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Published: 2009-08-19 09:17:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 7839; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 130
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They say that the death of the loved ones,
And especially the death of wife and kids,
Is the scariest thing in the world.

The real world is cruel.

They say it's scary to look with your own eyes.
You see things that you wouldn't show to anyone.

And yet, there's one pristine question,
THE SCARIEST EVIL
More important than money,
That is unspoken like taboo subject,

And that is:

WILL I EAT TODAY
And live for another day?

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The pictures describe one scene from my Naga King's history *refer to this: [link] *

With text, I just wanted to touch the reality and peek at the selfishness of the mankind.
Let me explain myself. You need food to survive, to live. To get food, you need money, and to get money, you need to work and be in contact with other people. Not love nor money is the most important thing in the world.
The purpose of the mankind is to live and, to live, you need to eat. How do you get it or for whom are you getting the food doesn't matter.
Besides, the world spreads the rumor how people are becoming more obese with every passing moment. What about hungry people in Africa and anorexic persons? They are battling to survive.
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The work couldn't be scanned in total, since it has that paper mache sculpie on the top right, so, I'll update this as soon as I take the picture of the whole thing.

This is my entry to 7. MEDJUNARODNI SALON STRIPA in Belgrade.
3 of the pictures were digital works and the rest was made traditionally *water colors, acrylics, pens, colored pencils, pencils, silver markers, cardboard, transparent papers. The background paper was soaked in coffee, that's why it looks brownish.* Everything is touchable, especially the guy on the top right - it's squishy!
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Comments: 83

Zanten In reply to ??? [2013-09-06 04:59:40 +0000 UTC]

Nope. It's actually a totally different naga, living in a totally different time period. Kalyan's story is - Naga King's history, part 1.

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killerram [2012-03-31 22:37:23 +0000 UTC]

I hope you dont think little of me for crying no wonder he eats every body poor snakey

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autocensor [2011-06-11 23:31:54 +0000 UTC]

Interesting picture...

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Crystellia [2010-05-01 10:44:21 +0000 UTC]

aww wonder what she looked like before

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cerin22 [2010-03-02 16:28:09 +0000 UTC]

this is scary yikes

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Mysterio-san [2009-08-24 16:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow...that's really deep...
...but briliant, as well.

You are very right about the world with hunger, as well.

It's not so much as "obese" people with the eating, but so much as perfectly good food being thrown out for no apparent reason.

There are people who buy loads of food, but neglect it over time, by the simple fact is that they FORGOT they had it in their cupboards. So, they throw out this certain food, because it is spoiled.

I just...very dislike people when they do that with foods.

I actually heard that you can live a week with food, and only a few days without water...

...I seriously forgot how that goes.

Anyways.

This is such a beautiful piece, and I love all the different medias used here!

With a few sentences here and there, all of it is definitely a very deep, and sad story about the naga King.

I hope people at the Medjunarodni Salon Stripa like it.

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Zanten In reply to Mysterio-san [2009-08-25 09:34:11 +0000 UTC]

It's a very controversial theme to talk about, that's why most of the people just avoid to talk about it. My grandfather ate plant roots to survive during the war and that reminds of how picky people are today! Modern people just buy loads and different kinds of food so they can choose what will they eat. Of course, they don't eat everything, so they throw it away, as you've mentioned before yourself. What is unfortunate here is that ANIMALS are dying out too, since they eat that junk PACKED with calories - yes, it keeps them warm, but they get diseases related to high levels of cholesterol.
So, yeah: I can blabber about this for hours, but I'm too tired to do it right now, but you get the idea.
Actually, you can survive without food for over a month, but in my story, during the hibernation, Nagas don't eat - they starve for about 4 months, that's why he looked that terrible - it takes a LOT of time to look as starved as he did. And, he did drank water as soon as he woke up!
All in all, thank you sweety for this comment - I totally agree with you! And thanx for the support, I'll let everyone now what happened with it when I find out the results in September!

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Mysterio-san In reply to Zanten [2009-08-25 23:35:53 +0000 UTC]

I'm not afraid to talk about it.

I mean, I actually saw a news special on TV once about people throwing perfectly good food away.

