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February 5, 2010
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I've been working on this piece on & off for about 2 years. I'm not sure what to title it yet so I'm tentatively calling it "Ancestors" for now. My ACEO Huldre was the precursor to this image. It's rare that I will deliberately choose to depict the same figure twice, but this particular one was really calling out for a more thorough treatment. You can also see an in-progress shot here.

The main figure is my own personal interpretation of Frau Holda ghostly emerging from the mound. The image gives the impression of being a scene from a bygone time, but upon closer inspection there are modern elements to elude to the fact that She's not just a figure from the past.

Media include: ballpoint pen, colored pencils, watercolor, and colored inks on toned paper.

Edit August 30, 2010: I finally got around to re-scanning this image so that all the creatures in the lower right hand side are visible. Some of them were cut-off in my previous version since the whole piece would not fit on the scanner. I'm also now offering prints of this piece!
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Given 2012-06-20
Ancestors, a surrealistic piece by ~sphinxmuse. Beautifully painted with an impressive amount of details. ( Featured by ^SRudy )
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~AndreSintenie Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Absolutely magical piece! You deserve all the praise!
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~saffyminty Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
What an amazing piece of artwork! I love this, it is a very different and imaginative idea :D Great Job :meow: This well deserved to be a Daily Deviation :heart:
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~KXZXW Jun 20, 2012
This would be a cool experimental metal album cover or something haha
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Mood: Love ~Wildpink3 Jun 20, 2012  Student General Artist
WOW! I really have to look at this to get it all then go back and look some more . Its great.
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Mood: Love ~Kaixue Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist
that is gorgeous :)
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Mood: Wow! ~Flowerchild229 Jun 20, 2012
Beautiful, I love how in depth the details are!!
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~DALover26 Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
At first, when I saw it, I thought that it was great. The fantasy theme is AMAZING! but, when I had a closer look, I saw that there were many little designs in the trunk, or dress. That just looks AMAZING!!! I absolutely love it!
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Mood: Love ~Urikedi Jun 20, 2012
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~DarkEmber41 Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
i just came back from a trip to europe and while in paris we saw a Salvidor Dali exibit. this is so sureal it reminds me of some of the sculptures we saw.
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!SuperAimster Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Congrats on the DD! :iconclappingplz:
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