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The Yellow Bird of Freedomby ~joulee

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The yellow bird of freedom sings without guile
Resting tiny wings that have flapped a thousand miles
His head is shimmering golden, his coat is fire ablaze
He was, and is, and will be--for all the book of days

A boy who saw remembered, and watched with glowing eyes
Nostalgia lingers in beauty, this bird of paradise
He looked at it so gingerly with sad and sweet a smile
--Before you fly away, may I love you for a while?

Not quite the submission I had in mind for yellow day, but since I didn't have time to create anything new, here it is. I won't explain the symbolism--take it as you see it. ^^

The boy here is Rune, an original character (and my first picture of him, yay!) He used to be an angel and now isn't... His eyes are blue-glowing, but it's hard to see because of the lighting in this picture... And his hair is a bit more blue, but again, overdose on yellow lighting made it sort of green-ish.

picture done in painter/photoshop, and poem by me too.

Happy community day, everyone, and much love to this place and the happy memories it has made for us. ^^

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~SoshenCloud Mar 27, 2006 Writer

his eyes rockish

~1nflux Feb 12, 2006 Hobbyist Photographer

Great linework and perfect colouring as usual.
But somethings disturbing me about his expression...

~TheScorpio Dec 2, 2005

awsome job on the light effects
even without that the drawing itself its well..GREAT

!Codelyokolover Sep 23, 2005 Writer

wooow... those eyes and hair are just sensuall....
you're such an incredible artist... :applause:

~LeluDallas Aug 31, 2005

love it ! how do you make things all glowy looking? just use color variations or is it somthing specific?

~joulee Sep 1, 2005

Just a light-colored brush at low opacity ^__^

~Haro-chan Aug 31, 2005

Its so awesome!! lovely!!

~dance0990artist Aug 19, 2005

It is beautiful! Love the bird!

~Ealury Aug 19, 2005 Writer

I just read a book where a yellow bird symbolizing freedom was repeatedly mentioned: "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. The context is a little bit different, though... -__-"

Anyway, awesome lights in your pic.

~joulee Aug 19, 2005

haha, that's interesting. I haven't actually read In Cold Blood, although I have heard about it. ^__^ Thanks! ^^

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