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Published: 2007-10-15 21:36:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 644; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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... when you close your eyes?"

Here' s Galáxia again, I had forgotten how much I loved drawing her. You can tell I love doing close-ups on her.

Trying something a little different. I really am not sure if I like it or not, I look at it and love the message but there are so many things I wish I could change about this.

The thing behind Galáxia is meant to be some sort of galaxy but it looks more like fire than anything else, I wish I had blend the colors better but I kind of rushed the background.

I was also playing around with the shadows and highlights, I like the contrast between the two sides of her head, although it's much more noticeable on the paper. My scanner totally ruined this one, I was so happy that my previous works weren't getting the ESS(Evil Scanner Syndrome) and now this one got completely assassinated! I wish you guys could see the original, it's so much better.

So yeah, I've seen the quote 'Do stars still shine when you close your eyes?' a lot lately and I thought it'd be perfect for Galáxia, she's the ruler of the universe and stuff. I guess they do still shine, uh?

Learned lesson: Drawing equines with closed eyes is harder than opened eyed ones.

Galáxia is © to me.

October 2007
Colored pencils and white pen(stars)
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Comments: 39

Tweede-Kans [2009-11-21 21:31:12 +0000 UTC]

.... Oooo... I know I've commented on this before... perhaps as Atocha...

*pokes* read a book called Cosmos. Read. Read read read! (Oh--yeah--when you have time, of course. )

Soooo awesome. Great work on the spiral galaxy; I can't draw galaxies for crap!

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Tweede-Kans [2009-11-22 15:50:17 +0000 UTC]

I'm pretty sure I will read it now ^^

Thank you so much!

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Tweede-Kans In reply to PolarisAstrum [2009-11-22 21:22:01 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Well, I *have* been telling everyone about it... And then I forget who I've told. So I tell people twice XD

You're welcome! ^_^

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Tweede-Kans [2009-11-22 21:35:16 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I'm like that too! XD

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Tweede-Kans In reply to PolarisAstrum [2009-11-22 21:45:31 +0000 UTC]

I know--especially when it's something that one finds so wickedly awesome.

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Tweede-Kans [2009-08-05 17:27:42 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely gorgeous--hence the fav. The swirly galaxy is awesome ^_^

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Tweede-Kans [2009-08-07 14:23:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for both the comment and the !

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Tweede-Kans In reply to PolarisAstrum [2009-08-07 16:15:42 +0000 UTC]

You'sh welcome.

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Child-of-God [2007-11-25 21:01:33 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Child-of-God [2007-11-28 21:02:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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VixenPurple [2007-10-26 02:34:02 +0000 UTC]

OMG the shading is mind boggling and the pic is just amazing.

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PolarisAstrum In reply to VixenPurple [2007-11-06 20:29:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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VixenPurple In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-11-08 06:10:36 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome .

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AravisRiona [2007-10-23 15:21:31 +0000 UTC]

I like the colors on this one, and the angle of the face must
have been hard to draw..nice shading, too

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PolarisAstrum In reply to AravisRiona [2007-10-23 22:43:29 +0000 UTC]

It wasn't so hard, I like hard angles XD

Thank you so much!

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little-angel-girl80 [2007-10-21 02:13:32 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!! Love the pose u did in this. Very nice!

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PolarisAstrum In reply to little-angel-girl80 [2007-10-21 19:59:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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little-angel-girl80 In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-12-18 13:12:43 +0000 UTC]

np

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Mochitora [2007-10-20 06:19:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is gorgeous! I personally love the galaxy behind her, since there are pictures of galaxies that look like fire. The universe and space are sooo amazing... You've really managed to capture that!

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Mochitora [2007-10-20 15:02:51 +0000 UTC]

Aww thank you so much Grace! I'm happy to hear that

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Mochitora In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-10-20 18:21:59 +0000 UTC]

No problem! ^^

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ShelbyTSheep [2007-10-18 22:42:35 +0000 UTC]


Phenomenal work.

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PolarisAstrum In reply to ShelbyTSheep [2007-10-20 15:02:20 +0000 UTC]

XD Thank you so much for both the comment and the fav!

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ShelbyTSheep In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-10-20 19:46:13 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Dark-Memory [2007-10-16 23:44:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow...thats absolutely stunning.

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Dark-Memory [2007-10-18 19:09:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Dark-Memory In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-10-21 22:46:30 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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unicorndreams [2007-10-16 11:03:19 +0000 UTC]

I..I ....wow!
I dont kno what to say! I love this its amazing!!! ^^

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PolarisAstrum In reply to unicorndreams [2007-10-18 19:09:07 +0000 UTC]

Haha that's more than enough! I'm glad you like it^^ Thank you!

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hennap [2007-10-15 22:43:56 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing I just love it I have some pretty hard times doing horses' head straight. You did an awsome job!!!!!!! I just love it A new

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PolarisAstrum In reply to hennap [2007-10-18 19:07:07 +0000 UTC]

It was the same for me, but I praticed and now I can do it without references ^^(I hate using references and I rarely use them which make sme happy )

Thank you so much Henna!

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hennap In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-10-18 20:30:14 +0000 UTC]

You are so welcome I can't stand using references either, but I might need to start looking a bit more to see if I can get better at the anatomy. By the way when I draw from references I always say it in description of the drawing

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PolarisAstrum In reply to hennap [2007-10-18 20:40:23 +0000 UTC]

Yup, me too

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hennap In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-10-18 20:52:38 +0000 UTC]

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horsewolf [2007-10-15 22:06:11 +0000 UTC]

his is beautifull Joana! i love the colors and everything~ very nice!

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PolarisAstrum In reply to horsewolf [2007-10-15 22:06:52 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you so much!

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horsewolf In reply to PolarisAstrum [2007-10-16 00:15:18 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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LauraRobjohns [2007-10-15 21:55:30 +0000 UTC]

........*speechless*
This is gorgeous!! I love every bit! I don't think I can even begin to describe my feelings towards this pic...

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PolarisAstrum In reply to LauraRobjohns [2007-10-15 22:00:32 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you so much! That means a lot to me!

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