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cactix — safe from hell
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Published: 2018-09-30 18:27:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 593; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 0
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Sparks surrounded him as the flames grew taller, engulfing the forest life around him. His ears were still ringing after the loud shot of the gun wielded by the devils, who were unbelievably furious. His blindness now proved to be quite annoying as he wasn't able to fight as well as he would've with his eyesight, but at least he pissed them off.He heard the demons screaming curses at him but he couldn't quite make out the words, the blood pumping throughout his body was too loud in his ears. He could feel it seeping through the wound in his chest, but not the pain. He didn't quite feel numb either, but more so, peace. However, the trembling in his legs seemed to multiply so he slowly sat.
He could taste the blood in his mouth but it didn't overpower the palate of victory and freedom. His Boy did well, better than he imagined. And most importantly, His Boy escaped. The fire had completely overtaken the lab and the surrounding forest, and the demons themselves could now get a taste of loss, the loss of everything dear to them (if they had the capacity to hold anything as dear).
Thinking about His Boy brought some tears to his nearly nonexistent eyes, but the breeze swept them away and also spat some sparks into his face. His hearing had almost returned to its normal state and he could now listen the devils' words more clearly. They were approaching fast but he felt no desire to run or fight. So he waited.
As they reached him they hurled and screamed insults and hate-speech towards him but he took no notice, throwing them into a further tantrum. They demanded in their twisted language to give up the location of His Boy but he smiled.
"Safe from your hell."
At this they howled in anger and threw themselves at him, beating on him with their scrawny arms, not having much (if any) effect on him other than knocking him down. He heard the sound of the demon's shotgun being raised up towards him and he felt the cool metal touch the side of his head, contrary to the almost suffocating heat from the flames around them. The devilish being hissed with seething hatred.
His mind became fuzzy, likely from the loss of fluid from the break in his chest. He coughed, spitting blood on the ground before him. He smiled again.
"I'd die a million times to get you this mad again."
After a horrendous screech from the demon there was a loud bang.
Then there was nothing.
Wow so like,,, I love Merlin aka TS4 he is my son and he is my goodboy™
I feel like I hadn't drawn a full thing in so long I put everything I had into this and I'm honestly really proud of it aaaa
If you want to read the beginning to his story it's written out shortly in his TH
toyhou.se/1607982.test-subject…
Please tell me what you think, I tried a lot of new things in this!!!!!
Time Taken: About 6 hours
Program: Paint Tool Sai
Character © cactix
Art © cactix
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Comments: 4
First off let me start of saying, dang have you improved!!! About a year ago your experimentation with fire was "a bear's a bear" [link here www.deviantart.com/cactix/art/… with waves and curves for fire, as if it were colored wind,,, in this the fire flows with the wind but has a more natural look and ashes everywhere and not just glowey wind. Personally I don't think I could ever pull this good of a palette and view and even with the fire, I would just color, glow, and called it a day!!! Now with the wolf himself (or whichever canine he is, looking at how canidid he looks) the fur looks more like its wet than burning, nor is he symmetrical (looking at the snout you can see what I mean) and muscles in his arms look more like scars, though I love your technique!!!~ the bandage looks amazing, especially the burnt part, but maybe where its bent try putting more shading to indicate hoe thick it is, since I assume the material is thick. Last but not least the tears, I love how they show expression, although you say the tears evaporate, say it in the picture, that last, or last few tears turning to smoke, giving you the feel of fire, what it looks, the smell, the sound of crackling and scream, try to put it in one piece!
Overall I'd rate it a solid 10, most professional artists you see is just one step closer to your level!
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Thanks for the critique! I really appreciate it. I've always struggled with expression so I'm glad you feel it in this instance!!!
I did notice the comment on "a bears a bear" deviation which you may have misunderstood a bit, its not actually fire in him, but a fire essence, so the wispy way it is in that piece is how its supposed to be ;v;'' But I'm glad you see improvement with it!!
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The contrast and the color choices on this are really good!
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