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Published: 2011-05-17 21:42:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 3187; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 16
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Description "... There's a chess board in one corner. Dad's prize chess set. The pieces are based on characters from the King Arthur legends. Hand-carved by some famous craftsman in the nineteenth century. Cost a fortune Dad never told Mum the exact price - never dared.
I walk to the board. Carved out of marble, ten centimeters thick. I played a game with Dad on its smooth surface just a few weeks ago. Now it's scarred by deep ugly gouges. Almost like fingernail scratches - except no human could drag their nails through solid marble. And all the carefully crafted pieces are missing. The board's bare.
... My breath comes out as mist before my eyes...." - The Demonata: Lord Loss (chapter 1 pg 30).

I've seen people do this and I thought it looked interesting, so I tried it ^^

I'm glad to say, Grubbs has been improved in 2 years

The before image is "Grubbs Grady Cold Room" ([link] ), which more or less made my reputation here on dA XD

I spent all day doing the after version I think it turned out pretty good... I might put it up sometime soon.

I like his bruised knee XD

Here's the roughs for it: [link] (I drew this one with my finger, B*TCHES!! >D) and [link] (he looks so pretty 8D)

I might do this again with an old drawing of Parker (from 2007 ^__^)

The blank meme is here: [link]

Meme (c) *Bampire
Grubbs, Demonata, Lord Loss (c) Darren Shan - a.k.a. "Master of all Awesome~!"
art (c) me
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Comments: 41

RoseandBeast [2013-05-27 21:59:24 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE The Demonta series i have every single book of the series O///O

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Heartofsilverglass [2011-05-22 15:55:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow! You've really improved!

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vamp666akuma In reply to Heartofsilverglass [2011-05-22 23:13:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~!

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mikrilla [2011-05-22 10:17:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow, amazing. :33 You improved so much and I like a lot the original one *o*
Grubbs

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vamp666akuma In reply to mikrilla [2011-05-22 23:14:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~!!

Gotta love that Grubbs

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mikrilla In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-23 16:57:14 +0000 UTC]

Aww, we love every Grubbs <33

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PerfectSymmetryXx [2011-05-20 16:57:49 +0000 UTC]

I hadn't read the description yet, and I looked at the pic and I saw the chess board, the red messy hair and the gloomy night. And I went: OMG Grubbs?
You're awesome for reading Darren Shan^^
And you're awesome because your works are really great

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vamp666akuma In reply to PerfectSymmetryXx [2011-05-21 13:59:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha, coolio XD
Thank you~!!
Every Shanster is awesome!!

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PerfectSymmetryXx In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-21 14:01:47 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!!
And you're right, we're all awesome xD

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Purple-Rage [2011-05-18 23:45:12 +0000 UTC]

Woah! That's awesome! XD

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vamp666akuma In reply to Purple-Rage [2011-05-19 01:13:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~! ^^

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Purple-Rage In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-19 01:33:28 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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Migoto-Ookami [2011-05-18 23:37:05 +0000 UTC]

My gosh! That is alot better! (Although i did already LOVE the first one!!!! XD)

Good job!!

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vamp666akuma In reply to Migoto-Ookami [2011-05-19 01:16:19 +0000 UTC]

I know~! I was surprised XD (Me too!! XD)

Thank you!

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lil-tiger-x [2011-05-18 17:20:06 +0000 UTC]

O.o Das est very good!

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vamp666akuma In reply to lil-tiger-x [2011-05-18 20:18:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^^

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Rikki-the-Great [2011-05-17 23:51:14 +0000 UTC]

I'm rather liking how much you've really improved with your art and hopefully you keep getting even better with it c:

and I am now reminded that I have to do this for myself as well > w >

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vamp666akuma In reply to Rikki-the-Great [2011-05-18 20:19:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~ Me too ^__^

If you dom link me; I would love to see it 8D

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Rikki-the-Great In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-19 00:08:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

I totally will c:

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BeautyLikeNight [2011-05-17 23:21:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, you improved soooooooooo much! That's AWESOME! XD

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vamp666akuma In reply to BeautyLikeNight [2011-05-17 23:40:07 +0000 UTC]

I know~!! I was kind of surprised! XD Thank you!!

