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Shadowlandby =blix-it

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

Shattered stone in kudzu grows
a place from which water no longer flows
Shadowland

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You might download the file. It is pretty big, for seeing pretty textures. ><

I really like charcoal, but I don't see many people using it? I guess it's messier than pencil and it has less commercial value than color media... I have not used charcoal since foundation studies in my undergrad. o3o And then only for still life and model. So this was new and different. >< I really like it, actually, but I don't trust my own tastes? Er, hard to describe .... but fun experiment, anyway.

Sedna and Vidu, inspired by a future scene. Sedna's fur is like falling into a pillow blanket hug. X3 A wolf with a mane of a lion, but such thicker fur than a lion's.

Of the three worlds, our world, being the largest and heaviest world, was the last to wake. The creatures of the Overworld called it "Shadowland," for both its lack of light and deathly lack of water.

Things did obviously change at some point.

I did listen to this song while drawing. XD I'm not always into this sort of music, but I do like this song. For the lyrics as much as anything else.

vine charcoal
pencil charcoal
photoshop for color alts
graphite for sketching

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*jessoterick Jan 31, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This is so beautiful. ;,; Nice job!!!

~PastPetals Nov 10, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

gods this is beautiful

~fyshie Sep 7, 2012

i lurve it!

charcoal is purdy

~darkwings16 Aug 23, 2012 Student General Artist

I think coal works really well in this drawing

its a pity more people dont use it, as seen here you can get some really unique textures!

*emeraldwinter Jul 10, 2012 Professional Artist

I love charcoal, this picture shows how wonderful the texture can be. My problem was always, as you said, it is SO MESSY. Whenever I used it (which, likewise, has not been since school). I look like a chimney sweeper by the end.

I think it is the greatest thing to do gesture studies with, though.

~mslaynie Jul 9, 2012

This is so, so beautiful. I loved working with charcoal back in school, but I came home absolutely COVERED in smudges and dust. On my face, on my clothes, in places I didn't know I had places!

Will the comic be updating again soon? I read the whole thing basically in one sitting and now am on the edge of my seat for updates!

~PhantomSeptember Jun 6, 2012

Woah! This is amazing. I'm quite fond of charcoal. Would you perhaps be selling prints of this at Otakon this year? >.>

=blix-it Jun 8, 2012

I'm totally gonna have this at Otakon! D8 RaAAAAAAAAAAAAH I love this picture of them too much. <3 Dunno where I'm sitting yet in the AA tho. No map yet. ><

~Biapaws May 27, 2012 Student General Artist

awesome

~Fox-Frost May 25, 2012

*loves charcoal*
8D

Lovely work on this, my friend.

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