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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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I don't know what made me ambitious enough to do that kind of perspective. It's hard! But the result is fun. I have to practice more.
Yay for Beatles! Hey, everybody's got something to hide, except for me and my monkey.
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Update:
And if there's no sun, I look at a website with images of happy naked girls, that's sure gonna lift my spirits :-P
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I listen to music very rarely, and only if I'm in a good mood. Then it gives me energy. When I'm sad or angry or whatever, I don't want to add more "noise" to the uproar in my head, and I certainly don't want to put myself more down by listening to melancholy music and depressive lyrics. Wallowing in sadness appears to be a girl thing to me, none of my male friends are depressive like many of my female friends often are. (I think it's no accident that you chose your characters as you did, with Jude being more able to live than Jenny.) And it's certainly not "cave time" for me -- I need to get out and move and then relax. The best thing is to take a long, lonely walk in the warm sun, and then sit at the river or lake and touch the stones at the shore. Happiness is sure to come back
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Everybody handles their blues differently. I definitely don't think wallowing is a girl thing; I know plenty of experienced male wallowers. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by Jude being "more able to live"? If anything, it'd be the other way around. Jude's got himself some issues.
Oh man, I can't imagine a day without music. I can't imagine not wanting music in my ears. I think we're on two different planets, friend.
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Yeah, while I wrote what I wrote I thought that maybe the type of girl I'm friends with and the type of boy I'm friends with depends on my selection, so my view of what is typically male or typically female is not very representative but rather a reflection of who I am. And thinking a bit about this I have to admit that I feel drawn to melancholy girls while melancholy boys simply drive me nuts and I avoid them. Guess I have the nurse syndrome (wanting to make the girls happy with my love), though that as definitely changed after my last relationship with a mentally ill woman. Now girls being moody turns me off quickly, but I still have a lot of female friends left from that time (though they are thinning out rapidly, since I don't call them back as often as I used to ...).
Ah well, basically I just like your art, and since me staring at it silently doesn't make you happy, I try to think of some feedback to return some of the brain tickling you provided me, and just writing "this is awesome" seems to poor to me. But:
This is awesome!
Come and visit my planet some time.
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Ahh, you're a saver. 
I feel like all the best and sweetest men I've ever known are savers in their hearts. Maybe it's a natural factor of chivalry?
It still makes me happy when people silently enjoy my art, but I especially like when people share a little of themselves with me. You're a nice fella.
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I actually really love the lamps. Wish I had those. There's this atmosphere to the drawing and I get the feeling it's the lamps. Because they look like the sort who would give nice, soft, spreading light.
And I love her figure. Like I could stare for hours.
Mmm.. cavemusic?
I think when it's a bad-mood-time then usually it would be some AlternativeRock. They know how to get the lyrics out just right. not once i've been talking back to the song, when it fits my life. Like it the song goes "There's nothing in this heart left for you" - I reply "no. i think there is. Not much though, and not love. But there is something."
Hhh.
But if it's a good-mood-time then it'll probably be some indie pop bands or russian blues\jazz.
Well. It always goes down to lyrics , I guess.
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I think you're right, and I agree -- I love the diffused light that paper lamps give off. Reminds me of summer nights.
Russian blues sounds too cool to be real.
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Well, the first artist I could think of (and find) was Zemfira. She's brilliant.
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I love the Russian language.
I've never heard of Zemfira (or many other Russian singers/bands for that matter) but I like her. Her music is so mellow and peaceful [:
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so you have heard something before.
any band/singer you can offer?
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I can't offer anything Russian since I don't know any Russian singers but...
as far as foreign languages go:
Kaizer's Orchestra is always fun
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I don't know your particular tastes but you seem to like softer music so maybe:
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Hopefully you'll like at least one of those
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Wow. Thank you very much - I loved them.
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Aaah, gorgeous and perfect.
For cave-time I've recently been listening to the album "Apologies to the Queen Mary" by Wolf Parade. It is nice. <3
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I'm not familiar with them; I'll have to check 'em out.
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Oddly enough, my cavetime music is The Hush Sound, Alkaline Trio, or Bab Marley. Occasionally a playlist containing all three. :]
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I know you mean Bob Marley, and I feel you there very much, but i love that you wrote "Bab". :} Like how a northern Ohio PTA mom would say it.
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See, that right there is why I should not be allowed on the internet after midnight - my typos tend to get WAY more frequent. XD
...unless I really am a northern Ohio PTA mom! D:
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As long as your typos stay adorable, I don't mind.
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Hahaha, thanks. XD
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Her pose is so dynamically awesome.
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Dynamic! I love this comment.
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You are very welcome! Keep being awesome!
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Man, I've been needing some cave time like this for a long time now.
I usually put on some Portishead, Greg Weeks, Beirut, or just anything Tom Waits. Mostly Tom Waits.
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I'm feeling your Tom Waits love so hard right now. It feels like I've just moved between Waits, BjΓΆrk and The Black Keys for months now.
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I love Bjork as well! I listen to Tom Waits every night before I go to bed, though. He's perfect for winding down music. I've gotta check out this Black Keys, though, sounds interesting...
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As always, your line-work is immaculate and your chosen pose so expressive. I love the perspective on this, as well as the background; it's simple and clean and says a lot about Jenny (as does the wonderful information in your comments).
The lighting is very beautiful, and I especially like the wrist and hand that's touching her head, as well as the curve of her torso. Absolutely stellar.
When I need some cave-time I usually put on A Perfect Circle's "The Thirteenth Step", anything by Placebo or Ratatat, Shearwater's "Palo Santo" or The Romanov's "...and the moon was hungry".
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Thank you for this really thoughtful in-depth comment.
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I feel like a fly on the wall when I look at this picture.
Nice lighting!
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Really nice.I love the way you bring out the light in your art
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Thank you! I do it totally slapdash. C:
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And the result is definitely great.Congrats!
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The lighting is simply amazing... 0_0
When I'm in a funk, I just play everything on my playlist and find some porn XD
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Thumbs up to the porn. Not that it usually makes me feel any better, but.
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That all depends upon the problem XD But USUALLY, it's a good distraction from reality... Since porn isn't especially realistic... ;}
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Oh, this is just gorgeous. The simplicity of the coloring is probably what really makes the picture - it's kind of like a living, yet penciled snap-shot from above. Very nice.
I personally enjoy cranking up a little Prodigy. :3
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I can't seem to stop using that sepia tone over my sketches. I have an addiction!
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It's a GOOD addiction!
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Beautiful image - so tender and delicate.
As far as cave time goes - anything by Lisa Gerrard or Peter Gabriel. Cocteau Twins works well too.
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"Tender" is one of my favorite words.
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I'm fond of it. There's something about this piece that's just so quiet... she's comfortable in her skin just lying back with her headphones and listening to her music.
I quite like it.
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I wish I were that comfortable and relaxed.
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The light is gorgeous. I've been that relaxed before where had I not had something to focus on, I would have nodded off to sleep...
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