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Published: 2018-04-27 00:31:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 7524; Favourites: 317; Downloads: 64
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That moment when you realize you are not a good person, but quite the opposite. When you realize you've been lying to youself all along, that there is nothing righteous about your actions, but only selfishness. You lie and steal, not for a greater good or for retaliation against oppression, but just because you like it. You are ready to sacrifice those who love you, and even kill in order to reach your goals....you are not a good person.
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Shadi thinking about herself again!
This time I experimented with grayscale and sharp light. I'm pretty happy with the result, I'm having so much fun with this tablet!
The drawing was, again, sketched on paper and colored digitally. Any feedback is more than welcome! ^^
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Thank you!
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Poor Shadi! Although I guess while you can still worry that you might be a bad person, there is still some hope for you.
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Indeed, poor fluff! Hopefully she will try her best!
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Not a fan of the lightning, frankly; The focus on Shadi makes for a somber, contemplative piece, and personally the lightning is too bright and ends up disrupting the overall feel.
Still, it's a nice solitude piece, regardless.
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I can see what you mean, but one of the main reasons I did this drawing was to experiment on the lightning effect, so it had to be done.
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Sure thing.
Now I suddenly wonder; have you ever considered what would happen if you had substituted the lightning with the moon instead? Or perhaps that doesn't fit your idea for this one drawing one way or another?
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As Stannis Baratheon said to Sir Davos:Ā "The good does not wash the bad nor the bad the good."...Ā
With that said, one could say that it's never too late to change.Ā
Love your use of the brushes on this one! When I saw it from a distance I first thought it was a reeeeally ambitious graphite drawing, but the effect is just as stunning!Ā
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Yep, wise words! And that is what she will try to do, change for the better!
Haha thank you so much!
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This is a wonderfully executed anthro fantasy art piece!!!!
The choice for monochrome was a wise choice as one focuses on the main character and the lush and interesting background!
An emotive and powerful illustration that stands out!!!!!
BRAVO!!!!!!
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I like it. Nice and contemplative. Her expression is great. She really appears to be going over and over something in her head and not quite getting it sorted. I also like the little details, like the grass growing out of the roof.
One thing that bugs me a bit is the weird light-dark-light pattern going on with the dome in the background, Shadi's face in shadow, and the bright back-lighting on the rest of her. It flattens the drawing, giving the background dome and her shoulder equal visual priority, and higher priority than her face. (That the dome and tower also sort of continue the line of her back doesn't help matters.)
I'm tempted to say that the brightness on the background buildings should be dialed back and Shadi's head given more of the same (unrealistic but wonderfully dramatic) back-lighting as the rest of her, but then you lose the idea of having her face in shadow to match her psychological and emotional state. Maybe instead you could emphasize the shading more so that, if the lightning bolt is the brightest part of the picture, Shadi is the darkest? Or at least the most high-contrast, with bright back-lighting and harsh shadows, versus the background buildings that keep more toward mid-tones? Sorry, I wish I could be more help here.Ā
I'm not saying the piece needs to be re-done or anything.Ā I'm just...thinking out loud, I guess?
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Thank you!
Perhaps you are right, I should have made Shadi more visible. ^^ Thanks for the feedback!
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Excellent use of greyscale! I love how the storm in the background seems to reflect the mood of the picture. 
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Thank you once more!
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Wait... Did she really kill someone?
Tought she's "just" a thief?
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She got very close to it as some point. She stopped, but that still made her question herself.
(at some point she will probably kill someone, but only for self-defense)
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Holy...! I thought this was some other artist. I have rarely seen this greyscale technique outside of work-in-progress preparation of canvas for high-grade full color paintings.
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I should try that coloring method some day! ^^Ā
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FYI - here's where I saw it:
www.furaffinity.net/view/20338ā¦
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www.furaffinity.net/view/20347ā¦
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Looks pretty nice! The dark side of true assassin.
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Thank you!
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Yep, lots of thoughts!
Thanks!
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It sad cause its not tribute to Elder Scrolls
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Curiously in your previous deviation I was initially going to comment that maybe Shadi saw a dark mirror showing her darkest side. I never imagined that it would become a sort of prediction for a concept of a future work, but a more surprising coincidence is that I want to make something similar in a illustration for a fanfic that I'm writting Ā .
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Wow, that was quite the prediction!
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A cat on a roof. Reminds me something. Well done.
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Something that never happens. Ever! XDĀ Thanks!
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She is one of the few that would sit on a rooftop during a lightning storm.
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Haha indeed, zero fucks given
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Don't worry, I'm a fucking bastard to XD.
Looks cool. And big.
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U're suffering? Well I'm enjoying the view XD.
U're welcome!
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