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Boy with a Pearl Eyeball by *Basia-AlmostTheBrave:iconBasia-AlmostTheBrave:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Fantasy

©2009 *Basia-AlmostTheBrave
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just a little miniature picture that i drew firstly because i had a pearl to spare from my old broken earrrings and i wanted to try incorporating it into some picture (i'll probably move it to scraps later on)

oh, and i think I owe Johannes Vermeer and his "Girl with a Pearl Earring" thanks for inspring the title:bow:

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=ArmadaRyu Apr 22, 2009, 2:00:12 PM
So lovely! I love the incorporation of the pearl and the details of the sea-creatures and sky-fish are stunning. The mermaid looks so sad, I wonder if she loved him (or did that to him) :heart:
It's such an interesting image, I'd love to hear the story that goes with it!

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-Peter Pan

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*charonferryman Apr 22, 2009, 2:02:43 PM
I can't help but wonder who the boy is...did he fall from some ship? A young ship hand, perhaps? Or somebody who drowned himself over some sorrowful matter? Did fishes start to gnaw away his flesh, leaving only the pretty head?

It's a wonderful scene - one can see that you have firsthand experience of the deeps ;) (or that you'd love to go and swim there once :)) The mess of riches on the sea floor, crabs, barnacles...the desperate but somehow patient expression of the beautiful mermaid...and the great stoic fishes :w00t:

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~samkitsch Apr 22, 2009, 2:21:14 PM
Did you know?
'Full fathom five thy father lies:
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Hark! now I hear them, - Ding-dong, bell.'

from Shakespeare's The Tempest
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~maera-kyrie Apr 22, 2009, 2:27:24 PM
Lovely!

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=emeraldiris Apr 22, 2009, 3:14:10 PM
The little fishies remind me of hearts.


I love how each time I look at this, different scenarios run through my head about what could have happened. Most of them conclude to be love stories gone wrong.

Excellent, m'dear, as always! :heart:

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Life is far too important a thing to ever talk seriously about. :earth:
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~eva-sangnoir Apr 22, 2009, 4:01:21 PM
nice...he's so skeletal but still so beautiful.

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"One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star." :butterflytwo:
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~SeraphL Apr 22, 2009, 4:02:45 PM
Don't move it to scraps. The fact you've used a real pearl adds a really life-like streak to the image - you couldn't get that same shine with paint. You should do this kind of thing more often.

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Behold the Giant Space Panda and the tiny wizard
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~ryfusd Apr 22, 2009, 4:36:15 PM
wow lovely concept :D
I think I'm going to try to use you style for my next studio assignment lol
Water colors right? I'll experiment!

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=Izaaaaa Apr 22, 2009, 5:18:18 PM
:aww: very creative, lots of lovely details to look at! The title makes me giggle!

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" There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." - Anthem, Leonard Cohen
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