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Published: 2009-03-06 08:36:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 57508; Favourites: 1944; Downloads: 0
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Jenny in her bedroom, listening to blue beats.It was fun to fill up the space with the junk of her life. She never has money, so her television is secondhand from a friend. (Lucky for her LOST is on a basic channel.) Her laptop (an iBook G4, natch) was a present from her momma, and the headphones she swiped from an old boyfriend who had aspirations of becoming a sound mixer. Her fondest memory of him is the day he accidentally knocked out one of his front teeth and she took a bunch of goofy Polaroids of him. He could always make her laugh, but he just wasn't the one.
She's been feeling sort of grumpy and blue lately. Ennui, is the word for it. She can't get her mojo going and it's making her moody and sorry for herself. Her boyfriend Jude kind of doesn't know how he's supposed to handle it, but because he's a gentleman and completely in love with her, he just gives her her space. One of the letters on her bureau is from him.
She'll come around once she washes her hair and gets hungry for pizza. It's no fun to eat pizza alone. Plus Jude can really snazz up a pizza. Goat cheese, tomatoes, crumbled up sausage and some good spices and shit that he won't reveal to her. A man's got to have some aces to play.
What music do you put on when you feel like you need some cave time?
materials: pencil + PS7
music: The Black Keys, "The Flame"
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Beautiful picture. 
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Formidable! Brilliant! Mmmm... I wish I could have the same body
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beautiful!
the shading is awesome!
and some how you pulled off that position!
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I looove your descriptions in this "Jenny" gallery... loving your alter ego
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I think this is a beautiful piece, the books in the corner being my favorite part for some reason. At the same time, I think that a good part of why I enjoy it so much is the description you gave it. It lends the image a sort of emotional context that wouldn't be present otherwise. Makes me wonder if I shouldn't divulge more of the stories behind my own work.
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Whenever I see artists who do wonderful work but say nothing in their artists comments, it frustrates me. I know there's a lot to be said about letting your work speak for itself, and sometimes I feel like I talk too much and it might detract from a piece, but overall I know I really love to read what people have to say about their own work. I've had a LOT of people tell me that half the reason they like my stuff is because of the artist comments, and that makes me so happy.
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Oddly enough, my room has the same type of stuff everywhere. But my lanterns are way too bright.
I usually listen to some weird and sad-ish indie music... Like Daisy Chain by Lady of The Sunshine or Mermaid by Okkervil River.
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I absolutely ADORE this picture, and the story with it; is utter completion. Well done ! x
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i love the way you write about your drawings. please write/illustrate a book someday. i would gobble it up in a milliheartbeat.
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Aw! Oh my God, that's such a nice thing to say! 
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I really enjoy this...I just want to relax and enjoy my own free time (of which I have WAY too much right now, by the way) when I see this. It looks just like some lazy summer afternoon. Cute
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makes me wonder if you lie around in bed like this and if so why arent i with you
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Trust me that I personally am not cute like this when I lay around in my undies.
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that would be a statement i wont believe without actually proof
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Ha ha! ;D Only my husband could corroborate, and he's biased.
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What else is there to do when you're alone and bored then lounge around without a shirt? Excellent as always.
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ya know, it's this drawing and vignette that really showed me how much of Jenny radiates in myself. The way she lays and how she unwinds and most in particular her moods and how she extracts herself from them. I've been in love with it since you posted it and every time I decide to just browse about your gallery, I always come back to this and just... marvel. There is something so drawing and powerful and captivating about it for me. It draws me like a magnet. Maybe it's just Jenny. Maybe it's how you draw her. Maybe it's the words you've put with it. Maybe it's all of that and more. I don't know. But it just fits somewhere in my soul and I wanted you to know that.
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That feels so good to hear, I can't even tell you. Jenny's easy to write, easy to figure because there's a lot of me in her, too. I think a lot of people really feel for her because she goes through the same crap and discovery that we all do, and she doesn't know how to deal with it any better than the rest of us. ;D
I'm glad you come back to this, and glad you see yourself in her. That's the best thing I could hear.
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Utterly adore the lighting and perspective in this! fantastic piece!!!
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Funnily enough when I want "cave time" I listen to Nick Cave.
Love the picture, the perspective is awesome. <3
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All alone free from anyone staring at her bre... iPod gallery.
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I listen to anything singable by me, and if it's all emotional, better yet! 
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That's so cool. It's telling, I think, to see what people listen to when they're down. Some people just want to lie in the blueness with some real low-key stuff. Some people bust out the jams and lift themselves up. I like that you want to sing.
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Heh yeh^^ Luckily I don't get much skulking-in-the-dark moods, and if I do it's not cuz I'm sad. More like being-like-megamind moods
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Aw, everybody cries to great sad tunes sometimes. I'm the goober who cries during happy songs.
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Hurr! Used to have a cd of her! I really liked her, I should dig up all the songs that have misteriously disappeared from my hard drive, like so many others. ????
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I mostly listen to Gorillaz. Either them or Justice.
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I listen to the song "Lean On Me" by Bill Whithers... it always gives me this lump in m throat
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Wow I really love your description of her... The piece alone gives her a lot of dimension but your description makes her sound like a real person.
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I love how much detail there is in this picture. Her ability to just sit around most naked is something funny and yet admirable. :]
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When I need 'cave-time' I put on some up-beat pop music, whatever's come out most recently
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I love your description(s). This just kicked me over the line to giving you a deviantwatch. <3 I was looking around your whole gallery and really enjoying everything, deciding on wanting to fav something, I'll often fav a deviation I'm loving from a great artist to kind of bookmark them, so I can keep looks out for their stuff, I don't hand out favs too generously and I'm even stingier with the watches, but you're really impressing me.
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I'm really glad to be in yer club.
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I listen to The Eels mostly when I'm in some need of "Down Time". Though recently I'm in love with Eddie Vedder as well ;]
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I adore the soft lighting and the soft tone the whole picture has. She looks so comfortable and content. Nothing better than laying [almost] nude and listening to tunes. Her lanterns and the angle are great, too.
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awesome piece I love how you drew the hand against her head and the feeling of concentrated blankness to her expression is perfect
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Environment is really sympathetic, the prospect returns well. The drawing is pretty, clear and calm. I like!
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Simplistic yet elegant... I love it >o_o<
Props to you my friend >_O
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This is stunning, the lighting is fantastic. Explosions In The Sky are a band that always seem to relax me (: Looking at this I like to think Jenny is listening to them.
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i just loooooove it! how you make the light eh?
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The only cave time I get is when I'm driving the truck. That's when I listen to jazz and classical music.
I'm liking your character. Just wish she didn't smoke >_>
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