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turbofanatic — The Red Path

Published: 2011-05-15 22:16:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 3377; Favourites: 152; Downloads: 69
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The lady of the Rose sat on the carpet, slumped and cross legged. Tears wound their way down the wrinkled landscape of her face.
Paul sat on the floor before her, throat tight. The lady had never cried before.
"Is he dead then?" He broke the silence.
"No. no. Lord, how I wish he were."
"My lady?"
"It would be far better to be birthing flowers from your body than be in the hands of the demon." She paused to inhale a shaky breath. "Paul, you found the dead unicorn?"
"Yes, yes, in a trap in Simon's field." He shuddered at the memory of red blood on snow white hair.
"He was the one who killed it. The only way to find the undying demon is to place a unicorn's heart in a lantern and follow its light. The demon requires such a sacrifice to prove one's... seriousness."
"But why?"
"His last child died in a Sook raid. I suspect revenge." The lady looked up at the carved ceiling. "Get the monks together and have them gather everyone in the cathedral by nightfall. Tomorrow is a new moon and the demon loves the dark."
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I'm not entirely sure if I should post this since it's an hours worth of noodling (and then another for the story).

Sometimes I wonder if I should keep playing around with different styles or just stick with one and practice enough to finally get good.

Also, can you tell I just bought another Hellboy trade?

1 hour, photoshop CS3 + tablet
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Comments: 25

Myrethy [2014-02-12 17:02:12 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a creepy dream I had once... girl, your art is so fantastic!

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MoonAscendant [2012-01-09 02:55:21 +0000 UTC]

This is p e r f e c t.

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Ludjia [2011-09-21 16:38:33 +0000 UTC]

Awesome style. Doodling work has so much life and power in it.

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Agrafkak [2011-07-04 22:36:41 +0000 UTC]

This is probably your first work that made me feel uneasy ands scared while looking at it.
That's the true power of art - wake up feelings within people.

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Fuiron [2011-06-08 04:34:22 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Russian forests at night. And the lantern just reeks of vaguely barbarian things, so it does not help.

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Zumbiii [2011-05-18 12:39:31 +0000 UTC]

luv the story i love how it looks and idk if u were trying to but i like the trying something new? i guess . .

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turbofanatic In reply to Zumbiii [2011-05-23 05:17:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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FreedomisPower [2011-05-16 20:55:20 +0000 UTC]

What do you mean 'get' good?
If i was half as good as you i'd be shouting about it from the roof tops...
Admittedly i live in rural England so i'd get a load of weird looks from walkers and sheep... but i'd still be happy with myself

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turbofanatic In reply to FreedomisPower [2011-05-23 05:17:49 +0000 UTC]

I wasn't feeling too well about my art for a bit (and now that I look at it again I realize that I probably shouldn't have written that, goodness knows it's annoying to see an artist complain about their art) so yeah

Shouting from the rooftops is always therapeutic! I hear fiddling is pretty fun up there too!

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dinshino [2011-05-16 13:32:05 +0000 UTC]

It's always good to try out different styles. You can find things you like and incorporate them into your own. Plus it helps prevent stagnation.

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Lemniskate [2011-05-16 12:08:09 +0000 UTC]

What/who is/are "Sook" (if it's relevant to the enjoyment of the story)?

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turbofanatic In reply to Lemniskate [2011-05-23 05:15:29 +0000 UTC]

I don't know, the story us not very fleshed out! The sook are whoever you want them to be

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Lemniskate In reply to turbofanatic [2011-05-23 11:43:28 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm. Okay.

(I wanted to insert something punny with shook or socks, but I couldn't come up with anything good.)

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whalewithlegs [2011-05-16 05:14:00 +0000 UTC]

Woah ... this is amazing! Please don;t doubt that you should post noodlings! c:

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turbofanatic In reply to whalewithlegs [2011-05-23 05:14:48 +0000 UTC]

There will be more noodlings then!

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beldolor [2011-05-16 02:17:27 +0000 UTC]

wow. diffreent from your normal... but damn i love this. the demon shape gives me the heebeegeebies and the use of the two colors is well played.

was it a creepy lookin unicorn? form some reason i cant imagine your unicorn being quite the stereotype...

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turbofanatic In reply to beldolor [2011-05-23 05:14:31 +0000 UTC]

No idea, the unicorn exists as an exercise for the reader

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Steampunk-Desperado [2011-05-16 01:09:06 +0000 UTC]

I personally love your different styles and even if this is only an hour's worth of drawing it's still awesome. I love the cloud/smoke the most. The stories themselves are amazing, and I love how it's a different story with each image even though they're good enough to be published on their own.

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turbofanatic In reply to Steampunk-Desperado [2011-05-23 05:14:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'll continue experimenting!

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yukihiyou [2011-05-15 22:53:59 +0000 UTC]

This is excellent, I would definitely like to see multiple styles from you.

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turbofanatic In reply to yukihiyou [2011-05-23 05:13:32 +0000 UTC]

I'll keep it up then!

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gata-hueca [2011-05-15 22:25:53 +0000 UTC]

THis looks really cool *o* the contrast in color really adds to the feel of the picture

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turbofanatic In reply to gata-hueca [2011-05-23 05:13:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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RandomFellow [2011-05-15 22:19:48 +0000 UTC]

Can I say that I love this?
'Cause i totally love this!
Oh... did I mention I love this?

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turbofanatic In reply to RandomFellow [2011-05-23 05:13:07 +0000 UTC]

Ahahaha, thanks

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