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The Fall of Icarus

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"Daedalus told his beloved son exactly where to fly:

halfway between the sun and the water, no higher and lower.

But Icarus was a dreamer. He ignored those warnings.
He flew too close to the sun, and the waxed wings tragically melted. Icarus plunged into the sea...and that's how he ended his life


TwT A final project illustration for World Mythology class. Icarus died because his own ignorance...or maybe desire (it depends on each person's view, I guess)...it's true. But is that because the brightness of the sun was too tempting for him? I'm just curious >D

Tools: Painter and Photoshop
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Beautifully well done and one of the few times Icarus is depicted as a boy as he is in the myth instead of a young man.