Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Crowdfunded Illustration: Update of "Shine On" Sketch

meeksp has posted an update of her sketch inspired by my poem "Shine On."  View the revised sketch on LiveJournal or on Dreamwidth.  The foliage is more refined, lines at the very center with Shahana and Ari are now crisp, and a couple of critters have materialized from vaguely suggestive shapes.  Notice how the black and white portions of the sketch define the space and the lighting, and how the focus shifts from fuzzy at the edges to sharp in the center.  It's a very cinematic effect.

Then too, this forest reminds me of somewhere I have been.  Compare it to the Hoh Rainforest.  Tall trees with corrugated bark, massive arching ferns, lushly textured undergrowth.  I once stood underneath a foxglove plant that arched clear over my head.  So now I can draw on that experience, and this sketch, to enrich the setting.  Dense, wild, shadowy forest ... gone a bit awry  due to the wrangling in the world.  The potential just hummmms.

Comments and tips on the artist's site are greatly appreciated.


Various related tidbits:

Read the latest poem in the Path of the Paladins series, "A Night More Full."  Shahana the world-weary paladin muses about her past and her relationship with her goddess.

Read a post by meeksp about crowdfunding and inspiration loops, using examples from "Shine On" and another sketch, "Diapering Dragons."

Click my author link to see other sketches of my writing by meeksp.
Tags: art, cyberfunded creativity, networking, poetry
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  • 2 comments
pyraxis

pyraxis

July 20 2011, 02:48:58 UTC 9 years ago

I just followed the links back to meeksp's site. She's got some nice stuff. Interesting about the crowdsourcing too. *taking notes*
ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

July 20 2011, 02:57:06 UTC 9 years ago

I'm glad you're enjoying this. Watch the crowdfunding page on Friday; meeksp is scheduled to post about her Story Sketches project then. It has a lot of momentum because story fans are going to see the art, and art fans are going to see the stories.