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Published: 2008-08-18 01:53:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 12986; Favourites: 240; Downloads: 346
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Drawing and text from Spring '08Prismacolor pencils on black paper 12"x18"
This being, "Turance," is the current reflection of what I consider to be my "higher self," or "guardian angel." Power and humility, energy and healing, inner knowing, fluidity, illumination, service...a mirror of my Self appearing in the clear void.
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That is totally you...my absolute favorite of yours' yet
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Awesome colors! I really love the darkish mood.. And the details are just plain epic. really great job!
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The best iteration yet!
I love watching this develop as a series. I wonder if there will be another?
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Nice - the compsition is well balanced and the whole thing has a nice fluid sense to it.
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really nice composition. like all the different layers involved
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Its beautiful ^^ Iv never seen anything like it, one of a kind art.
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Are you gonna put background flames with fish fins?
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i have also drawn my higher self/ guardian angel l..... check it out in my galler
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Fantastic! Very Alex Grey, but with a more outlandish design and sense of flow. Your creative vision and subtle mastery of the medium are very impressive.
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Thank you - I am in a phase of moving past a raging enthusiasm for Grey's work, which seems to be letting his influence settle deeper, and allows me more room to grow in my own directions. Though I doubt any mastery in my work, I definitely am seeing it evolve in fruitful directions. By the way, I enjoy your quote, and am stealing your idea for favorite photographer.
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Haha, please do! 
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If that were my guardian angel I'd feel pretty damn safe
I love the hands. This doesn't even look like a drawing...it looks like a scene from a movie because it just... GLOWS. I don't know of anyone else who can make their drawings literally GLOW. So...feel special. You have incredible talent. Keep at it.
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Thanks Alex for your encouragement and enthusiasm. I tend, while looking at my own work, to sway between joyous enthusiasm and critical disinterest. It's good to get that positive energy from others.
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Beautiful as always, Greg. It certainly has gotten more complex, but still very clean. I am wondering about one change, though. In the earlier versions, the "hands" of the figure seemed to blend or feed into the encircling ring. I love the energy braiding upward from the hands in this piece, but I also really appreciated that element of connection from the other sketches. Hardly a criticism since it looks gorgeous, just some curiosity as to why you switched it up and if there is any particular significance behind it (knowing you, I have my suspicions). Best, Adrienne.
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That was something I heavily considered, after deciding to add the vortexes coming out of the hands. Those were mainly emphasized by the fact that I am persuing energy healing as a part-time profession, channelling energies through the hands for healing. Looking back on my work, I only recently realized how consistent this theme of energy/hands has been, and how at some level I have been destined towards this practice.
So, I wanted to add vortexes in the hands, but also preserve the expanding ring. Though it broke a little bit of the unity of the elements in the composition, I thing it broke for the better. I appreciate your attention to subtlety, knowing that some people really do give my work some time to settle and expand in their mind. Thanks Adrienne.
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That's really beautiful, I love the color choice, on the dark background.
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