Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Illustration Friday – Talisman


Talisman – anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions. This partial line – "i carry your heart" – from an e.e.cummings poem popped into my head when I saw the topic for this week.

12 comments:

Teri said...

Love the colored figure surrounded by those wonderful black and white zentangles.

Catnapping said...

omg. this is gorgeous. i love all the detail. i'm reminded of marcasite...this is like a cut jewel.

valerie walsh said...

I love the art and the sentiment :) lovely!

Nicky Linzey said...

As usual wonderful patterns and colours

Nimi said...

very interesting depiction. Liked the use of patterns a lot.

Amy C said...

the heart is lovely and all your details always amaze me.

Asja said...

another beautiful piece! i just love your style and detailed work!

INDIGENE said...

Strong design quality!

Anonymous said...

Oh now this is nice!!! And so appropriate for the topic. I like how you've placed the work, by seeing just a bit of the face, the mouth, the focus rests on the neck and the "talisman". And the background pattern in the border, well, that's just EXCELLENT! And a work of art in itself! Great job here!

Bjornik said...

I love the shapes and patterns you put in the border Valerie!:) Well composed and perfectly executed.

Bella Sinclair said...

Whoa! I missed this one. Just look at all that detail! I am speechless.

soulbrush said...

gorgeous and i like e e cummings.