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"Bared on your tomb
I am a prayer for your loneliness
And would you ever soon
Come above unto me?
For once upon a time
From the binds of your loneliness
I could always find
The right slot for your sacred key
Six feet deep is the incision
In my heart that barless prison
Discolors all with tunnel vision
Sunsetter, nymphetamine
Sick and weak from my condition
This lust, this vampiric addiction
To her alone in full submission
None better, nymphetamine
Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
Nymphetamine girl
Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
My nymphetamine girl..."
-- Cradle of Filth "Nymphetamine"
I've been fussing over this for far too long, and now my first official picture for 2011 is finished! Yaaaaay! I still have a couple of old things from 2010 to submit though, but those will have to wait. Moving on...
Long ago , Hotaru made a shitty story called Unforgiven (brainstorming this monstrosity cannot be pinpointed to an exact time slot since, from the time I was a wee Hotaru, one thing I created woould evolved into another thing into another into another until it evolved into Unforgiven) and in it, the bokor known as Absinthe and the then emo-vampire-witch-boy known as Nazaroth were a couple, albeit not very well developed aside from going to the same school (Yes! There was school involved) and being rather star-crossed.
Being inspired by ~pu-sama 's Magical or Merriment and some pictures from some of the SailorMoon Artbooks (Absinthe's dress is actually loosely-based on Princess Mars' dress design), I decided to revisit that old concept...at least the star-crossed part. No more school here since Absinthe and Nazaroth are both much, much older than they originally were in Unforgiven and Nazaroth is now a fallen Elder God-turned-Annunaki (race from Nibiru/the Abyss).
In the new pairing, Nazaroth kind of has an obsession with Ms. Absinthe...kind of on the level of *Enamorte 's (who also inspired me to make this damned thing) Azrael and his obsession with Fae, only Nazaroth doesn't sit around listening to Patsy Klein on his phonograph while painting pictures of the object of his affection.
I also seem to have a thing for Beauty and the Beast-type couples.
Absinthe looks a tad thinner than I intended for her to be too. oops.
Anyway, this piece was coloured half with the mouse, half with my Shiny New Tablet. By the time the Tablet came in the mail, I had the flats and parts of the background layed out for this thing. I had also started shading in places. Hopefully you can't tell what was done with the mouse and what was done with the Tablet. Regardless, I still have a ways to go.
Playlist:
Cradle of Filth "Nymphetamine"
Cradle of Filth "Dinner At Deviant's Palace"
Cradle of Filth "Satyriasis"
Absinthe and Nazaroth Copyright 2000-2011 Jennifer Hopkins/Hotaru Thodt (=hotaru-sama666 )
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Comments: 115
HotaruThodt In reply to ??? [2011-04-17 18:34:38 +0000 UTC]
Nah, but I'm not surprised you would ask that. The his newer incarnation was actually inspired by the cover of Ozzy Osbourne's "Ozzmosis" album [link] the works of HP Lovecrat, Alien Greys, and Evil Dead.
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FanArtFantast In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-04-18 04:20:03 +0000 UTC]
*Ticks of on fingers*
Ozzmosis cover, creepy.
Lovecraft, creepy as hell.
Alien Greys, surprise probings.
Evil Dead, funny and creepy.
Yeah, that sounds like Alucard. So similar result, but no direct inspiration. Funny how that works now and then. Eitehr way, itΒ΄s a very nice picture.
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HotaruThodt In reply to FanArtFantast [2011-04-18 04:30:35 +0000 UTC]
Ah well thank you very much.
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CwnAnnan [2011-04-03 19:35:34 +0000 UTC]
shame on me o.O I did NOT comment on this epic pici yet? >.< xD noo! why has such a... uhm beast ^^Β° so a freakin hot girlfriend?! O.O XDD waah! boobies! I luv them <3 really well done
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HotaruThodt In reply to CwnAnnan [2011-04-03 20:55:10 +0000 UTC]
lolz. Thank you...I'll take that as a compliment...I think. ^.^;
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snoissesbo [2011-02-27 21:41:04 +0000 UTC]
This is pretty awesome. The level of detail is amazing.
And I love how only the eyes on his face and arm are pointing to her face XD
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Elysian-Fall [2011-02-12 10:57:26 +0000 UTC]
Very cute couple! Love the atmosphere in the this pic.
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OneWingedAngel75 [2011-02-07 01:47:35 +0000 UTC]
She looks at him with such adoration. He is the "I should've been the fugliness contest winer" afterall!
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HotaruThodt In reply to OneWingedAngel75 [2011-02-07 02:02:41 +0000 UTC]
Hahahaha! Exactly. With a face like Naz's, how Noctem "won" that poll is beyond me.
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OneWingedAngel75 In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-02-07 02:45:44 +0000 UTC]
People have weird tastes i'm telling you.
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HotaruThodt In reply to OneWingedAngel75 [2011-02-07 03:07:47 +0000 UTC]
Oh I concur. Maybe its because Noctem's a "Good Boy" and Naz is a "Bad Boy."
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OneWingedAngel75 In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-02-07 03:18:28 +0000 UTC]
But we likez bad boys..ah yes siree!
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HotaruThodt In reply to OneWingedAngel75 [2011-02-07 04:03:52 +0000 UTC]
lolz. They're fun, but I wanna settle for a good boy.
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spookygoss [2011-02-04 01:49:00 +0000 UTC]
Completely, mindblowingly awesome. It has almost a tattooish/airbrushed feel to it. Beautiful representation of the song.
