My Island

dinasset · **Posted:** Sun May 23, 2021 7:42 am **(#181)**

Welcome back on GC, Ella.
Definitely a strong change in your art; some aspect by OMG, some by Gimper66.
A woman at the centre of the image, but she is loosing part of her identity to let the background gaining relevance.
Colours and composition are excellent, but the mood is hard and depressed. Hope to be wrong.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Thanks for your comment, Diego. I'm glad you find the outcome successful.
Indeed quite different from what you're used to see from me.
A mannequin head has no expression, maybe that's why it comes across as "hard and depressive".
Fortunately my mood is not like that. Just as your mood is'nt "craving madness", I suppose

I have made some changes to my work.

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dinasset · **Posted:** Sun May 23, 2021 12:38 pm **(#183)**

Good, IMO really improved, colours are "warmer", much less "aseptic", and now there is some mystery coming out from the letter...

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Ella, You know I always love your work, and you never disappoint!

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Diego and Pat, thank you for your nice comment.

Not much time to play with Gimp lately.
This work has been 'in the pipeline' for a long time and finally got finished.

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(Finland-Belgium still 0-0 at the start of the second half. Curious what it will be ...)

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:08 pm **(#186)**

Ella -

dinasset · **Posted:** Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:33 pm **(#187)**

Wonderful, simply wonderful (and very complex too).

Issabella · **Posted:** Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:41 am **(#188)**

Like a charming illustration of a wonderful story full of nuances. Love it. Congrats Ella. :clap

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

OMG, Diego and Issabella, thanks for the appreciation.
Indeed very complex, Diego. I can't count the layers for this outcome.
Took me a while to complete it.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

My latest work ...

Removed the wrong outcome.

dinasset · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:23 am **(#191)**

Double railway? (So it looks to my eyes)
Maybe better to remove the front-end and leave only the single one over which the train runs.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

dinasset wrote:

Double railway? (So it looks to my eyes)
Maybe better to remove the front-end and leave only the single one over which the train runs.

Sorry, I posted the wrong outcome :oops:

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dinasset · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:11 am **(#193)**

A hope. Still unclear.
A dream. Still undefined.
Il may be the dream of a hope.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Diego, melancholy is my middle name :hugme

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:47 pm **(#195)**

Ella - conjures up so many variable thoughts, some good and some sombre.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Oldmangrumpy, thank you for your nice words.

A new one after a long time.

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dinasset · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:17 am **(#197)**

Life too is in a bottle, and not an easy life. And not better the life around the bottle.
Your melancholy is becoming deeper.
Anyhow: really excellent implementation of the subject.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Thank you for your comment, Diego.

My work is based on this song...

Video from : youtube.com

dinasset · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:54 am **(#199)**

Only for the title.
The lyrics needs a different interpretation, IMHO:
close the eyes, lay down, hear this song repeatedly until you feel capable to let your heart suggest you a new scene where a sweet love pervades the atmosphere...
A challenge.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:55 pm **(#200)**

Ella - That is an image (and an excellent one too) that can be interpreted in so many ways. Each component has an individual story, I'm sure, but what do they all mean together, and if they are connected what is that connection? Food for thought, yet again with your scenes.