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What Lies Between the Lines...What Lies Between the Lines...

They don't tell you about the nights when you'll cry; when you'll curse and rave and throw wadded up tissues at the monitor. They don't tell you about the number of times you'll want to throw your pencil or brush or tablet pen in the garbage disposal and flip the switch.

They don't tell you about the time spent painting insane detail onto tiny things that no one will ever see, ever appreciate, ever understand except to say "nice" or "pretty" or "wow"--none of which ever come close to how you felt when you painted it. How you felt when you stepped back and stared and were awed for a moment that you had pulled s

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Loosening up after several weeks of not being able to work. Knocked this out in a couple of hours. I've had Neil Gaiman and his Sandman characters on the brain for weeks now, so it felt good to get this out of my system.

As always, and I hate to have to publicly state this, I do not sell my fan art in any way, so please don't submit print requests.

Drip texture from [link] (a great resource for free stock texture images)
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~sandra30 Jan 30, 2013
wow
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~Pantstrovich Aug 21, 2012
This is one of my favourite depictions of him.
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~A-Quest-Of-Scales Aug 1, 2012
Oh Morpheus... This is beautiful. It wouldn't be out of place on a Sandman cover. I love the entire feeling of it, the way it just tugs at my heartstrings. I haven't read the comics for a couple of years but this just reminds me so much of how I always cry at the funeral towards the end.
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Mood: Love ~The-Rasmus-Raven Jun 5, 2012   General Artist
Awesome, I love it :D
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Mood: Joy !RoseLoveCry Dec 10, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
wow
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~MewZakuro123 Nov 6, 2011  Student General Artist
Amazing! Dream looks so sexy!
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*Ciameth Jul 29, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Featured here: [link]
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*MelissaFindley Aug 9, 2011  Professional General Artist
Thank you.
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~Hedonistbyheart Jun 25, 2011
oh this has a lovely feel to it! He is beautiful but still ominous, just like I feel he should be, and I love the smoothness of his skin and eyes, coupled with that drip-texture. Very dreamy:D
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!Fainting-Star Apr 8, 2011
You are invited to join :icondreams-realm:
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