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The Fallen

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"Of the fallen, and how the tyranny of Angela Blanc was brought to an end by Sebastian Michaelis." (or "The Fallen" for short.) Hand drawn entirely on a tablet in Painter, using black "round tip pen" only.

This is a gift to keelieinblack over at LJ, my Kuroshitsuji fangirling buddy, who helped me out with so many links to scans & other info, and who gives me so much enthusiastic support for my art. :heart:

This is a drawing I've wanted to draw so badly for 2 weeks upon seeing the infamous episode 20 of the anime "Kuroshitsuji". An image of Sebastian with his characteristic smirk, toying with a severed head of Angela, was ... simply irresistible. I went back and forth trying to decide the general style for this image, not to mention composition and elements to put in. I had more approaches and choices for this particular drawing idea than anything else I've ever done. So it took me a while to actually get started and took me longer to actually get it finished. I lost track of time sometime last Saturday, but this was done in approximately 20 hours.

Style I chose is, of course, of Aubrey Bearsdley (1872~1898). I studied his "Salome" illustrations and many others, -- "Of the Neophyte, and how the Black Arts was revealed unto him by the Fiend Asomuel." in particular. I signed this piece in one of his signature styles, too. :XD:

My most stylized and most complex fanart to date. A crazy 9-WIP gallery of "The Making of a 20-Hour Doodle" (a LiveJournal entry) shows the working phases of this piece with silly commentary by the artist.

"Mature content" warning has been put on this piece for: decapitated angel and pentagram ("ideologically sensitive"), and blood ("violence/gore").

Drawing by Aruarian Dancer
"Kuroshitsuji" © Toboso Yana / Square Enix, Jouou no Banken, MBS

見るたびに思うんですが、本当に「とんでもない絵」ができましたね~。
でも、実は自分でも結構気に入ってるこの絵。
やはり20時間強という 普段では考えられない時間数かけただけあって、ホレ込んでしまったのには間違いないでしょう。
でも、ほんと、アニメでこういう結論になってくれるとウレシいんですが・・・。
それこそ、第20話以来の怨はらさでなるものか・・・みたいな雰囲気で描いてしまった絵なんです。なんだか、地獄少女とワラ人形調ですね。ハハハ。
話がちょっとズレちゃいましたが、この絵の制作にかけて、イギリスの画家、オーブリー・ビアーズリーの画風を勉強させていただきました。
eBayで、画集と伝記の古本セットを買いまして、見ふけって/読みふけっておりました。 すっかり魅了されて、ハマってます。
あと何枚か、彼風のスタイルで描いてみたいな~と思ってます。
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