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Oblivion

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listed as mature for 'nips XDD

WIP: kokachu.deviantart.com/art/Obl…

this is the first real art nouveau piece that i haven't started on my normal moleskine paper :/ my moleskin only has a few pages left before it's entirely out, and they don't sell the really nice moleskine sketchbooks anymore...the paper is too thin now to really do anything with, so it's not worth dishing out the $20 per sketchbook anymore...
now to quit nagging, this is in my larger moleskine sketchbook with thinner paper that i generally use for my school work, so this is actually quite large for what i normally work on ^^; the final piece is approximately 5.5x7.5", but the paper is larger

the piece references the meaning behind the peony, which is that of imagination, eternal sleep, and oblivion. it's also a nod to my deep love for music (and inadvertently, to epica's "consign to oblivion" CD and all of the lovely symphonic metal bands that i've listened to and grown with over the years), so i suppose it's a pseudo-self portrait without actually drawing myself ^^;

i am planning on selling this on etsy :D i'm open to people asking me on here before dropping it on etsy, however. i'll probably wait a week or so before posting it up there. payment is accepted only through paypal, and shipping will be $5 in the US and $15 internationally (not included in price). also included will be high-res scans of the piece as both in it's uncolored and colored state. i will be selling it for $190 to compensate for my time and materials; money will be going to savings...which generally means money to take care of my darling hamsters during the school semester

if i get the time, a tutorial will be made of this piece and posted up in a few days :3 i'll be going over my new techniques for hair, shading, and detailing. if it's not up within the next few days, it just means that i didn't get it finished before school started and will most likely be forthcoming within a month or so

about 45 hours, no reference used, HB mechanical pencil, moleskine sketchbook, graphite powder, photoshop CS4 to alter color
art (c) meeeee
Image size
4966x6651px 24.67 MB
Make
HP
Model
HP Scanjet 2400
Date Taken
Aug 15, 2013, 11:04:17 PM
Mature
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AncaXBre's avatar
Great and unique style! Love the soft lighting and the mix between a classical very Greek-god like with the fluid lines of art nouveau.