All I could think of was… The Little Match Girl for this week’s theme on IF: freeze. Remember that story? Boy was it sad!! I think it was the saddest children story ever written!! First of, how cold would it be to walk in the snow barefoot? … and to sell matches !!… and not to be able to go home because your dad will beat you up… geee… and the end!! Not telling you the end (in case you have not read it hehehe) so anyway, the nice part with animated .gif is that my little Match girl can light as many match as she want!! Yes!! Infinite matches!! There is hope!!! hehehe So on that positive note, I do wish you all a fantastic week, and if not, well think about the little match girl… see… your week can not be as BAD as that!!
J’ai tout de suite pensé à l’histoire “La petite fille aux allumettes” quand j’ai vu le sujet de la semaine sur Illustration Friday: geler. Je ne sais pas si vous vous souvenez… mais c’est tellement triste cette histoire. Malheur après malheur… je crois qu’il n’y a pas pire comme destin… marcher pieds nu dans la neige, déjà là… pénible! Mais c’est pas tout, vendre des allumettes… faut le faire. En plus, elle ne peut pas retourner chez elle car son père va la frapper. Je pense que c’est pas mal le summum de la misère. Sans parler de la fin… que je ne dirai pas, au cas-ou vous ne l’auriez pas lu (!). Mais bref… pour y aller avec un côté positif, mon illustration en gif annimé lui donne tout au moin des allumettes à la tonne pour se réchauffer. J’espère que vous aurez une belle et bonne semaine, et si ce n’est pas le cas, pensez à la petite fille aux allumettes, c’est sûrement pas aussi pire que son histoire ;–)
I will go visit your website now!! I miss checking other websites of illustrators, too!! hehe
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Isabelle I had not been to your website yet, but I love your work (of course you know that already) hehehe.. Keep up the great work.
Hey Jon!! Thanks for visiting my “little space” in cyberspace (not even sure people use that word anymore, cyberspace hehe ho well!!)
Glad you stopped by and wrote me a note!! Means a lot to me!! Hope you have an amazing day… week… month!!
this is fantastic – really leaves you with a chill! wonderful!
Very beautiful and mysterious. The animation is fantastic!
Thank you so much for your comment, Hedwig
) Happy you like the illustration and the animation!!
Thank you Erica!! Yes, quite a story… well I am glad I could accomplish the “chill” effect.
She’s so small and sad against the world! Nice combination of elements. I like the animation too.
It really surprise me to see her lighting the match!!
Yes, The Little Match Girl is one of the most saddest stories I’ve ever heard and very real if we think how many children are living like this today.
I think your illustration shows the beauty and tragedy on it very well.
Thank you Ana for the nice words on my illustration!! Totally agree with you, such a sad story, and to think of children living in poverty today, is even more saddening, isn’t it?… :-/
Thank you Cindy D. for stopping by my “little world” and commenting… yes, I really wanted to portrait that fragility… glad you could see it.