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Description Fanart for The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice. If you've read it, you probably know what scene this is from.

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(From page 378.)
"How could you do it? Why did you do it?" - Armand to Marius (he's asking about Marius changing Sybelle and Benji into vampires...)

But this scene is actually from page 379:

...I withdrew to the garden and stood alone beneath and between a pair of massive oaks.

Their thunderous roots rose up out of the ground, forming hillocks of hard dark blistering wood. I rested my feet in this rocky place and my head against the nearer of the two trees.

The branches came down and made a veil for me, as I had wanted the hair of my own head to do. I felt shielded and safe in the shadows. I was quiet in my heart, but my heart was broken and my mind was shattered, and I had only to look through the open doorway into the brilliant glory of the light at my two white vampire angels for me to start crying again.
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Putting Armand's vivid description on this page probably doesn't help me though (because what you see in your mind is always better). I hope I've rendered this scene well enough.
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Comments: 64

vamped66 [2010-09-14 02:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Simply lovely. I love it. (:

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PoisonedPill [2009-06-01 20:25:59 +0000 UTC]

I've read this scene 2 hours ago. It's awesome! And I love your work. (sorry for my bad English)...

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Glinadaro In reply to PoisonedPill [2009-06-24 17:29:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! Oh yes, reading that scene is intense! woo! By the way, your English is perfect.

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Fee20Verte [2008-09-30 20:32:59 +0000 UTC]

That part of teh book was one of the saddest and happiest momments.

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Glinadaro In reply to Fee20Verte [2008-11-25 02:28:50 +0000 UTC]

Yep, it really was! And I was glad that Lestat came back. hehe (Sorry my reply was so slow. )

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Fee20Verte In reply to Glinadaro [2008-11-25 15:23:51 +0000 UTC]

It's all cool. Well, I did too unitl I read Blood Canticle...means I am done with the series and there won't be anymore...~Sighs~

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Eralor [2008-06-01 11:19:49 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful use of shadows and light. So much detail... I haven't read the book, but maybe I should sometime...

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Glinadaro In reply to Eralor [2008-06-02 04:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Have you read any of Anne Rice's books?

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Eralor In reply to Glinadaro [2008-06-02 08:30:06 +0000 UTC]

Not that I would remember... But I read so much that it could be possible that I just don't remember if I have... You're welcome.

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Glinadaro In reply to Eralor [2008-06-02 21:26:34 +0000 UTC]

Read any vampire stories? ^_^

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Eralor In reply to Glinadaro [2008-06-02 21:28:38 +0000 UTC]

Long time ago... but vampires are interesting. And attractive. ^^

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Glinadaro In reply to Eralor [2008-06-03 02:46:12 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeed.

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inspector-loony [2008-02-14 12:41:44 +0000 UTC]

waahh, the colouring is amazing. and the ditails I'm such a lazy bastard when it comes to that. Thank.. someone for people like you. Without them the world would have been a dull place xD

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Glinadaro In reply to inspector-loony [2008-02-14 23:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! (I've got some obsessive-compulsiveness. hehe)

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Dawitch [2008-02-05 00:44:52 +0000 UTC]

Aaah, this is so cool!
I remember the scene from the book! Oh, I hated Marius soo much per that!!
Poor Armand!
Great pice!

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Glinadaro In reply to Dawitch [2008-02-12 02:36:59 +0000 UTC]

xD Yeah! That was so mean of him!
Thanks!

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iceladydea [2008-02-01 00:37:17 +0000 UTC]

The detailing is wonderful. The crinkles in his jacket, the bark of the tree, the few drops of bloody tears that fall from his face, the separate leaves, every single brick.. I could go on and on, but I would bore you. And the coloring, and the shadowing is lovely as well. Fantastic job!

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Glinadaro In reply to iceladydea [2008-02-11 22:24:24 +0000 UTC]

Yep, you know it! I love detail. heheh Thank you so much!

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Ichiko-chan [2007-10-08 11:58:26 +0000 UTC]

The colouring is really awesome and detailed!

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Glinadaro In reply to Ichiko-chan [2007-10-09 16:10:36 +0000 UTC]

Domo arigatou!

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Luntary [2007-05-21 13:30:29 +0000 UTC]

really itΒ΄s a wanderful work!!

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Glinadaro In reply to Luntary [2007-05-21 20:55:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^^

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Luntary In reply to Glinadaro [2007-05-22 13:37:48 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome!!

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forest-dream [2007-03-02 21:09:04 +0000 UTC]

I could have kicked Marius in the butt for making them both vampires. Benji will be trapped in a 12 years old body for ever.

