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Submitted: July 13, 2006
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The queen of the spiders was a very vain creature. She evolved over time, passing the crown to her daughter, or granddaughter, or great-granddaughter (Whom ever survived when the present queen was ready to die). Memories shared through a means that humans are unable to comprehend, the next queen always took up the reign exactly at the pinpointed moment that dead one left off at.

As time passed, blood of mere insects bored her pallet and she began to envy the skin of the humans. The queens never could get it quite right as they drained skins and blood of women that passed by her nests - such as our present queen.

She lacked the lips of a woman to smile or frown. The arms and legs were functional, but they attached to a hideously bulbious body that she always hid under the folds of spidery silk. The eyes were black and many faceted, looking cruely at her victim as she devoured her.

Emotion is something an insect eating creature could not understand.


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Pen on paper, 9x12
I had to spend time on this over a few days because of my eyes. Working too long on intense linework gives me horrible headaches. Looking at it now, it's obvious that I adore Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Gorey ... although I didn't look at either of these two while working, it just kind of surfaced as I was working on how I should handle all that black.
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I'd say you've done a fine job of handling all that black, and I love the shape of the hair. Definitely reminiscent, as you say, of Aubrey Beardsley! Very nice :)

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I love it! Wow, Incredible. That must have taken so long. I especially love her hair.

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Holy crap, your detail/linework is amazing!

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black part was easy.. working around the white threads took me FOREVER heh. I had to go so slow :x

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uhm.. about 8 hours over 3 days.. I would work for a little bit, eyes would tire out, and I'd have to keep an eye on the plant (I can draw/paint while at my day job :D)

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Jumped over from LJ. Fantastic work, very dark and appropriate for the story.

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Very nice, I too love her hair!

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A most sensuous fraud. Like delicious envy that gnaws the bones and soul.

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wicked.

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