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Rue, Ophelia by =mollygrue:iconmollygrue:

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Submitted: January 21, 2006
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Ophelia is from William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, which I both hate and love. As it turns out, I both hate and love Ophelia too. But, mostly love. She starts out as a complete innocent and gradually becomes beautiful and deranged with the knowledge of her role and her personal grief.

This may mean that I'll be taking a break from the savages and civis for a while. Whenever I get into an Ophelia mood, she tends to just take over and, since she's such a personal subject, I can't really deny her. We'll see though. Those other people are just as important to me. Just in a different way.

Oh yes. And here is the original sketch that this piece came from:
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Some other Ophelia works from a few years ago:
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!Kazimo-000:iconKazimo-000: Jan 21, 2006, 1:38:44 PM
WOW!!! i love it :D
u done a great job man :) keep it up ;)
*briarthorn:iconbriarthorn: Jan 21, 2006, 2:14:39 PM
:jawdrop: Its soo beautiful! And OMG I know exactly what you mean... I HATE Hamlet, he's such a stupid idiotic *ahem, censored*. But I have always loved Ophelia.... did you Helena Bonham Carter in the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet? She was absolutely incredible!
*Cloxboy:iconCloxboy: Jan 21, 2006, 2:25:52 PM
WOW! I really like this. Very well done.

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~skullberries:iconskullberries: Jan 21, 2006, 2:56:23 PM
I just can't get over this drawing. It inspires me. I'm not a huge fan of Shakespeare, but of all the works of his I've read, Hamlet is my favorite. I'm a sucker for tragic love stories. Lovely lovely lovely.

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~Lucidite:iconLucidite: Jan 21, 2006, 2:59:37 PM
Aw, I just love it... your technique is as amazing as always and I especially adore her hair...I haven't read Hamlet yet, but if I do so i suppose I'll have that picture in my mind everytime ophelia turns up :) .
~Ahiko:iconAhiko: Jan 21, 2006, 4:47:03 PM
Ooh, I get to read Hamlet this year. :) I've been hearing about how interesting Ophelia is for years.

I have this one Rasputina song called "Dig, Ophelia" which is about her (I believe.) Good stuff, Good stuff.

Your crosshatching is amazing, but it always is. Her face feels so ALIVE.

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=mollygrue:iconmollygrue: Jan 21, 2006, 5:34:52 PM
Her metamorphosis is really interesting. I hope you enjoy reading about her.

I've never heard that song before. In fact, I've never even heard of the band. But, I live in a hole ^_^;;;. What kind of sound do they have?
=mollygrue:iconmollygrue: Jan 21, 2006, 5:39:51 PM
Hee. Yeah, I've always enjoyed drawing hair. Something in it's ability to take on a life of its own.

Hamlet is definitely worth a read, but I would suggest seeing the play. Or watching one of the movies. It tends to be easier to make sense of it all when it is performed. Which is typical of Shakespeare. Or any play really, for that matter.

I'll have that picture in my mind everytime ophelia turns up

Thanks. That means a lot ^____^.
=mollygrue:iconmollygrue: Jan 21, 2006, 5:49:54 PM
I can't say that I'm a huge fan of Shakespeare myself, but occassionally, he created memorable characters. Which is more than I can say for most artists, you know?

I love Ophelia of course. Lady MacBeth (MacBeth), Viola (The Twelfth Night), the gravediggers (Hamlet), and Bottom (A Midsummer Night's Dream) are a few of my other favorites.
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