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revisiting an old idea i like. [link]
this was drawn entirely in public over a few days. i finished inking it while watching Battle Royal. wicked flick.
simple ink on paper with a photo background

ATTENTION//// :wave:
i realise now that i did not say i was [obviously] inspired by a scene in the animatrix. my bad. that explains why i am still getting, "hey isn't that..." every other comment. google "the horseman from animatrix" it probably has a fansite.
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the following was written by ~Valkur

The Rider

Here comes the gaunt rider,
Tall and faceless,
Atop his mount
Of gears and bones,
A mesh of oil and caked blood
Covering the discordant noises
Of the beast’s pace.

The crimson sky oversees
The black rider as he moves about
on grass that is no longer green,
on ground that is no longer brown,
For the lifeless bodies
-whole or not-
Littering the field
Force the spectrum of colors
To restrict its display.

The rider has no emotion,
No response is shown
To the still chaos
Surrounding him.
The tattered flag he carries
Does not wave,
A flag from no land.
His flayed skin is exposed
Through the holes
Of his well-worn armor,
Pieces of his ragged tabard
Barely covering old wounds.
His coat-of-arms is faded,
His cracked shield
Hangs loosely on the right flank
Of his mount,
Clanging with each
Irregular step,
Like war drums
Summoning fallen warriors
To fields in heaven or hell.

Crows and vultures descend.
Flies now circle the dead.
Time resumes its course.
The rider leaves,
A ghostly aura
Disappearing in the fog,
Probably headed
For other killing grounds.

:iconvalkur:
Daily Deviation, 2007-11-09

Daily DeviationIt is not the first time *nicktheartisticfreak gets suggested for a DD, and too late shows one of the higher points of a gallery that keeps getting better. (Suggested by =meikahidenori and Featured by ^stigmatattoo)

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gorgeous monstronsity! did you use a pen or a brush for that? either way, such a sinister feel comes off your work, i'm awed.
pen. i used a brush at the bottom for filling but that's it. glad you like it man. :)

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your eyes are hungry. feed them here--> [link] or there--> [link]

Cthulhu mythos inspired art--> ~Pickmans-Model
Battle Royale is great. Number 2 less so, but still worth a flick.

Great work man : )

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<salshep> does a prosewriter fall in a forest if there's no-one around to tell him 'nono, it's rly gud, rly"?
dude thats fuckin badass
excellent steed design

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Dr. Twistids Realm of Madness
Poke it with a stick and watch it twitch
thanks dude. :D

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your eyes are hungry. feed them here--> [link] or there--> [link]

Cthulhu mythos inspired art--> ~Pickmans-Model
thanks buddy! i heard the 2nd isn't so great... the japanese sure know how to make weird films.

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your eyes are hungry. feed them here--> [link] or there--> [link]

Cthulhu mythos inspired art--> ~Pickmans-Model
i LOVE this!

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I am trapped in a bear suit.
Oh wow, makes me feel... I dunno, monstrous? Below status? I dunno, but that's so awesome. X'3

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This is astounding, it seems to combine the feeling from the movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks", the TV show Samurai Jack, and some sort of cataclysmic future. Instant fave

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:reading: REGISTERED BIBLIOPHILE- Librarians better stand aside!!! :evillaugh:
This one is greatly superior to the other. I like it a lot. So there.

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