Fairy Song Volume One [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 2006

A celebration of all wee creatures and dwellers of the darkest parts of the forest -sprites,nymphs & fairies, with a decidely naughty attitude! Fairysong is an international showcase of art that captures the pure magic of unseen worlds with a sensual aura that only semi-dressed little winged females can deliver! Delightfully detailed drawings and intricate full color paintings by illustrators like Arantza, Enrique Villagran, Pedro Cuevas, Perla Perlucky, Maraschi, Caruso, Sosa, and many others! Get ready to experience the exquisite ecstasy of erotic elves in their native dwellings!

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: SQP Inc. (January 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865621330
• ISBN-13: 978-0865621336
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #940,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE LATEST AND GREATEST FROM SQP, February 21, 2006

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fairy Song Volume One (Paperback)

Fairy Song is the latest release from SQP and one of their most beautiful and unique books of fantasy and erotic art yet. Gathering their usual stable of outstanding artists, the subject this time is the whimsical creatures of fantasy such as sprites, nymphs, and fairies. The book is a mix of both color and black & white illustrations but what sets this one apart from other SQP books is its combination of modern fantasy art and classical, almost Renaissance era art. It melds to form a unique look, befitting the subject matter perfectly.

One of my favorites, Pelaez has several pieces in the book. The first one of note is a b&w illustration of a topless, cloaked nymph, standing amidst an enchanted forest. Another one of my favorite SQP artists, Arantza also has several pieces in this collection including a beautiful, nude, butterfly-winged sprite wearing an elegant beaded headdress and standing upon a flower. It's a lovely and somewhat haunting piece. Enrique Villagran gives us two nude sprites, sitting on flowers and quizzically looking up something in a book.

Danilo Guida provides a full color piece called "Fly the Sky and Dream the Stars" in which a gorgeous blonde nymph with glistening wings stands daydreaming looking at the Heavens. The humorous side comes out in Diego Florio's "Forest Side Assistance" featuring a buxom blonde fairy riding on the back of a bumble bee that has the word Rescue on its side. Arantza checks back with one of the collections finest pieces, an unbelievably detailed b&w illustration of a dark haired sprite, nude and lying demurely on a flower. Note the detail of the flower petals, it is simply mesmerizing. Cesar Britez captures the innocence of these creatures depicting a nude fairy bathing in a pond and getting a kiss from a tiny doe.

Fairy Song is one of the best fantasy art collections to come out in a long time. The artists truly capture the essence of these beautiful creatures and their many moods. Bravo!

Reviewed by Tim Janson

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Uneven, but an enjoyable roller coaster ride of a collection., August 7, 2006

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Mark (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fairy Song Volume One (Paperback)

SQP appears to be exploring an alternate format here for its Gallery Girls series, since two companion volumes, "Mermaid Song" and "Angel Song," are mentioned in the indicia, both unreleased at this writing. Hopefully, these are meant to supplement their black and white counterparts, and not to supplant them eventually. If not, consider this a nay vote from this repeat customer, for all the charms of this beautiful if uneven collection.

Since 1995, New Jersey's Sal Quartuccio and Bob Keenan have managed to publish a unique and alluring line of softcover books for a reasonable price, each spotlighting a narrow fantasy theme as interpreted by multiple artists in black and white, and revolving around unabashed renditions of the undraped female form. Enlarging their size and including color don't constitute changes that tempt me to feel happy about the prospect of paying twice as much, if that's the intent. It's true that amazon's price is lower than list, but the point holds.

"Fairy Song" consists of sixty-four interior full-page illustrations, with thirty-two in full color, seventeen in black and white, and fifteen scanned in duotone (as sepia/black). The big news is that this features some of Arantza's most exciting art in a while. Over time, her work's gotten looser and sketchier, but this theme and one last year of mermaids seem to have galvanized her. I was particularly struck with the force of a thunderbolt by a lovely, intricate image that appears near the back, a depiction of a nude fairy reclining on her side on some boulders. This stunning piece, "To Serve The Fairy Queen," has been mechanically duotoned here by editorial decree, but one longs to see it in its original black and white. In contrast with those of Arantza, the contributions of Pelaez seem stiff and a bit contrived, as though lacking empathy for the subject matter. A composition by Pelaez, however, "The True Secret Of The Grape," is among the finest and most sensual in the book. Eighteen other creators are represented by drawings or paintings in "Fairy Song," with examples ranging in quality from excellent to vaguely amateurish.

A minor gripe is that somebody - and apparently not the talent on display - has gratuitously added descriptive titles beneath every illustration. While this makes individual pieces easier to single out and identify, presumably when one's inquiring about buying originals, it makes me uncomfortable to think these may be impositions of the publishers', and not something that the illustrators had a say in.

It needs to be clarified that this isn't for children, like other Gallery Girls publications, despite the theme and lack of copy to that effect on the cover. I'd recommend this to anybody who enjoys erotic fantasy art, and look forward to "Mermaid Song" in particular.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not so hot, March 7, 2007

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Michael Casey "Spidermonkey" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fairy Song Volume One (Paperback)

The cover is by far the best art in this book... There are some other good ones inside, but most are incredibly poorly drawn and not very erotic at all; why they bothered putting a hard cover on such an amateurish effort is beyond me. Even the ones that are well drawn mostly just look like normal women with wings added as an afterthought. Bottom line, I'll snip out a few pictures to keep as art reference and throw away the rest.