Wow! You had the Naga King starve for 4 months??

No wonder he was so hungry, especially when he saw that poor centaur wandering into his territory.

I'll always support you, hun.

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blaunagel [2009-08-22 18:18:54 +0000 UTC]

ovo je ispalo veoma lepo! sto vise gledam ovu poslednju sliku to mi je tvoj monstruozni naga king lepsi i privlacniji! mada onda ugledam ovu sliku odmah do nje na kojoj se on hrani i opet mi se okrene zeludac. uzasavaju me ta prosirivanja koja zmije i zmijolike stvari podnose da bi jeli. to je zaista disgusting.
sto se papir mashea tice - bas me zanima sta imas na umu sto bi moglo da ga realisticno prikaze u 2D formatu ovde na dA..? pretpostavljam da je uzivo fenomenalan.
ustvari jedina zamerka je ovaj deo sa neslutecim kentaurom i gladnim ocima. jel to treba da bude tako iseceno?

prva slika je neverovatno dirljiva i lepa... i jako tuzna. bas sam se sledila od emocija kad sam je videla. tragicna ljubav je moja najgora droga a ujedno i najtuznija stvar koju znam posle nasilja nad zivotinjama (mada za razliku od tragicne ljubavi, nasilje nad zivotinjama me ne intrigira, naprotiv - ne podnosim ga).
u svakom slucaju svaka cast ovde se vidi puno maste, truda i umeca totalno si me oborila s nogu

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Zanten In reply to blaunagel [2009-08-22 21:30:11 +0000 UTC]

Onda preporucujem da ga gledas JOS MALO duze! Mozda ce ti se na kraju i svideti! Nije on toliko los! ^_^ *tapse ga po glavi, a on mase repicem* Prosirivanja i te oblike radim radi vezbe *pored toga sto me takve gnusne scene privlace kao insekte svetlo! *
Iskreno, nemam pojma - pre se presijavao dok se susio pa je imao MALI 3D efekat ali kad se osusio, potpuno je drugacije izgledao. Nisam mogla nikako da skeniram nijedan rad koji je bio oko "skulpturice", pa sam morala da isecem JEDINU fotografiju sa digitalca i slozim delice koji su falili da bi ljudi donekle razumeli pricu. Dakle, NE IZGLEDA RAD tako odvratno! Kad ga budem slikala, zamenicu ovu gnusnu komediju koju sam nazvala tim imenom. *opet kazem, uzivo je MNOGOOOO LEPSE* Kentaur i oci su zajedno odradjeni na crnom kartonu i treba da predstavlja kako je Naga King video svet oko sebe kada je otvorio oci *a lezao je u pecini u skoro potpunom mraku*
Slazemo se sto se nasilja nad zivotinjama tice. Na tu tematiku sam pocela da radim jedan rad, ali nazalost, nikad nisam smogla dovoljno volje da ga odradim onako kako ja hocu. Mozda jednog dana...
Drago mi je da ti se celokupan rad svidja! Nadam se da ces imati priliku da svratis na Salon stripa *ne mora da znaci da ces videti moj rad, ali svakako mozes da uzivas u drugim idejama i raznolikim crtezima*

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blaunagel In reply to Zanten [2009-08-23 19:21:46 +0000 UTC]

hmmm kakvi li ce tek da budu pobednici kad se vi drustvance sa dA toliko trudite i razbijate i ubacujete mastovite tehnike?? zamisli, uvek ima neko bolji.. ponekad deluje nemoguce al takav je zivot.
videcu ako ovi na sajtu lepo istaknu datum salona, mada imam jednog kolegu koji ide na faks samnom (samo na graficki smer), svake godine me zove na taj salon. nazalost prosle godine me je ~Olovni zadrzao kad sam tela da se pojavim tamo pa nisam stigla - naime prica je vrlo interesantna bili smo kod beogradjanke, skoro stigli u SKC kad su ga nazvali od kuce da ga obaveste da mu je macka prevrnula sto sa laptopom. naravno dobio je nervni napad i morala sam da ga pratim do kuce da se ne bi slogiro. zamisli njegovu debelu macu koja naskace na sto i prevrne ga. ona se inace nikad ne pentra na sto. ~Olovni do dan danas tvrdi da je tela da onjusi zasto sam mu ja dirala laptop.

ove godine cu se valjda pojaviti bez smetnje. da vidim malo sta ovih dana prolazi kao najbolji strip mozda su te sudije samo malo .... uvrnuti ljudi.

