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Published: 2011-03-30 15:19:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 23055; Favourites: 331; Downloads: 14292
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*taking a break from commissions*phew, back to normal
Well this one is inspired and referenced by an already existing drawing, just search for der ritter at google and check the images.
It wasn't painted over or anything, it was fully recreated from the very beginning and of course I did changes to match better with my tastes XD (I absolutely had to add blood)
I'm kinda proud for this one, it took me only some hours from today and yesterday to finish it and I didn't miss out any details. The skeleton is a bit of a mindfuck but that's the best part of it haha
Anyway,hope you like it~
I wanna keep drawing more and more creepy and macabre stuff but my commissions keep me behind
EDIT
huh, I didn't know that this thing was related to slender-man...oh well
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Okay for actual context and explanation, since it seems a lot of people are puzzled. The ORIGINAL 1700s woodcut (dans macabre? I forget) showed a knight being killed by Death, with Death being a skeletal figure in armour.
In the something awful thread which originally created The Slender Man, a photoshopped version of that (and another woodcut) was submitted, labelled as 'Der Ritter'. It was explicitly intended as a historical representation of the Slender Man. The lance became an arm, he got extra limbs, and the face was smoothed over.
Der Ritter is not however, another name for Slenderman - it means The Knight and refers to the guy being killed. (Der Grossman/Grobmann[that funny german B like letter] is usually used in stories about Slendy relating to germanic folktales, though technically Der Langemann is a better translation)
This picture hwoever, is absolutely epic
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Woah woah woah so much info! Thanks for sharing, this was trully illuminating.
And thank you for your kind words, much appreciated.
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ß is the letter you looked for right? It mean double S. And is used that way
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Nice to see a non-woodcutter's interpretation of that... PhotoShopped woodcutting.
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The only reason people do is because they think because of the similarities that they were "related" in a way or that der Ritter was "the original slanderman"
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This image is a remake of a hoax.
Said hoax is the woodcarving "Der Ritter" photoshopped to make the skeletal figure in it resemble Slenderman.
So, yes; it IS related to Slenderman.
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Brilliant ! Love it ! This version of slenderman is actually more interesting than the mainstream one with the suit and all
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I haven't seen an awesome Der Ritter painting. Awesomeness.
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A truly impressive reproduction from the old image.
Ps. Love your technique and previous deviations.
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This is very beautiful. I love all the colors and how it brings the original piece to life.
And I find the title interesting, because Der Ritter (in German) means knight.
Both of the characters in the drawing/painting are both knights.
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I've done some research on the history of creatures matching the description of slender Man throughout history and Der Ritter was one of my favorite study focuses. From what I can tell, Slender Man always dressed the part of the upper class. (Knight in Der Ritter, businessman today.) He also used to be quite skeletal in appearance. I wonder why?
Either way, this is a beautiful rendition of Der Ritter. There is a sequel piece where Der Ritter is taking a child from its parents. (Another Slendy relation.) I wonder how it would look in your style?
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Maybe they are skeletal in appearance to show their connection to death? I mean the Der Ritter pictures always have an hourglass, and that is kind of a symbol of time and death too.
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"der Ritter" vs. SLENDERMAN ;D
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ahhhh okay XD im sure it wasnt meant to be slenderman... its just a weird figure
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but the figure is looking like slenderman :/ think about it 
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slender has no black eyes, and no 3 legs right?
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4 legs and 3arms ;D but it could be slenderman :/
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yeah it could, im still not sure
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ok 
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Well... You did know this thing is related to Slender Man, because the original Knight does not have extra limbs and does have a mouth.
This drawing is an obvious illustration to what Slendy fan can do if he is totally obsessed.
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I think he's what made people think there was a Slenderman out there. I hope he's real. How cool would it be to talk to other ghosts!?!
"How did you die?"
"Killed by a car accident, he died from hunger, and she died from suicide..."
"Mine's better! You're all just mainstreams! I was killed by Der Ritter!"
That's how it would go in my head I'm sure. Not a hipster by-the-by. Nice job with the coloring too! He looks much scarier now that he has the proper shading and colors on! Good job!
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I think der ritter represents the afraid of knights after a battle
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lol who did the mad one? It's so cool! Although, the fact that it's Der Ritter is scary. Honestly, Der Ritter scares me more than Slendy.
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this is absolutely incredible, just like the original wood cut but so....WOW great job, seriously im in love with it c:
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Slenderman's history, lawl.
This is seriously jsut amazing! <3
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im guessing this is slenderman with his skin off 0.o
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He is from the years 1600
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uh, that's only one year.
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Ironically, while Slenderman is apparently referred to as Der Ritter because of this picture, "Der Ritter" just means "The Knight", and thus refers to the armoured man in the picture, not the weird creature.
On that note, even in the 'original', the creature is just a photoshopped version of a skeleton, from Holbein's Danse Macabre series [link]
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Good God this is just so unbelievably perfect I can't even find the adjectives
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