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Suzie by =Cor-i:iconCor-i:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Portraits & Figures

©2004-2009 =Cor-i
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Meet Suzie.. a beautiful 18 year old prostitute from Wan Chai, Hong Kong. She likes to pretend sometimes that she's not a prostitute, but a beautiful girl named Mei Ling. Here we find her crying at the doorway as her personality again splits so she can cope with reality. "My name.. Mei Ling Wong, my father very rich man.. I not dirty street girl... I NOT DIRTY STREET GIRL!"

This drawing was based on a character from the movie 'The World of Suzie Wong' played by Nancy Kwan. I saw this and felt quite inspired to do this. I can imagine there's quite a few girls in HK now stuck in the same situation.

This was done using a .5mm mechanical pencil and graphites on some tan vellum. Total time was about 6 hours.

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~tristanrocks Nov 22, 2004, 10:14:52 PM
I love the narrative feel here. That face is so sad, I really feel the sorrow. The way she's leaning into the wall, she just looks broken down.

Amazing work.
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=Cor-i Nov 22, 2004, 10:18:07 PM
thanks for your kind comments. I know.. I could really feel her sorrow when I was working on this.. I felt obligated to make some narritive comments .. maybe it really helps the peice. :)
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~lilymaid7 Nov 22, 2004, 10:25:43 PM
She seems almost elegant, but it conveys such despair. It's really very beautiful.

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"You see, I am a poet, and not quite in my right head, darling." -Edna St. Vincent Millay
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=Cor-i Nov 22, 2004, 10:29:28 PM
thanks alot for your nice comment lily. You make my day :)
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~Chocodash Nov 22, 2004, 10:32:21 PM
This is beautiful, but so very sad. o.O You capture emotion well.

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h'lo
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=Cor-i Nov 22, 2004, 10:39:59 PM
thank you so much.. you are so nice to say :)
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~pussinboots Nov 23, 2004, 12:48:39 AM
Just as gorgeous as always--you caught the emotions perfectly. One of my favorite things is how you did the hair; I wish my hair had that kind of a shine to it, realistic but still faintly stylized in some way, as if it were made out of a precious metal instead of keratin.

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"Today is a good day to drink before noon." - ~dreamburnt
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~fiercesoniaa Nov 23, 2004, 3:08:30 AM
The tinted paper adds so much character. Good choice.
The drawing is techically good and emotionally strong.

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too much daisy for your duke...
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~ravennacht Nov 23, 2004, 6:45:58 AM
I love this picture, it conveys the emotion of the subject so strongly that it demands to be a favorite.
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=Cor-i Nov 23, 2004, 7:53:07 AM
i'm really flattered by your nice comments about 'suzie'. Thanks alot for checking it out and saying so :)
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