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©2007-2009 =meluseena
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This is an illustration I was commissioned to make for an ABC book, that needs to go with this poem:

A rat in Rabat stole the bishop's hat,
hitchhiked to Sliema and sold it to a cat.
With the money that he earned
he bought a ticket and returned,
several hours later, to Rabat.


Rabat is a place in Malta, so is Sliema.
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Technique:
This was created using digital collage technique that involves the layering of many photos and textures and much brushing over, to create a new unique image. Essentially its like good old fashioned collage... only it's done in photoshop, and extensively repainted.

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:iconakoya86:
This is awesome! Btw, they're already using euros hihihihi

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::akoya::
:icondisintegration86:
hahah tassew diga bl-euro daw

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It's funny how the colours of the real world, only seem really real, when you viddy them on a screen.
:iconmeluseena:
it's going to be printed in 2008 :P
:icondisintegration86:
ahhh so.. it all makes sense now :)

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It's funny how the colours of the real world, only seem really real, when you viddy them on a screen.
:iconsecretbear:
2008! printed! wow!

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nic: it's like butter and margarine...one's natural and the other's artificial.
chris: i'm digging your butter analogy now.
:iconladyfaire:
Oh, this is wonderful! Very nicely done!

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"To look at a thing is quite different from seeing a thing, and one does not see anything until one sees its beauty." ~Mable, An Ideal Husband~
:iconnumb-synapse:
i really like the idea :) and the interpretation too!

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:star-empty:°o

now selling tote bags of my work..
:iconkittyvane:
This is brilliant!
I love the mouse's moustache and the cat's wrinkly suit. I like how the mouse-thief is being paid in euros and that the cat is wearing aviator shades. I also like how the mouse is impatiently looking at the bus stop, eager to get back to Rabat and how the cat is looking at the viewer knowlingly, like he got a really good bargain on the bishop's hat and is thus very pleased with himself. :D
:iconmeluseena:
heheh! The ABC book is europe-focused, with countries from Europe mentioned throughout etc. Hence the Euro sign. In Malta, people will be using Euros in 2008, which is when the book will be published (I'd have used euros anyways - I wouldn't want the picture to date!)

5 euros for a bishop's hat, that is certainly a bargain :)

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