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[From the perspective of a stranger]

I saw them on the old road

where the fireflies always graze

Cigarette smoke, a piercing gaze

As we crossed paths, unbidden

Malignant teeth shone in the gloom

Though it was unclear who’d corrupted whom

The demon, tamed, the priest, unfazed,

that terrible terrible gaze

My soul exposed, i fled,

chased by the apparition of that grin

And escaped to confess my sins

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Ah the first arts of 2021! \o/ Decided to try something new so this pic started life as a values painting before adding colour on top of it. I struggled a lot cos that's a completely backwards way for me to do art comparative to my usual process, which is using overlay layers mainly to sync up the colour mood/lighting across the piece |D It was however pretty cool to see everything come together in grayscale first.

In keeping with feel, this piece was a bit of an experiment in how outside ppl might view .D and Izm (since you know, priests and demons are not supposed to mix/hang out/etc), hence why they look more ominous than they actually are lol. Also i kinda wanted an excuse to have some kind of lighting element by fireflies, but unfortunately my initial idea where they would be providing most of the lighting - therefore more of an eerie green glow across everything - didnt pan out since it would leave other areas way too dark.

Art + Battle Priest © me [Darqx ]

Description

[From the perspective of a stranger]

I saw them on the old road

where the fireflies always graze

Cigarette smoke, a piercing gaze

As we crossed paths, unbidden

Malignant teeth shone in the gloom

Though it was unclear who’d corrupted whom

The demon, tamed, the priest, unfazed,

that terrible terrible gaze

My soul exposed, i fled,

chased by the apparition of that grin

And escaped to confess my sins

---

Ah the first arts of 2021! \o/ Decided to try something new so this pic started life as a values painting before adding colour on top of it. I struggled a lot cos that's a completely backwards way for me to do art comparative to my usual process, which is using overlay layers mainly to sync up the colour mood/lighting across the piece |D It was however pretty cool to see everything come together in grayscale first.

In keeping with feel, this piece was a bit of an experiment in how outside ppl might view .D and Izm (since you know, priests and demons are not supposed to mix/hang out/etc), hence why they look more ominous than they actually are lol. Also i kinda wanted an excuse to have some kind of lighting element by fireflies, but unfortunately my initial idea where they would be providing most of the lighting - therefore more of an eerie green glow across everything - didnt pan out since it would leave other areas way too dark.

Art + Battle Priest © me [Darqx ]