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Submitted: August 3, 2009
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Viva La Moucheby `ChewedKandi

Digital Art / Vector / Conceptual

So get this... back in the French Revolution there was many things that held a lot of symbolism.

1) Faces would be painted white to symbolise the decay in society
2) Red ribbons would be worn around the neck to pay the respects to those killed by the guillotine
3) Beauty spots were worn on the face, the placement of which would be to give out a subtle message.

Beauty spots were called Mouches - which the literal translation is "fly" - as they looked like flies from a distance. And the placement of them and even the size and colour would mean something.

Now being a person who loves beauty spots, I was shocked to find this out and of course future vectors will have some significance in where the "mouche" is placed.

A mouche places near the eye symbolises you are a flirt or in a flirtatious mood and you are in a passionate mood.

It took me over an hour to find out what the placements meant tonight, still have not found out the significance of colour and shape though.

Anyway...

Stock from =TwiggXstock

Hair, reference free (woot so proud I have done it all myself

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Butterflies, sadly reference free, I'm unsure how to improve them, although I am happy they blend into the background.

And of course 100% vector baby!

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Critique by $Ikue Aug 11, 2009, 6:32:37 AM

You really have mastered this watercolour vector technique. It's really refreshing and almost hard to believe it is fully vector. But that's half it's charm and splendor. I really like the colours you chose for this piece and how you stuck to the three main colours and created such depth and curve. I would say it looks a tad over exposed but I suppose since it's more of a "period" piece it can't scrutinized as back then they intentionally made themselves paler.

The butterflies though, a nice touch, but I think it is over done. You have so many and they are the same colour as the hair they seem to crowd the piece and get lost at the same time... if that's possible.

The eyes are wonderful, I would have liked to see a bit more yellow in them only as lines in the iris to give it some more depth, but over all they are beautiful. I hope to see more like this ^^

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