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Published: 2012-06-10 18:02:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 653; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 6
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Still practising with markers. Iβm kind of having trouble getting the kind of contrast I want with the markers. Unfortunately, I canβt figure out what the heck to do with the background. This is a travelling library snake. The books on the stomach ungulate and push the snake forward. Or something like that. Any suggestions for a background?Related content
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I think... a desolate wasteland for the background, kind of a symbol for the wasteland the mind becomes when it lacks knowledge. And the book-snake travels around enlightening people and bringing life to the wasteland and stuff.
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Yeah... except it's (the background) behind him so it's where he's already been so technically it should be lush, if I was going with that kind of imagery. :/
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Maybe he's just arrived and is observing the wasteland from a distance?
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He's awesome. My idea for a background is a world where books aren't wanted because he looks like he's saying "ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME?! I'LL SHOW YOU THE TRUE POWER OF BOOKS!!!!" Or something like that
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Interesting! Any suggestions on how I'd portray that as the background? The only way I can think of to portray that would to just write "in a world without books" all over the background. XD
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Channel your inner Fahrenheit 451
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OUUUU. That's a good image! Too bad I jumped the gun and drew mountains. D:
So many people gave me great suggestions and I just went and put some ugly mountains in. :/ Should've thought it through more.
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:shock: Mountains? Mountains?!?! ARE THEY THE MISTY MOUNTAINS OF MIDDLE EARTH AT LEAST?
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Oh, ok then. Carry on!
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Only you would come up with a snake made of books. XD Hmmm, my suggestion for a background is....
Paper landscape! Like how the snake is made of books and paper, you can make trees and junk out of stacks of books and paper! Yeah!
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8D THAT is a great idea. I don't at all trust myself to draw that kinda thing. Ughaklfdh;khawesd. I want to use this idea.
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Wow, this is definitely a nice piece. As always, your linework is brilliant. I've never used markers myself, but I can tell you did a pretty damn good job for working outside your usual medium.
As for the background, I was thinking some landscape might be nice, but make it a landscape made from letters or whatnot to keep with the "Library" theme. I dunno.
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Thank you for the feedback!
Yeah, I've drawn the background twice. Once it was south-Chinese mountains... then I changed it to more Alp-like mountains... now I'm just kinda stuck. XD It is a travelling snake... so a landscape would be good.
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