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"La Belle Dame Sans Mersi" by Megan Skye Hale

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SciFi and Fantasy Art La Belle Dame Sans Mersi by Megan Skye Hale


	Literally, 'The beautiful woman without mercy' in French. She's based off of a french legendary faerie (which most cultures have in one form or another) who seduces men and steals their souls, dooming them to wander, lost in love with her, for ever...or untill they die. Happy neh? I got a lil' obsessive with borders lately. yay. 02

Date	Name	Comment
19 May 2003	Ben	Loading... This picture BOARDERS on perfection.
20 May 2003	Jo the Joker	Loading... dances a little jig and ends with a big finale of a spinning headstand I'm lovin it!!! She sounds like me!!! Just kiddin y'all...I'm really not that bad...I dont think...
12 Oct 2003	Anonymous	Loading... is'nt it " sans merCi " ??? Megan Skye Hale replies: "You'd think that, but actually, the J.W. Waterhouse picture I got the name from and the book I found it in both wrote it that way, I think it's because it means "mercy" not "thank-you" which merci would mean."
29 Oct 2003	Goblyn	Loading... "merci" means thank-you but it also means pity depending on how you're using it. The poor fellow probably didn't speak very good French. "mersi" is not a word in French. So "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" could be translated as "The merciless woman" or "The thankless woman". Either one works. I have also read this poem but the mistake had been corrected. Megan Skye Hale replies: "Hey, thanks! I just got the name off a JW Waterhouse pic, since I didn't have a copy of the poem..so he must have drawn it before the correction!"
15 Jul 2004	Rebecca Carr	Loading... Ah yes, a lovely line drawing. Great work on the line quality, it has an almost Art Neuvou look (I know that's spelled wrong!) to it. I think perhaps you could have made her a little more devious with her expression, it would have contrasted nicely with her sweet Snow White-ish costume. Megan Skye Hale replies: "thanks Rebecca! Yeah, she looks a bit better in the real pic, you know what shrinking does..but not much, I was on this whole kick where most of my faces looked all doll like and adorable then.."
22 Sep 2004	Angela ´thedustyphoenix´ Apilado	Loading... I like the borders, and she is way cute looking, great dress, I like your Drawing style. Nice job on the inking too. ^_^ Megan Skye Hale replies: "hey, thanks! I based the dress off a real style during the Italian Rennaisance..not french..but close. grins"
19 Jan 2005	Moonbeam	Loading... pretty... kind of like the belladonna plant in the solanis family. If you consume it, it drives you insane, but was used in medieval women's eyes to dialate them, making them prettier. No wonder they died so early. What were they thinking, dripping poison into their eyes?! Anyways, pretty picture. I like the color scheme.
18 Oct 2005	Anonymous	Loading... I'm french. It's MerCi not Mersi. Very beautiful
4 Sep 2006	Anonymous	Loading... I'm french too. It's "merci" and it doesn't mean thank you in this case. Thanks to call a so beautiful work with a french name!
1 Nov 2008	Gene tirebay farwell	Loading... I hate to say this,but she doesn’t look very Womanly.
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