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Published: 2008-10-12 04:53:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 107023; Favourites: 914; Downloads: 0
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I used to have dreams of a eight winged skeletal raven man riding an eyeless unicorn. He referred to himself as "Death Himself", and he was such a powerful image that I crafted him into a tarot card.24x36 Scratchboard and Watercolor.
edit: Oh my goodness, a DD! I am very excited!
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This is amazing. Such a powerful image.
I'm reminded of a dream I had myself - mine involved a robed skeleton riding in a flying chariot pulled by six or eight skeletal horses - I think it was six but can't remember for sure. Only in that dream, I ended up introducing myself as Death to this skeletal Santa Claus.
Your death is so much cooler 
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This is very much so the most original Death card I think I've ever seen. The detail is mind blowing and I love (for some reason) that Death as a bird has more than two arms. There is a Unicorn deck (tarot cards) so I've seen Death's Horse as a unicorn before, but I love that he's more a silhouette in this piece & bound to Death's heart. Amazing concept.
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Wow! Thank you very much! I am honored!
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worthy of the accolade! the composition is flawless.
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Your dreams sound even more bizarre than mine and last night I got eaten by a Pringles Pot.
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Woah, thank you! I really appreciate it!
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I have wondered for a very long time what that symbol means, the flower, would you do me the honour of revealing to me its secrets?
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Exquisite! I love that this started out as a dream - a really wonderful reinvention of the character!
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Thanks! I assume wow means it is good and not yuck!
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Oh yeah, it means really good
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I can't believe the scale you are working on - will get some scraperboard myself and have a go..haven't used it for years! Wonderful piece.
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Oh my god its so beautiful, im shocked its so honest and very metaphoircal but real
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Impressive!
Everything about it is so entrancing, captivating and somehow, inspiring.
I love it!
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niiiice!! you might like my stuff. the background reminds me of my sky here [link]
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Thanks! Do you work in "negative", as in light on dark instead of dark on light?
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well i kind of go the comic book illustration route. pencil, marker, flat color, shadow, then highlights
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This is indeed a strong image of Death.. Quite unique in my opinion I might add 
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I love the key...and the rest of it, of course! It's so beautiful and eerie (if I spelled that right?)
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I guess you have plenty of messages already, but I just wanted to say - it's so amazing that you're replying to everyone's messages! You have so many, with the DD and all... Sorry if I'm clogging up your inbox by saying that, or something...? ^_^
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It isn't a problem. ^_^ It is the least I can do to show my gratitude!
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theres something so creepy and yet so lovely about this piece... well done!
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I was going for "creepy yet pretty" when I made it. Thank you!
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A powerful and impressive piece of visionary art! You did a great job using your dream to portray the archetypal complexity of this Tarot figure. Little details like the parallelism between the eye and the rose, and the vein wrapped around Death's arm also tying up the unicorn's leg make this great. I applaud every bit of it!
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Thank you very much!
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