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©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires - please see my CC Terms of Use before considering using this image for any personal or commercial use [link]---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artist's Notes: Anyone who cherishes the experience of reading a good book knows that there is untold riches found in the rasp of turning pages, and scouring an old book store is the best sort of treasure hunt to be had. And so I wrap up 2007 with a piece to salute one of my favorite pleasures.
This also could be considered a companion piece to one I did earlier, which to this day remains one of my personal favorites - called Ex Libris: [link]
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"When the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving against the dark windows, I love to sit by the fire, thinking of what I have read in books of voyage and travel." - Charles Dickens
"Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh." ~Judah Ibn Tibbon
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.”
William Styron
“A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way”
Caroline Gordon
Model: [link]
Bookshelf: sxc.hu [link]
boat: [link]
owl: [link]
Tiny fairy:
Chest: My own stock
Texture:
Ladder:
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Comments: 188
willowstring [2015-04-08 04:20:53 +0000 UTC]
Hi Foxfire! Im a big fan, and i was wondering if i could use this piece of yours on my blog as the heading picture. Thanks!
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DraakeT [2013-07-21 22:40:50 +0000 UTC]
i don't use this emoticon always.....but its the moment now i like me the idea of the girl with little proportions...but overall i love the lightning worked into darkness.
don't laugh about my shit engl
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Foxfires In reply to DraakeT [2013-07-23 22:51:21 +0000 UTC]
heheheh thank you!!!!!!!!!!! You are so kind!
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parsoncarter [2012-11-16 08:42:37 +0000 UTC]
Hello, Aimee~ Do you mind if I use your art in my blog header image?
I really love your art. THANKS :icongein--plz:
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90Mirabel [2012-07-24 02:39:30 +0000 UTC]
Love it! Picking up a book is like taking off on a new adventure!
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AuthorTrueorFalse [2012-07-14 20:45:42 +0000 UTC]
Hi Aimee. I love this picture. my publisher would like you to perhaps design my book cover. could i have your contact info.
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honoria811 [2012-05-30 12:18:35 +0000 UTC]
oh, to be among all those books!! beautiful picture!!
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Marirj2012 [2012-02-06 12:04:31 +0000 UTC]
LOVE your pic, do you mind if I use it in my college's project about influencing people to read? I'll give you all the credits for it, of course. (:
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CavalierQueen [2012-02-03 16:28:25 +0000 UTC]
I was looking for a woman and books and this is the perfect piece! I love to get buried in books and leave the world behind for the fantasy of some other place, some other time. This is the perfect piece of art to describe that.
Kudos!
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twisk [2011-02-18 00:27:10 +0000 UTC]
AWWWWWW books and reading and imagination - the best things in the world
love the picture , love the quotes
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Aotearoa-Girl [2011-01-11 04:53:17 +0000 UTC]
Wow! I just love this picture!
I also share the love of reading!!
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sevymama [2010-01-26 23:40:30 +0000 UTC]
Hello, I'm a sr at the art institute, wondering if I can use this for a mock ad? It will not be used any other way, except for school and possibly in my portfolio, I'll give you full credit for the image.
We have to make an ad for an E-book...blaaa...lol
thanks
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aeravi [2009-11-13 03:59:34 +0000 UTC]
featured in narrative VI
beautifully thought out, magical image!
reminds me of all the time i spent fantasizing about being that size when i was a child. also when i had time to read books a lot more! great colors and composition.
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calmyafarm [2009-10-11 00:48:43 +0000 UTC]
I am so inspired by this! you have beautiful ideas and amazing skills
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artisticatedivy [2009-08-04 03:12:20 +0000 UTC]
I really like this. The disproportionate sizing is really cool, and I like the indication of the title.
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gwilym [2009-06-21 23:05:40 +0000 UTC]
I so agree with you about books. Whenever we move house there are always boxes and boxes and BOXES of books!! So they keep us fit as well as feed our minds!
A great image.
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Anila522 [2008-08-04 13:51:25 +0000 UTC]
I love this.
Just staring at it makes me feel as if I just finished reading an amazing book. Wow.
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KattyG [2008-07-10 07:09:17 +0000 UTC]
I just need to ask, are u self taught or have you had some formal training. I wish i was as brilliant as you. Its wonderful to look through your work i love it all so much.
My friends all keep telling me i should do graphic design, but wow, i am no where near as good as you but i wish i was.
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Foxfires In reply to KattyG [2008-07-10 13:07:34 +0000 UTC]
Awww thank you Katty! Actually I am all self taught. I was already a natural 'artist', with traditional methods... but I started dabbling with Photoshop around 1999. I just kept practicing on things, and trying to mimic the art that I liked here on DeviantArt. It took a lot of time - sometimes I'd sit here for 8 hours at a time experimenting with technics, but after a couple of years, it really clicked in. Just keep at it, and experimenting, and there's no stopping you!
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CindeeRoo [2008-06-26 07:56:40 +0000 UTC]
`Lilyas just posted a journal about how one of her images had been stolen and the copyright removed from it as well. While I was browsing the many images uploaded by this "individual" I found yours here [link]
Just thought you'd want to know.
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steppeland [2008-05-20 12:05:57 +0000 UTC]
OMG - this really takes my breath away...!
I came accross this image while looking for and collecting stock to make... this image...!
Exactly! That's it!
Can't believe my eyes ...
I will note you...
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Kri-chan [2008-04-13 17:26:29 +0000 UTC]
That's so well made and cute. I know exactly how you feel. Discovering a great book is the same as the rush of discovering hidden treasure, except not finite like any kind of wealth.
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vitalia [2008-03-09 01:37:24 +0000 UTC]
beautiful concept . . . I can just smell the musty, old pages, ambrosia to me!
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Foxfires In reply to vitalia [2008-03-13 16:57:15 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!! That means a lot to me!!
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EscApeMonotOny [2008-02-12 17:20:10 +0000 UTC]
I just adore your work... thanks for the dreams!
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Evendia [2008-02-05 22:38:33 +0000 UTC]
I'm absolutely in love with this. It fits me perfectly. I would like to use it in my LJ; is that possible?
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