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Prayers and HerbsThis life was Aedan's, had been his for as long as he could remember. As soon as he could walk, Maira had taken him on her travels with her. When spring came, they'd set out across Tangnafedd, to all the places where the best herbs grew – wormwood in the hills in the North, basil in Gwylan Bay, lavender on the high fields near Silvermere, St. John's wort in the thickets of pine forests. Aedan helped his mother gather herbs, and prepare the ointments, poultices and infusions following her careful instructions. He knew how most of them were used, though he still often got the amounts wrong. Neither of them could read; the herbs, their name

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1993-2011 - Nineteen years of artby =Gold-Seven

I've been tempted for years to do one of those, but they never really went far enough back for an old geezer like me.

Luckily, =Kamaniki's inferface was fully customizable so I could combine years.

Here's the the last nineteen years of art... and to the next!

A lot of stuff on there that I bet I've never shown before.

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love 15 15

joy 5 5

~~wow 0 0~~

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~Ponura Dec 13, 2012

You don't even know how much boost (boom and wham!) you gave me with this piece (or rather: pieces). I mean, you're one of my favourite artists here and seeing how, well, humble your beginnings were - it's just gave me the nudge and motivation to work on my, ekhm, so-called "art".

Ridiculous as it sounds, I always believed that artists are people who could always draw/paint/etc. really well and they make almost no progress throughout their lives - well, develop their style, some details, but their works are and were always equally pretty, so there's no point in me trying - so I am now moving my lazy ass and perhaps will get enough courage to publish something here soon.

Anyways - thanks for this, and all your art, which I love!

=Gold-Seven Dec 13, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you! You know what - I very often feel that the Internet is a gift to learning, and a curse to self-confidence. When I was eighteen, at my humble beginnings up there, I already felt like a bloody star. In my own peer group, I was. I knew literally nobody who drew as well, as fast, and as exact as I did (unless they copied from aa photo). There was no Internet, and of course I saw fantastic artwork from professionals - old men usually - but I always felt, Hey, gimme some time, I can do that too.

Today, you grow up seeing so many poeple who are your age, harldy older, or even younger, who do amazing stuff, and you tell yourself, why bother?

I grew up drawing because I loved it. And well, because I thought I was the most amazing friggin' artist in the world. I'm glad that world view wasn't crushed until I was in my mid-twenties, when I was more apt at handling it!

~Ponura Dec 13, 2012

Hah, I lost so many years because I thought that drawing is not for serious people (and I soooo wanted to be a serious person at high school and uni), and drawing some fantasy stuff is just plain weird. I did not touch my pencils for such a long time! I'm furious now.

Well, maybe drawing is not for serious people. Like I care now.

~lilprincessofthelion Dec 7, 2012

They're all so amazing and beautiful!

~Seeshi-suin Sep 12, 2012 Student Artist

Everytime I look at my art and think it is crap I look at this. It gives me hope!

=Gold-Seven Sep 23, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

~IemKT May 9, 2012

This is extremely encouraging

you've made such progress, which is amazing since even your first pieces were showing true talent. you're so great! Hopefully I have the patience to arrive at your level some day...

=Gold-Seven May 10, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you!

*Mirax-chan May 1, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I see your art was already great 10 years ago, but still you managed to progress to an awesome level

=Gold-Seven May 1, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

I don't think I'd call it great.

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