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This is the old version where the nose was a bit too much. You can see why I changed it. When doing what I call a revamp I try to stay as close to the original as possible. Sometimes I go off on a tangent and start changing things but I can usually stick to my goal. On the updated version her hair is a bit darker and accents the blue roots a lot more than in the original version. I think I prefer the new Starlet over the old.
Thanks for looking,
F. Magdalene
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This started out as a pencil drawing which lead to a few attempts at enhancing it. The body is done the same as the others. She’s pieced together as if she were a quilt or patchwork people as I like to call them. She’s sewn together and even missing in some places but she does not fret. She still stops to smell the flowers. Note: The piece on her arm that was missing has been corrected, that’s the version that’s on Redbubble right now, the fixed version.
I do believe this is the version I’m happy with. Sometimes a painting just doesn’t feel finished so I keep messing around with it until I get that “ah, there it is” feeling. I felt it so here she is, “Raindrops.”
You can also view Raindrops at my Redbubble shop. She’s available in several print styles. At this time she is available only through Redbubble. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or use the sidebar for contact info.
Thanks for looking,
F. Magdalene
Version One
Version Two
Change a few colours, add texture, define the body as female and you’ve got a totally different feel to this image.
F. Magdalene
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Doing this was just for fun…very fun…my very first digital collage. Three images in one. The very top is Sacrifices, the bottom is Waiting for The Wind To Change and the middle, well, that’s me presenting these two pieces to you with a scarf I never wear.
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I use to feel rather self conscious about using my face in my own artwork as if it somehow meant I thought too much of myself. I’ve learned recently that the self portrait is one of the oldest forms of portrait making. That’s a sigh of relief for me. No, I’m not all into myself, I’m just available when I need a model and I don’t charge myself for a sitting. Dare I say I’m cheap and available? 
Now that I’ve had some fun I can go to sleep. Ah, what a long day.
F. Magdalene
I knew I wasn’t finished with this piece when I posted version one. I started pasting bits and pieces of old paintings together, textures and colours that otherwise wouldn’t go together. It was an experiment that I can’t say I’m disappointed in. The whole idea behind Shape Shifter is that the feline woman alters her appearance not with high fashion clothes and jewels but with any and everything made available to her. The Shape Shifter forms an outward identity with torn scraps, metal, bronze and gold. She covers herself in paper, wood, sticks, leaves and every discarded material. The Shape Shifter puts them together and presents herself to you finding no shame in it such coverings. After all, these are just pretty things to look at, things that rust and fly away when the wind blows just right. Outwardly she changes but her real identity remains rock solid. Without unshakable inner strength she has no purpose, ambition or vision. The outside changes, the inner self does not- Shape Shifter.
detail 1
detail 2 
I used Picture It Publish It and combined the watercolor and mural filter to the finished image. This is not an altered photograph.
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