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Turtle-Arts β€” Bring Back the Head

Published: 2014-02-15 22:45:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 10619; Favourites: 673; Downloads: 0
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Description My warmup sketch from this morning. I was having fun painting a black silhouette and then painting in detail with a highlight brush. This is actually a sketch of something from Gild's story, which is stuff I don't draw too often, so there's that for you I guess.Β  Gild makes a trade of one of his fingernails, and gets a decapitated head in return. Bargaining is weird in monster-land. XD

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Mayagwin [2015-02-04 03:07:20 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Princess Mononoke by Studio Ghibli

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FancyHatShop [2015-01-12 02:18:59 +0000 UTC]

ljwkchvdw;gh;oqiegqbuehakhctiuctyitca soooooooo cool Β Β Β Β Β 

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Turtle-Arts In reply to FancyHatShop [2015-01-12 17:26:45 +0000 UTC]

Lol, thank you. XD

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FancyHatShop In reply to Turtle-Arts [2015-01-13 00:49:55 +0000 UTC]

^.^

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OcelotXIII [2014-09-06 18:51:12 +0000 UTC]

At least give credit to Princess Mononoke....

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Turtle-Arts In reply to OcelotXIII [2014-09-06 19:00:55 +0000 UTC]

I would if this had any relation to Princess Mononoke. :T

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Kale5555 [2014-08-12 17:14:10 +0000 UTC]

oh

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Turtle-Arts In reply to Kale5555 [2014-08-13 17:13:57 +0000 UTC]

:I

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Veni-Scripsi-Vici [2014-04-09 21:35:14 +0000 UTC]

This makes me think of Princess MononokeΒ  Β 

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Skouiky [2014-03-05 15:29:46 +0000 UTC]

Excellent, bravo !

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TheMeekWarrior [2014-02-19 14:35:21 +0000 UTC]

There's something chilling and yet majestic about this image. Nice work on the detail, love the variety of colors.

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Turtle-Arts In reply to TheMeekWarrior [2014-02-19 17:00:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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TheMeekWarrior In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-20 02:26:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! c:

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paulinaghost [2014-02-16 22:47:24 +0000 UTC]

I wanna say this makes me think of a scene from something really good I saw a long time ago but I can't put my finger on it.Β 

Great work.

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Turtle-Arts In reply to paulinaghost [2014-02-16 23:12:52 +0000 UTC]

Is it princess mononoke? Because that's what everyone keeps saying. XD

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paulinaghost In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-17 23:43:11 +0000 UTC]

I think I'm picturing a scene from The never ending story more.

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Turtle-Arts In reply to paulinaghost [2014-02-17 23:59:28 +0000 UTC]

Never Ending Story? I don't remember any part with a decapitated animal head in that movie. XD

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paulinaghost In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-18 00:02:39 +0000 UTC]

I can't recall the character names but there was this scene in one of the movies where a kid was being stalked by a giant wolf/dragon thing and he had to kill it.

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Turtle-Arts In reply to paulinaghost [2014-02-18 01:11:51 +0000 UTC]

I know the kid's being chased by a wolf thing in the first movie. I can't remember if it dies at the end though.

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paulinaghost In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-18 05:00:00 +0000 UTC]

Yeah its killed.

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TeabatSpidercat In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-17 02:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Yep, was totally thinking Mononoke before I read the description. Great work!

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Vengefulpadre [2014-02-16 20:35:57 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine everyone else sitting there for a heroic speech while he (does his best to) sprint away with the head in the background yelling

"Fuck you guys I got my new footstool/ level up!!"

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Turtle-Arts In reply to Vengefulpadre [2014-02-16 21:10:26 +0000 UTC]

Lol, yeah that sounds like something he might do. XD

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mangamasterLeo [2014-02-16 16:45:25 +0000 UTC]

This kinda reminds me of Princess Mononoke you know? Like at the end where Ashitaka has to return the head of the great forest spirit? That scene was epic by the way. And so is this piece! Good job. :3

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Turtle-Arts In reply to mangamasterLeo [2014-02-16 21:11:15 +0000 UTC]

Lol, yeah a few people have mentioned that. And that is a good movie. :> This characters actually taking the head though, not giving it back. XD

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mangamasterLeo In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-16 22:28:18 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, nice. It's still pretty boss. :3 nice job.

