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Home of the Poe Project and other adventures in digital compositing illustration

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@wintery May 5, 2018, 2:06 AM UTC

The Poe Project: "The Sleeper," illustration #2

The tranquility of "conscious slumber" is what I aimed for in this illustration, with nature moving in slow motion among the creeping tendrils of fog. The swans are my own addition - to emphasize the…

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@wintery May 4, 2018, 2:51 AM UTC

The Poe Project: The mystic moon of "The Sleeper"

I've never read more evocative lines, and I'm pleased with the fidelity I brought to the condensing, dripping moon vapor of Poe's imagination. These illustrations typically run to 25 Photoshop layers…

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@wintery May 3, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

The Poe Project: The next poem is "The Sleeper"

For my second set of illustrations I've chosen "The Sleeper" which, like Poe himself, I prefer to "The Raven." Over familiarity may have something to do with it: As a child I memorized "The Raven" by…

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@wintery May 1, 2018, 1:02 PM UTC

The Poe Project: "Annabel Lee" is finished!

I let the poem "tell" me how many illustrations it required and the answer was eight. So far I haven't seen a slideshow anywhere on Steemit, but that would be a good format to display the entire poem…

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@wintery Apr 30, 2018, 1:56 PM UTC

The Poe Project: Of Annabel Lee and typos

Hard to believe but I read the poem on this page 10 times and missed that I'd spelled "dissevered" wrong - didn't notice till I went to post just now. It's easily corrected, just finicky: I make 3 va…

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@wintery Apr 29, 2018, 2:48 PM UTC

The Sunday original: "Street Flowers"

In order to experiment and try new techniques, once a week I take a break from my illustration work and do whatever takes my fancy - in this case a still life. I've set the flowers in front of a cave…

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@wintery Apr 28, 2018, 8:38 PM UTC

The Poe Project: How Annabel Lee met her end

Since the poem doubles back to the killing wind, I did too - Annabel Lee goes wandering or sleepwalking and ends up on the rocky seashore, rose petals of blood red surrounding her now lifeless body.…

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@wintery Apr 27, 2018, 5:15 PM UTC

The indomitable fighter, Ireland versus Russia

It's 38 rounds (!) of bare-knuckle, knock down, drag out personal combat between the Irish favorite Morrissey and a nameless Russian sailor, sung by Ewan MacColl with an interesting sort of quaver in…

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@wintery Apr 27, 2018, 1:51 PM UTC

The Poe Project: Annabel Lee "goes west"

The trees in this illustration are perfection, providing a barren and slightly menacing frame for the departing horse-drawn carriage bearing away his beloved. I decided to go with no drama for the co…

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@wintery Apr 26, 2018, 1:37 PM UTC

The Poe Project: A killing wind

"Annabel Lee" was published posthumously, Poe's last completed poem, and it feels like the work of a young and vigorous man, not someone as hard pressed as he. For the infamous wind I've put our youn…

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