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Published: 2017-11-12 18:02:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1376; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 1
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Work in progress. A cover for an e-book I am currently working on, based on the old tale 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.ΒMedia: pen and ink, pastels, digital.Β
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Rats in the picture were essential. 
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Oh, really ? Ahahah !Β
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Thank you very much.
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Quite a sinister story too.
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Thats why its so great
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Absolutely. All the best tales have something sinister happening in them.
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The human morbidity factor
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The client said he wanted cute and not nasty-looking rats. I hope I succeeded.Β
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Yes, it's a funny version of the story and not the original, which is quite sinister. 
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Hooded rats are kinda pied, too, I guess.
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Ha ha. You've done it again and given me more inspiration. Rats with hoodies! I must do it.
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Any time!
And, speaking of the Pied Piper, if by any chance you have not yet read "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents", be sure you do!
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I have not only read the book, but I also met Terry Pratchett. I used to work for an arts magazine in Manchester and I interviewed him in a book shop. (Way back in 1990).
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Very cool!
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I think he'd just finished his tenth Discworld novel. He wrote many more afterwards.Β
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Wow!!!The best Pied Piper I've ever seen!!!Best followers too!!!Who couldn't love such rats!! Love it!!
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Praise indeed. Yes, I was fairly pleased with this one.
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Β Oh Andy I love this, this is just so cute lol, I love the little mice below and the pied piperΒ Β This is awesome.Β
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Thank you very much. And what's that music you're playing? I feel enchanted.Β
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I feel like Jethro Tull in there playing Aqua Lung 
Or Locomotive Breath both awesome tunes! That is what that little guy you got there
reminded me of lol.Β
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Ha ha. Brilliant.
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Thank you Andy
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Colorful. Oh Andy this is really fantastic. I like the little mice at the bottom too. Β
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I've now added another rat near the piper's feet. The author also wants me to include another character, the town crier. It's not the original story, by the way. It's a sort of whacky version for adults and very funny. He's publishing it as an e-book on November 20th.Β
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Oh that is wonderful. You are becoming a real promising writer as well as an artist
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I didn't write this one. It's been written by somebody else. I don't even know if it's any good or not.Β
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Oh okay but Β I will say the illustrated work is good.
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Funny, I always imagined him as wearing green/brown!Β This is great, I love the rats - so cute!
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I tried him with different colours. The red seemed to suit him best, but you could be right - his costume should probably be green or brown. Thanks for the feedback.
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Oh, I wasn't saying it was wrong
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I know, but when I looked at previous illustrations of him, he was wearing a lot of green.
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It's good to be different
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Absolutely.
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