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August 16, 2010
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The Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters who play parts in Arthurian legend. Depending on the variant, characters' roles include giving King Arthur his sword Excalibur, enchanting Merlin, & raising Lancelot after the death of his father. Various writers and copyists conflated her with, or named her as 1Nimue, 2Viviane, 3Viviana, 4Vivienne, 5Elaine, 6Niniane, 7Nivian, 8Nyneve, 9Nimueh & other variations

In this illustration, I portrayed The Lady of the Lake calling up Excalibur from the depths of the water. The enchanted lake is hidden within a dense forest. This drawing is heavily decorated with natural objects! It's the first time that I incoporated water into any of my drawings - it was fairly tricky but I somehow managed to get it to look like how I imagined it to. All the tiny details in the tree branches, leaves, fruits & flowers took so much time & effort to render that when I was done, I could hardly believe that the illustration was finally complete!

The old paper texture used for this drawing is a stock image created by :iconofruin-stock:
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Mood: Joy ~C0okieJar Jan 30, 2011  Student General Artist
amazing work with the details :sun:
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*InkWorthy Mar 4, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Awww... thank you dearie! :D
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Mood: Love =wintersmagic Nov 7, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
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Mood: Joy *InkWorthy Mar 4, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Wow! Thank you very much! It's inspiring and fulfilling to see my drawing beside all the other beautiful interpretations of the Lady. :hug: Thank you!
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=wintersmagic Mar 9, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
My pleasure, stunning work :love:
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~maiko-raivaru Sep 10, 2010
Ooo, this is awesome! you should do Queen Mab too and then you'd have the sisters! :D
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Mood: Joy *InkWorthy Sep 12, 2010  Student Traditional Artist
Hihihi! Thank you! You know what, Maiko - you really do have the most awesome ideas! Yes, I think I probably will create a Mab! :boogie:
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~maiko-raivaru Sep 14, 2010
^ ^ glad to be of service!
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~TheCoffeeBaron Sep 4, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I think~thyro's comment is fair, but I think he may have missed the point of your art, to me it's all about the style and abundance of detail, not bound by the laws of anatomicaly correct portrayals.
It's a wonderful piece, and it amazes me your not doing a fable illustration book for these.
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*InkWorthy Sep 5, 2010  Student Traditional Artist
Yep he has a point in anatomy. But I am not aiming to illustrate for medical books :giggle: It's all about fantasy here :hug: Teehee...

Thank you very much for being encouraging and supportive with what I do. It makes me feel more confident about expressing my visions in art :huggle:
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