Hey! Was high time to see something new by you! Very well done. Romantic, but a bit spooky as well.

It somehow reminds me of illustrations to a collection of ghost stories I had in my childhood - there was great stuff in that, M.R. James, Lovecraft, Poe, E.F. Benson, really creepy stories.

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"... the New World is too far. Too big. Too primitive. No, no, my place is here ... corrupting the young." - Lord Rochester

I like this. It's creepy, bt really sweet at the same time. I think the sketchy feel suits it well.

OMG!!!! That is THE cutest thing EVER. Thank you so so so so soooo much for that!!! I LOVE IT!!!

Really? Well, that's great then! I'm happy you like it. Was a little worried because it wasn't exactly what I had planned. I was going to draw the picture of you on the swing, but it didn't turn out.

Thank you for the favorite too.

Thank you. I was unsure about the sketchiness of it, but now I am glad I didn't blend it.

Thank you. Been far too busy lately to draw anything new. Even this one is months old.

I was very highly influenced by Poe when I was young. At the age of seven, he was my favorite author, and nearly all I read were his stories. I used to memorize his poetry to amuse my family. I've moved on to trying to memorize his stories fully now.

Poe, together with Jules Verne, was my first favorite writer, really. I never discarded them.I added new ones - Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard, M. R. James, Wakefield, Lovecraft, Bloch - but I still love them as well.

Gosh, thinking about it my first favorite was Hans Christian Andersen - 'cause I was allowed to read fairy tales when I was 5 years old, but not horror stories. So Verne came a bit later, and Poe when I was nine or so. *g*

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"... the New World is too far. Too big. Too primitive. No, no, my place is here ... corrupting the young." - Lord Rochester

Awwh. Well again, thank you SO much for doing it. I absolutely love it!

My Father always liked Haggard, but I can't say I've read any of his books. I will eventually. He thinks I wouldn't like it because "Quartermain is a guy thing", but it's really just that I like horror better than adventure.

My parents let me read anything I could understand. The only books they semi-objected to were ones they didn't think I wouldn't be interested in, and even then, I could read them of I wished.
Will have to remember to check out Verne from the library. I haven't read anything by him since I was very little.