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A little fanart for Book of Hours.

He cannot be stilled; he demands the dance; he is beaten, like a drum. He is heard in the Wood below the world.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Dipped my toe into the laborious well of pointilist shading for the rim of the heartflesh for this one and did a lot more hatching that's obscured. Good practice.

I feel mid about how this turned out, but I like the composition (could use more figures though) and it's nice to challengle myself to do a little more stylistic work, in regard to more shape and less detail - also just not a portrait.

Not super convinced by my "watercolor" work on the heartflesh. It's servicable, but I think it could have worked better with the rest. The pine needle silhouettes are barely passable and I should have taken more time there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thematically and as fanart, I think the composition is a fun interpretation, especially since there is plenty of room for non-canonical depiction. Still think I could have conveyed more of the ever-beating motion of this hour, perhaps with a totally different approach to coloring and with creating some more skillfull static indications of repeated motion. Perhaps a concentric series of light lines around the edges?