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Published: 2010-12-19 22:28:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2297; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 32
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I was flicking through a dictionary of fae folk and assorted mythological characters and came across the name Adramelech. I thought it sounded cool and remembered the name crops up in the Final Fantasy games.Turned out Adramelech is the fallen angel who's in charge of Satan's wardrobe and Chancellor of Hell. I had to draw the guy after finding that out.
He's supposed to have a mule's head. It looks more like a kangaroo. It stayed as is because I loved the expression on his face.
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I had no idea he was supposed to be in charge of Satan's wardrobe. That's so perfect for what I did with him in my fictional mythology.
Nice pic, by the way.
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Out of curiosity, what did you do with him?
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Basically, I made him an extremely vain devil who was obsessed with making everything in the world beautiful. Only he was completely mad and his sense of beauty was bizarre. He was also basically fashion obsessed and dressed himself in bright colors that made him look like an exotic bird looking for a mate (the peacock feathers reinforced that).
I basically wanted a devil that was vanity themed and when I stumbled on a picture of Adramelech, this donkey-headed monster with peacock feathers, I'm like "I'm going with that."
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Wow, that does fit rather well. It's been a while since I did the picture so I can't remember that much of Adremalech's mythology and I think it was pretty scant anyway.
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It's hard to pin it down exactly. From what I gathered, he was a Babylonian god of some sort that either the Christians or the Hebrews later demonized. Details beyond that are scarce because it's really old, obscure stuff.
I just liked the look of it. It just screamed "Don't hate me because I'm fabulous!"
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This one is fabulous. kinda reminds me of Seth, except more extravagant!
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He does look a bit like Seth, maybe he was influenced by the Egyptians.
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Before reading this I thought he was supposed to be an anthropomorphic kangaroo. Otherwise I like the soft shading and amount of detail you put in it, the composition looks very nice too 
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The upper right one, the one that's outstretched right? (his right) Yes there is definitely some awkwardness there. I still need practice with male anatomy.
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I meant the pectoralis major [link] in relation to the left arm (viewer's right)because it can't be looking like it's sliding under the arm.
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This is a beautiful picture, the shading and details are amazing.
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OMG! the shading is perfect! and so much detail
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Nah, it could be a bit darker in places.
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Very nice. Love the details and delicate rendering.
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Right that I thought of a kangaroo at first but it stays a great drawing nonetheless, I like the kind of Hindi feeling from it
Moreover I love how your drawings of mythological characters they're really interesting and always contrasting to the fair amount of fanarts in my inbox, nice to get some varierty :'D
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I think it's the jewels that do that. Also peafowl are Indian.
There are a lot of interesting and lesser known mythological creatures out there. Maybe you could give one a try. If you're stuck for names just google anything from the FF games.
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Wow awesome!
But I think he (and the feathers) could use a little bit more shading. So it can get more dimensionallity.
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I'll agree that Adramelech himself could do with some better shading but I kept the feathers flatter to prevent them overpowering Adramelech.
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I understand your opinion. I think he invites to get some colours....hehe.
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Thanks for the nice comment.
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