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After the rain

Picture without the colour correction and some thoughts under the cut

With this illustration I tried to focus more on painting the background/landscape to practice. Most of my art normally focuses on characters, so I'm not that great at this kind of thing, but it didn't turn out too bad. I will probably try adding lineart later but I wanted to post this version as well, especially since I won't exacly be able to erase the lines once I put them on paper 😅

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Crowley sketch

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Hastur sketches

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I don't normally reblog stuff, but this should definitely get more attention. The golden eyes, the lighting, the hair, the stars in Crowleys robe. It's really beautifully done. Gorgeous work OP 💛

maybe heaven is just a glorified cage

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Early morning at the South Downs (with the matching sweaters) 💛💙

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WIP photos and thoughts under the cut

This one started out being a bit of a struggle. This is my third take on that illustration (that's why Aziraphales face looks a bit different than the one in my previous WIP photo). I didn't like how the first version was looking when I started painting it, so I tried remaking it digitally, but that got annoying pretty quick (because I'm not used to it, and I don't know how to make it work the way I want it to), and so I decided to just redraw it again on paper. So it took a while, but I think it turned out quite nice all things considered 😊

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WIP

Finished illustration

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And here's some more random stuff I kinda liked

Finished another sketchbook today, so here's some Good Omens art from it

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Finished another sketchbook today, so here's some Good Omens art from it

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Nénuphars

Something different than my usual posts today, hopefully you guys will like it nonetheless 😅

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Thoughts and inspiration explained underneath

This illustration is inspired by the play Terre Océan by Daniel Danis where he described the scene by writing "Des nénuphars flottent et ondulent sous la lampe centrale de la table de réunion" ("Water lilies float and wave under the central lamp of the meeting table")

Unfortunately I haven't actually read the play, but we talked about it during French literature. This scene was just really magical for me with the combination of the fantasy elements like the floating water lilies with a more or less normal business meeting, and it inspired me to make this illustration

This piece was made with traditional mixed media (watercolours, ink, gouache and pencils) and later digitaly edited. I'm posting two versions simply because I like them both 😊

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Mixed media Crowley portrait

Also I wanted to thank all of you for 200 followers 💙

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Unedited photo under the cut

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A bit of light reading 📚

I like to imagine that Crowleys cardigan is a gift from his Angel (Aziraphale probably knitted it himself because he needed to make sure it's the perfect shade of yellow to match Crowleys pretty eyes)

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WIP photos under the cut

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WIP

Finished illustration

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Sketch dump

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Pose practice but make it Crowley

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I finally got my hands on some gouache paints, so I decided to experiment a little with different mediums and redraw Crowleys face from my recent illustration (first is gouache and watercolours and the second is digital)

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Reblog to showcase some of the proces of making it. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the finished lineart in good lighting

Art nouveau inspired Crowley The Snake of Eden

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Symbolism breakdown and closeups under the cut (buckle up 'cause there's a lot of symbolism. You have been warned)

This whole piece took me over 18 hours to finish (closer to 19 if my calculations are correct, and this is without including the planing/thumbnails) so I hope you'll enjoy 😊

Symbolism:

Snake - Crowleys serpent form/the snake of Eden

Stars and moon- Crowley is (or at least was) the Starmaker, so I wanted to include some astronomy related imagery

The constellation on the dark side of the moon is Serpens Caput - Snakes Head (I know this is not how the moon works, and it's not possible to see the stars through it, but this is my artistic interpretation, because I wanted to include stars. I also know this is not exacly how this constellation looks, but it's close enough)

The frame around the moon doubles as the clock face, because of Crowleys time manipulation powers and his association with time in general

The yellow/golden rays emiting from the clock make it look like the sun during eclipse

Crowleys hair has a gradient making it look like fire (a reference to his fall to hell)

Flower symbolism (from left to right):

Monstera plant - I used it because it's one of the plants Crowley has, but also the name Monstera sounds very similar to the word monster (plus it looks nice)

Ambrosia - love is reciprocated

Purple hyacinth - grief, regret and sorrow

Pansy - thoughtfulness, affection, friendship, "think of me"; can also symbolise sorrow and regret (and in the context of Good Omens, there's also THE Southern Pansy)

Tulips in general - deep, perfect love, consuming love

Yellow tulips - cheerfulness, hope, desperate/hopeless love (also we all know Aziraphale thinks that yellow is pretty 💛)

Bellflower - unwavering love, a constant heart

Daisy in general - loyal love

Blue daisy - long term layalty and trust

Forget-me-not - true/faithful love, affectionate remembrance, don't forget me

Amaranth in general - immortality

Globe amaranth - immortal love

Snake plant - I used it because Crowley is a snake, and it looks cool

Lilly of the valley - returning happiness

I know it was a lot so thanks everyone who took the time to read all of my rambling. I really like adding stuff like this to my illustrations, so that they have more of a meaning and thought behind them 😅

Usually I also put the WIP photos alongside the finished piece, but this post is already long enough. I might add some of it later in the reblog

Again, thanks for reading and I wish you all a great day/night 💙

Sources:

Wikipedia article about plant symbolism

Article about flowers symbolizing regret

About tulip symbolism

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Art nouveau inspired Crowley The Snake of Eden

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Symbolism breakdown and closeups under the cut (buckle up 'cause there's a lot of symbolism. You have been warned)

This whole piece took me over 18 hours to finish (closer to 19 if my calculations are correct, and this is without including the planing/thumbnails) so I hope you'll enjoy 😊

Symbolism:

Snake - Crowleys serpent form/the snake of Eden

Stars and moon- Crowley is (or at least was) the Starmaker, so I wanted to include some astronomy related imagery

The constellation on the dark side of the moon is Serpens Caput - Snakes Head (I know this is not how the moon works, and it's not possible to see the stars through it, but this is my artistic interpretation, because I wanted to include stars. I also know this is not exacly how this constellation looks, but it's close enough)

The frame around the moon doubles as the clock face, because of Crowleys time manipulation powers and his association with time in general

The yellow/golden rays emiting from the clock make it look like the sun during eclipse

Crowleys hair has a gradient making it look like fire (a reference to his fall to hell)

Flower symbolism (from left to right):

Monstera plant - I used it because it's one of the plants Crowley has, but also the name Monstera sounds very similar to the word monster (plus it looks nice)

Ambrosia - love is reciprocated

Purple hyacinth - grief, regret and sorrow

Pansy - thoughtfulness, affection, friendship, "think of me"; can also symbolise sorrow and regret (and in the context of Good Omens, there's also THE Southern Pansy)

Tulips in general - deep, perfect love, consuming love

Yellow tulips - cheerfulness, hope, desperate/hopeless love (also we all know Aziraphale thinks that yellow is pretty 💛)

Bellflower - unwavering love, a constant heart

Daisy in general - loyal love

Blue daisy - long term layalty and trust

Forget-me-not - true/faithful love, affectionate remembrance, don't forget me

Amaranth in general - immortality

Globe amaranth - immortal love

Snake plant - I used it because Crowley is a snake, and it looks cool

Lilly of the valley - returning happiness

I know it was a lot so thanks everyone who took the time to read all of my rambling. I really like adding stuff like this to my illustrations, so that they have more of a meaning and thought behind them 😅

Usually I also put the WIP photos alongside the finished piece, but this post is already long enough. I might add some of it later in the reblog

Again, thanks for reading and I wish you all a great day/night 💙

Sources:

Wikipedia article about plant symbolism

Article about flowers symbolizing regret

About tulip symbolism