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Zanten In reply to blaunagel [2009-08-23 20:28:31 +0000 UTC]

Uvek ima i uvek ce biti ljudi koje bolje crtaju od svakog pojedinacnog umetniika *tj koji imaju bolju ideju* Nazalost, takmicenja se u ovo vreme baziraju na sreci - moras imati srece da se niko bolji od pojedinacnog umetnika ne pojavi i na taj nacin dobijes nagradu. Pardon: Sreca i snalazljivost! *iskorisciavas trenutne prilike u svetu/Srbiji*
Znala sam ja da su sudije uvrnuti ljudi, samo se postavlja pitanje: KOLIKO SU UVRNUTI? *Potajno se nadam da ce se jos koje godine pojaviti Olivier Ledroit jer sam njegovom umetnoscu i tehnikom bila inspirisana. Bio je na Salonu pre 4 godine, tj. onda kada ja nisam ni znala za Salon! *
Olovni je pre dve godine ucestvovao na Salonu kao macevalac, ali mi je bilo cudno sto se prosle godine nije pojavio. Sada barem znam! Hvala na zanimljivoj pricici, nadam se da ces svratiti!

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Kragenskull [2009-08-22 03:12:54 +0000 UTC]

pretty sweet Zan, you have a really interesting storyline coming along

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Zanten In reply to Kragenskull [2009-08-23 13:21:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the support hun!

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Kragenskull In reply to Zanten [2009-09-07 02:43:33 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Predator755 [2009-08-21 18:28:42 +0000 UTC]

O-O

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myyrrhn [2009-08-20 19:59:49 +0000 UTC]

what's the picture that's covered by misty film?

looking forward to seeing all of this
and is there anyway of puting up a seprate pic of the large one on the left? as i find it beautifully sad.

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Zanten In reply to myyrrhn [2009-08-23 13:31:50 +0000 UTC]

It's a picture that shows the scene where Naga King ripped out the young Centaurs arm and is about the devour him.
The picture contained way too much "child violence" and blood. *I assumed that the work will be shown in public, so I didn't want to SPOOK kids more than they need to be spooked! * This way, the pic is blurry, transparent: It's supposed to look mysterious and, for the long watchers, tell them that "child violence" is a taboo theme along with eating.

Thankies hun for the support!
Hmmm.... Do you REALLY like it that much? I may post it if you like it *but it will have part of the text too*.

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myyrrhn In reply to Zanten [2009-08-27 11:29:18 +0000 UTC]

i don't mind - and i do think it is a beautiful piece, it says so much (that he would rather starve and die then leave her side, is very touching[ an't love sweet ])

some day, i hope you do that one in colour, as it would probably look good

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zaiharley [2009-08-19 23:03:08 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING!!! This is brilliant!! I love it!! I love everything, the story, the beautiful display of emotions and his awesome red belly. U did a phenomenal job!! The story was awesome and very relatable, also very sad and beautiful. I hope to c more Naga King!!

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Zanten In reply to zaiharley [2009-08-20 12:10:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much and thank you on all that amount of support! I really appreciate it! And I'm glad you STILL like his belly!

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zaiharley In reply to Zanten [2009-08-20 19:57:38 +0000 UTC]

Ur very welcome!! His belly rocks!! Mmm red belly!!

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Moldlord [2009-08-19 20:40:04 +0000 UTC]

Zanimljivo...iako nisam neki rodoljub zmija.
Onaj prvi pogled mu je najaci.

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Zanten In reply to Moldlord [2009-08-20 12:08:38 +0000 UTC]

Fala!
Mislis na crnom kartonu? Tek je progledao, mukica!

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Moldlord In reply to Zanten [2009-08-21 07:25:54 +0000 UTC]

Aha, cak me i zasmejalo...iako to verovatno nije bila poenta crteza...

