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Published: 2008-11-11 09:14:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1757; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 0
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Stand clear! Calliope is taking off.Calliope's Book is a story about a little white cat who lives in a forested world of rusting mechanical chipmunks and shining metal wings.
What's particularly special about the image?
1. For a digital image, this is truly huge: 18 x 24 inches @ 600dpi. I'm a former pre-press designer and strive to make my work look particularly great when printed.
2. Look close! This image contains parasignals !
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Comments: 21
I really like the heavy lines in this, it give the cats pose and the pic a more dynamic feel. Things feel like there moving. Wonderful job on this.
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Very nice 
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Thanks! The pose was developed after thinking about how Calliope would look if she was really motivated to leap into the sky. Her line of action -- an uncoiling spring -- naturally seemed to determine the composition and inclusion of everything else.
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Thanks! Determining the right way to apply color was one of the most difficult decisions with this piece. To emphasize the dynamism of the central figure, I chose blue hues for the background and parts of the overstressed wing pack. The red and orange were brought in to heighten the drama and provide a visual cue linking this character to previous paintings in which she is featured.
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Great work
Also, is one of the secrets the chinese/japanese symbols made up with the things around him/her? hah
Just a guess
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Thank you -- I'm flattered! 
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WHOO! This is too cooool! I am slightly confused about the left leg, but then again, I don't know how cats work.....
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Glad you like! The left leg is highly forshortened... and I might have gotten a little overzealous with the line work there. 
(Might go back for another pass once I get some distance from it...)
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Thanks! I think Calliope stole all my energy -- I'm exhausted!
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I would think so, who wouldn't need the extra energy to take off?? XD, You did well though, the piece is awesome.
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