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Oh my god! I can't believe I did fan art of a historical figure! And it is based on Marie Antoinette the original, not the Kirsten Dunst MA, thank you :) .

I'm reading "Queen of Fashion; What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution" and this image has been knocking around my head since the first few pages were the author Caroline Weber describes M.A.'s departure from Austria for France. You gotta feel for the poor girl, I mean she was only 14 and she gets shipped off (practically alone) to the most rigid, vicious court system in the world.

I've been playing around with illustration techniques and I loved the image of her alone (she actually had one woman with her) in this huge berline carriage, absolutely over-the-top with rococo embellishment, dressed to the nines, covered in jewels and on display for the world to see, and with only her poor little dog for company.

I'm still not happy with how Mops turned out, I can't draw dogs, but otherwise I'm ... content with the results. I based Marie's costume and hairstyle on a portrait by Joseph Ducreux painted to prove to Louis XV that little Antonia had been 'frenchified' enough to suit him.

erm... India Ink, watercolor, pen and ink, gold pigment (the yellow looks a lot more gold in the real thing)
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Utterly gorgeous :)

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I would much prefer being hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. I will never be the girl you wanted me to be. :heart:
OMG THIS IS AMAZING. I'm salivating currently, absolutely sensational, my absolute favorite piece!!!! Tres bien mademoiselle!!! J'adore le pienture!!!!

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stars on the ceiling, I like that. (oh, and the AWESOME DRESS!!!)
You and your crazy drapery...:+fav:

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Dawww...I love her little doggie! He looks TERRIFIED! Plus I love the effect of the bright primaries all around her with her pale dress. Tre cool!

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nice. I admit, I was immediately like "Kirsten Dunst???" But, you know...I read your comments-thing....eh, what can you do?

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when I was a kid I used to draw these contraptions which were essentially big boxes with tons of 'buttons' (i.e. 'circles';) all over them. Apparently my mom asked me once what they were and I told her they were "dress-o-matics". You put in a drawing of a dress at one end and the actual dress would come out the other. I still really want one of those. :love: thankee for the favie!

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yeah *shrug* I don't really care if ppl make that connection, but her story (the real Marie Antoinette's story that is) is so interesting by itself. And then there's the confusion between the movie and reality and what is everyone to believe and yada yada. Lol... though I'd prolly get more hits if I used 'Kirsten Dunst' in my keywords. whatev

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yeah.. that would be good. I wanted a magic dress that you could where all the time and would never get dirty. It came with Magic toe shoes that you could wear in mug and snow and never get wet or cold.

There was a while there were I also wanted a cornicopia backpack...
yeah, I wanted her very pale and sort of overwhelmed by the carriage and by her dress. She was described as being very slim with an ivory complexion, and court wags of the time complained that she was too slight to pull off all the 'dripping in jewels' look, so I was going for that. So that's why the actual amount of her in the pic is v. small, and all the trappings are huge...

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