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Cassiopeia (WIP)

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Come in close now it's time to tell the story
Long ago, and so many years before we
Ever were, ever dreamed we even could be
There was her and her very first heartbeat

All alone in a corner of the night sky
Spiral bones of a supernova starlight
Fell in love with another burning bright
She dreamed of a way to ignite 
She said

Tonight
Come on, come on collide
Break me to pieces 
I, I think you're just like heaven
Why, come on, come on collide
Let's see what a fire feels like
I bet it's just like heaven
Just like heaven
Just like heaven

Such a shame nowhere near even a near miss
Light years away from the hope of being sun-kissed
Anchored home in her interstellar sea bed
Poor lonely Cassiopeia

So she sighs and she burns with desperation
Learns to cry over love of constellations
Then a spark from a star shooting too close
They both smiled "What a day to explode"
She said

Tonight
Come on, come on collide
Break me to pieces 
I, I think you're just like heaven
Why, come on, come on collide
Let's see what a fire feels like
I bet it's just like heaven
Just like heaven
Just like heaven

Long ago in a sky built before us
A supernova grew up to be stardust

Now, I'm not normally one to post song lyrics, but these were directly responsible for this piece.  And I just think that the song itself is terribly romantic and beautiful.  

After first I tried to do something more dynamic (and coincidentally more heated), I eventually decided that a picture that was "quieter" and peacefully intimate would work better.  And I tried doing something that was more Alphonse Mucha inspired for the background, but it just didn't turn out quite as simplistically beautiful as I wanted it to be, so I ripped it out and made the background transparent and added an organic starfield behind them.

Eventually I'll get around to coloring the figures.

3 February 2014: 
Hey look!  Color!  I did get around to finishing Danah's redesigned markings (at least the front in any case) so I decided to go ahead and start on this again.  Got all the flats done, did the skin and then I ran out of juice.  So I'm leaving it there for now.  I still have a lot of work to do elsewhere on paid work, so for now this is how it is till I can get back and finish coloring their clothes and hair.


Fillion belongs to :iconcoheld:
Danah belongs to me.
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