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best,
you've got to be the best
you've got to change the world
and you use this chance to be heard
your time is now
[muse]

stock from *fetishfaerie-stock & sxc.hu
Made whilst waiting on the ever awesome and trully deviant *theballhugger getting back from his beloved footie.

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Submitted on: April 18, 2009
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Resolution: 500×500

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Critique by !Minka-Yumi Apr 1, 2011, 8:00:27 PM

Firstly this is an amazing piece you have created. The symmetry of it gives the feeling that the woman is staring into a mirror and seeing not herself but her other side. Two beings struggeling for dominance in the same body as if to say. This concept people have seen many times before, but in a way you have made it fresh, eye catching so people are drawn to it instantly.

The colours you have used are also great and set a great atmospheric mood for the picture. How you have choosed to use different colours for each butterfly sets the concept in motion for the viewer, so they know it may look like a mirror reflection, when in actual fact it may not be. In other words it gets the viewer to think about the artwork, not just look at a pretty picture that most people seem to do.
How you have chose to add more textures to the skin and details such as tiny flowers swirling around the butterflies adds more strength to the piece as well, along with the blue patterns and woman's make-up makes your gaze linger with the picture.

Stunning artwork ^^

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Critique by `Little-Vampire Apr 19, 2009, 2:25:03 AM

The best way to comment this work is doing it while listening to Muse. What I really like in this work is the way the two faces are looking at each other. The look in her eye is so intense that it's like if she's trying to look inside of herself, as if she's trying to find out who she really is. We tend to wear a lot of masks during our lives (when we talk with someone, when we're at work,...), that most of the time we forget who we really are.
The use of the butterflies recall the song title, but the fact you decided to colour them in two different ways (warm colour and cold colour), makes me wonder if it's your own way to express a feeling of confusion.
Great work.