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Half-Vampire-Kurara [2011-05-17 22:27:29 +0000 UTC]

Impressive~! (Now go show this to that one art teacher that insulted you ) You definitely have improved on your shading a lot!

I'm thinking about trying this meme out ^^ (when I get the time because I have annoying tests and projects >.<)

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vamp666akuma In reply to Half-Vampire-Kurara [2011-05-17 22:41:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~!! (That's EXACTLY what I'm going to do ) I know, I was really surprised at exactly how much I had improved ^^

You should, it's really a good exercise ^^ (that is totally understandable, school is a time sucker XP)

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Half-Vampire-Kurara In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-21 03:01:44 +0000 UTC]

No problem~! ^-^v (Let me know how that goes! >3)

Alright, I might once school is over because I only have about 14 days left!! (Especially near finals...)

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vamp666akuma In reply to Half-Vampire-Kurara [2011-05-21 13:57:49 +0000 UTC]

(She totally denied that she ever said that T__T ... probably because she knew she was wrong XD)

D: 14 days?!! I have like a month and a half of it to go... and I finish my favourite course on Wednesday! TT_TT I will miss you college~ Which reminds me, is it ok that I used Tabatha in my final project..? (I know! I'm on a long weekend right now and I'm spending the whole time doing homework =3= )

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Half-Vampire-Kurara In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-21 14:35:13 +0000 UTC]

Well, 12 days plus 2 days of finals, but yeah about 14 or so (I kinda sorta lost track so...) Oh no! Good luck with that~ And sure, go ahead ^^b (I'd like to see it when your done~)

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mach-one [2011-05-17 22:16:31 +0000 UTC]

That's nice... It's actually a great meme.

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vamp666akuma In reply to mach-one [2011-05-17 22:42:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks... I know, it's one of the best out there.

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mach-one In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-17 23:01:11 +0000 UTC]

The only one that's actually useful other than fun, actually xD
In your picture i see improvement, but i still like the first one. While being simpler and all that stuff it looks good.

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vamp666akuma In reply to mach-one [2011-05-17 23:39:09 +0000 UTC]

Haha, yeah XD
I agree, I still really like my original (mostly for nostalgia sake) and it is still pretty good, all things considered. Plus I kind of like how the hair turned out in that one much more than the new one.

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waterlillys [2011-05-17 21:51:22 +0000 UTC]

wow O.O
what an improvement

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vamp666akuma In reply to waterlillys [2011-05-17 21:58:18 +0000 UTC]

I know! I was surprised too O.O
Now my art teacher can suck it!! XD saying I haven't improved in three years, my ass XD

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waterlillys In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-18 11:25:03 +0000 UTC]

lmfao, in two years I can draw people now

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oxoawesomexox [2011-05-17 21:49:03 +0000 UTC]

you have improved so much.

awesome

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vamp666akuma In reply to oxoawesomexox [2011-05-17 21:56:09 +0000 UTC]

I know, I'm surprised XD

Thank you~

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oxoawesomexox In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-17 21:56:45 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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OneReason1 [2011-05-17 21:48:55 +0000 UTC]

My you improved alot!
I like the postion the 2nd ones in.

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vamp666akuma In reply to OneReason1 [2011-05-17 21:56:51 +0000 UTC]

I know! Thanks~!
Me too, it looks more natural.

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ferretgirlsz [2011-05-17 21:47:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's a real improvement!

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vamp666akuma In reply to ferretgirlsz [2011-05-17 21:55:37 +0000 UTC]

I know; thanks~!

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ferretgirlsz In reply to vamp666akuma [2011-05-17 22:00:46 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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