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"´Ill Met By Moonlight´" by Melissa Findley

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SciFi and Fantasy Art ´Ill Met By Moonlight´ by Melissa Findley

Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania.
-Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

'Moonlight' is, as of now, my most ambitious digital work thus far. I figured I needed more practice doing backgrounds, and, since I hate to draw trees, I set out to prove to myself that I could.
Then this became my 'hurricane project' (I live in Florida, and if you've been paying attention, you'll note that our weather has been a little unusual lately.) So throughout Charley, and Frances, and in the time before, in between, and after the storms, I've been working on this. It's about a month's worth of work, and I'm fairly proud of it. There was supposed to be a little more in the foreground, but when I started to add it in, it took too much away from the central figures, so I left it as is.
This scene is the first time we get to meet the King and Queen of Faeries in Shakespeare's play, and it's one of my favorite scenes. There's so much tension between the two. She's haughty and proud, he's cunning and jealous. And I love the idea of all of the rest of the fae sort of taking cover, unsure of what will happen when these two meet.

Photoshop CS and a Wacom Tablet

Date	Name	Comment
5 May 2005	Spaztic Arwen	Loading... finally inhales as has been holding breath since she saw this picture that is beautiful. You do the bard justice with your inturpertation. i love all of the random fey in the background. they are each so unique.
29 May 2005	Elven Fun	Loading... God! This is Great! I adore it!
31 May 2005	Charmody	Loading... oh wow, You may be just the artist I need! I've a proposition for you involving a cash prize of $2500 AUS its a shakespeare competition in australia. I'd love to chat, could you e-mail me whenever you get the chance, that is, if you're interested! This is fantastic work!, Its so refreshing to see depth and dynamics!!! You're a girl who isn't afraid to shade! lol Have a nice day.
1 Dec 2005	Anonymous	Loading... This picture is done amazingly well, and i think it captures the spirit and feel of the faeries all the way. Fantastic job.
12 Jan 2006	Michael	Loading... Very very very very very excellent i love your style
23 Jun 2006	Kirsty	Loading... I can see the Cobweb guy in the background
24 Jun 2006	Lester	Loading... OMG!!!! O_O ^_^ Just what i like!! It reminds me of Narnia!YAY!
13 Jul 2006	Cassandra MutePoetess Cahill	Loading... hmm wow. for a minute i didn't actually see Oberon there. he looked like a tree. but this is a very amazing picture.
12 Jan 2007	Teatime's girl	Loading... wow . . . love the colours. This deserved the mods. ^^
11 Jun 2008	Liske	Loading... WOW !!!!!!
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