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Published: 2018-09-19 15:41:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 1606; Favourites: 211; Downloads: 12
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This is really not refined but eeeeh I just wanted to post something about my new babies


so, you might remember Ona from the White December, and the other two are Constantine and Haku: she's a good witch, taking care of the land and trying to ail spirits that roam the Irish countryside where she resides. Haku is one of the aforementioned angry spirits; he's a headless horsemen, cursed about 200 years prior; he was the bastard son of a rich noble who had 'raised' him just for fun, essentially training him as a war hound; he acted as the personal guard for his father for ages, kind of despaired when his father killed his half-sister, probably got beaten to death trying to get back at him, and on the brink of death, sold his soul to one of the trickster spirits and became a headless horseman.


He had been controlled for ages, until his head was returned to him by Constantine, freeing him once more. I'm working on getting his I-will-stomp-your-villages horse; the headless horseman acts as some sort of second personality, and he generally is on this perpetual murderous spree frenzy. Every All Hallows Eve, Haku gets the urge to chop his head off and go on a killing spree; his head takes 8 nights to regrow, and if that happens he regains control as soon as his head has grown back (unless somebody is magically controlling him, but they'd probably need his old head and a lot of ancient magic to do that. Again, still working out the kinks of creating new characters, so I'm going to retcon a lot of this stuff later on). All the magic creatures in the forest and most of the locals know not to mess with the portion of land where Haku and Constantine reside, and when Ona and people trying to get information from her (somebody from her mother's family, somebody from his grandafather's side, somebody trying to hunt down her mother's family.... I haven't decided yet, but I have a few options at hand ) and people started shooting, Haku essentially intervened and killed most of the people that were harming the forest. Ona had been shot, and although Haku wanted to leave her there, Constantine ordered him to bring her back to the house so that she could heal her. From now on, I'm pretty much clueless, but this is going to be fun!

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MineSpawn [2018-09-20 02:30:18 +0000 UTC]

So... this is a SKETCH?

A SKETCH

DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT

A S K E T C H ?

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QuixoticallyYours In reply to MineSpawn [2018-09-20 05:14:04 +0000 UTC]

I second this shock and awe. ( * - *)

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MineSpawn In reply to QuixoticallyYours [2018-09-20 11:35:26 +0000 UTC]

It’s just so amazing, It’s hard to believe that it’s only a sketch. β€’Oβ€’

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to MineSpawn [2018-09-20 12:08:19 +0000 UTC]

It's mostly because my dumb head processes everything not rendered as 'just a sketch'; I have spent at least 3 hours refining this piece, yet I generally spend many more on stuff like this.

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MineSpawn In reply to ThingsThatLurk [2018-09-20 19:02:15 +0000 UTC]

I totally understand. None the less, it looks awesome.

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to MineSpawn [2018-09-20 22:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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goosetooth [2018-09-20 01:18:10 +0000 UTC]

excuse me. sketch? SKETCH?? SKETCH?!?!

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to goosetooth [2018-09-20 12:06:49 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry I'm baffling so many people, but my brain honestly precesses everything that I don't render as 'just a sketch' this is why I have so many troubles being quick about posting new art, and also the reason why I've started posting less refined pictures in the first place

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goosetooth In reply to ThingsThatLurk [2018-09-21 23:33:43 +0000 UTC]

oof, I get that I tend to get caught up in detail sometimes. it's good to take a break and look at the whole picture sometimes and ask yourself if you really feel like it needs more refinement or if it's fine as is

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Cachemirine [2018-09-19 23:12:21 +0000 UTC]

Love the haunted look/ muted tones in this drawing. Interesting backstory.

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to Cachemirine [2018-09-20 12:04:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Hopefully I'll manage to develop it some more c:

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TheTubich [2018-09-19 18:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Good work

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to TheTubich [2018-09-19 21:00:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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TheTubich In reply to ThingsThatLurk [2018-09-20 03:36:11 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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willisrharrower [2018-09-19 17:14:58 +0000 UTC]

Awesome illustration!
Any lack of refinement doesn't work against it either as far as I'm concerned, it lends itself well to creating a "bleary-eyed break of dawn" sort of visual (how my eyeballs operate in the early hours anyways)!
Really interesting IP you are developing here as well, I enjoyed your write-up and am really looking forward to seeing what else you come up with from here (especially that village stomping horse you eluded to)!

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to willisrharrower [2018-09-19 21:01:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, so kind as always the horse will take a while simply because there are a tonne of rules for the horse rpg community, and although I've wanted to be part of it for a while, I still struggle to keep up with them

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willisrharrower In reply to ThingsThatLurk [2018-09-19 21:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Lol I had to google "horse rpg community" you makin me feel old Martina!Β Β 
I feel the same way with the cryptid community I cater to with my monsters, there is a very silly degree of concern for accuracy and rules from some very hardcore people out there, I've always felt little reason to hold back an awesome creature design however and I urge you to not let it hold you back either!
Those villages aren't gonna stomp themselves!Β Β 

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to willisrharrower [2018-09-19 22:03:49 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but in all honesty I got to know it through my roomate, since she's been neckdeep into the community for years while I've been briefly introduced to it last year before that I didn't even know that something so immersive and complicated still existed on deviantart!


Ahah 'those villages ain't gonna stomp themselves' is gonna become my next motivational wallpaper for my monitor but actually in the horse community it's more about having registered horses that are recognised and can participate in contests rather than having accuracy with details, so unfortunately I think I'll have to abide to the rules in this particular instance P:

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willisrharrower In reply to ThingsThatLurk [2018-09-19 23:37:59 +0000 UTC]

Lol alright, so my google search clearly didn't do the job, after reading your last comment I looked into it specifically on DA and now I see what you're talking about, it looks like there's a lot of landmines to try not to step on (much like at a real stable I imagine )!
Good luck in your efforts, I have no doubt you will find artistic success wherever you choose to plant yourself, though I imagine the main concern is finding the time to wrap your head around all the variables...

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Reborn-sama [2018-09-19 16:29:29 +0000 UTC]

This is really great for a sketch ! could make a great painting !

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ThingsThatLurk In reply to Reborn-sama [2018-09-19 16:36:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Unfortunately I really don't have the time nor the patience right now to finish it

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