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Icarus (Part 4)

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Part 1Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 

The penultimate picture in this pictographic pile of protracted, periphrastic portraits. I learned a lot of lessons from the previous 3 portraits - layer masking the silhouette looks ugly, coloring the words directly looks better, and the wings really should try and look like burning words, etc. Unfortunately, one lesson I did not learn in advance was how bad that word background was going to look.

Another reminder: the regular, readable words ("Too close..." in this picture) form a poem between the pictures. I did not write this poem. It's paraphrased from a post I saw while browsing Tumblr one day. Unfortunately, I didn't save or fave it, and I'm having trouble finding it again, so I can't link to it. If anybody knows the poem I'm talking about, I'd appreciate a link so I can properly credit the author.
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Personally, this one is my favorite. The floating words at the top nail the imagery of feathers melting off and drifting away. Icarus's pose is excellent in my opinion, and I love the way the burning wings look with the crowded words. The words flow well and their size and color is great. This entire project is very neat, but I like this one especially.