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Some characters from Clive Barker's "Abarat" books.This guy's imagination never cease to amaze me.
The red one is John Mischief, a master thief whose brothers live on his antlers. Their names are John Fillet, John Sallow, John Moot, John Drowze, John Pluckitt, John Serpent, and John Slop.
The one with a missing foot is Mendelson Shape, who carries four swords sticked in his back.
He's supposed to walk on his feet, but while reading I always envisioned him walking on all fours like some kind of freaky creature.
The last one is Christopher Carrion, prince of Midnight and ruler of the Gorgossium island. The thing around his neck is some kind of tank where he puts his nightmares in a physical shape, as serpentine creatures. He's got those weird scars around the mouth the day his grandmother sewed his lips shut for saying the word "love". He also seems to have taken an unexplained interest in Candy, the main character, and that's kinda creepy.
Drawn on a half A4 paper, then colored with Photoshop.
(After something like 2 years, I can finally color stuff with Photoshop in a way that I find satisfying, so I'm happy with that
)Abarat (c) Clive Barker
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Oh I love how you drew the John brothers! 
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I don't think John had one in the book, but I've already invoked artistic license for the way I drew Mendelson Shape, so I'm gonna do that again
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Oh it looks really good on him!
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They look great! Chris looks a little sleepy XD
I can just imagine him all angry 'cuse Shape got back too late! Although... does he sleep? :/ Anyway great work on the colours!Β
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Does he sleep? Good question. I still haven't read the next books. I wanted to buy them online but I keep forgetting to do so.
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Online I think is the only way to get them which is a bummer...But I don't know anyone who could find them in print!Β
Well he obviously dreams (the nightmares) but sleep...? 0_o Β it is one of the great mysteries of the world XD
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Those characters look amazing. Maybe I should check out this books ... since I'm reading "Neverwhere" at the moment and I simply love it, so this might also be good for me
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Neverwhere!! I'm so happy to know you love that book too!
Abarat is full of creative characters like that (I guess this is what happens when Clive Barker writes a fantasy book which isn't specifically for adults). I'd also like to draw Malingo, the orange "geshrat" with fan-shaped ears, and that wizard who wears seven hats at the same time (I forgot his name).
But I only read the first book, maybe the following ones aren't that good, I have no idea. I can't find them anywhere.
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It didn't came as a surprise, since I loved everything from Gaiman so far
Okey, I will check out the first book then 
Have you looked on amazon.uk? ... wait, here: [link]
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I looked for them in libraries, I'm still not used to buy things on the internet 
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I can understand that. It took me a long time to get used ot it too ... now amazon is (almost) every time my first place to look for books
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The coloring almost looks like watercolors. Very natural!
And I love your version of Mendelson! It's probably more accurate than mine...
Obligatory remark about C. Carrion looking badass and BLUE.
BLUE.
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BLUE.
Correct me if I'm wrong (I can't check it in the book because I'm at my work right now AND YEAH I SHOULD BE WORKING but whatever.) but I think that's the color of the tank in the first book - at least in the story, because on the painting it's orange.
As I envisioned it, it was kinda fluorescent too but that's just my own version.
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Really? XD
I accidentally "read" the second book first, more like I listened to it on one of those listening cassette tapes so I never saw any of the pictures. When they began explaining C. Carrion I was so confused, I thought he had like a tube around his neck... But then I imagined it as blue too, so yeah.
Then I went back and actually read the books.
Blue kinda looks better...
Why.
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Give us some more! give us some more!
I absolutly love the book (s). Please draw Candy and Boa!
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To be honest I don't really know if I'm going to draw more, but who knows.
First I should read the second book and I can't find it anywhere
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Unexpected. Gorgeous!
I love Johns' expression. 
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So you read that book too? Nice coincidence!
About Mendelson... yeah... he's not supposed to walk like that in the book...
And Carrion is probably relaxed because he just took a good sip out of the nightmare tank. Mmmmh so relaxing
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I remember us talking about the book.
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I completely forgot about that discussion. I suck.
Oh well at least I'm reading it anyway.
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^^
Have you read the 2nd book, by the way?
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No, I can't find it anywhere. Maybe I'll order it.
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