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It feels as if Icarus created its image through me. In the wake of completing this drawing, I see this as my first Visionary work of art, in the mature sense. Something beyond me has been created through me. Icarus is an angelic being that materialized somehow between my highest visions of the human spirit, and my physical abilities as an artist and a physical being. Icarus is more than what I could have envisioned on my own. I look at this drawing and see an elevated sense of hope and responsibility for my future as an artist.

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Mood: Love ~Harrisons-Forge Feb 3, 2013  Professional General Artist
...wow... words just are not adequate...
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~turance Feb 16, 2013
Thanks for the support :)
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~Harrisons-Forge Feb 17, 2013  Professional General Artist
You are welcome :hug:
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~zteppernard Jul 15, 2011
The transcendence here can't be explained on words. "Awesome" would be too earthly.
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~DSil Aug 20, 2008  Student General Artist
Wow! The lighting really comes across, the figure seems to emanate a powerful glow, and the translucent appendages flow very gracefully. Well done!
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~Zaemura Jun 1, 2008
Elegantly relevant!!! :nod:
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~labornthyn Apr 10, 2008
A great balance between aesthetic beauty and visionary depth. The way the legs are positioned, one foot and one knee, gives these being a sense of titanic weight. The vaporous colors are exquisite. I like the challenging posture of the way the being is positioned in relation to the viewer. It is as if the being is coiled and ready to surge toward us (or conversely it is briefly submitting its vast powers and knowledge to the viewer, through some wordless sense of grace, preparing to confer a momentary access to an unkown level of life)...
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~turance Apr 10, 2008
Wow I really enjoy your explanation. I have been working on the next version of Icarus (larger and more thorough) and I tried kneeling in the posture for myself. It feels quite powerful - like an acknowledgment of one's own strength, and at the same time offering it with full conviction and confidence to the viewer. It was an interesting engagement with the drawing, placing myself in the character's posture in a very literal way.
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~labornthyn Apr 12, 2008
That is indeed very interesting. I like the idea of putting oneself in the poise of the artwork...I think I do this too, unconsciously...I am looking forward to your next creation...
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~OneLifeOneArt Mar 8, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Yes :nod:
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