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Soooo... what have I been working on all semester at school? Well a couple of series that is. And now that those series are coming to completion I can start posting them.

This is from a series of fantasy portraits done for my interpretive illustration class. Basically I used people in my class as models and turned them into fairies - fairies that embody the seasons.

This one is actually a self portrait. I wanted to make winter look rather, ahem... mean - and well, I know how to make myself looking mean, so yeah, self portrait. Even though I used myself as a model, I'm not actually blonde in real life.

I used a Mother of Pearl butterfly as reference for the fairy wings in this one.

Media: Chalk pastel and gouache on blue paper

Lady Spring............ [link]
Lady Summer......... [link]
Lady Autumn.......... [link]

Prints of this piece are up for sale in my Etsy shop: [link]

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:iconvampirebutterflymel:
wow, fantastic! You made yourself look as icy as the weather around you. I really like the use of blue tones in the skin.

I don't know how you pulled this off because for me chalk pastels are like HELL. lol

Like I said earlier, amazing work!:)

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:iconwendyf:
Lovely. Sure looks cold and frosty!
:icond-angeline:
Very, very nice capture of the feel of winter and everything just looks AMAZING! :+fav:

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"What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dream you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, and what then?"--Coleridge
:iconsoundwave78:
Beautiful!!!!!!!!! Way wonderful work!!

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Rumble, Lazer beak, do your worse, the Autobots must pay!
:iconketutar:
Wonderful... I love the way you managed to make the wings look like ice...
Love chalk pastels and gouache :-D But you are way better in using them than I am :-)
:iconskoane:
Fantastic work...beautiful!!

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:iconsquallleonhart:
Awesome!! The colors work well together, and create an icy look, especially the skin tone. Good job! :clap:

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:iconlennan:
Very lovely. THe expression is wonderful. heh heh, I can see why you used yourself, it's pretty hard to tell someone, "now look mean for me." XD
:iconhylianalchemist13:
nice job! I absolutly love the outfit! You did a wonderful job! What medium were you using?

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:iconviscountesshope:
Amazing work, as usual. I may hate the cold that goes along with winter in the Midwest, but I can appreciate the beauty, and you've captured it perfectly. I'm still after your little finger though! I love the dress too... the lacing adds just the right amount of brightness to the whole picture.

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