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"Awaken from the Fairy Tale" (redux)

The original version of this illustration appeared in October 2004 (and can be seen in my artbook, Threads - Book 1). Four years later I am revisiting it as an evolution of an artist, so to speak. Like last time, I inked the illustration by hand and colored it on Photoshop. There are some details that are lost when I shrink it down (like the shading on the tiles on the glass bed) but that can't be helped sometimes.

"Awaken from the Fairytale is inspired by the Brothers Grimm tales, Snow White and Brier Rose. With the gender reversal, it is the female who plays the role of the savior as the knight in shining armor and the male who is in need of rescuing in the part of the damsel in distress."

Red String © Gina Biggs, 2003.
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~joyhorse13 Feb 25, 2013
Very nice drawing!!! I love the idea of playing around with gender-swaps



If you're interested, I drew something similar (feedback welcome!): [link]

Keep up the good work!
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Mood: Love ~NarnianGriff23 Dec 24, 2011
Cool I love the whole idea and the Picture is Beautiful and AWESOME!
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~Disneylyric Dec 13, 2011
Great deviants think alike. I have the exact same idea. Hope someday disney does something like this.
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*guen20 May 28, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I love it when the damsel does the rescuing!
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~Disneylyric Dec 13, 2011
Me too!
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~Lunacat-chan Feb 9, 2011
ffff why had I not fave'd/commented on this before, I love it so much.
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~AmberNejiClan Feb 8, 2011
Uwahhhh symbolism! Especially concerning the sword in the latest page update!!! *_*
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Mood: Love ~MadSciPanda Dec 30, 2010
I love that Miharu is the hero. [link]
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~AdelinaVixen Aug 22, 2010  Student General Artist
So fitting that she would be the knight...
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~orber123 Jun 30, 2010
I just read your series in one day (couldn't put it down, so to speak). I can't believe I never saw it before! Your work (and you) is/are brilliant and I love your characters! I was moved to donate (and snag a wallpaper) because I just love it so much! Going to go fangirl all over your forum on the site. Bye!
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