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The sad story of lightningbugs by ~joulee:iconjoulee:

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Once there was a beautiful glen
Where all the swans sang in harmonious din
The plants swayed to and fro in glee
(and not by any power of wind, you see)

But in the evening, when the sky was pink
This was the most special time, I think
For that was when the bugs came out
Glowing softly in the glen about

And some were thin and some were fat
(the fat ones did glow more, in fact!)
The lightning bugs were all around
Swaying with the plants to the swan's dear sound

And you might think, "oh but they're so sweet!"
So shiny and bright and lovely a treat!
That's what she thought when she took them home
In a glass bottle with two round domes

But lightning bugs don't like it at all
No sirree, they like to fly high and tall
And after the capture was all said and done
She discovered dead lightning bugs are not very fun



The final image from the eyes tutorial [link] and the digital inking tutorial [link] This was actually a lot of fun to work on, since I haven't done super-deformed in quite some time. And I definitely took my liberty with what a "lightning bug" looks like.... ^^ Wallpaper-sized for your downloading pleasure! (It's actually my new phone background ^^)

(Also, you can't really see the sad lightning bug expressions in the picture unless you full-view...)
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~DarknessFelineSainan:iconDarknessFelineSainan: Apr 18, 2006, 12:21:31 PM
haha I like the poem that goes with it ^_^

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"All I wanted was revenge on the heavens....that put me through hell." -Nakago from 'Fushigi Yugi'

Zoe-"he made a stump"
Me-"OF HIS HAND??!!" :XD: OMG I'm a loser
`hakubaikou:iconhakubaikou: Apr 18, 2006, 12:22:42 PM
Oh noes! The poor little dead ones!

^_^ This is too cute!

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"Nothing is written." --- LoA
~neonic923:iconneonic923: Apr 18, 2006, 12:23:28 PM
Lol! They look like Chaos inside those Lilo & Stitch experiment capsule things XD Really cute, great job!

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♪ Just a Small Town Girl... ♫
~kiwifairy:iconkiwifairy: Apr 18, 2006, 12:25:58 PM
*sniffle* it's so adorable... and sad...!

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<3
~starfireone3:iconstarfireone3: Apr 18, 2006, 12:28:08 PM
That's so cute!!!

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"And if I'm lonely, doesn't matter, there are worse things than being lonely, there are people who freeze while they wait on their knees and they don't know for what and they've just been forgotten. I ain't waitin' no more. You just wait forever if you ca
~Narien:iconNarien: Apr 18, 2006, 12:28:25 PM
i just looked at this not really seeing this...then i came out of my day dream and my heart melted when i saw it :D it's fantastic :P

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Narien.
~Theinfamousbunny:iconTheinfamousbunny: Apr 18, 2006, 12:37:26 PM
aw the poem is lovely, and goes so well with the picture,very nice ^-^

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"The bird of Hermes is my name,Eating my wings to make me tame."
~Miyumi:iconMiyumi: Apr 18, 2006, 12:43:30 PM
This is such a pretty picture~ The colors are so soft and..and..pink! XD The poem that goes along with it is great as well. Poor lightningbugs...

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~Hope is the thing with feathers
:butterflytwo: That perches in the soul~
~DarkRobinLady:iconDarkRobinLady: Apr 18, 2006, 12:49:36 PM
pretty!! i love thcolors! and she's sooo cute!! ^^
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