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Published: 2011-05-18 10:35:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 424; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 3
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This is my entry for Battle Artist 26 - my fisrt one.Subject was The Darkness by TopCow Comics...so here it is, my version at least.
You guys told me to think outside the box so i did (at least i think i did X_X).So I through away my 3 or 4 layouts that i had prepared cause I didn't want to draw him in a battle pose, i wanted something else...but i didn't know what.
On friday surfing the web and praying to God to come up with a good ideea i found a song from Johnny Cash on youtube called Hurt which was about how one cannot escape his 'darkness' so to speak. So i started thinking about the fact that Jackie-boy would never escape death and The Darkness for the rest of his life and tha he would never get to experience being human ever again. So i came up with this design thinking i could show him consumed by the power of The Darkness(again - at least i hope i got that message through). I left his eyes hollow to show the emptiness he would eventually feel when the power of dark will take full control of him.
I'm not completly happy with it,i would have liked to have some fine liners for the small details and not my regular giant tip markers but...
Anyway, to wrap things up i hope you enjoy these drawing as much as i when i drew it.
I apologize for the crooked scan but i had to do it in a copy-shop cause i don't have a scanner and i did not realize it was like this until o got home.
Please comment and critique as much as you want cause i'm here to learn to do better and i would really appreciate it.
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Comments: 14
zero62zero [2011-05-19 10:50:02 +0000 UTC]
thank you for the comments. i'm glad you guys like it...even though it has some ups and downs, like just now i realized there is one darkling with white eyes ))...i missed a couple of things but next one's gonna be better
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redskullrudd [2011-05-18 23:05:44 +0000 UTC]
great stuff, always enjoy when you guys take the time to attach some story behind how you worked on the piece. Really important part of the group IMO.
all the darklings in the back are awesome...think you did great with your concept here!
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Zero-Optix [2011-05-18 22:29:22 +0000 UTC]
Love the details and the graphic layout. I like your story to go along with it. I think if you would of added the dark shadows to the demon in profile like the rest, it would pop out the main character more.
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TheInkPages [2011-05-18 14:01:32 +0000 UTC]
ah 'Hurt'. I prefer the NIN version (whom incidentally i was listing to while working on my own entry).
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redskullrudd In reply to TheInkPages [2011-05-18 23:07:43 +0000 UTC]
best NIN song ever - 'the becoming!' or maybe every day is the same.....they make great sound track music for this kind of comic for sure.
Hurt's a total noose hanger lol. great song though
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TheInkPages In reply to redskullrudd [2011-05-19 08:30:44 +0000 UTC]
the Wretched was another one i was listening to along with With Teeth and the Fragile. hard to choose a favourtie NIN song.
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redskullrudd In reply to TheInkPages [2011-05-19 22:31:49 +0000 UTC]
yeah they did a ton of good stuff. crazy to think Reznor ended up with an oscar lol
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zero62zero [2011-05-18 12:54:52 +0000 UTC]
Thank you
i wanted to add some shadows there but i was afraid that the whole thing would bleed cause i didn't use bleed proof paper - bad choice on that.
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dreno360 [2011-05-18 12:24:08 +0000 UTC]
Great first battle. I think some shadow where the neck and head meet would help in that area. Nice first entry.
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