Don't Ask
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ArtRage 2.5 and graphics tablet
Original Date: March 2008
Don’t ask me my name
Don’t ask me to look
Don’t ask who I am
Don’t ask me to stop
Don’t ask why I rage
Don’t ask me for life
Don’t ask to be saved
Don’t ask to escape
Don’t ask me to leave
Don’t ask me to forget
Don’t ask why I bleed
AND DON’T ASK HER NAME
Don’t ask who she is
Don’t ask why she hurts
Don’t ask why I drew this
Don’t ask. Just. Don’t.
And long after I drew this, I’m finally able to write down some of the description that was in my head as I painted her.
People say she’s abstract. This surprises me _
And something looked down and said “This is wrong”. And they were torn apart. And now she guards the gates of heaven for evermore, until her love is returned to her. And no angel may pass.
On lighter screens, you can see the bottom edge of the wings quite starkly
– they’re supposed to nearly blend into the darkness (and my settings are right. I checked)
I discovered new ways to use ArtRage with this – the semi-transparent veils, for example, are thin lines of blur/soft palette knife.
She’s waiting for you to die and try to go to heaven. Then she’ll tear your wings off and throw you back down to hell. As mentioned.. she’s a little irrational.
Don't Ask belongs to the following groups:
Back In Black ( sorry~NO PHOTOGRAPHY), Fantasy Art, Myths, Legends and Fairytales and the love of Eerie and enchanting artwork Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

ShadowDancer
wow, again very haunting and ethereal, beautiful coloring and love the softness you achieved on the textures
Heyman Dude
inspiration being your own, and knowing not to ask, i just wanted to say that this is one of the best pieces I’ve seen on this site. extremely expressive and very well done.
RavenSoul
AMAZING! I am speechless!
CloudChaser
yes, very haunting and beautiful indeed.
MuscularTeeth
truly excellent work.
xxfaithxx
holy moly…........... how fantastic is this!
Adrian Kent
Brilliant!
Jennifer Vickers
she is fantastci…i see her quite clearly not abstract to me
Patricia Anne ...
Eleni Hadjikir...
wow!very impressive!
coppertrees
Wonderful art, I have a don’t ask as well lol without teeth
avalyn
Too much to say flynnthecat…...... supreme image and memory of other realms of awareness…. !
Caroline Evans...
very interesting
Matt Bottos
wow … this is amazing… well done!!!
vampvamp 7 days ago
awesome….