The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by andie5

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i'd like to say happy chinese new year to everyone at deviantART, and thanks for being such wonderful people!!

GONG XI FA CHAI!

andie

shisleya Featured By Owner Feb 21, 2010 Hobbyist

Ooh amazing background!

I also love the screening from the diagonal bottom!

lawofmatthew Featured By Owner Jan 22, 2010

Colouring-nya fabulous sekali!

Chromattix Featured By Owner Oct 9, 2009 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Very nice, they look like a charming and model-esque couple (even though one is loaded

) The background is really nice too and has good perspective

Raakone Featured By Owner Apr 16, 2007

I love this. The details are so well done. And I like those characters. Why am I reminded of some James Bond movie here? Anyways, YOU'VE BEEN FAVED!
~Ra'akone

waterfaeryz Featured By Owner Apr 14, 2007 Traditional Artist

oh em ge!!! reallyy!! this is aweeesoommme!!

i really love this...

derby80 Featured By Owner Apr 4, 2007 Student

this is a pretty nice pic and all (particularly the background), but who are these people? where's Mannie, and Wyoh and the Professor?

andie5 Featured By Owner Apr 4, 2007

thanks for the comment derby! well, sorry to disappoint but the title was merely inspired by robert heinlein's book and not about the book itself. i chose the title since it fits the concept of the deviation (since the woman in the picture is called luna and she looks like a harsh chinese mistress

)

however all in all the aforesaid book by heinlein was a masterpiece! are you a fan of sf?

derby80 Featured By Owner Apr 5, 2007 Student

i'm as much a fan of science fiction as much as i am a fan of any other genre of literature, which is to say there's a lot of good stuff and about ten times more crap, so i'm picky about what i read to begin with, and even pickier about what i'll read twice... and i'm currently re-reading the aforementioned book for the fifth time in two years... i would easily consider it one of the top five best books i've ever read, if not the best. if i might make a suggestion, you should perhaps apply your considerable talent towards a piece of art depicting a scene from the book. there's only a few pieces of fan art for it on da, and while i applaud the subject, most of them lack the kind of aulity that your art seems to have.

derby80 Featured By Owner Apr 5, 2007 Student

wow... run-on paragraphs, anyone...?

JaquilAmry Featured By Owner Mar 18, 2007

Gosh girl. I've got a lot of work to do to catch up to you =3

SweetSensei Featured By Owner Mar 17, 2007

wow this is really sexy you did such a good job on her and the background wow

andie5 Featured By Owner Mar 20, 2007

thank you so much sweetsensei, you are indeed sweet!

nhutnhut Featured By Owner Mar 11, 2007

So beautiful ! I really envy u... T_T

moralofthestory Featured By Owner Mar 1, 2007

Uhhh, the two main characters in Robert A. Heinlein's book, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?"

I thought by the title that you actually knew something about the book, but I guess I was wrong.

andie5 Featured By Owner Mar 1, 2007

oh! i knew about the book and the general premise of it, but i've never really read it so no.... no character names!

quick thinking tho dear!

the title has to do with the female character here having the name luna and the fact that she looks like a chinese mistress and is carrying a gun

moralofthestory Featured By Owner Feb 28, 2007

AIIIYAH! Is that Manny and Wyo?

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 28, 2007

who are manny and wyo?

TigerDreams Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

this has to be the best deviation ever!!!!

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2007

wow, thank you very much tigerdreams!!! i really appreciate that. hope you have a good day!

TigerDreams Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

youre very welcome,it was way worth it

TigerDreams Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

youre very welcome,it was way worth it

HenrikeDijkstra Featured By Owner Feb 24, 2007 Professional Artist

Andie! This is so awesome!!! I absolutely adore this piece, I could stare at this for hours.

First of all: I love the title! It`s poetic.

How did you find it?
Then, of course....the surrouding!! The DETAIL! I love the atmosphere it creates, the little lights everywhere, the white texture in the back, the ornaments! Wow, just wow!

And of course I love your two characters, Helix in suit *drools* with flat hair, lol. And of course, as always, in a beautiful dress and beautiful hair (wish I could do my hair like that

), Bishop. The looks on their faces are great, tensed, as they expect something to happen in a few seconds.

Lovely piece!! It`s clear that you put a lot of hard work and passion into it!

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 26, 2007

dank je wel henrike! sorry for the late response

thank you about the title--but it isn't my original idea. it is the title of robert heinlein's science fiction novel from the 50s. i just chose it cos bishop's real name is luna (moon) and in this picture she is posing as a chinese mistress. she also looks sinister here with the gun, so that's why the title is the moon is a harsh mistress

heheh.... well, im very glad that you like it!!! the ornaments were difficult to do but it's worth it! thank you again henrikeeeee

hope you are well up there? things are getting hectic at work here. take care!!

HenrikeDijkstra Featured By Owner Mar 5, 2007 Professional Artist

Hectic? You poor girl....I hope things go well for you on your work and try to relax inbetween ok?

I can imagine the ornaments were difficult, but the piece would`t be the same without it.

It`s still a cool title, even if you didn`t made it up, it still fits the theme and I still love it.

