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Published: 2006-09-10 20:36:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 7226; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 291
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John Uskglass, the Raven King, the King in the North...From Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
Again, yes.
A completely different vision.
(The first one is here:[link] )
I seem to be obsessed.
Or perhaps haunted.
Font by ~Holyrose
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This picis cool! Exacly the way I imagined Usglass, maybe more fierce at the moments, but yes, this is Uskglass. Congratulations for the picture!
I am very happy to meet fens of this book in DA. In my country it is not well-known, no matter that it is wonderfully translated.
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Thank you!
It is a wonderful book, and I hope there will be more illustrations here soon.
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I linked to your deviation in my journal ([link] ). Hope you don't mind.
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great illustration - the overall layout is nice too
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Ah, I remember reading this book... though I never did quite finish it. 
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Thank you.
I loved that book...
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brilliant! like a page from and old book, reminds me of the work of Aubrey Beardsley
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Beardsley? Nah, he was a genius. But thanks for a nice compliment.
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Excuse my ignorance, but I don't know the character. Still, this is good work, the character is very well done and detailed and your washes give it an antique and solid look. I remember risking ink gradients once and not daring to go very far with it. 
I just think the dark cloud is perhaps too cartoony for the rest of the piece and the way you crop his legs could be better.
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Well, the book is worth reading, if you have the time...
The clouds are my least favourite part - I didn't really know what to do with them...
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This isn't how I imagined the Raven King but its really cool none-the-less... I like the detail on the waiscoat... You are right - it is patience. I'm currently in the middle of a fully shaded greyscale drawing of Lady Pole and the Gentleman with the Thistle Down Hair and I keep getting horribly bored by the patterns on his waiscoat and jacket! Also, your drawing reminds me of a depiction of Morpheus in Neil Gaiman's comics, which makes sense because the author of Strange & Norrell was influenced by Neil Gaiman... Nice
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I don't have a definite image of the Raven King in my head, I'm just experimenting. And also, when I read the book, I had a feeling that his looks depended more on who saw him and where than on his actual features. I think it would be reasonable to believe that Uskglass can change his appearance.
Sadly, I haven't read Gaiman yet... but he's on my list
Good luck with your drawing, it will be interesting to see it.
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Yeah I was thinking he probably changes with who sees him (again, a thing that Neil Gaiman's Morpheus does too) - do read him, its quite easy as the dream stuff is graphic novels but I do warn you: once you read one you'll be hooked!
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The thin work on the tree is very delicate. Well done. As is the work on his jacket (I assume the raven king?) and shirt. His personal features are a bit lacking though. His hand is very flat anda bit awkward, and his head is tilted in an uncomfortable way. I think it's mostly because there's a lack of shading on his features which would bring out small things like knuckles, cheekbones, etc... The clouds are also a bit cheaply done. They could work if the rest of the piece followed the same iconic style, but because you went with a realistic tone on him and the background, the clouds should reflect that a little better with some more irregular shapes and highlights.
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Ah, you've noticed the basic problem with the absence of a unified style. Very true.
The clouds are my least favourite part - to be quite honest, I had no idea what to do with them. I didn't want to go for realistic, but they're not stylized enough either...
As for the face, it is very lightly shaded. I didn't want more. Actually, now that I think about it, this pic should have been more flat, not less...
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I like the handmade frame very much, and the details are fantastic!
Very nice work!
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Thank you very much.
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Has a nice mood to it which a lot comes from your style. Has a very classic look to it.
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Wow, I'm proud you used my font there.
It's a beautiful piece, I like the empty and dark atmosphere.
And anyway I love B&W.
Thanks!
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I'm glad you like it.
Thank you.
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Beautifully done. I love the detail you've put into his clothes, you are very talented
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Thanks.
It's not talent, really. Just patience
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Svidja mi se kako si to uokvirila, tako izgleda bas kao ilustracija iz knjige. I odjeca mu je super prepuna detalja!
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Hvala!
Probala sam malo stilizirat cijelu stvar - okvir, tekst itd. A odjeΔu sam probala prilagodit vremenu u kojem se dogaΔa radnja knjige, iako je JU sam po sebi srednjovjekovni lik i vilinski kralj - Ε‘to ostavlja beskrajne moguΔnosti za kostim...
Hej, jesi naΕ‘la Ε‘ta pametno u Algoritmu?
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ma nisam uopce stigla do tamo, srela sam dobrog frenda s faksa, sjeli smo na kavu i brbljali cetiri sata, dok smo zavrsili vec je sve bilo zatvoreno, nisam obavila apsolutno nista...
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Ah, to je super. Kvalitetno izgubljeno vrijeme
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definitivno, prerijetko srecem stare prijatelje, stvarno je cudno kako si s nekim super vidjate se svaki dan, nalazite se i poslije obaveza, a onda se sve promjeni i svatko krene svojim putem i nitko vise nema vremena za nikoga.
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This is really nicely executed. The contrast draws the eyes around the composition and I really like the delicate way it's framed. Well done on the detail as well.
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Thank you!
I'm still not sure about the text, though...
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I like the text...I thought it was a nice addition to the piece.
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