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Rachael Mayo

"Soulshine" by Rachael Mayo

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Tag As FavoriteComment		Some time around the middle of last year, I drew what may be the only piece of Phantom of the Opera fan art that I will ever finish. I had quite a lot of people tell me that the liked my completely original little "decorative motif" that framed the Phantom even better than the Phantom himself, so I decided to separate the two digitally.

What remains is the "decorative motif" by itself, so that it becomes this fantastical, phantasmagorical dream-structure - a sconce, an alter, a chandalier of doom, constructed of tens of thousands of glass beads and forty-two happy little skulls.

Er, well, technically it's constructed of watercolor, ink and colored pencil - I'm not *quite* crazy enough to try to sculpt this thing. Yet. ^_~


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22 Sep 2006:-) Ida Seffers
I really like this one. And the skulls are really well done. But mostly I like the symmetric shape, it gives a cool tone to the pic. Then it reminds me of an organ witch plays with my fantasy (who is the organ made for? How would is sound?) and it somehow make it suit with the phantom of the opera theme. GW and let them keep coming.
22 Sep 2006:-) Anne Wipf
Strange and beautiful. I really love it.
23 Sep 2006:-) Red A. Kestrel
That would make for an extremely interesting tatoo... Great job! It looks awesome!
25 Sep 2006:-) Marika Viklund
This is just so... wow! I don't even know what to say... it feels holy! Or... er... unholy maybe considering the skulls! 14 I love the colours and the symbolic feeling and well, everything! It's really great! Wonderful details also! Great!
27 Sep 200645 Gabrielle Rose
this is the most well painted, but truly strange and bizzare thing I've ever seen. The wings parts at the top are just great. I don't know how you did this with coloured pencils and watercolour!
6 Nov 200645 Doodle bug!
hey Rachael!

this is diana! mom says hi and she says she will contact you soon.i totally think you should include "Not the Last Song" in this site. i bought a print of it because it remeinded me of my father before he died. he was on his way to new york to preform it but died in a trai crash.
10 Feb 2007:-) Adele Hudson
BLOODY HELL!
I
AM
IN
AWE!!!x LOL - Thanks. I'm planning to do another, similar deal in a more silvery color range at some point in the future.
21 Feb 2011:-) Sarah Perstølen
Why doesn’t this picture have a Mod pick?!
5 Jan 2012:-) Emily Aegolius Funereus
I agree with Sarah- this should get an immediate mod’s pick!
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'Soulshine':
 • Created by: :-) Rachael Mayo
 • Copyright: ©Rachael Mayo. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Chandalier, Doom, Dragon, Fire, Light, Morbid, Organ, Pipe, Skeleton, Skull
 • Categories: Dream Imagery, Still Life, Items (Like books, swords, shields), Vampires, Zombies, Undeads, Dark, Gothic
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils, Black Ink, Watercolour
 • Submitted: 2006-09-20 00:16:55
 • Views: 3961
 • Resolution: 899x963

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