I`m ok `up here`

, thanks. I got my drivers licence.

yay
Furthermore I`m busy one day, and can relax the other day so that`s ok too.

Take care!

andie5 Featured By Owner Mar 5, 2007

drivers license? thats coooolll can you drive around already? do you live in amsterdam by the way? i can't remember

sorry!

amsterdam is a pretty cool place tho, i could remember all the bicycles. how sweet!

thank you dear! workload isnt too bad now but still i have to finish all work before the deadlines. however i am working on my comic pages and i am quite enthusiastic about them

ive also started teaching manga so im quite excited

tell me what's been happening in your life lately! take care dearrr

HenrikeDijkstra Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2007 Professional Artist

That`s so cool that you`re teaching manga! How did you come to that?

You`ve been to ma little country? cool!

No I don`t live in Amsterdam, I live in Utrecht which lies appr. somewhere in the middle of the netherlands. My parents live in the north and I`m there often too.

Well, there isn`t much going on in my life. I`m interpreting alot for practicals. Have to travel alot for that...
I have practised the driving last weekend in my parents` car. It was fun!

Are you going to post some comic pages on here again? I`d love to see them!
Good luck with all your deadlines!!

andie5 Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2007

utrecht sounds like a nice place! and there is a famous university there right? thank you, i actually learned manga at a place and they offered me a teaching position in english. im not actually qualified but they don't have anyone else who speaks english!

lucky me i guess! but my teacher did say that the fastest method of learning is teaching!

HenrikeDijkstra Featured By Owner Mar 8, 2007 Professional Artist

There is a univerity here yes, serveral even, but I don`t know how famous they are.

I`m in college so I`m not taking any lessons there.
It`s very nice here in Utrecht indeed. It`s a large city but not as big as Amsterdam or Rotterdam, I like that. It has also many old buildings.

Wow, so you want to learn manga and instead you can teach it, that`s so cool!

Have fun!!

Succubus-Angel Featured By Owner Feb 24, 2007 Professional Artist

GASP GRRK! GAAAaaah! ZOMG the detail, andie!!! I'm absolutely amazed, shocked, in disbelief of how amazing this is! You're truly a talented artist. KEEP IT UP!!

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 26, 2007

thank you so much rena!!!

Succubus-Angel Featured By Owner Mar 2, 2007 Professional Artist

Always a pleasure, hon ^_^

miracleangel Featured By Owner Feb 22, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

THATS HOT!!!!!! wow hun this is awesome!!! XDDDDDD I envy the main chick!!!! *pictures self with blondie* lol

AWESOME WORK AS ALWAYS HUN <3

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 22, 2007

LOL THANK YOU PISAAAAAA

this time i got your name right i hope!!!

sure, give me your headshot and i'll replace her head with yours! then you can be with blondie!!

Axel-von-Fersen Featured By Owner Feb 22, 2007

Andie,

I love this one just as i loved FROM PRUSSIA WITH LOVE.

I saw too your comment on Axel as the unrivalled beau. That was so sweet. How I would love you to draw the real Marie Antoinette with her long hair and En Gaulle Trianon costume holding hands with her beloved Axel as the contemplate the late afternoon and then evening together....

Ahhhhh sweet romance and such a sight for the Swedish knight ... soon to be in the arms of the fairest of all queens... the fairest of all women.

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 22, 2007

heheh!! well, your friend redpassion wouldn't be too happy to hear that--- she loves her precious louis ^^

fersen-marie antoinette drawing sounds interesting! however i don't fancy marie too much. i agree though that swedish knights are irresistible. in fact, i still have a swedish and scandinavian fetish until now!

Axel-von-Fersen Featured By Owner Feb 22, 2007

hehehe, Andie, you are right about dear sweet redpassion, but where you have that fetish for Fersen ...still, i hope that will lead you to draw him and in doing so feed my MA fetish... here and at my website i've got lots of images of Marie Antoinette for you to see... so hope you will draw her in with a good likeness ... and her curvaceous figure even if your eye remained fixed on LE BEAU FERSEN.

))

RedPassion Featured By Owner Mar 5, 2007

@Andie

Hiho dear

I´m sooooo sorry if i´m medly to this here...i saw your talk by a happenstance

Hope its not bad?!
But your sooo right Andie

...its not fine when my darling speaks about other womans...or MA like that way...*sniff* I only hope, that he never wouldn´t change me against her in real...:S....

I would never do it!!! My darling here is so much better because he´s real!!

Hehehe...friend or girl-friend...??

@My darling

Hey hey...when here somebody or other fixed the eyes on you then i am that, nobody else!!!*grrr**just kidding*

I know you love me as only...XDDD....do you??

@the drawing

So...i like it very much too. Your amazig in draw of backgrounds!!! Great color, cool job!!!

andie5 Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2007

lol, sure axel! so how did you harbour this obsession for ma anyway?

Axel-von-Fersen Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2007

I just saw her picture, read her story and became obsessed and have had this obsession a long time. Visit my place at myspace - [link] - and more is said. In the next few weeks I'll do a post there WHY MARIE ANTOINETTE? that tells mor of what i see in her. ... thanks for feeding my festish love to see your Axel-MA drawing

))