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Les Sylphides-Contest version by ~Mangaka-chan:iconMangaka-chan:


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This is for the :iconclub-tutu:'s February contest: "Ballet Couples". The ballet in this picture is Les Sylphides (not to be confused with La Sylphide), also known as Chopiniana. I had recently seen a live performance of La Sylphide at my school and the beauty of the ballet left a big impression on me so I decided to do my entry on this particular ballet.

The ballet itself has no story line and is, quote Wikipedia: "a romantic reverie" of a young poet dancing with Sylphs, forest spirits who in this ballet represent the ideal women. I chose Mytho and Ahiru as the characters for this pas de deux because in my mind Ahiru/Tutu has a very symbolic role for Mytho. She represents the feelings he's yearning to regain again, and in this way reminds me of the young man's search for an ideal in the ballet.

I finished this piece from beginning to end in 6 hours (probably because of the coffee I drank). I originally intended to only start this piece but instead of studying I ended up finding myself focusing all of my attention on it, so that even if I wanted to do something else I couldn't. ^^;

I actually intended to do something else with this piece but since I wanted to finish it today (so it won't haunt me later on and distract me again), for this contest I'm just submitting this part of the drawing. I'm actually thinking about making this into a Japanese DVD like image, with this picture in the foreground and a special background on a leather book cover-like base. If everything goes right I'll post that someday. ;)

EDIT: As per :icononelani:'s critique, I've changed Ahiru's eyes a little so they're a tad more spaced apart now. Thanks for noticing that! :D

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:iconalycat:
Absolutely gorgeous. I love the soft, dreamlikeness appereance that you have here. And Ahiru's face is just so sweet. :heart:
:iconlabrithynemind:
sooo wonderful! The coloring is beautiful and the hands are perfect! The poses are exact and it is absolutely lovely! Wonderful job! ^_^

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:iconshirokou:
OOH~~ I was wondering what happened to you and here is a beautiful pic and story. XD.

~*KA*~

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:iconlyra-puu:
Wooo, Mytho!! Haven't seen Mytho's art lately <3
Loved it, like usual (haha.. I'm such a sucker for your pics TwT). It would look awesome as a DVD cover. Gotta love Ahiru looking so beautiful and distinguished... and actually dancing en pointe.

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:icononelani:
Ooh, you did a lovely job on this! Great job on the characters and the poses. I really like the frame you added around the picture too and the soft coloring. Do you mind if I give you a small critique? Ahiru/Tutu's eyes are slightly off. If you could just move the left (her left) eye just little more further away from the other... I'm just saying this 'cause I think your piece is gorgeous and this was the only thing that stuck out to me, critique-wise. In any case, this is beautiful - wonderful job! :clap:

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:iconroseunicorn:
dun like the pairing but LOVE the piccy

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:iconmangaka-chan:
I'll see if I can fix the thing with the eyes in the final DVD image I'm thinking about doing (and just to clarify, you mean her left eye from her perspective right? Not from the viewer's perspective?). Thanks for the suggestion. ^^
:icononelani:
From her perspective, yes. Right now, her eyes look a wee too close together. It's very minor. :)

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:iconakogare:
So beautiful and sweet. I love the soft atmosphere and graceful flow. Aww this is so pretty!

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