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erebus-odora — Just a Stranger by-nc-nd

Published: 2010-01-31 18:35:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2703; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 0
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Description First of all, I must admit that this is an illustration - so it has a background story.))

The story is about some quite ordinary town with quite ordinary vampires, who manage not to bother the citizens most of time. On one troublesome day an annoyed town citizen enters a bistro and asks out loud, if there's a phone number of any vampire hunters in "yellow pages"... The weird thing is that some vamp hunter is revealed right at that time - quite occasionally it's a stranger, who's sitting at the same bistro.....

The stranger is a funny man, who refuses to reveal his origin, real name and true age. He is actually HELL afraid of any vampires, but there's more in him that meets the eye - so things begin to turn stranger and stranger...



The mentioned story is currently being written - and hopefully I'll be able to publish it on CityWatch website by the end of the following week.
As for the painting...
I have rather... erm... diverse feelings about it.
GOOD THINGS: I love the colours. Really. It's my first time of painting something on toned paper, so I hope you like the technical side of this experiment.))
BAD THINGS: I hate the size. I didn't notice that the paper sheet was larger, than a normal A3, so, when it came up to making the painting digital, I had to take photo instead of scanning. Ergo, the quality is about to suck.((
ODD THINGS: Yes, he's drinking milk. Yes, he's a bit anatomically alike Bela B. Felsenheimer. Both things are written in the story - sorry to admit, it's Russian only.

Anyway... hope you like him. He was fun to portray.))

P.S.:
Just for those who are interested in seeing the close views and the original sketch for this work... here comes the link to my scraps , feel free to follow it.))
Mind this: he's REALLY more handsome in close-up view ^^
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Comments: 21

Iris-von-Stern [2010-02-02 19:05:25 +0000 UTC]

*целую ваши мысли (с)* тоесть люблю все твои работы.)

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sisimisi [2010-02-01 22:39:35 +0000 UTC]

Well of course he's handsome! Mysterious men always are
Oh, and I LOVE the carton of milk, it's so anticlimactic : D

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HeartOfQueen [2010-02-01 06:41:13 +0000 UTC]

Это прекрасно, прекрасно!!! Он такой волшебный и такой красивый ^_______________________________^

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RoCueto [2010-02-01 01:01:41 +0000 UTC]

Neat eyes and that little moon is awesome

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Estelar [2010-01-31 20:38:17 +0000 UTC]

вау, какой красавчик! у него в пакете точно молочко?))

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erebus-odora In reply to Estelar [2010-01-31 20:55:25 +0000 UTC]

Точно, точно...))) Это психодеталь образа.))))

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Eviecats [2010-01-31 20:07:46 +0000 UTC]

I can't wait to read more about him, great picture, as always, the dark shadows of the face are an excellent indicator of the mystery surrounding this guy!

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erebus-odora In reply to Eviecats [2010-01-31 20:29:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, dear! If I have time to do that, I'll try to translate the story into English (it's about 40 Word pages, in terms of Times New Roman, 12 pt.)) - or make a "spin-off". I completely fell in love with this character, really....)))

Just to add: painting on toned paper turned out to be... fascinating. Try it, if you have time; it's REALLY worth trying, just for the sake of process!

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Eviecats In reply to erebus-odora [2010-01-31 20:37:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow I understand if you do not, that is very long!

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RandomSearcher [2010-01-31 19:55:15 +0000 UTC]

Очень нравятся детали... глазки, крестик... ммм... *взяла себя в руки*
молоко? ненавижу молоко XD

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erebus-odora In reply to RandomSearcher [2010-01-31 20:12:49 +0000 UTC]

Ыыы, спасиб.)
Он странный, ему можно любить молоко...))))))

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Michel-Lag-Chavarria [2010-01-31 19:52:15 +0000 UTC]

This is really great...!!!

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erebus-odora In reply to Michel-Lag-Chavarria [2010-01-31 20:26:34 +0000 UTC]


Merci, mon ami!!

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Pulvis [2010-01-31 19:51:36 +0000 UTC]

работа приятно напоминает по атмосфере сериал kindred, ну и соответственно vampire-the masquerade. чертовски аппетитное сочетание цветов, прямо мурашки по коже, а эти глаза из темноты - шикарно, нет слов. тема молока раскрыта очень хочется узреть саму историю!

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erebus-odora In reply to Pulvis [2010-01-31 20:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Кстати, постфактум, глядя на работу... правда, что-то есть общее - зелёное небо а-ля Санта-Моника, хотя бы.))
Спасибо огромное; сама как-то очень втянулась в процесс... надеюсь, что к концу недели допишем эту "сказку".)

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Pulvis In reply to erebus-odora [2010-01-31 21:45:10 +0000 UTC]

да, цветовая гамма в стиле)) ну и атмосферка такая...мммм, самое оно! очень жду "сказку" ^__^ любопыыыыытно

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mere-lj [2010-01-31 19:18:06 +0000 UTC]

прекрасный, правда.
и цвета хороши, и стиль нравится - словом, превосходно.

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erebus-odora In reply to mere-lj [2010-01-31 19:33:18 +0000 UTC]

Спасибище..)
Честно, мне он как-то даже самой нравится. Во всяком случае, в процессе было весело.)

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MigraineSky [2010-01-31 19:14:57 +0000 UTC]

как всегда, превосходная работа!
нравится,как решено освещение...

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erebus-odora In reply to MigraineSky [2010-01-31 19:32:48 +0000 UTC]

Спасибо!!!
Как-то на одном дыхании нарисовался - сначала боялась, что будет темноват, потом подумала: фигли, ночь же...))) Как-то неожиданно улыбающ вышел..)))

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MigraineSky In reply to erebus-odora [2010-01-31 19:37:55 +0000 UTC]

да, когда рисую что-то ночное,всегда вопрос как не перетемнить и сделать чтобы все же было темно

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