Astrid ([info]astridv) wrote,
@ 2008-04-22 00:00:00
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fanart: "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
Here's my first artwork for [info]paintedspires (Four weeks! I've been sitting on this for four weeks. That must've earned me at least a dozen Zen points.)
Prompt: the Wraith, and "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?" and/or "You got to dance with the one what brung you." (with thanks to [info]mecurtin)
Medium: ink & watercolors
Notes: gen; PG; no particular S4 spoilers apart from one character spoiler
Preview:


(yay)

Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?



wallpaper (1024x768) (Let me know if you'd like a wallpaper in a different format and I'll add it.)


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[info]littleheaven70
2008-04-21 10:05 pm UTC (link)
That's stunning, Astrid!

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 09:50 am UTC (link)
Thanks :)

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[info]villainny
2008-04-21 10:12 pm UTC (link)
...Oh, wow, that's an awesome interpretation and I adore how it looks.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 09:51 am UTC (link)
Thanks, glad you like it!

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[info]negolith2
2008-04-21 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Ooooooo. I love the atmosphere! Ronon, and Todd!!

Yup, there's going to be a lot of carnage in a moment....

Awesome!

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 10:22 am UTC (link)
Yup, there's going to be a lot of carnage in a moment....

There's a distinct possibility, yes.

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[info]mortari
2008-04-21 10:16 pm UTC (link)
Oh, that's awesome! I've been loving Ronon and Todd since the season finale, and this really captures them. I like how their bodies are poised, as if they're just about to leap into action. The colouring is also beautiful. :)

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 09:54 am UTC (link)
Glad you like it. When I read this prompt, I immediately flashed back to Todd and Ronon's final stand in TLM... there's something poetic about that scenario.

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[info]ladyamarra
2008-04-21 10:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh my god, that's so awesome. Really. I love the classic ink and colour stuff... absolutely. *bounces* It was worth the wait, you have absolutely earned your points.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 09:55 am UTC (link)
Thank you kindly :)

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[info]sardonicsmiley
2008-04-21 10:19 pm UTC (link)
Wow. I mean...wow.

For some reason the thing I like most is the way Ronon blends in with his environment and the Wraith seem sort of other-worldly and out of place. (Um, at least to me. Black leather and startlingly white hair tend to stick out, I suppose?)

Well, and the detail. I love that Ronon's arm tattoo is visible, and that Todd looks fundamentally different than the other Wraith, as well. It's amazing.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-22 07:57 am UTC (link)
For some reason the thing I like most is the way Ronon blends in with his environment and the Wraith seem sort of other-worldly and out of place. (Um, at least to me.

That's just what I was going for. I wanted the two in the foreground to blend with the environment so the background springs to the forefront. Like a tiny moment of surprise when you watch it, to add to the tension.

Glad you like the little details. (I actually almost forgot Ronon's tatoo, but luckily with Photoshop it's no problem to edit this stuff in belatedly.)

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[info]rheanna27
2008-04-21 10:27 pm UTC (link)
That's fabulous. Ronon especially is just so... Ronon.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 09:57 am UTC (link)
Ronon and Todd make a great subject to draw. This was so much fun, and it practically drew itself.

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[info]ratcreature
2008-04-21 10:28 pm UTC (link)
Very cool! I like the atmosphere and how creepy the Wraith are. Also Ronon and Todd are a great team.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 10:04 am UTC (link)
Yeah, they make a good team. I'm somewhat anxious what Joe M. and Co have in store for Todd next season. Of course that's also what makes the appeal... not knowing if he'll turn on our guys and try to eat them in the next scene. ;)

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[info]terribilita
2008-04-21 10:39 pm UTC (link)
This is fabulous! And what a great take on the prompt!

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 10:04 am UTC (link)
Thank you. I was lucky that no one else snatched that prompt before me - it was just perfect.

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[info]friendshipper
2008-04-21 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Eeee! Gorgeous! I love the luscious shadows, the folds and details on Ronon (I could almost reach out and touch him!), Todd's hair (and how it's obviously *Todd*), the pine forest in the background and just all of it.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 03:15 pm UTC (link)
So glad you like it. Ronon and Todd make great subjects to draw, I found.

the pine forest in the background

Yet another planet that looks like B.C... I bet those Ancients seeded the woods.

