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Published: 2009-10-15 17:27:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 19886; Favourites: 517; Downloads: 211
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My version of Amber and one of her secrets
Another portrait of this character can be found here : [link]
Amber/Lord Golden/Fool/Beloved belongs to Robin Hobb.
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Yep. Same with Lord Golden in Tawny Man
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oh my god, she is lovely<3 you can just tell there's something very intruiging going on in that pretty head of her. And that slight hint of sliver light... *shivers*
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Thanks 
And thank you for faving this one ^^
* Yep, she was working with Paragon without gloves, but he was blind anyway
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yeah and Paragon had Fitz's face and Amber just likes touching Fitz with her crazy phosphorescent fingersX'D little perv
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Maybe quite pervy but still sweet 
And Fitz is simple a fool because he preferred Molly *sighs*
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hehe, I like Molly, but I'm sort of sad that she became a housewife and a mother of what 7 kids? she was so cool in the Farseer trilogy, I was sort of expecting more from her. But I guess it was the realistic future for her anyway. I just think that despite what Fitz claimed, he wasn't in fact, "content" but sort of still kept what-iffing over Nighteyes and Amber for the rest of his life and that, I think, was sort of cheating on poor Molly. But then again, Fitz never was the brightest crayon in the box, was he?
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Definately.
And about Molly - yeah, she had some potential. Yet her life with Burrich was happy so... Let her be the housewife. I just don't understand Fitz and his 'oh, what a great affection' to woman that wasn't very much like his first-and-only-love. And about their life together, I doubt if it was such peaceful and conflictless - for me Fitz had this 'hero syndrom', that makes him unable to live normal life. Notice, that after some years spent as 'hermit', only with Nighteyes and Mishap, he was pretty eager to do anything, even if he tried to lie to himself about it
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that is so true. Actually, I don't really know what Fitz should've done, somehow I don't think Amber wanted him to come with her and Prilkopp. Like, not just for him and Molly but for herself, too. She was like finally free of her duties as a prophet and could finally just live in peace and Fitz coming along would've just meant more headaches for her.
He won't be able to settle down, cause he'll have the duties of a Skillmaster and everything anyway, so he'll just be running around being a drama queen as always and Molly will be facepalming at home and Nettle facepalming at Buckkeep.
Hehe, I so love Nettle. I'd love to read more about her and Tintaglia, too<3
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Yeah, Nettle sure got the temper
And yes - Amber/Fool needs some time only for himself. But I think that it's not the last time we read of him. At least I hope... It's way too great character to be just cast aside.
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yeah and I'd love to hear more about this strange school they went to, too, sounds really interesting. And everyone there's even half as interesting as Prilkopp and Amber....<3
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I hope that they will show up in 'Rain Wild' series
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I haven't read any of the Rain Wild books. So they're good? Hmmmm... *starts planning a trip to the library*
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I've only heard about them from my friend. They still haven't been released in Poland, so now I'm trying to find it somewhere and read the original version
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Heh, I live in Finland and they haven't even translated the Liveship books into Finnish yet. I read everything in English, but I'm having a hard time converting my friends into RH fans when there's nothing for them to read. haha, I'm so selfish, I just want someone to listen to my sqeeling and theorizing IRL, tooXD
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I can listen... erm... read your theories - and add my own, too
Yeah, in Poland Hobb also wasn't very popular untill about, dunno... 4, maybe 5 years ago? Assassin's trilogy was first translated in 1997, but the release was pretty small (plus, fantasy literature wasn't very popular then in my country). I wasn't able to have it then, so my first contact with Hobb books was about two years later, when I read Liveship Traders series
As for Tawny Man, it was released only recently (yet released, so I think I can consider myself lucky) - and whole series looks really good on the bookshelf
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Oh... My goodness. This is amazing! I could never find any rendition of the Fool that suits my image of him (nor can I ever draw how I imagine him to be), but this is it.
Seriously. I love the planes of the face, the enigmatic expression, the ambiance of the whole piece! You captured the Fool's gracefulness and elegance in this piece so beautifully. I especially love how his face is so ambiguous in the sense that he looks as much like a woman as he does as a man, even though the masculinity in his face is slightly more pronounced (but hey, Amber was never a beautiful woman anyway XD).
What's best about this piece is that even though I think of him as the Fool, this piece is wholly Amber, in that you captured her personality in that cool gaze. I cannot find a single shred of the Fool's sharp and witty persona nor the flamboyant Lord Golden in this piece. Truly astounding, you've achieved what so many or most of us cannot.
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Whoa... Thank you soo much for this kind comment, I really don't know what to say...
*laughs* And yes, Amber never war described as beautiful. Mysterious - yes, but not a perfectly pretty woman
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Aww, you're welcome! And your English seems fine anyway, and thanks is good enough a word, no worries! XD
Haha, the mystery was spoiled for me because I read the Tawny Man trilogy before I got the Liveship trilogy, so I knew Amber was the Fool. It was so satisfactory to piece together the different facets of the Fool after I finished all 3 trilogies.
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Hah. For me the first contact with Hobb books was the Liveship Traders trilogy, when I had no idea about Fitz, Fool and rest of Six Duches people
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*ah* Thank you
And thanks for faving this one.
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You're welcome!
I love his/her cheekbones. And lips. And these long, delicate fingers. And the luscious hair... and the eyes, my God, the eyes!
I totally agree with those who say that this is the best rendition of the Fool I've ever seen.
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Oh god yes. This is gorgeous. That hair - and her face is absolutely PERFECT. Those eyes are haunting and full of secrets and mysteries. And I love the little hint of skill on her fingers. Just the lightest touch there, but it tells so much.
eee <3
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My, my... It's good to hear/read this from you, especially that I always liked your drawings (what a great Hobb ilustrations!)