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HotaruThodt In reply to spookygoss [2011-02-04 02:05:07 +0000 UTC]
Hey thank you. The tattoo feel was pretty unintentional though, but welcome nonetheless.
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MDetector-5 [2011-01-30 05:19:46 +0000 UTC]
I'm liking the detail on this (especially the dude on the right!) Everything is looking pretty damn decent.
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HotaruThodt In reply to deaddoll00 [2011-01-24 23:42:52 +0000 UTC]
Heehee, you know I do too. Thanks.
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LadyMadCat [2011-01-23 18:10:18 +0000 UTC]
Aww, don't they make a nice couple?
Exquisite work on everything, characters, clothes and hair as well as background. I love the combination of darkness and romance the image suggests.
And BTW, bokor means bush in Hungarian, LOL!
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HotaruThodt In reply to LadyMadCat [2011-01-23 18:15:53 +0000 UTC]
Bokor mean Bush in Hungarian? Oh god.
Seriously though, Bokor are similar to Necromancer, but have their roots in Voodoo: [link] Read more here.
Thank you though, I think they make a cute and yet oddly disturbing couple.
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LadyMadCat In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-01-23 18:47:02 +0000 UTC]
LOL, I had no idea about this.
Indeed. They only have eyes for each other
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HotaruThodt In reply to LadyMadCat [2011-01-23 19:27:03 +0000 UTC]
lolz. Nazaroth had many man eyes for Absinthe.
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SailorDarkness [2011-01-23 13:22:23 +0000 UTC]
Wow, this is beautiful!! I love how the characters have developed from school kids to where they are now. ^_^ The background is so interesting... and I have to admit the eyeballs creep me out a little. totally in a good way. XD Definitely a beauty and the beast type matching.
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HotaruThodt In reply to SailorDarkness [2011-01-23 18:25:54 +0000 UTC]
I still need to finish =onnaevilsmith 's "Then and Now" meme featuring these two. I have the Nazaroth part down, but I need to scan my first pic of Absinthe.
Thanks, I really like these two as a couple now...they're so evil.
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SailorDarkness In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-01-24 00:16:48 +0000 UTC]
Oh, sounds interesting. I will definitely watch for it.
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Rubycant [2011-01-23 06:54:48 +0000 UTC]
nymphetamine...
the ambiance is awesome, i LOVE the background and this lovely couple!!!
very well done hotaru!!!
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BlackDove42 [2011-01-23 04:48:30 +0000 UTC]
I think what I like the most about this picture is that they're evil beings, and they don't look like they're in love. They're a couple but none of the lovey-dovey cuteness. They'd rip each other to pieces and devour the remains at the drop of a hat should the situation call for it, and they would do this happily. They put on airs, but what makes the relationship work is that both know that secretly, they want to own and enslave and use the other. That's the vibe I get, especially from Naz's smile. That is not an affectionate smile.
Also, I like how they are framed by the columns. The tentacles add a nice touch to the grotesque nature of the whole thing. The blood on the stone is also neat.
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HotaruThodt In reply to BlackDove42 [2011-01-23 06:08:22 +0000 UTC]
lolz. I can heard Nazaroth now saying "But...this is an affectionate smile." Although you're pretty much on the mark. As I told you over AIM, they don't get along well at first (given Absinthe's coldness and Nazaroth's sick little obsession) but I like to think that they do grow to love one another...eventually.
Thanks, I was originally just going to include the frame, but it needed more, so I threw in some tentacles. The blood is there to help with the colour theory.
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SarahForde [2011-01-22 18:16:03 +0000 UTC]
That's so awesome, there's so much to look at in your art.
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Levia-the-Dragon [2011-01-22 17:12:29 +0000 UTC]
Yikes, I'd personally want ot stay far away from that guy... he does seem familiar to me oddly...
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HotaruThodt In reply to Levia-the-Dragon [2011-01-22 17:18:53 +0000 UTC]
Maybe he seems familiar to you because I first drew his new design here: Welcome to Oblivion
Anyway, I don't think Absinthe minds. She likes freaks and Nazaroth is the type of guy to wine and dine his ladies as well as shower them with gives in hopes of winning them over. Despite this, he's still an evil bastard.
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Levia-the-Dragon In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-01-22 17:27:33 +0000 UTC]
Hrm, doesn't seem like I've commented on it there though...
Huh, well I guess it's good for evil to at least have some standards...
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HotaruThodt In reply to Levia-the-Dragon [2011-01-22 17:41:22 +0000 UTC]
Well, that would have to be where you saw him, unless someone's thieving my art.
of course. I mean he can't be an Evil herald of the Abyss all the time.
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Levia-the-Dragon In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-01-23 03:47:05 +0000 UTC]
I guess someone just has a similar character design then...
Heh, who can these days?
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HotaruThodt In reply to Levia-the-Dragon [2011-01-23 04:07:59 +0000 UTC]
If they do, I haven't seen it, although maybe it reminds you if Hellsing? >.>;
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Levia-the-Dragon In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-01-23 18:30:25 +0000 UTC]
Maaaaaybeee, but I don't think that's all of it...
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HotaruThodt In reply to Levia-the-Dragon [2011-01-23 18:36:54 +0000 UTC]
Maybe I was ripped off again?
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Levia-the-Dragon In reply to HotaruThodt [2011-01-24 05:26:04 +0000 UTC]
No... I don't think that's it either... ah bugger it.
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IngwellRitter [2011-01-22 09:34:07 +0000 UTC]
I really love this piece!I like much the look of her and the smile of him ... it cannot go out well at all of this union
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