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For ~SulphurSpoonHappy All Hallows' Eve, y'all!
PS. Before anyone asks, yes, this was inspired by Goya
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I would definitely say do not accept any invitations to dine at her place! Yikes!
Good old fashioned Macabre, just like the Old Masters used to do it, I loved their workand I liked Goya too. he sort of appealed to that dark spot in my heart and this still does. I love it!
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this is hillarious!
if that was not the intention, please don't be offended! O_o
I just find that there is something in the pic's whole atmosphere that makes it funny in somekind of a dark way, it's great!
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Before reading the Goya comments, I was putting my money on Hieronymus Bosch. There something about nude people getting eaten by Apodids that made me think of him.
You have advanced in great leaps in digital artwork! Keep it up, this is amazing!
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I recognize Goya's technique in that you used high contrast between light and darkness (impasto I think it's called, correct me if I'm wrong...or I could just Google it...). Instead of Chronos, you have a beastie devouring a human. Having said that. Goya's painting was...much more graphic in terms of violence. More horrifying with Chronos's expression vividly staring at you. But I understand that this was only inspired by his "Chronos" piece. It doesn't have to be violent, bloody, and scary. In fact, this one is very...gentle. Some commenters are saying 'erotic'. I can see that. A little vore action going on there. But while it can be erotic, I think it can also be romantic too.
The victim isn't fighting at all. He's being helped up gently into the predator's mouth while stroking the creature at the same time.
To me, instead of a scene of one animal devouring another in what would normally be very gruesome, I see a scene of love. A lovescene. It could be sexual...romantic...or as most lovescenes go, both.
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Oh UWAAAAA omg how I adore seeing spoon's characters by you <3<3 the witch is absolutely frightening asnfdfhaSASD this is just delish I cant even auwuuaa
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this is fantastic, lovely lighting colors everything. Great composition as well.
I almost feel that maybe there should be blood where the beak meets the middle of the mans chest? Unless he's just swallowing the man whole and no chewing? heh
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Absolutely adore the colours and lighting in this
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Vaguely erotic --- the beast is helping its victim up, it seems. The light falls warmly on him while the background is dark and dingy.
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I agree, reminds me of those fetish paintings with a manticore or lamia or harpy perched upon a prone male's body.
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I agree. And instead of grabbing ahold of the creature in efforts to get free, the victim is just resting his hand atop its head. As if stroking it or something.
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This reminds me of old paintings of Greek Mythological Figures. I love this piece. There is so much mood and atmosphere the dark tones bring to it. Classic!
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it's so weird!! i like it so much
i read in an above commentary about the naked character. you said you were not good at males anatomy; in my opinion, in that piece of art, it suits very well not to see quickly what is that character; it makes the drawing even more confusing.
oh i hope i made me understand
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It's true: it has something of the Goya' Saturno (one of my favourite artworks).
Impressive...
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I love this piece, especially the lighting. What mediums do you use for your drawings? They're so beautiful.
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Thank you! And I use Photoshp.
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Fantastic piece (I can say the same about Goya's work- awesome as well). I love the utterly dirty and despondant colour scheme and low-intensity lighting. Even the lightest tones don't nearly approach true white and this pic looks all the more disturbing for it. I also love the big chunks/ blocks of colour. Do you start with a uniformly colourd underpainting for your digital work?
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He kinda has female-ish hips. *confused*
But nice job with the Goya thing, definitely.
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I just fail at anatomy, 'specially male bodies. Let's just say he's a hermaphrodite.
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You could also credit that to your Goya influence, since the "son" in "Satan Devouring His Son" has a ladylike figure.
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Yeah, that always works
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Oh, man - this is awesome! Who expected to see Kiru in museum-quality art?
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Museaum-quality! That's the word I was looking for. I saw some Good Omens fanart by this artist and thought it was museum-quality...but couldn't think of how to...say that, lol.
Goin' on and on about how it reminds me of earlier, more scholatic artists and here you are with the perfect compoud word to sum all of that up.
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I noticed the Goya influence, but then I am in the midst of an Art History class. 
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Very cool. The moment I saw this, I thought, "Hey, this reminds me of 'Saturn Devouring His Son'..."
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This is... strange and bizarre. But I absolutely love the way you colour.
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To be honest I didn't think of Goya when I saw this, but now that you mentioned it, I do know what painting you pulled from.
I really love how dark this is and how the body pops out because it's so much lighter. I also really love the witch's design and how she takes up so much of the format. The texture you added on her neck and heard is also quite appealing. If she wasn't eating someone, I might be inclined to pet her 
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ffffffff This is just so gorgeouuuuusssss. ; A ;
I love all the colours and the textures...
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Gaaahhhh, whiporwhils freak me out! D8
But I love it....Something from my nightmares, I tell ya!
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Π‘olor is wonderful! But, what Griphon doing? He eating witch? O.o
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Sorry,for my bad english
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The bird thing is the witch. She usually looks like this to attract humans, then, after they're naked, she turns into a huge bird-monster and eats them.
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Woah. Whn it said "Violence/Gore and Nudity" it wasn't kidding!
Awesome job. I like the lighting the best.
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that's so freaky and cool! I love your technique.
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