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When this was hanging at our pre-college final exhibition thingy I overheard a woman explaining to a group of people how I had used symbolism to portray the inner conflictions of the Grinch. By showing him as a skeleton I was really showing how his soul had rotted away, the blue in his eyes revealed that he had a little bit of life left, the hourglass in his hand indicated that he was running out of time to change his ways, ect.Aaaaactually, this is Death from Terry Pratchett's awesome book, Hogfather, but if you want to pretend there's a deeper meaning feel free.
Done in markers ( Thanks again to solemnsally!)
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This is stunning. I am an enormous Terry Pratchett fan (just finished The Shepard's Crown, and have never cried so much in my life), have reread his books hundreds of times; Thud! is my favorite.
I am in a Hogswatch card exchange on Facebook, and, since I am not artistic, would you mind if I used this on one of the cards I'm making? It's not for sale, of course, we're exchanging them person to person. I'd credit your work, of course, and feel free to say no.
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Sorry for the last reply, haven't logged on in a while! If it's not too late, you're more than welcome to use the pic. I'm glad you like it!
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absolutely love this <3 i hope it is ok for me to share this with a terry Pratchett group on facebook as I know the members will all really appreciate this too!
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Of course! I'm glad you like it enough to share it
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hahaha love how people try to find deeper meaning where sometimes you just drew for the heck of it. Awesome work though, and i hardly think you'd need a meaning any deeper then that of the book itself.
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Dear AnnPars, the University of Chichester publishes a journal on folklore, fairy tales and fantasy called 'Gramarye' and we are looking for an image to accompany an article on the Wincanton Hogswatch celebrations. I will be asking other artists, and the publishing department will have final say on the chosen image, but if you are happy for me to submit this image to them as a suggestion, could you possibly let me know your conditions for reproducing this image?
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Hi there! I'm honored to be considered 
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The Death itself has a deeper meaning 
Happy Hogswatch!
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There are no words to describe how great this drawing is.
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Beautiful. I love the story that goes with the drawing, too.
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Thanks! Yeah, Hogfather is one of my favorite books
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Wow, that must have been hilarious to overhear!
Wonderful piece of fan art. I think my favorite part is the candy cane scythe.
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Thanks! Love your signature, by the way
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hahaha
i remember that lady
i was really close to correcting her
but it was funnier to hear her rant
anyway
i love the picture
the shading on his cloak is awesome
i promise to read the book as soon as i get to a bookstore ^^
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Thanks! Yeah, you HAVE to read it. Or else.
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i just finished it
and you were right it was awesome
its my current favorite^^
it made me love Death a lot more
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Glad you liked it! Now you have to read Small Gods
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i dont have that one but i do have feet of clay....
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Awesome, I love feet of clay. Let me know how you like it!
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Love it! Death's my favorite character from the books
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Thanks! Death is my favorite too, followed closely by the Death of Rats. Gotta agree with you on the eyes thing, I like how Kidby does Death. I never knew how difficult it was to try and put character and expression into bone until I tried it. His character didn't come out in this picture, I'll have to study Kidby's paintings and try to figure out how he does it
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When I draw skulls the biggest problem for me is that I actually add grimace and, well, face where there should be none... I mean, a skull's a skull, if it should express any emotions they should come from lighting or something o_O Not an easy thing, that's for sure.
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Yeah, I think Kidby actually does add some facial expressions, but very subtly, so it still looks like a skull. I'm not sure how exactly he manages to make a skull look happy and not grimacing, but he does. Lighting's probably a big part of it though, I'll have to go back and look at some of his Death pictures to see *wanders off to find Kidby art*
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