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steph0804 [2014-02-16 16:12:46 +0000 UTC]

This reminds me very much of Lord of the Flies... I love this, great job!

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Turtle-Arts In reply to steph0804 [2014-02-16 21:11:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, I have such a love/hate relationship with that book. XD

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NikkTheHuman [2014-02-16 09:08:01 +0000 UTC]

I can't believe this is just a warm up sketch, it's so awesome!! *gasp intake increases*

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Turtle-Arts In reply to NikkTheHuman [2014-02-16 21:13:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! XD

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Celesol [2014-02-16 07:27:19 +0000 UTC]

I adore this picture, fromthe straining of his muscles to the dripping blood, the details and symbolism is amazing. You can really see the 'weight' he's carrying.

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Turtle-Arts In reply to Celesol [2014-02-16 07:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^ And you know, it's funny because I didn't have any symbolism in mind while drawing this, and I never really had any in mind for this scene in the story either, but people seem to be putting in there own. Which is cool. Power to the viewers/readers. XD

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Celesol In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-16 08:40:28 +0000 UTC]

haha, really?
Well, that's the cool thing about art; an artist can try as hard as they want to invoke a certain experience, but really, no matter what they do the viewers will have a thousand different interpretations.

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Turtle-Arts In reply to Celesol [2014-02-16 21:05:37 +0000 UTC]

True that. XD

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ghostcharmer [2014-02-16 06:34:52 +0000 UTC]

whuuuuuuuutt @^@

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Turtle-Arts In reply to ghostcharmer [2014-02-16 06:48:42 +0000 UTC]

Word. XD

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ghostcharmer In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-16 09:51:51 +0000 UTC]

i was just innocently browsing through my watch-devs when i saw this, and was like WHUT, and then i saw it was by you, and i was like WHUUUUUUUTTTIMUSTKNOWTHESTORYBEHINDTHIS, lol X)

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Turtle-Arts In reply to ghostcharmer [2014-02-16 21:05:28 +0000 UTC]

Lol, hush hush, it's a secret. XD

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ghostcharmer In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-17 00:47:57 +0000 UTC]

keep it secret, keep it safe

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Turtle-Arts In reply to ghostcharmer [2014-02-17 01:50:11 +0000 UTC]

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ghostcharmer In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-19 06:32:56 +0000 UTC]

This is why we're friends XD

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Turtle-Arts In reply to ghostcharmer [2014-02-19 16:34:32 +0000 UTC]

True that bro. XD

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yellowsmoke321 [2014-02-16 06:21:31 +0000 UTC]

this has a meaning to me like a concept of symbolism

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Turtle-Arts In reply to yellowsmoke321 [2014-02-16 06:47:32 +0000 UTC]

Really? What does it symbolize to you? :I

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yellowsmoke321 In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-16 06:54:59 +0000 UTC]

like trial of some sort for the male as he trudged onward with the weight of the hunger of a wolf slain in preventing passion from taking charge

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Turtle-Arts In reply to yellowsmoke321 [2014-02-16 07:04:56 +0000 UTC]

Huh. That's pretty deep, man. :I Actually, I didn't have any symbolism in mind for this, but that actually is surprisingly applicable to the character at this point. Bravo. XD

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yellowsmoke321 In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-16 07:32:30 +0000 UTC]

^^
thank you

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Crystalchik [2014-02-16 06:01:02 +0000 UTC]

I know it's already been mentioned but this reminds me of Princess Mononoke! But i really love the way you drew this. Does the head have any magical powers of the sort or will it just be something that can be put over the fireplace? haha

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Turtle-Arts In reply to Crystalchik [2014-02-16 06:45:04 +0000 UTC]

No, the head's not magic. Well, not anymore. Eheheheh. XD He's bringing it back because someone else wanted it for "hanging over the fireplace." The monster was eating people, and Gild's a hunter, so he gets sent out to take care of it. But it's a bit more complicated in the story. And actually, this is a relatively short part of the story, but the monster is a character I'm rather fond of. XD

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Crystalchik In reply to Turtle-Arts [2014-02-16 06:53:19 +0000 UTC]

Ooooo. will we be able to find out more on this story in the near future? I'm definitely liking the idea so far

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