Heheh... Actually whole this picture was made just to show those skilled fingers (thanks to what you know who Amber actually is) - i usually don't make any fanarts. But this one just came to my head after Liveship Traders and forced me to draw 
Oh - and thanks for faving this one *hugs*
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I love this Amber! Everything in it is perfect, the composition, the gloves, the rich amber colour and you managed to not let all that overrule the mysteriousness of the character, very well captured! It's on my desktop now...
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*blushes* Oh, my... I am honoured, seriously.
And thank you for kind comment, I didn't expected that this picture will be noticed by anyone
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Of course it will, it's really good!
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ja jestem dopiero w 2 tomie Żywostatków, ale za to skończyłam całą serię Bastarda i Błazna :]
AAAAA! moje oczy! widzę tu spoilery! D:
nie mogę przestać się gapić na jej/jego oczy i usta, są po prostu boskie
i najlepsze jest to, że patrząc na ten portret, faktycznie nie umiem powiedzieć czy to mężczyzna, czy kobieta
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Znaczy, mam rozumieć, że skończyłaś również serię Złotoskórego? Bo jak tak, to trochę nie do końca chronologcznie - znaczy, nie żeby to było jakieś złe czy coś, bo niby każdą z trylogii można czytać niezależnie. Po prostu w ten sposób traci się kilka efektów "WTF??" czy też "A... podejrzewałam, że tak będzie", zwłaszcza że u Hobb niewiele rzeczy bywa przypadkowych i każdy szczegół jest istotny (ot, chociażby kogucia korona
A z Żywostatków moim zdecydowanym faworytem jest Paragon. I Amber, rzecz jasna ^^
Co się zaś tyczy spoilerów i innych na obrazku - starałam się rysować właśnie w taki sposób, by osoby, które czytały potrafiły je dostrzec. I jeśli mi się udało, a sądząc po Twojej reakcji, chyba tak - jestem tym bardziej zaszczycona
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tak, skończyłam Złotoskórego :]
wiem, że nie idę chronologicznie, ale to głównie przez moja współlokatorkę, która mnie w to wkręciła, choć sama nie wiedziała która seria jest pierwsza xD
nie poznałam jeszcze Paragona ._.
nie spoileruj D:
powinnaś być
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Ym... Drugi tom i jego nie ma? Naaah...
A które wydanie czytasz? Bo ja miałam pierwsze, w którym ślepy, szalony żywostatek ma na imię Paragon. W nowej chyba go tłumaczą jako "Niezrównany" czy cuś w ten deseń. Ciężko, oj ciężko było mi się przestawić z pierwszych tomów starego wydania na Statek Przeznaczenia z przetłumaczonymi niemal wszystkimi imionami (Brashen=Arogant, Kennit=Bystry itepe, dobrze że przynajmniej została Amber, a nie "Jantar", bo tego bym już nie zniosła
Btw. Jak Ci się podobało zakończenie Złotoskórego? Bo jak dla mnie było okropnie, paskudnie niesprawiedliwe, a Bastard jest głupi i ślepy. No.
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no tak, różnica tłumaczeń... oczywiście że Niezrównanego znam
ja wszystkie serie czytałam z nowym tłumaczeniem, więc mnie to aż tak nie razi, ale przyznam, że miło by było przeczytać wszystko jeszcze raz z oryginalnymi imionami :]
Bastard jest głupi, ślepy i chyba zbyt wiele razy dostał w głowę, a za mało w tyłek 
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Sikorka też jest głupia, a przynajmniej do mnie nie przemawia jako postać. Za to Brusa zawsze lubiłam i od samego początku było mi go strasznie żal.
*gryzie się w język, żeby nie zaspoilować przypadkiem czegoś z kolejnych części Żywostatków*
Co się zaś tyczy tłumaczeń - o ile idea przełożenia imion i nazw własnych w seriach Skrytobójcy i Złotoskórego miała sens, a przy tym była zrobiona w miarę spójnie (poza takimi babolami jak Wawrzyn=Leszczyna, Wstążka=Słodka, Pomocnik=Ręce, czyli niekonsekwentne przekłady imion w kolejnych tomach), o tyle nie sądzę by robienie tego samego w Żywostatkach się sprawdziło. Większość oryginalnych imion broniła tam się sama, a fakt, że sporo postaci zachowało swoje oryginalne, angielskie miana, sprawia wrażenie dziwnego misz-maszu.
Ale to tylko zdanie starego zgreda
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This is just so amazing that my brain melted.
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Thank you
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Thats AWESOME ! the most beautiful art of Fool/amber I've ever seen !!
Thank you so muuuch !! *cry of Joy*
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Nah... I thank *you* for such kind comment ^^
*hugs*
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Yep, that's him
Usually I don'd do fanarts, but this character (and whole series) is sooo very inspiring that I couldn't stop myself
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I'd think of it as "illustration" rather than "fan art"... does that help?
I mean, you're not simply copying a still from a movie...
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Hmmm... When to think of it that way - you're right
So I'll try to make some more illustrations soon.
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Oh, a very brilliant visualisation of this fascinatingly mysterious Amber - good job!
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This is so beautiful. I love the eyes especially much, they look so alive.
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Thank you for the comment and for faving this one
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Simply fantastic. Perfect balance between the feminine and masculine facets of the character. Can't wait to see the Lord Golden portrait!
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Thank you ^^
While drawing this one I was trying to catch this not-quite-sure-what-gender sensation and I was afraid that it won't work. So such comments like yours means very much to me
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