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Asrath — Erik at Peace
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Published: 2013-03-16 15:41:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 879; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 4
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A little bit of redemption and peace for our Opera Ghost.This image has been haunting me like the Opera Ghost himself haunted the Populaire for a while, so much that I eventually just HAD to draw it.
I'm very happy with how the fires turned out (which shouldn't be magically floating, but candles. Only I am too crappy and lazy to add the candlesticks :S)
But for the rest I'm not entirely content. Especially the lightning feels 'off' to me, and I have the feeling that his legs are too small in comparison to his torso, and his arms too long (I deliberately made those unhealthily thin btw. I mean... hello! It's Erik! AKA: Mr. Walking skeleton/living corpse Sorry Erik! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! AGH! OUCH! Don't hit me! I said I'm sorryyyy! Erik, forgive me, please forgive me!
Anyway, I'll probably redo this one when I feel like I can pull it off better. In my head it looks ten times better, I'm telling you!
But I still like the fires. And I think that it came out OK, given that it's the first time I made a PROPER attempt at good lightning (and failed. But one can only learn from making mistakes and correcting them!
)I love faves, but I love it even more if you comment!
So if you really want to make my day, please place a comment! ^^ Constructive criticism and tips are also great! 
Don't be afraid to tell me what you think, I don't bite. And even if I would, I cannot get you from behind your screen anyway 
I know I've got a lot to improve on, but that's what I'm here for!
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Comments: 25
I love the quiet, creepy feel in this painting. It's very calming in a macabre way. Lovely work!
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Love the lighting. And yay for using Leroux Erik, since he's my fave.
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Thanks a lot for the comment!
And Leroux Erik is my fave too! Besides that he's also a lot of fun to draw!
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Hahaha... well, isn't this an image I've never seen nor thought of! it's rather... Calming.
~Lady B
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You meant ever seen, I assume? As otherwise you WOULD have seen it *is nitpicking*
Anyway, thanks a lot for the comment. Somehow it just struck my mind, and I thought... well... why not grant Erik at least one small moment of peace.
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Erik deserves peace.
~Lady B
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I love the hollow belly, sharp cheek bones, and asymmetrical breastbone (or is it a scar?) So many artists are influenced by the 2004 movie - which I loved, and love the art as well - that it's refreshing to see an Erik who is truly scrawny and rather skeletal.
He needs some hair, though. Leroux wrote:
"All the hair he has is three or four long dark locks on his forehead and behind his ears."
I assume it's long because, well, you know balding men and their comb-overs.
Barb
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Thanks!
I love the 2004 movie too (the musical is better though. Especially his deformity is a lot better in the stage version. The 2004 one was anticlimactic)
It's his breastbone, but maybe I could better have made it symmetrical and add some scars instead. I don't know...
You got a good point on the hair, yes! I always draw him with a few locks, but I always find it harder than a full head of hair or completely bald, and I wasn't sure what Leroux wrote anymore so I just went with bald XD I'll keep it in mind for the future!
XD still I cannot imagine Erik combing his hair over to cover his balding. He just puts on his wig.
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Oh, poor Erik is so adorablely deformed. I think it looks really, really awesome! 
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Haha, he won't like you saying that, probably, but I wholeheartedly have to agree! <3
It's also nice to look at his face when he's actually looking calm and smiling slightly, rather than being angry, sad, angsty or anything like that. Maybe I just deeply want Erik to be at peace like this...
And yeah, I still have to practice proportions/anatomy a lot. It's better than it used to be for sure, but there's a long road ahead of me, hehe.
Thanks, practice is the key, I tell you
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Well, I'm glad you didn't stop. You're fantastic!
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So am I.
I wouldn't know what to do without drawing!
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Lol. Same here. Writing is my escape. And if that doesn't work there is always the friends I've met because I write who I can talk to. <3
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I would never trade it, not for all the wealth in the world!
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He looks really awesome, and I love the flames. And his face is win. Horray for Leroux Erik! I wish I had more to say, so I shall return when I am intelligent with a better comment.
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Thanks!
Don't worry, it's a great comment! Thanks for commenting, I love every single one, even when it's not a massive essay on what is good and what isn't
And Leroux Erik is simply massive WIN!
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I like it. I think his hip-to-knee length should be longer, because otherwise it detracts from his gangliness, but yes, I like it, thinking he has at least one coping-mechanism that doesn't kill anyone
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Yeah, I think you're right. I used a reference for the legs (the first time in my LIFE! O_O) but that was on a rather small woman, so I have been a little bit stupid not to 'upsize' the legs to Erik's big torso :S
I'll see if I can fix it without having to redo the entire section, otherwise I'll just leave it be and redo the entire thing a while later, when my skill has improved another notch.
So do I 
He has another non-lethal coping-mechanism though! Music!
Thanks for the comment!
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Oh, true, MUSIC. D'uhhh, I think my brain's melted from editing all day.
"How would Christine react to Erik flinching like that, STILL" I mutter. Stuff like that. All. Day.
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Haha, don't worry
Writing is hard, I know, but it pays off in the end. Besides, I think you're pretty good as well 
And I just don't have the patience to keep going either. Kudos to you for actually HAVING all those things!
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