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Undine gains a soul
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Published: 2014-12-28 16:55:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 22550; Favourites: 1677; Downloads: 56
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For more updates, follow me on Tumblr.In order to have a soul, an undine must love and be loved by a human.
I tried to make it more children suitable, because what I get from the tale is that... an undine must ~make~ love to a human. And that's what actually happens, they get married and after spending their first night together, Undine is changed...
For those who didn't read the description of last picture, this is an illustration done for school. It`s very different from my other works because I had to do something VERY QUICK and for CHILDREN. It took me 2 days (and 2 nights powered by coffee) to start from scratch and "finish" all 5 of them. I was quite glad when I finally printed them... I thought it would be impossible to do it in so little time.
Other illustrations from the same tale:
1. 2. 3. 4.(Unfinished. Tumblr only) 5.
You can read the tale here: www.gutenberg.org/files/2825/2…
If you want to reblog, please do it from my own tumblr: heylenne.tumblr.com/post/10337… -> you can check all the 5 illustrations there.
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Wait, so is this for an illustration for an official book of the fairy tale? If so, I am so excited for this! Well, I'm excited anyway because this fairy-tale usually gets by-passed so often. Your illustrations are so surreal and so evocative of the beautifully tragic tone of the tale. Fantastic job!
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Oh, I'm sorry I took this long to reply to your comment. It was done for a school mini project actually. I'm thinking about using the 5 illustrations I already have to finish an "Undine Collection", maybe finish a book, who knows. But first I need to work on my comics. XD
Your kind comment made me very glad. Thank you very much. T-T
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Oh, merciiiii, c'est gentil! T-T
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Your amazing work has been featured here: Daily Deviations Weekly Highlights IX
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great artwork but (no offense) you do know another children's book called "Undine" exists, right? (or actually more than one, but the one I'm talking about is ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I… )
It's really lovely though!
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Yes, yes, there are lots of illustrated version of Undine. It's a german fairytale written by Friedich de la Motte-Fouqué, available on project Gutenberg (public domain, anyone can illustrate it and publish).
That one is the Benjamin Lacombe one.
The version I used to know before doing those illustrations was Rackham's one. And still my favorite.
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awesome to see you replying on all the comments!
I'm going to check out that version! c:
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I try to, though it's not always possible.
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I always loved the de la Motte Fouque Undine story and the Rackham pictures that went with it, but both are somewhat sinister. Your pictures have that ethereal quality that suits them to the telling of a magical fairy tale. Very nice.
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I LOOOOOOVE Rackham's version. I read the tale because I used to love that one she throws herself into the Danube. But, yeah, I do agree with you that some of them are sliiiightly sinister....
Thank you very much for your kind words.
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The color scheme reminds me of something else which I don't know if I want to mention or not.
Ice Queen and Innocence are your clues lol.
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...o.o
Omg I feel quite dumb, I didn't get it. o.õ
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It's not a big deal, and no you're not dumb, that just means we don't share the same interests, and I only pointed it out because it reminded me of something. Actually, to be honest, I think the clues I left are a little lackluster with their descriptiveness. Oh well, sorry for the late reply by the way, haven't been on in a while.
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Even thought it was done very quick, it still looks absolutely brilliant
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Thank you!!! I'm glad you think that!
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Not a problem 
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The emotions in the characters faces is wonderfully conveyed
Such a beautiful piece !
- Cyber
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Thank you very much, Cyber.
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i'd die if someone touched my heart like that.. literally i'd die!
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I don't want you to be sad, but I like more this style than your usual one. I like it so much that I fell in love with it. Now I want to buy a book with these illustrations >__<
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Oh, no, it's ok! XD
Some friends of mine said the same thing to me. It's a matter of personal taste.
I like children's book illustrations, but it's not reeeeeally my thing. Sorry to disappoint. u.u
(But I'm glad you like these pictures, it's my first attempt at this kind of stuff, so I'm very glad with your encouragement.
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