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Submitted: September 2, 2007
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Firebirdby ~linuin

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Fantasy

There can only be one firebird. For a new Phoenix to be born, the old must die. How, I wonder, does the firebird feel about this sacrifice?

Theatricality aside, this was supposed to be a Mother's Day gift, but I paint slower than anyone else in the known universe. So, here it is, Matim!...four months late...ahem.

There's a poem that goes along with this painting, and I present it here:

"Little firebird, dream within your shell
Do you know your beginning is my end?
I feel your heartbeat in my blood; I fade as it grows strong
My fire must be yours, if you are to live
So be it—I give it freely

Your flame will rise from the ashes
My pyre to be your cradle; my last song your lullaby
This life is for you, sleeping egg
Wake at last from dreaming

Fly high, little Phoenix
Spread your wings and burn bright
Light the world in my place

In my sleep, I hear you laugh
It is the sound of life

And I am glad."

So that's it, I guess. Photoshop Elements 2.0, Wacom Graphire 3, 4-5 days (when I was actually working on it)

~nijibug Aug 27, 2009

The colors & contrast here are gorgeous!

~Mellindel Jan 15, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

Love it!! It is great!!!

Once again...I wish I could draw! *sigh*

~linuin Jan 15, 2008

Hey, the cliché is true--anyone can draw. My friends all draw loads better than I do (check out Dusksong and hiding-daisy), but I keep working at it. If you just draw--not even just practice, but plain old doodling--you'll just keep getting better and better! And thanks for the favs, hon!!

~Mellindel Jan 16, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks so much for the encouragement! (sp?) I drew something today, I don't think it is very bad...but my dad said it was ugly.....I don't know if he meant it though.

Your welcome on the favs!

~Vile-Victorian Oct 27, 2007 Professional General Artist

very nice contrast, it makes the subject pop! This picture has a dark beauty

~Dusksong Sep 2, 2007

I absolutely loved this one when you showed me the sketch a long time ago, but the coloring and backgrounding have made it perfect! The glow around her child is beauifully subtle and bittersweet.

+ poem and...sigh. As always and ever, excellent work, mellonamin.

And I love that you use the Atlantean word for mother

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