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Spirael — Uphill Struggle

Published: 2017-10-07 10:42:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1782; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 9
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Description This is the picture to accompany chapter 8 of my fanfic, A New Normal!

If you want to know what's happening, then read the chapter here:
A New Normal - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: A Walking Explosion
He’d spent as long in his room as it had taken for Leo’s door to clunk closed, then Raph abandoned the lair in preference of restlessly prowling the sewers. A part of him knew he should be trying to sleep, but the bigger part knew that either it wouldn’t happen or, worse, it would invite back the nightmares.
Better to keep moving, to give his body something to do and hope that his mind would be kept suitably distracted. Then eventually, when he was tired enough, he would be able to fall into the easy, dreamless sleep that followed dogged exercise.
Several times he was cut off from the path he’d intended to take through the passageways, as usually empty overflow chambers were instead filled with reeking, stagnant waste. It smelt worse than normal, with a chemical undertone that made his head hurt. The waste water engineers must be trying a new treatment; hopefully they’d keep it away from the lair.
Raphael

Or start from the beginning:
A New Normal - ProloguePrologue: Fallen Foe
The gloom of nightfall was cast over the towering skyline of New York City. It was a cold, cloudy evening, filled with a persistent drizzle that threatened at any given moment to increase into full blown rain. The wind swept into every corner, leaving no escape from the elements to anyone spending the night outdoors.
For this reason, most had elected not to venture from their cosy houses and were instead warmly tucked up indoors. From the populous high-rise apartments of Manhattan Island, to the tree lined streets of the outer suburbs, most people were cosy within their dwellings. The few that ventured out huddled under raincoats and umbrellas, with their gaze cast downwards as they avoided the puddles that were forming on streets and sidewalks.
But even on a night such as this, evil didn’t take a break. They did, however, elect to limit their wrongdoings to operations that could be carried out under shelter. After all, they disliked being co

 
This picture came second in the annual Artist Nexus awards for 2017! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me!  
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rosewitchcat [2019-04-12 01:11:04 +0000 UTC]

 

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dondena [2017-10-09 04:50:13 +0000 UTC]

Raph is so cute!

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Spirael In reply to dondena [2017-10-09 18:46:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  

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katstories [2017-10-09 02:15:03 +0000 UTC]

Really amazing work.  Goes right along with the writing. Excellent work.

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Spirael In reply to katstories [2017-10-09 18:48:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm really glad you like it! It's been a lot of fun working alongside posting my story to illustrate a chapter or two. Writing the entire story in advance means I've been able to sit back now and enjoy it.

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CelandineGranger [2017-10-07 14:12:14 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is a really fantastic drawing! Seriously, I think this may be your best one yet! The details and textures are really well done, and that perspective! It looks awesome! And the coloring is just right, too. Yep, I love pretty much everything about this. You did a fabulous job! This is going straight to my faves!

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Spirael In reply to CelandineGranger [2017-10-07 19:11:40 +0000 UTC]

Yay, thank you! I've been pushing myself recently to tackle difficult perspectives and actually use the ruler tools in Clip Studio, I'm glad that it seems to be working! Doing backgrounds at all is kinda new to me, but I really needed to learn how to do them.

Textures too, though they're not as scary as I thought they'd be, now that I finally learnt how to do shading layers properly. I'm not there yet, but I shall keep practicing and practicing and practicing some more!  

Now, which chapter shall I draw next...  

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CelandineGranger In reply to Spirael [2017-10-07 19:53:22 +0000 UTC]

Your practicing is really paying off! I can tell you put a lot of effort into this one. The details show. Great job!

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