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Zanten In reply to Moldlord [2009-08-21 15:12:55 +0000 UTC]

Ako ako, neka, sad si i mene nasmejao!

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electric-eagle [2009-08-19 16:56:33 +0000 UTC]

oh shit ona slika gde je on i ona zhema s decom stvarno boli T___T

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Zanten In reply to electric-eagle [2009-08-19 18:30:06 +0000 UTC]

E, sad mi krivo sto nisam tu sliku posebno skenirala i stavila ovde!! TT_TT Primetih da se ljudima svidja...

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electric-eagle In reply to Zanten [2009-08-19 18:44:27 +0000 UTC]

i ta i ona ultra mega giga dobro obojana gde on lezhi a neshto mu u stomaku *nods*,pa mozh sad da ih postavish nema veze ^^

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Zanten In reply to electric-eagle [2009-08-19 18:58:16 +0000 UTC]

Ona druga je vec tu! , ali sve ostalo sam vec predala Salonu. Jbg, rekose mi da ce mi sacuvati, sta god da se desi, pa cu skenirati posle takmicenja *ako me ne bude mrzelo *

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electric-eagle In reply to Zanten [2009-08-19 19:28:22 +0000 UTC]

hmmmm onda sam je verovatno faveovala XDD

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Zanten In reply to electric-eagle [2009-08-20 12:07:56 +0000 UTC]

Fala!

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VipericVampire [2009-08-19 16:06:26 +0000 UTC]

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Zanten In reply to VipericVampire [2009-08-19 18:28:38 +0000 UTC]

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VipericVampire In reply to Zanten [2009-08-19 20:39:04 +0000 UTC]

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DarkLingg666 [2009-08-19 15:50:02 +0000 UTC]

MORE HUGS FOR NAGA -glomp-

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Zanten In reply to DarkLingg666 [2009-08-19 18:28:24 +0000 UTC]

LOL!
Naga King: *hugs you back*

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DarkLingg666 In reply to Zanten [2009-08-19 20:12:00 +0000 UTC]

Mawww When I try to hug a shapeshift character of mine, he always tries to kill meh .__.
But he doesn't do anything with his wife .__.
Not fair, this world D:
-squees, likes hugs too damn much-

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killedinhersleep [2009-08-19 14:05:15 +0000 UTC]

Brate jebala si mu kewvu dobro je skroz

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Zanten In reply to killedinhersleep [2009-08-19 18:27:29 +0000 UTC]

Jao, muco, hvala puno! Ali lepse je u originalu! *sad jedva cekam da ga slikam, skener je napravio sranje*

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killedinhersleep In reply to Zanten [2009-08-20 07:53:50 +0000 UTC]

Imaju oni tendenciju ka tome

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Zanten In reply to killedinhersleep [2009-08-20 11:58:46 +0000 UTC]

O, daaa..... -_-

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Silgan [2009-08-19 13:54:30 +0000 UTC]

Really nice sketches!

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Zanten In reply to Silgan [2009-08-19 18:26:31 +0000 UTC]

Pfft! If I did sketches like that, I wonder where would I be now! Actually, those are drawings on which I worked A VERY LONG TIME, but the scanner messed the whole thing down! DX I need to take a picture of everything when the contest starts *and it will be in September*!

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Artnourd [2009-08-19 13:26:07 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting

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Zanten In reply to Artnourd [2009-08-19 18:24:03 +0000 UTC]

Thankies!

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Artnourd In reply to Zanten [2009-08-20 11:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome^^

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SilkenWinds [2009-08-19 12:45:39 +0000 UTC]

That's cool it's like a comic I can understand more of the story now. I have to admit it's really sad the first part where he's starving himself because of his dead mate. You've conveyed amazing emotion in that one drawing without any words.
Very touching in an odd sort of way.
Awesome work!

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Zanten In reply to SilkenWinds [2009-08-19 13:16:33 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thank you very much sweet heart, I appreciate your lovely comment. He really did love her, I wanted to show how affectionate and loyal he was.
Thankies for an awesome comment!

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SilkenWinds In reply to Zanten [2009-08-19 13:55:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!
Your art is very good if it can portray the emotions you want it to so keep it up!!

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