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[info]ileliberte
2008-04-21 11:09 pm UTC (link)
Ooooohhhhhhh, cool! The coloring is lovely, the shadows especially, so well done. The whole composition looks great.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, and thanks so much for the rec!

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[info]sharky_chan
2008-04-21 11:11 pm UTC (link)
Dude, amazing use of ink, and I am in awe of your ability to capture the feel of moonlight. Simply stunning! Throw in the fact that it's Ronon and Todd (best scene ever from the season finale XDXD), and I totally have a new wallpaper~ <3<3.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Throw in the fact that it's Ronon and Todd (best scene ever from the season finale XDXD), and I totally have a new wallpaper~ <3<3.

:O)
So glad you like it.

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[info]eleveninches
2008-04-21 11:17 pm UTC (link)
Ooooh, that's so good.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Thanks!

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[info]amberlynne
2008-04-21 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh, that is so cool. I would totally read a comic about Ronon and Todd kicking ass all over Pegasus. ;)

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 03:22 pm UTC (link)
Hey, me too! I mean, I'd totally read that. (I'd love to draw it, too, but I guess I should first finish the other WIP I'm working on.)

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[info]darsynia
2008-04-21 11:20 pm UTC (link)
This is simply stunning! I really love how you managed to convey the alienness in the other wraith compared with 'our' wraith, as well as the eerieness (is that a word? meh!) of their surroundings. This piece has a lot of kinetic energy in it, I can completely picture what happens just a few seconds after this snapshot!

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[info]astridv
2008-04-23 03:23 pm UTC (link)
This piece has a lot of kinetic energy in it, I can completely picture what happens just a few seconds after this snapshot!

Oh, I really like that description. Thanks, I'm really glad you like it.

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[info]slodwick
2008-04-21 11:21 pm UTC (link)
OMG BRILLIANT. *applauds* I would love to see the full graphic novel this is clearly from.

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[info]jwaneeta
2008-04-21 11:23 pm UTC (link)
Really lovely!

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[info]aurora_84
2008-04-21 11:26 pm UTC (link)
Oooooh!!

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[info]bluebrocade
2008-04-21 11:27 pm UTC (link)
WOW. That's amazing. O.O

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[info]kimberweeme
2008-04-21 11:30 pm UTC (link)
Wow, this is brilliant. What a stunning portrayal of both Ronon and Todd. Todd is so obviously Todd and Ronon is so perfectly blended into his environment. Fantastic!

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[info]astridv
2008-04-25 10:10 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much, glad you like it.

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[info]clear_as_blood
2008-04-21 11:31 pm UTC (link)
Wow, this is all sorts of awesome. I just love the graphic novel feel of it.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-25 10:11 pm UTC (link)
Thanks :)

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[info]lunasky
2008-04-21 11:42 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Haunting and very clever use of the prompt. Amazing.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-25 10:10 pm UTC (link)
Thanks. I was very lucky I got that prompt, the artwork wouldn't be complete without it. (I'd already planned to draw a scene similar to this one, but it had been missing something... that something turned out to be this prompt.)

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[info]ms_king
2008-04-21 11:46 pm UTC (link)
Absolutely amazing! ♥

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[info]astridv
2008-04-25 10:05 pm UTC (link)
Thank you :)

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[info]creidh
2008-04-21 11:50 pm UTC (link)
Wow, stunning! That's wonderful.

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[info]astridv
2008-04-25 10:05 pm UTC (link)
Thanks :)

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[info]trystings
2008-04-21 11:51 pm UTC (link)
That's gorgeous!! Wow! Ronon's stance and Todd's - they're perfect! And the one red dot from Ronon's blaster in all that night blue! Stunning!

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[info]astridv
2008-04-25 10:05 pm UTC (link)
Thanks!

And the one red dot from Ronon's blaster in all that night blue!

I love it how people notice all these little details. :)

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