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Death by *Lyekka:iconLyekka:

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I used to have dreams of a eight winged skeletal raven man riding an eyeless unicorn. He referred to himself as "Death Himself", and he was such a powerful image that I crafted him into a tarot card.

24x36 Scratchboard and Watercolor.

edit: Oh my goodness, a DD! I am very excited!

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Given 2008-10-21

Inspired by the Tarot card, Death by *Lyekka holds on to arcane symbolism and gives it her own particular twist. Highly stylized and balancing texture and bold areas for maximum iconic weight, this is an example from an outstanding and underviewed gallery. (Featured by `stigmatattoo)

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:iconjoai-celesta:
~Joai-celesta Oct 12, 2008, 2:15:40 AM
whoa! thats awsome and Scary!!

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　 ／l、 / \
ﾞ（ﾟ､ ｡７/ | \
　l、ﾞ ~ヽ
　じしf_, )ノ I'am the catbat!! If you don't feed me... I'll eat you instead.
:iconlarkin-art:
*larkin-art Oct 19, 2008, 1:47:21 AM
gorgeous work :nod:

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Beast wishes,
Larkin

an interview with Art model Andrew- [link]
visit *TheExquisiteCorpse and =Dark-Arts-Asylum
:iconripvanishmael:
~RipVanIshmael Oct 20, 2008, 11:35:25 PM
Just a completely uninformed question here....


How do you do 'scratchboard and watercolor'?

I'd generally assume the type of paper scratchboard is printed on is completely detrimental to the use of watercolors, but maybe I'm just using the wrong kind of scratchboard....

Any sort of explanation would be very gratefully accepted.
:iconquoteouttacontext001:
~quoteouttacontext001 Oct 20, 2008, 11:38:54 PM
This makes me sad how it has 26 favorites and only 4 comments. :( So comment I shall! :icondweebdanceplz:

Creepy, haunting, and hypnotizing. I especially like the coloring. Great job. :+favlove:

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with my lightnin' bolts a glowin', i can see where i am goin'
:iconsylvenne:
~Sylvenne Oct 20, 2008, 11:41:45 PM
Absolutely insanely well-done.
(My over-the-top comment quota for today has now been filled.)
;)

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"He takes your face and positions it to take your mouth
You bite, you bite to excite yourself
He wants the colour of you to wear and feel alive
And you bite and I'm awake and I'm the slave tonight..."
:iconlyekka:
*Lyekka Oct 20, 2008, 11:41:51 PM
You're correct. I do not use regular unaltered boards. Depending on the effect I want to get, I either take a premade scratchboard and mount it on wood (making it sturdy), or, I get a wooden panel, gesso it white, and then give it a quick coating of black via airbrush or just brush. I then take sharpened dentist's tools or etching needles to carve out the white. If I wish to color, the remaining white areas get inked/watercolored.
:iconpuppet-soul:
~puppet-soul Oct 20, 2008, 11:44:31 PM
Congrats DD :heart:

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my avatar was made [link]
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*Lyekka Oct 20, 2008, 11:47:50 PM
I'm so happy thank you very much!
:iconripvanishmael:
~RipVanIshmael Oct 20, 2008, 11:48:10 PM
Wow. I feel really, really cheap now.

Owell, I could never get the hang of scratchboard either way. Thinking backwards [in such that left-brained people would consider backwards, which is what I would consider correct, even though its backwards, which is where the problem comes in] always gave me a bit of issue anyway.

Thank you for the prompt and detailed response, however.
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