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Many Waters by =DarkObsession86:iconDarkObsession86:

Categories Fan Art > Traditional Art > Drawings > Books/Novels

©2009 =DarkObsession86
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The colored version of my fanart to the book Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle.

This is Sandy with a Unicorn and little scraggly mammoth. Sandy lives in the modern world and he and his twin brother Dennys played with one of their father's time experiments. By doing so, they were transported back in time to just before Noah and the Ark, the Bible story, happens. Here he has just been captured by a neighboring family (from where the twins were staying in Noah's father's hut). The family is a horrible one, they even mistreat their mammoth! And mammoths are dying out, hard to come by! The little scraggly thing comes to see Sandy who is nice to him, and the mammoth calls a unicorn for Sandy. Sandy knows that when the time comes the unicorn will go out of being with him and the mammoth and get them away from his kidnappers, but until then, he rests.

That is the scene I decided to illustrate, it really struck a cord in me. I am pretty pleased with the illustration over all. I made the background in photoshop and played with the lighting, but overall I think it is more of a traditional work.

Colored pencil, brush pen, and a bit of photoshop.
Used some reference on Sandy's body position, thanks to ~GrinderBlind and his image here [link]


Characters © Madeline L'Engle
Art © Julie Love 2009



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*Sleepwalks Jul 5, 2009, 1:15:31 PM
Looove, love the lineart quality, it's still very apparent with the color applied. Color looks great, too, although the background is a little pixel-blurry.
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=DarkObsession86 Jul 5, 2009, 3:05:46 PM
Yeah the background texture I got was really, really small so it pixelated when enlarged. Otherwise I think it's pretty good.

I worked real hard on the lineart :D Glad you approve, it fills me with pride zomg :heart:

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~JadedMorgahn Jul 11, 2009, 12:49:43 PM
Awesome job on the colouring. It's an amazing picture :)

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"i like night much better than day
i like the dark and nobody is around to bother you
i like walking at night too
nobody is there to bump into you
you dont have to have a care in the world
because nodoy is awake to bother with you"
-K.J. Hayward
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~corax333 Jul 22, 2009, 12:40:42 AM
You have done a good job on the coloring here. Great use of smooth and sharp shadows, looks brilliant ^^ . Nice to see someone actually using reallife media when coloring (I suck so bad at pencil-coloring you would never believe it ^^ )
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=DarkObsession86 Jul 22, 2009, 9:53:26 AM
Haha, well, I am better at traditional media than CG, if it makes you feel any better. But I worked for a long time only in traditional so I am having to learn CG :)

Thank you for the kind comment! :heart:

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