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Sysirauta — The Coldest Night

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Published: 2018-08-22 17:29:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 3022; Favourites: 422; Downloads: 0
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Silence.


No living soul was awake during that freezing night. Snow had covered shores but the water was still flowing freely, thick icy mist floating in the horizon. After several mildy cold weeks, the temperature had dropped and sudden coldness had silenced the world.

If anybody would have been there, they'd have seen something shuddering.

A huge skeletal shape walked slowly across the lake. With each step it took, the water froze instantly with a crackling sound. The air surrounding it solidified and vaporated, creating a freezing flow. It had no voice other than the sound of constantly freezing surroundings, the crisp sound of ice dropping from its body. It had a name, those who knew, and its name was Silence.


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Silence had made it debut six years ago and then just developed behind the scenes. Silence is one of those less funny postcreated creatures. Silence is a heat sink. It freezes everything around it. All heat, all energy just vanishes in touch of it. (Rumors tell that somewhere in the world is a postcreated which then emits heat seemingly out of nowhere - Silence's counterpart.) Just its surroundings are shivering and even touching it by bare hands kills any creature made of blood and flesh when all warmth is drawn out of them at instant. Silence is, however, pretty aloof and has never shown aggression towards anybody. Its mind is pretty hollow, known to shown just mild curiosity and slight compassion.


¤ Pencil and watercolors.

...Just now when thinking of it, Silence is pretty much like reverse your-regular-nature-spirit-huge-deer-creature.


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  I have this available as prints. Please see here for more info . I ship worldwide (within possible current local limitations.) (This comment was added in 2021.)

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Comments: 34

Astanael [2024-11-28 19:25:07 +0000 UTC]

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Karbik [2018-10-02 20:28:50 +0000 UTC]

Gloomy, morbid, but fascinating.

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Sysirauta In reply to Karbik [2018-10-04 16:15:25 +0000 UTC]

I shall now use this description when someone asks me that how are you. :v

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Lakrenix [2018-08-24 22:29:19 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I remember that guy, I was very interested in that story back them, and also in the drawing, one of my favorites.

It's nice you are still drawing those weird and interesting creatures called poscreated. 

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Sysirauta In reply to Lakrenix [2018-08-27 16:24:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

Sure I am, where they'd ever go anymore.

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Nexumorphic [2018-08-24 12:46:37 +0000 UTC]

Ghostly. I especially enjoy how the mist shrouds the rest of the lake.

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Sysirauta In reply to Nexumorphic [2018-08-27 16:21:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Background is based on real life experience.

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Silvolf [2018-08-24 09:11:11 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work! It makes me feel chilly just looking at it.

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Sysirauta In reply to Silvolf [2018-08-27 16:20:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I meant to do that.

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riverraptor12 [2018-08-23 17:11:42 +0000 UTC]

This sends shivers down my spine just looking at.

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Sysirauta In reply to riverraptor12 [2018-08-27 16:20:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it has done its purpose then.

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Something-Gay [2018-08-23 15:35:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh that is so wicked! The lake and sky are beautiful, I aspire to make art like this one day

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Sysirauta In reply to Something-Gay [2018-08-27 16:20:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's a good goal.

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Something-Gay In reply to Sysirauta [2018-08-27 19:26:10 +0000 UTC]

 

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Daekai [2018-08-23 10:08:42 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work!

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Sysirauta In reply to Daekai [2018-08-27 16:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Nexsusriina001 [2018-08-23 09:18:59 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful ! I love the colors you used and the design looks intimidating, but cool !

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Sysirauta In reply to Nexsusriina001 [2018-08-27 16:19:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Inkhov [2018-08-23 01:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Amazing gg

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Sysirauta In reply to Inkhov [2018-08-27 16:19:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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CrookedBunny [2018-08-22 23:37:40 +0000 UTC]

Silence is just absolutely stunning. Gorgeous work. Go hiontach ar fad!

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Sysirauta In reply to CrookedBunny [2018-08-27 16:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Just that last sentence was incomprehensible.

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CrookedBunny In reply to Sysirauta [2018-09-04 23:26:39 +0000 UTC]

Great work! XD

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Rosewolf86 [2018-08-22 22:02:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow! 

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Sysirauta In reply to Rosewolf86 [2018-08-27 16:19:00 +0000 UTC]

Yes.

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AlfaArtz [2018-08-22 19:55:29 +0000 UTC]

Woah

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Sysirauta In reply to AlfaArtz [2018-08-27 16:18:57 +0000 UTC]

Yes.

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AlfaArtz In reply to Sysirauta [2018-08-27 19:25:18 +0000 UTC]

This. Is. Amazing.

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Eraili [2018-08-22 19:31:30 +0000 UTC]

ahh this looks amazing *-*
I love what you can do with just blue and white haha xD
and generally your watercolour work always looks so great, I love it *-*
Poorsilence, though at least they don't seem to have a problem walking over water <3

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Sysirauta In reply to Eraili [2018-08-27 16:17:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

I think I have like ten blue or turquoise (and one blueish grey) different water color pans. HUES.

Water can't sink you if it's frozen solid. This reminded me if now after very hot summer here'll be very cold winter. Walking on water guaranteed.

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Eraili In reply to Sysirauta [2018-08-30 16:47:37 +0000 UTC]

ha gosh xD so many ^^

exactly~
i wish winter would be with more snow here but meh, haven't happened in a while :/

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LeoDragonsWorks [2018-08-22 17:48:56 +0000 UTC]

As always your postcreated creatures are very intriguing,

sure this one is a bit gloomy, but also very fascinating indeed

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Sysirauta In reply to LeoDragonsWorks [2018-08-27 16:09:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

Yes they're quite versatile.

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LeoDragonsWorks In reply to Sysirauta [2018-08-27 20:41:08 +0000 UTC]

yep, if you need to frose something fast sure its usefull, if you don't go too near XD


joke apart they are good to make many intresting story

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