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morganagod — The Hive Queen
Published: 2009-02-25 08:22:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 16265; Favourites: 300; Downloads: 2109
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"You wanted to see her."This is based on a scene from.... Xenocide...I think. Xenocide is the third Ender's Game novel. In it, practically the first thing that Valentine does when she reunites with Ender is to go meet the ressurrected Bugger Queen. When they first see her, she's killing her own workers to feed new larva queens. It's an awesome scene but I'm not going to spoil why. This is pretty much what I saw in my head when I read the book. (Maybe a little redder.)
The novels never really went in to too much detail, but a couple of things forced me to totally rethink my interpretation of the buggers.
The toughest thing was the rainbow reflection on the slime covering the wings, and to give her the disgusting majesty described in the book.
[link] Youtube video of its creation
I may paint some pequininos soon.
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Very nice. It was a deeply disturbing scene, I agree. And between that and the prequel novels, I've definitely been rethinking the Formics. She tells Ender that she hasn't learned to lie, but... well. Spoiler-free on the first invasion, but I found it hard to believe that the hive queens would not have noticed certain things.
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This is mind blowing to me. When I read this scene this is almost exactly how I pictured it. I'd love to see a pequenino drawing of yours.
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It is lovely! What a scene that would be! Did you see the movie?
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Nice work! I'm actually really surprised that there is so little fanart for ender's saga. I just finished Xenocide and it was just... brilliant. Hopefully more people will discover the series after the Ender's Game movie comes out.
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This. Is. Awesome!
Been waitin' to find some good Formic Queen art on this site.
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Fantastic! I've only read Ender's Game but I absolutely adored the Formics, more derisivly referred to as Buggers. This is a marvelous intrepretation of the Formic Queen! Thanks for sharing
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Oh my gosh wow. This is exactly how I imagined her~ Oh swoon I'm so in love.
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You perform a beautiful justice in your renditions of the Formics... absolutely incredible artwork, my friend.
If you enjoyed the Ender series, I'd suggest reading some Octavia Butler. Her Patternist series and her trilogy, Lilith's Brood are pinnacles of the science fiction genre.
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OMG, that's just way too awesome. Great lighting!
<3 Ender's Game.
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Your rendition of The Hive Queen shows us a very important and exquisitely described scene. It's difficult to conceptualize, and full of details, but also vague and a lot is left to the imagination. I think you've done a good job in keeping the essential parts, while also leaving a lot to the imagination. When I saw the beam of light coming from the ceiling, I knew exactly what scene this was. Good job
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Ah! Spoilers! @_@ I've only read the first book.. I'm afraid to read the comments now... But anyway! Excellent job painting the queen!
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I really like your interpretation.
I wanted to paint this scene, too.
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I have to admit, I had a somewhat difficult time visualizing this scene as well. You've captured it wonderfully, though.
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excuse me for a second my mind just got blown. This is way cooler looking than the picture i had in my head when I was reading the book.
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Serene, a bit different from how I imagined the Hive Queen, but nonetheless beautiful.
Gz!
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Dude, awesomeness. I too enjoyed the Ender's Game series, and I very much like your visualization of that scene. Pretty damn cool!
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Nice. Not exactly how I had pictured her, but definitely a nice interpretation. Just wish it was bigger so I could use it as my wallpaper
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Beautiful. That's almost exactly as I had pictured her looking.
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What can I say? This is absolute love. The way the light captures her is perfect; forming that foreboding sense of perverse, beautiful royalty I always associated the hive queen. I especially like the contrast between her and the silhouetted characters.
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very nice piece. You did very well to hold to the description OSC used for the hive queen, that was such an amazing moment when he reveiled her for the first time
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I love that book, and that is a work of art. Vary close to how I thought they'd look.
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Every time I hear Hive" and "Queen" I think of the movie Aliens. Is that wrong?
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Ender's Game is definitely an amazing work of fiction 
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I need to re-read that trilo. All I really remember about them is being all HOLY SHIT WHAT IS GOING ON.
Of course it isn't the strangest series Card has written...
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XENOCIDE! *Dances around happily now that she's seen Ender's Game Series fan art*
I LOVE the Hive Queen, and this is an amazing tribute to her. Wonderful job creating the mood and atmosphere. You know, I still worry about her and Ender, but... he's held out this long... drat, that reminds me, I need to finish Children Of The Mind.
I almost wish this was refracted and broken up into hexagons, like how she sees through the eyes of her drones. The speed-painting style of this makes it feel like Ender painted this quickly while gazing at her. Truly superb.
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You haven't finished Children of the Mind? Oh boy, you're in for some baw.
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whoa wait.. really?? I had no idea there were other installments to Ender's Game 0.o.
Great lighting, btw.
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