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Verdokai β€” Death Magnetic p3

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Description Drawn sometime in July/August or so for the sketchbook project. Ink and some brush pen on the super-thin almost see-through pages of a moleskine cahier, a book with a wonderful format and binding, but awful, awful paper.

The previous pages introduce what kind of world this is, and this page shows us what one would want to keep secret in such a world. And why it might be difficult.

sometime this will be updated with the text on the image

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Comments: 21

Octorin [2011-01-27 20:38:04 +0000 UTC]

The whole book (the pages) looks awesome, but this is my fav.
That door is so nicely done! Awesome work with the lightning! And he burning/smoking up: lovely texture and good pose and expression for the guy

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Verdokai In reply to Octorin [2011-01-27 21:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And thanks for reminding me, I should upload the next page

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LeaDragonmaster [2011-01-05 15:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Gillar verkligen bilden till hΓΆger! Perfekt tema fΓΆr skrΓ€ckfilmer o dyl. Kanske ett alernativ till en tavla Γ₯t mig?

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w176 [2010-12-28 22:33:54 +0000 UTC]

I noes! Surprice. I like how the door both seeem like a promise and a threat

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Verdokai In reply to w176 [2010-12-29 19:34:38 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes I wonder if you're just very very good at knowing what I want to do ;D

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w176 In reply to Verdokai [2010-12-29 20:07:31 +0000 UTC]

I read you mind. Then ill eat your brian

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Alkanchel [2010-10-28 13:00:25 +0000 UTC]

as of general composition, I think the left panel is absolutely gorgeous; the balance between dark and light, fire and shadows is superbly done. the right panel however I feel is slightly unbalances in detail level towards the top of the panel. the blank space on the floor leaves the image feeling unbalanced and out of focus.

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Verdokai In reply to Alkanchel [2010-10-28 13:02:23 +0000 UTC]

Blank spaces are to be filled with text

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Alkanchel [2010-10-28 12:56:15 +0000 UTC]

also. i think you could a more defined transition from hip to left thigh

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Alkanchel [2010-10-28 12:44:39 +0000 UTC]

there is something off with his left elbow, also, I think you got something wrong with the shadows and lighting on the right picture (even though it's pretty stunning)

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Verdokai In reply to Alkanchel [2010-10-28 12:51:53 +0000 UTC]

Yep.

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solvebring [2010-10-28 10:07:30 +0000 UTC]

Forgot to comment the expression of his face on the first one.
It's great, lots of emotion.

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solvebring [2010-10-28 10:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Love it! Especially the illustrations of that "Dead End".
Like those details very much, even if they're few. That trash bin is a real nice one.

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tinzart [2010-10-25 09:29:59 +0000 UTC]

Nice pencil work.

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Verdokai In reply to tinzart [2010-10-25 17:26:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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wiccanbear [2010-10-25 08:53:08 +0000 UTC]

ok, i love these two pages. seperatly. together they are too much. the eye cant deside on which part to look at.
let start with left page with the boy. again, everyt hing has imporoved in your style. he looks amazing! stroke, balance you got it all goign on here in perfection! event he smoke looks right and not to busy, becasue its supposed to be.
only question i have is, why put so much detail in all of him , from his amazing face to the smoke and fire to the great stroke count of his body and then totaly blow it on making whimp hands? they acctualy stand out like sore thumbs becasue of their over simplicity. it detrackts from the rest. i think if you added even the slightest more detail to them or even shadowing along the bottem it would slove the problem.
as to the right page. wow, just wow hunny. then only thing needed with this page would be that its too close tot he other page. witht hem both having so much happening in both pictures its an over whelming image to take in. i'd sugjest adding about an inch of space between them if you plan on scanning them or redoign them ever. or find a way to join the two together. as they are now they are sperate and too close. i personaly would just extend the brick wall over jsut a little on to the left page so that you get move of a connection feeling to them both. maybe bring a little garbage along with it.
other then that i'm loving this. the style and story have captured my imagination witht he beauty of the set up and the intrige of what the hell is going on! and you know what they say, if you can get them in the first three pages youll have a reader for the rest of the book.

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Verdokai In reply to wiccanbear [2010-10-25 13:09:09 +0000 UTC]

As for the cramming issue, yeah, that's going to happen a lot with a limited page number, a certain number of panels that need to be drawn and a complete lack of self-censorship

Thanks, again.

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wiccanbear In reply to Verdokai [2010-10-30 18:13:22 +0000 UTC]

anytime darlin! i adore the fact that your trying new things:d the fact your working in one of my personal favorit mediums makes me thrilled! and i really cant waitt o see the rest of this set i alo think that one of the big reasons ilove thuis style is because once drawn it is set. the only way to improve on somethign is to make another one. and watching your improvment is JSUT amazing! and makes me jelouse as all hell ! looking forward to the next ones

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Verdokai In reply to wiccanbear [2010-10-30 18:15:30 +0000 UTC]

This isn't me trying on new things, and I've had eleven pages finished for two months or more - if you see improvement from page to page, it has nothing to do with any critiques given on deviantart or so.

But thank you.

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wiccanbear In reply to Verdokai [2010-11-02 06:40:43 +0000 UTC]

roflmao! so the improvment is the natural progression of your own mind! that makes it even better lol! do you plan on posting up more of those pages? i would adore to see them
i wish i could draw like that again.
ever since i have the surgery on my hands i can't hold a pencil. it sucks bad!! yeah craple tunnle no?

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Verdokai In reply to wiccanbear [2010-11-02 09:17:41 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'll post the rest too. I'm being slow with it since I don't want to run out of pages before I've drawn the rest.

And mm, carpal tunnel is every artist's nightmare, for sure.

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