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©2008-2009 ~sphinxmuse
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This creature appeared in the margins of a notebook some time ago and decided he wanted to make his way into a more refined piece. I began this picture last year, and I nearly forgot about him until rediscovering him tucked into a pad of drawing paper after moving into my first apartment, which seems entirely fitting. He seems to delight in obscurity and even now after completing the piece, I cannot say I know a great deal more about him that when he first appeared as a simple pen sketch.

What I do know is this: He possesses keys to all the doors that ever were (and never were), including those subtle, metaphysical ones. His collection includes keys to rooms in buildings which have been demolished decades ago, keys to rusty vehicles moldering on the junk heap, keys to gates that no longer guard anything at all, and tiny keys to diaries whose pages have long since been torn out and burned away. No door, no portal is ever truly gone, he tells me.

In this image, his fingers originally grazed the key to the doorway between life and death, but we thought the depiction was a bit too literal. Now, petals from the flower of the dogwood tree dance before his grasp. Evidently each petal represents one of his profound riddles - he reminds me that not all keys can be held.

Media: Prismacolor colored pencils, watercolor, acrylic, sumi ink, ink, collage (for the dogwood petals and flower)

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:iconwonderlandalli:
I love this, so serene!

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98% of teenagers do or have tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this in your signature.
(So I'm not a teen now, but when I was, I didn't, and still haven't.)
:iconyourpleasantdarkness:
Love the surreality of this piece and the fantastic details / rich colors. :heart:

-A.C.

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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between his shoulderblades will seriously cramp his style.
-- Vlad Taltos (Writer: Steven Brust)
:iconkyria:
very intriguing piece. it's very creepy.

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"Love is in you. You look for love in people. [But] the only person love is really inside of is you."
--Chris Crocker
:iconkayceeus:
Very nice work!!

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Please spay or neuter your pets! :jackdirt:
:iconjajinek007:
Great. You can use your fantasy very well. :clap:

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Have a nice day! :)
:iconsphinxmuse:
Thank you. May I ask what you find creepy about it?

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:iconkyria:
the eyes; that stare! also, i guess, the way the head is positioned.

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"Love is in you. You look for love in people. [But] the only person love is really inside of is you."
--Chris Crocker

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