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The Seventh Archangel by ~cinquain:iconcinquain:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Macabre & Horror

©2005-2009 ~cinquain
:iconcinquain:

Artist's Comments

14" x 20" Charcoal on 90 lb. paper.

All thanks go to bionic7 [link] for allowing me to use his gorgeous artwork to produce my own.

This was one of the most difficult drawings I've done in quite some time. Getting the halo and cross to 'glow' via charcoal seemed next to impossible but I think I managed to do a decent job of it. I'm also happy with the likeness to Mr. Casteels himself.

Titled 'The Seventh Archangel' in reference to the '7' in bionic's name (giving credit where credit is due, of course) and the 'archangel' because bionic7's original deviation has 'angel' in the title--a bit of a play on the fact that this piece wouldn't exist if bionic7's didn't. :heart:

A few serious deviations from the original: the wings, which I wanted to appear as though they were fading or somewhat ghostly to counter the dynamic appearance of the figure in the image, and I omitted the heart and decay upon the chest and opted to simply darken that part out.

Um um um... about two nights work. Average for me. ;) I guess I'm fast, eh?

Thank you again, Alex. :cuddle:

Oh! Full view please! This one needs a full view for sure.

Original available for purchase. Note me for pricing.

Comments


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:icontavo85:
~TAvO85 Apr 6, 2005, 9:45:27 PM
very interesting.nice work

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~BLena Apr 6, 2005, 9:53:32 PM
Looks beautiful! I like the shadings:nod:
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~shortyporty Apr 7, 2005, 5:29:58 AM
shit.. thats awesom.. fav from me..

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:icondanalaina:
~danalaina Apr 7, 2005, 5:55:33 AM
horrible. it stinks. sorry i didn't notice it til now.

;)



very nice work with the charcoal. i like the fact that you cropped instead of doing the whole image...it's more interesting to look at this way. it's very stylized, which covers the normal points that i might make suggestions about - i get that harshness of line is intentional here. the only two things then that i could seriously mention would be a) his irises...would it be possible to lighten the colored section just a *hair* to make them stand out more, and b) his nipples - it might just be the pic/scan, but they don't appear to have as much depth as they might.

all in all, you haven't won me to the dark side, but you have executed this piece very well. :glomp:

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:iconcinquain:
~cinquain Apr 7, 2005, 8:08:41 AM
Oh, it's just like you to notice the nipples. I bet that's the first thing your eyes bound to, eh? Nipples nipples nipples. It's all nipples with you. ;) The harshness of line shows up in all of my work. It's just my style. I border on that whole 'cardboard cutout' thing, but that's how I work. I didn't spend an immense time on the chest because 1. it isn't the main focus of the piece and 2. it's blurred by the fact that the black toward the bottom is litreally creeping up his skin. The irises and such I had a bitch of a time with because I had to black out the entire eye socket to get the desired effect and then go back and put the iris in there. Unfortunately, there's no other way to do it and the white I used on it only gets so white on black. :( When you take the original reference photo from color to monochrome virtually all you can see are those irises. The colored section nearly disappears, or is so light that it's hardly noticable... so I had a bit of a 'time' with that one.

Meh. You're supposed to lie and say it's brilliant, goddamn it.

:heart:

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You never see the lonely me at all...

C i n q u a i N

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:iconcinquain:
~cinquain Apr 7, 2005, 8:10:24 AM
Thanks very much. Glad you like it. It's a bit different for me.

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You never see the lonely me at all...

C i n q u a i N

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:icondanalaina:
~danalaina Apr 7, 2005, 12:24:53 PM
lol. silly man. =)

yeah, i was saying that i understand your use of hard lines, so that wouldn't be something i'd be likely to pick on.

it's brilliant, goddamn it. ;P

tee hee.

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:iconcinquain:
~cinquain Apr 7, 2005, 12:27:00 PM
Hm. What makes you think I'm a silly 'man', ey? :crazy:

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You never see the lonely me at all...

C i n q u a i N

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:icondanalaina:
~danalaina Apr 7, 2005, 12:28:37 PM
the nippleage remarks. =)

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:icondanalaina:
~danalaina Apr 7, 2005, 12:29:20 PM
ahhh, damn i'm slow. man, woman, whatever. =D

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