The first beats of Her Heart... by agiel

Vue • Gothic • posted on Jul 18, 2005

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" It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open . . ." Frankenstein - Mary Shelley This was my entry for the Gothic Lovers contest. I tried to pursue a 'frankenstein'-like idea of a mad scientist providing his own heart to animate his mechanical creation. An idea both dark and romantic :) The major part of this scene was rendered in Vue, with some elements (such as the 'hearts') added with Painter and Photoshop. I will try to make a second version of this image if I find time and inspiration. I still find issues with the lighting and composition. As usual, comments are welcome.

Comments (27)

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DavidEMartin

2:14PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

There is quite a story here in this wonderfully crafted image! This is the kind of illo that an editor would buy, then hand it to a trusted writer and say "Here's the cover. Now write me a story to go with it. Have it by two weeks from Wednesday."

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gerberc

2:31PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

Awesome, a masterpiece! V

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Djeser

2:48PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

Wow, this is spectacular, Agiel; what a wonderful pose, and the concept, materials, composition, the whole thing tells the story superbly. Only real light issue I see is the light coming through the stained glass window; the narrative says it's 1 am, but the light seems quite bright; maybe darkening it down will help? Anyway, a really wonderful image!

serendipity

2:58PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

This is incredible...the story, the poses...absolutely everything. I think Djeser makes a good point about the light through the stained glass window, but otherwise, the lighting looks very nice to me.

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BlueIce2

3:16PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

Wonderful concept, very detailed. I like the anatomy posters. A whole story condensed into one single scene. Can't believe it didn't even get a mention in the contest! Great art!

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agiel

3:23PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

Thanks for the comments :) I should have mentionned the anatomical drawings come from the Master - Leonardo Da Vinci. And regarding the lighting of the windows, the quote is taken from the original Frankenstein story - this image is just inspired by it and should not be taken too literally :)

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i-popba

3:28PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

OHH..!! excellent creation...!! cool composition and lighting..!! well done my friend..!

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coa

5:43PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

Wonderful idea and poses!! Excellent textures and details, too!!

Trudy

7:44PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

Really nice work!

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odf Online Now!

9:14PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

What can I say? This is phantastic in every respect. V

Samhain74

10:41PM | Mon, 18 July 2005

And as usual you will get a flurry of them,this is one of the most fantastic stories ever told(shellies version of course:D) in literary history,as we all know.beautiful image agiel.

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regaltwo

2:14AM | Tue, 19 July 2005

A great image and an interesting take on the story. I never really liked the novel itself, but the movies were good. Or at least some of them were. I still can't bear to think about the Branagh/Deniro version. My god, it was awful! :)

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