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zigraphix — The Orphanage by-nc-nd

Published: 2010-01-14 20:41:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 135; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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Description As I created this image, I had an interesting conversation with my daughter, who has actually spent time in an orphanage. She wanted to know why the angel wasn't giving the kids families. I had to think about this for a couple of minutes before answering. Then I told her, "This is all this angel has to give."

With that being established, my daughter agreed that these were quite acceptable presents.
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mangoisa [2010-01-14 20:44:54 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful!

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zigraphix In reply to mangoisa [2010-02-04 14:36:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I originally started this image as an entry to a contest around "angel" images. I was going to show the angel giving a child a gift representing knowledge. Then it was going to be two children, one boy and one girl, in a setting reminiscent of the Nutcracker. Then I realized there were practically no decent clothes for the kids. So I went off on a side trip to create more interesting textures for a couple of low-cost existing clothing sets for them, and submitted the plumbing angel to the contest instead (which nobody much liked, I guess). When I returned to this image, I guess somehow /Girl Genius/ and /Madeline's Christmas/ got mixed up in my head and this was the result.

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mangoisa In reply to zigraphix [2010-02-04 19:34:03 +0000 UTC]

Well, you did a very good job! It's kind of nice to have many ideas and just see how it develops, isn't it?

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