Beautiful. I really like the visual movement and the colour splatters in the background.

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_{||+i want to be the one to walk in the sun+||}

I really like the structures and the colours on the background. The scriptures are so well done, I am really impressed how you spread the words in this piece!

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Try to unlearn everything you've learned,
Try to listen to your heart.
No, we can't understand the universe
By just using our minds...

Epica - Consign To Oblivion

Thanks for the positive feedback.

I love this. I really like the mixed media and the way it sorta looks like it just got dumped out.

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Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure. - of all the book four Ravenclaw quotes I chose to use as my sig, I can't believe I chose THAT one.

Pure awesomeness. Very impressed.. 15 months to do this? You must have only spent a few minutes at a time. :grin:
The calligraphy is very sharp and clean. What kind of pen did you use, and what brand of ink?

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"Fawner for a leeched heart;
allegiance to a she-while;
love's last aegis holds pause."

I like the mix a lot. It's very expressive.

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Me ? A signature ? Never.

simply amazing by all aspects.... above all totaly traditional not any thing digital .... calligraphy is also very sharp, fine and crisp...amazing. what is the acctual size of this work?

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AimAlee
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Beautiful and powerful

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Take a look to my gallery, thanks

Mon site sur le henné, my henna website : [link]

Thanks. Yes 15 months or so... I started the background. And before I could do anything else to it, I was fired from my job and had to concentrate on other things for a bit. Once I got the new job, it was touch and go for a while and never really found myself with the feeling that I wanted to finish it. But with the end of the year approaching, I decided to move my calligraphy stuff to my "study" where the atmosphere is much better than in my new "studio" and completed it over the course of about 3 night. Total time spent on this project was about 4-5 hours.

Also, since you ask, I used my old college pen (generic holder) & Brause nibs. I love those nibs. I broke one once and had to order a replacement from someplace in San Francisco. As for the ink, I use Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache. I have about 15 different tubes of it and mix my own colors - which is why they aren't always the same from beginning to end.