Good Evening, All
I have designed my interpretation of the Edgar Allan Poe story
The Gold Bug
for Quest No 12 at
My scene depicts the bug tied with string about to be dropped through
the socket of the skull which was nailed to a tree in the story.
(This has been done to discover the location of the treasure.)
You will have to read the story to see it was a successful method!
There is a link to a full transcript of the tale from the Quoth The Raven blogspot.
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I used the digital image
The Skull from Smeared Ink
which I resized in Serif and shaded, I added the beetle also from Serif which I altered and coloured gold and positioned over the eye socket and threaded string through.
I embossed black magic cooredinations (light green core) with an A4 leaves mask.
This was sanded and skull was mounted on high foam pads
to sit proud of the leaves. I added a brad for a nail.
Affectionately,
Vee xx
WOW!! This is amazing Vee. A fabulous design and a great interpretation.
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An amazing card Vee but it would give me nightmares! The embossed background is fabulous x
ReplyDeleteFabulous card Vee but I think I would like it better without the beetle in the eye socket -lol but at the same time it is also very creative and matches the story!Well done!
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glenda
Thanks ladies you are all brave to comment. I am scared of it and I made it!! I have it face down!! lol But they are all about face your fears and a very creative team and blog so it is nice to challenge myself. Vee xx
ReplyDeleteOH WOW! this is STUNNING!!! Love the background and the image.....EVERYTHING!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Quoth the Raven :)
Thank you so much, Fiona xx
ReplyDeleteNow we are getting scary scary I couldn't cope with this on my mantle shelf looking at me.
ReplyDeleteVery clever though Vee and took great imagination.
Janet xxxx
WoWza - great creation and excellent interpretation of the story. I love that background... awesome :-) xxxx
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing along with us at Quoth The Raven :-) x
Thank you so much for the amazing comments. Vee xx
ReplyDeleteI just love everything about this :)
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