RESTORATION PROJECT, Item Nr. 2 -- "I didn't think you'd come for me." - FIREFLYFANS.NET

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RESTORATION PROJECT, Item Nr. 2 -- "I didn't think you'd come for me."

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Most like my second best work. :) Apart from rounding up the usual suspects, such as transparency errors, this picture differs from the one I originally posted at FFF.net, in that I edited out Simon's hand on the elevator door, and smoothed out the area where the window post and the River-in-elevator-shaft meet. (Original Text below)

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RESTORATION PROJECT, Item Nr. 2 -- "I didn't think you'd come for me."

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ASARIAN

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 05:01

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After my last piece, I realized I'm not done expressing River's suffering yet. This one is based on the theme and text of the unshot episode "Dead or Alive." It's about the little rhyme River sings at the fair, which suddenly, and shockingly, reveals a great amount of torture at the hands of the "blue demons". :( It's a very gripping text. She expresses being a princess, locked up in a tower by evil men, hoping, in vain it seems, for her prince (Simon) to come and rescue her. She tries to escape herself, but fails. That's where the title comes in: "I didn't think you'd come for me." But, of course, Simon does come! and rescues her; and together they escape that awful place. I tried to express this. On the right, obviously, the white tower. :) You can peek into the window and see River. On the left is essentially a zoom of that window, and we can see her properly now. The elevator scene depicts, naturally, her eventual escape, with the help of Simon.

MIRAMEL

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 13:08

i think i must have missed this the first time 'round, (or else i just forgot it) but holy hellbats thats fricking awesome! the tower inparticular grabs my attention, and i like hte way it fades into the blurry river in the middle.

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