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Published: 2010-10-04 18:59:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 54208; Favourites: 2416; Downloads: 0
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The Cat and the Fiddle.Thomas plays a mournful melody in remembrance of his beloved soulmate who was caught by a string maker only days before. Unable to bear the weight of grief at losing her, the last thing he could do was steal the strings woven from her gut. He now plays to remember her as they can be together in song.
Layout assignment. Photoshop.
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To go overboard on the idea that the strings are made from the guts of his soulmate would be stating the obvious, to keep it low-key and somber makes the story more of a sad realization that the actual morbidity of the act has been accepted as an unfortunate commonplace. I feel that if I were to focus entirely on the morbid would make the story more like any other story that you might find in a hot topic sold comic strip. A slight twist of morbid irony played for subtlety in order not to disrupt a sad but somehow beautiful love story.
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Depressing and creepy, indeed, but there's something very beautiful about this. The perspective and layout are fantastic, and the moonlight through the run-down rooftops creates a wonderfully solemn mood. I like the rough painted texture too, giving it all an "authentic" illustrated look. Great picture!
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Oh, poor Thomas. This is beautiful, in a sad, sorrowful way. Amazing job with the lighting.
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great! love the moodiness to it, you can cut the emotion with a knife. also kinda dreamy
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wow that is beautiful! i really love how it looks realistic but still whimsical!
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Absolutely gorgeous! I'm really digging the twisted perspective, here. Gives it a really nice storybook feeling.
Great job!
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It's so beautfiful and sad, I love it ♥ Fabulous job!
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This is really gorgeous. I love the texture and the lighting, and the perspective is really neat. And the cat's design!
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Absolutely love the texture and I just wanna pick him up and cuddle him he looks so sad!!
Gonna go destroy the string maker for making kitty cry.
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I didn't want to be the one to point it out but... oh well; *whispers* catgut was PROBABLY never made from cat intestines.
*cough*
beautifully melancholic story though. Ooh, prints available. Do they come with the story I wonder?
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I know that, but from a simple storytelling point of view you can probably understand why I would choose a cat (which is also more familiar to humans and thus more sympathetic) as well as the play on words- perhaps in Thomas' world the catgut is made from actual cat. Storytelling comes from imagination, if it just echoed real life there wouldn't be any fun left in it
I've thought of using this story for something on down the line... I do have to do a short comic story for my graphic novel class, though I was intent on using my B-movie parody, i'm having trouble making it work... so maybe I'll do the story of Thomas and his soulmate (whatever her name is- Bob probably)
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Someone had to sacrifice themselves and say it. I am a martyr to the cause of pedantry! XD
If storytelling only ever reflected the real world all we'd have is made-for-TV movies. Can you imagine?!
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That's a world Idon't want to live in! ;_; and haha sorry if I sounded short, I have this terrible pet peeve (probably from my mother, love her, but she loves to be a "knowitall" when yuo already know it XD) about being told things I already know, so even though I try not to I think I always sound a little put off when going "NO I KNOW :V" hahaha.
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*offers cookie*
I was trying to be funny and clearly failed so the sounding short was completely understandable XD
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your right, it wasn't. It was made from cattle intestines and the like (you probably wouldn't be able to make much of it out of a cat anyway). catgut = short for cattle gut.
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thats either the saddest or most screwed up thing ive read in a description yet. hands down
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wow I love this one the lighting is awesome and the viewpoint is too.
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This may be the most horribly tradgic romance I've ever seen! I love it, even though it makes me want to cry! <3
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Beautiful!! 
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Fave both for the art and the sad story
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You painted this in photoshop? Dude it looks like you used chalk, pastels, and paint.
That is amazing and I wish i could achieve a skill like that!
Wonderful picture, the perspective is eye catching!
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when i first saw the pic, i was lke "awwww 
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Horribly bittersweet, and beautiful imagewise and skillswise.
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The story and idea reminds me of the Cat Piano. Its a neat animated short movie.
This is done really well. I
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I like the blue and the lighting. The story just makes it seem sadder, but it looked sad to begin with. I like the mooding of it.
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Wow, tha'ts awesome xD The texture makes it feel as though it's been painted on canvas
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I always did love that rhyme, not sure why though. But I can say I love it more now that you have added your own twist to it. Very interesting indeed.
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thats so sad ;_;
a beautiful tragedy, well done. i love how you colored it <3
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Wonderful texture and mood infused in this piece. The composition and technique really enhance the feel of your beautiful picture.
This is actually unrelated, but it did remind me of it and you may enjoy this [link]
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Very poetic and beautiful picture. Though 'Cat Guts' is a bit of misnomer as the strings were actually made from sheep's guts.
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I know that, but from a simple storytelling point of view you can probably understand why I would choose a cat (which is also more familiar to humans and thus more symathetic) as well as the play on words- perhaps in Thomas' world the catgut is made from actual cat. Storytelling comes from imagination, if it just echoed real life there wouldn't be any fun left in it
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