanks very much!
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This is beautiful. I love this style and the pairing... Oh, yeah!
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This just looks amazing! The style is very much like medieval art.
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Thanks ever so! 
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This is my favorite piece in your gallery. I love Beardsley, "Le Morte d'Arthur" and HP! The details are amazing--especially the buds on the bushes!
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Well then, I guess it's appropriate that it's the piece I spent the most time on. 
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Thank you very much! I do as well, obviously.
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Indeed! I like Mucha too, but Beardsley is often underrated...
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You're so right! And I'm discovering lesser known, but brilliantly talented illustrators similar to Beardsley all the time. Recent find: Harry Clarke, who has done fabulously macabre Gothic drawings for Poe's 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination.'
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There are other amazing illustrators out there, yeah; Harry Clarke is awesome. Also, Maxfield Parrish (around the time of Norman Rockwell). Also Art Nouveau in other media; Anthony Gaudi, Hector Guimard, Victor Horta (Architects), Emille Galle (Glass; did work for Tiffanny & Co. back then) Rene Lalique (Jewelry), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Print) although others of my favorite are Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec, and Mucha, of course, of that time period.
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Am aware of all their works (I have coffee-table books on Art Deco and Art Noveau), apart from Maxfield Parrish, whom I will look up now. Thanks for the comprehensive info.
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Sure! although, if I may share, my favorite artist of all time was Albrecht Durer...
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Of course you may share! It's what we're all here for. Yes, Durer has a remarkable facility with many different media, and he is technically very skilled, but if you don't mind my saying, his works don't invoke an emotional response from me. I can admire them, but not FEEL them, if you know what I mean.
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Indeed; he was an illustrator of commercial art; a lot of his works were all meant to be mass produced as icons or reproduced in books. You can say, maybe, in my eyes, he was the first graphic designer, He even designed a logo for his name! (his signature) Some of his works are empathic, most are objective; but I think that might have to do with how he was raised, and his first artistic experience as a jeweler apprentice. He also wasn't into the venetian school popular of the times like the works by Titian and Giovanni Bellini, even though he spent a year in Venice learning the techniques...aaaaand anyway haha, I'm so nerding out. The flemish art that precedes him is characterized by the posed, statuesque figures depicted; and that art plays a strong role in Durer's work...
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I don't mind you nerding out at all. I think most of us here on dA are nerds. 
Art is such a subjective thing anyway, isn't it? We bring our own life experiences, likes and dislikes when looking at/reading stuff: 'Death of the Author' and all.
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My favorite professor was a student of Antonio Lopez Garcia; the spanish painter. He, like his teacher, would make us paint, work hard, would not take any lame crap as work, and basically made his students push themselves every time. Under him, I produced some of my most professional-looking work. He explained to us that the artist is only the vehicle of the art, and that we don't matter. The artist is nothing; only the art matters. He said our life only is to produce artwork, and when we die, our work will survive us like children.
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My, he sounds a bit like Snape! He is correct in a way, in that once it's out there, like a child, you have to let it fend for itself after a point. The art comes from you, but doesn't belong to you and is open to interpretation by others. However, the artist does imbue his/her own personality into the art (rather like a child in that sense as well).
I don't have any formal artistic training at all, I'm afraid, so I just have to muddle through as best I can.
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Haha, yeah! didn't think about that. Snape would be my favorite teacher. If I was at hogwarts, I think I'd be a slitherin. I am like that myself, though, I managed to become one of his favorite students; which is a feat, cuz he doesn't like anyone! hahah. I miss his class
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I doubt he'd be a favourite teacher were I to view him through a child's eyes. As an adult, however, he is verrrry irresistible. I think I'd be a Ravenclaw, through most of my fandom friends tell me I'm definitely a Slytherin.
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I like teachers that whip me into shape. My mind tends to stray a lot from focus; have too many ideas, and end up with too many unfinished projects.
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Oh yeah, that's me as well. Too dreamy by half.
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THis is lovely!
I really appreciate your take on Greek artwork
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Thank you! Although I must admit that I don't know a lot about Greek art per se (apart from my classics studies). I draw a lot of my inspiration from b&w illustrations of the C19th, like Beardsley, Morris, etc.
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This is absolutely awesome! Beautiful Darling.
Will be rec'd Sunday evening on the HGSS Digest [link]
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Oh, the tale it tells!
Beautifully done, like an illustration in an old fairytale book.
//alwaysimploding
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Thanks very much for those kind words! I'm so pleased you like it.
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Must repeat the above comment: Stunning. The landscape details are amazing. Just love it.
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Thanks once again, Clair. I really appreciate your taking the time to comment on all my artwork.
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