Pic kicks ass, I fav it

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Glinadaro In reply to forest-dream [2007-03-05 03:32:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Yes, that was very mean of Marius to have trapped Benji in child form forever. (But I wonder if Benji just likes to be a child, or is he just impulsive . . . ? Mm, that's only if Benji had a choice.)

Thanks for the fav!!

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forest-dream In reply to Glinadaro [2007-03-05 09:18:19 +0000 UTC]

Marius is a looser. I AM a child forever trapped in an adult's body and he trappes adults inside children's body.

Fav was deserved

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Glinadaro In reply to forest-dream [2007-03-06 06:43:45 +0000 UTC]

haha! You refuse to grow up, eh?

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forest-dream In reply to Glinadaro [2007-03-06 15:25:37 +0000 UTC]

Like Peter Pan Exactly

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s-selene [2007-03-02 16:14:55 +0000 UTC]

I like arts which are drawn in traditional way. Here it seems how much work and heart you have put in it.
Bravo!

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Glinadaro In reply to s-selene [2007-03-02 20:27:07 +0000 UTC]

^^ Thanks! I think I did the best I could 'cause this took me more than 24 hours to finish (spanning over a couple months). But I'm kinda slow.

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jitterbuglove [2007-01-24 00:29:54 +0000 UTC]

this is beautiful love the colouring. good job

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Glinadaro In reply to jitterbuglove [2007-01-24 00:33:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Tenshi-no-Hikari [2007-01-23 23:23:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow! All the detailness is amazing!
Armand's expression is very well done! And yup, I remember that scene...the poor thing, always gets disappointed by Marius...

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Glinadaro In reply to Tenshi-no-Hikari [2007-01-26 01:12:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
I tried to make him look pretty much as upset as I could. ^ ^ Yeah, I feel sorry for him.

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lksugui [2007-01-23 20:28:59 +0000 UTC]

Nice painting and shading. The garden and the house look bright and vivid while the oaks, and the place beneath them is dark and somber, just like Armand's feelings...

Armand's clothes are also well done, the texture in his coat is cool

Great job!

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Glinadaro In reply to lksugui [2007-01-23 21:04:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
Yeah, it's fun to tell the story through the composition. xD

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lksugui In reply to Glinadaro [2007-01-24 02:00:29 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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gurleygurl117 [2007-01-13 23:13:56 +0000 UTC]

Omigosh! I loooove it!! It's very well done. [favs] xD

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Glinadaro In reply to gurleygurl117 [2007-01-14 03:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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gurleygurl117 In reply to Glinadaro [2007-01-14 13:43:47 +0000 UTC]

Mhmm, it's amazing. ^^

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viol [2007-01-05 18:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Cute. :3 Nice colouring.

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Glinadaro In reply to viol [2007-01-05 19:11:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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leonvw [2006-12-15 23:36:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I agree with NEONnyc. The clothes are especially good. But I liked the colours and the way you've used them. I absolutely LOVE purple (as well seen on my avatar), and you got such good combination of it with beige, that will get me use it forever.

Ahm, by the way, as we're already talking about Armand, you said you wanted to see another one from them done by me, I've just posted one more, if you wanna see it... xD

Beautiful piece, I'd buy a print of it. (if I weren't supposed to actually buy it, but I wanted to emphasize it's worth good money )

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Glinadaro In reply to leonvw [2006-12-16 03:58:12 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup! I think I used 6 or 7 different pencils on his purple coat. In fact, one of those colors was a brown. Anyways, it was fun.

I like your avatar--it's so cool!

Yay! More Armand!

Wow! Thanks! I'm so happy that you think it's worth that much. (I'm not really sure how to do prints though.) But actually, I plan to do a series of drawings based on the Armand and Lestat books. I haven't decided which scenes to do yet. How many Vampire Chronicles books have you read?

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leonvw In reply to Glinadaro [2006-12-16 07:09:36 +0000 UTC]

Ahmm... The Vampire Armand, Blood and Gold. And I've seen the films, and read many reviews about the other books. I WILL read them in time, I just have to learn to turn this bloody computer off and get myself a book.

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Glinadaro In reply to leonvw [2006-12-16 17:45:15 +0000 UTC]

I need to read Blood and Gold. Oh yes, you must read Lestat and Interview with the Vampire.--They're sooo good!

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NEONnyc [2006-12-14 17:30:04 +0000 UTC]

Nice ... especially like the way you did his clothes.

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Glinadaro In reply to NEONnyc [2006-12-15 01:13:10 +0000 UTC]

Merci! ^_^ I very much look forward to finishing this one.

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Glinadaro [2006-12-13 22:54:27 +0000 UTC]

Then you'd be reading the ending! It's in the ending scene. But don't worry, the ending is a happy one.

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blingyeol [2006-12-13 19:49:23 +0000 UTC]

He looks great! And I really like the way you've coloured him. Did you use colored pencils?

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