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TigRaidoXXX — After the ritual
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Published: 2018-09-13 12:14:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 358; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 1
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...before getting a kettle in the face xD
A mage after undergoing a long and difficult ritual, that left him senseless. But he will live
Another mixed media drawing - pencils, markers, pastel pencils, liners, metallic copper marker.
This is a new OC of mine, Aidan Nightfly. I bet you'll be seeing more of the guy these days...^_^
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Wow I love the texture! Especially the smoke looks amazing!
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Thanks, happy to hear it!
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Hi, I'm from ProjectComment
I've come to comment on this image when I've seen that the character is in the fetal position. It's difficult to see it except in the memes of Yamcha's death
I will divide the comment into several parts:
Volume, shadows, lights, reflections
I think that the shadows and lights are well placed in general. It seems that the light source comes from above and should generate a shadow on the ground, even if it's blurred. Maybe that's the only thing that can be improved: add some darkness between the edges of the body and the floor.
Stroke of the borders
I see that the borders of the body's contour are quite marked in some areas and in others quite blurred and mixed with the rest of colors. I'm not saying it's wrong, but it's a somewhat difficult effect to digest. Maybe it would be better to balance the tones a bit.
Creativity, originality, pose
As I said at the beginning, the pose attracts a lot of attention and in that sense it's one of the most important things to decide that the image is creative and original
Composition, organization of the elements, negative space
I see that you have placed candles around the red circle of conjuration, trying to leave a similar spacing between each of them. Although it doesn't fit into certain positions. I don't know if you've done it on purpose to give it a chaotic effect. It could be nice if you had included more elements. But in this case there is nothing more, just the circle and the candles. Perhaps it would have been preferable to make the distances between the candle more precise to gain some attractiveness in the image.
Colors, saturation
In general I see that dark colors abound, blue, green and black. I imagine you have done it consciously to give a gloomy atmosphere. The red of the magic circle stands out among so much darkness, and that's good. However, the result tends rather to orange somewhat desaturated. Is the circle made of blood? because if the answer is "yes", then perhaps that orange would have to be turned into something more reddish or garnet.
Narrative, history
When I saw the image I did not understand well what you were trying to tell us. When reading the description it was clear, but it should not be necessary. Just looking at the image should be enough to understand its history. Maybe the problem is the lack of details. I understand that the materials you have used don't facilitate this task, but if the story is really magical, I would add more symbols and complexity to the magic circle. Putting magical light effects around would also help to make it clear that there is witchcraft in the environment.
Proportions, anatomy
I get the feeling that the arms or chest are bigger and longer than normal. I have searched for references and I have not known why. Maybe it's my fault. In any case the rest of the body is well proportioned, I think
Mixed media
You say that you have mixed several materials, but I don't see clearly how or in what parts ... as much as I look, I only see pencils and pastel. Where have you applied the markers and "liners"? I like the smoke effect you did for the candles, but maybe should be blurred a bit more because I thought at first glance that it was a painting on the floor.
Details and perspective
This is the aspect that could be improved the most. At the first moment of seeing the image I thought that the character was a woman due to the long hair. I discovered that I was wrong when I read the description. The problem is that the clothes don't allow to see the musculature to differentiate if the character is male or female. Therefore the only way to know that is through facial features. However, they are scarce, due to the materials you have used or whatever the reason. Other elements such as candles are also difficult to recognize due to the lack of details, although I understand that the angle from which they look does not help. But maybe some perspective should be enough to change its shape, especially the candles furthest from the center.
I hope to help with this comment. Good luck and keep going !
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Thank you for the detailed comment!
I can agree to what you say about lack of detalization and clarity in the image - I'm not sure how I would solve this problem, but knowing of it is valueable. I didn't think through some of the things that look vague to you - like, the concept of the ritual (so I'm not sure what the circle is made from, or what else could be there apart from candles), and I guess that does show.
I'm not sure that even ritual details would make it clear what happened - a person lying in a magic circle could be a summoned creature, a patient, or the mage himself.... But the whole question you raise is a good one, I should have asked this myself
Can't make the character look very manly, even if I improve detalization 
You say, I screwed the anatomy a bit after all? Ouch 
I don't think the pose is very original itself, but it's good to know that it works here, and gives a good atmosphere to the piece.
You wondered about materials - I used liners for outlines (they make more distinct black than a pen), while markers are subtly mixed in to make some hues deeper. I added them on his clothes. Also, the circle and candles (or, rather, insense bowls) are drawn with metallic marker, bronze color. Do you think that naming different materials has little value to those who look, unless they are distinctively visible on the picture? I just wanted to be clear that this is not a truly pastel/pencil picture.
Anyway, your review is really deep and thorough, I'm grateful for the time to spent to go through all the details!
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Cool !
About the materials, I think that naming different materials has A LOT of value to those who look. I also write that in my deviation descriptions but I usually explain in which parts I use every material for the sake of clarity. My question was just curiosity
Good luck and keep going !
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Okay, thanks for being clear on that 
I will! Thanks again
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This is cool. It is similer to Edward Elric's experience in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
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I thought I was stealing visuals from Utena
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Wow, it looks really incredible. I really like how you did the textures and the effects.
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I guess much of this was paper's doing, but thanks!
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I love this one very much for the atmosphere and composition and awesome textures. 
And the kettle was necessary x'> for his... survival... err....
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Thaanks!
Yeah, kettle reanimation is a good practice in the wilderness xD Anyway, at least he lived ^^
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