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Painted this for the ifx cover comp... well, obviously for fun :XD:
this has quite a story behind it: it all started in Lucca Comics, when my friend and wonderful illustrator Maurizio Manzieri suggested me to try a more surreal twist on my illustrations. In that period I was reading the second book of "Avelion" by the awesome Alessia Mainardi, a very beautiful fantasy story in which there was an ice lady, a quite lonely one... and I started to think that snow melts when spring come, so what we see as a beautiful season can be the death of a ice creature. So I wanted to paint an ice lady who face as a last battle the coming of spring: petals hurt her face, branches imprison her.

The title? the begininning of my all time favourite poem, The Waste Land by T.S.Eliot.
Ok, he was meaning something completely different, but the sentence is very fitting!
(the funny part is that, while painting, I started to call the girl "April"... :XD:)

Many thanks to :iconjaelle: for the feedbacks and the support! :hug:


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Dipinto per la cover comp di imagine fx... beh, ovviamente per divertimento! :XD:
Questo dipinto ha un po' di storia alle spalle: tutto iniziò durante Lucca Comics, quando il mio amico e grandissimo illustratore Maurizio Manzieri mi suggerì di provare a mettere qualcosa di più surreale nei miei disegni.
In quel periodo stavo leggendo il secondo volume di "Avelion" della bravissima Alessia Mainardi, una bella storia fantasy nella quale troviamo una signora dei ghiacci piuttosto solitaria e triste... e così ho cominciato a pensare che la neve si scioglie con l'arrivo della primavera e perciò quella che noi aspettiamo come la bella stagione può essere la morte per una creatura di ghiaccio. Così ho deciso di dipingere una signora dei ghiacci che affronta, come un'ultima battaglia, l'arrivo della primavera: i petali le feriscono il volto, i rami la imprigionano.

Il titolo? l'inizio della mia poesia preferita, "La terra desolata" di T.S. Eliot. (In italiano: Aprile è il mese più crudele)
Ok, lui intendeva qualcosa di totalmente diverso, ma la frase ci sta a pennello!
(La cosa buffa è che, mentre lo dipingevo, ho cominciato a chiamare "April" la ragazza... :XD:)

Tanti tanti ringraziamenti a :iconjaelle: per i feedbacks e per il supporto! :hug:
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*Valedhelven May 28, 2010
[link] This has been Featured in my Journal this week :gallery: 'cause I like it so much! :deviation: Thanks for creating it :giggle: Hope you don't mind me sharing it with everyone else - lol! :nod:

~Ellen

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~OllyOliver May 19, 2010
Your use of white and blue makes the girl really pop out, her eyes are spectacular!

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*niji707 May 23, 2010   Digital Artist
:hug: I'm really happy you think so! :hug:

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=sombrefeline Mar 8, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Great coloring and lighting :)

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*niji707 Mar 11, 2010   Digital Artist
:hug: thank you!

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Mood: Love ~AngieVX Jan 31, 2010  Student General Artist
Aaah! Sooo beautiful! I love the colors! Everything is glowing! And I like icy-effect! :love: So refreshing!

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*niji707 Feb 3, 2010   Digital Artist
thank you!! :heart: I'm glad you think so!! :heart:

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~eddubeddu Jan 17, 2010
really nice concept

ita: bell'idea

:-)

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*niji707 Jan 19, 2010   Digital Artist
grazie!! :heart:

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~Asterisks Jan 15, 2010
Very interesting character!

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