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Week 1“Cupid and Psyche” by Emily Marsh Pencil and digital illustration Created for 2017 Month of Love Secrets challenge Here’s my first piece for this year’s Month of Love! The topic this week is Secrets, so I wanted to make a piece about Cupid and Psyche (why the heck not use Cupid in a MOL piece after all??). Long story short, Cupid married Psyche under the condition that she never see him. He wanted to keep his identity as a god secret. Psyche’s sisters convinced her to light a lamp one night to get a look at her new husband (and have a dagger handy in case he turned out to be a horrible monster). In her shock at seeing that she was in fact married to a handsome god, Psyche spilled oil from her lamp onto Cupid and he woke up… running away and leaving her, knowing the trust in their relationship was broken. |
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Week 2“That’s How You Know” by Emily Marsh Digital illustration Created for Month of Love 2017 Innocence challenge I love the movie Enchanted, and when I was working on the Month of Love challenge this week for the theme “Innocence”, I couldn’t help but think of Giselle. I love the scene where she has no idea what that “one thing” men really want is. BUT she is an expert on love advice in every other regard. This design illustrates my favorite song from the movie, and I still love to sing it on rainy (or snowy) days. This design is dedicated to my two awesome music-loving sisters. (They would be proud that I incorporated the actual sheet music into my drawing.) |
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Week 3“Lock and Swallow” by Emily Marsh Digital Created for “keys” challenge Month of Love 2017 This piece illustrates an aspect of love that is often ignored–closing up your heart after being hurt. I had been studying Wylie Beckert’s card illustrations and felt inspired to create something symmetrical and reversible. Enjoy! |
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Week 4“Metamorphosis” by Emily Marsh Acrylic Created for metamorphosis challenge for Month of Love 2017 |
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Week 5“Light Love Story” by Emily Marsh Digital Created for Month of Love 2017 Light challenge Sparks are flying for this lil’ fire sprite! This was a fun quick piece to do for the last week of Month of Love. |
