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Published: 2018-01-13 19:58:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1558; Favourites: 174; Downloads: 0
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This is my entry to a contest hosted by:
The theme was "Demonic Demons"
I decided to portray Pesta, a demon from Scandinavian origin. Although the topic might have similarly been portrayed in other countries and regions as well.
These topics and creatures interest me, and I thought it would be interesting to take a demonic creature and portray them in my style.
And I refrained from "typical-looking devils and demons
The Black Death was a tragedy for all of the Scandinavian countries, Denmark lost one third of its population, while Norway lost half.
The plaque was so devastating, the people soon made it into a character of its own.
Pesta comes as the figure of death and illness, in the shape of a hideous, old woman dressed in black, carrying a broom and a rake.
She traveled from farm to farm, spreading the plague.
If she carried with her the rake, some of the inhabitants would survive, but if she was carrying the broom, everyone in the family would soon die.
I hope you like it, tell me what you think!
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Comments: 125
How demonic is this demonic demon? Demonic?
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Cool
Sounds demonically demonic for a demonic demon
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This is stuning!! Love the light work, the amount of detail and the theme!! Simply amazing!
Funny enough I've been replaying The Witcher 3 and killed a Pesta recently 
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Thank you very much for your feedback, it means alot! :>
Oh I haven't played it yet, but I do have the game 
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You're welcome!
I recomend you to do it
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Sounds really cool!! I really enjoyed all the other witcher games alot as well! They were all so fun and unique <3
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Awww I never played the other ones 
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They're really good, even though the graphics are a little less, it doesn't bother me at all :>
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awesome! I will try them once I get the chance
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Thanks! I'm glad you liked it
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Thanks! Glad to hear you like it! It means alot!
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Thank you so much, glad you like it!!
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Congrats!
Great drawing. lovely spooky moonlight..
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it!!
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Congrats on the win love!!! This is incredible <3333 love the lighting and coloring *u*
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it! :>
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You're welcome!! I Love it!!! ^u^
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Ahh thank you so much!! 
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Well, thank you. Pebbles was unsuccessful in ways that I didn't have time to correct.
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How do you mean? It was a good idea, but the goat creature spoke more to people I guess for this theme o:
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Idk, did the two demons work?
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Well, I don't know, it looked awesome, but people were looking for something IN THEIR FACE I guess, for Demons.. Idk..
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Yep, I guess I'm too subtle,
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I don't know, mine was pretty subtle too, I didn't do a basic looking demon either so
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True, but yours GLOWED! Still glows :]
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Actually it was aliens spreading viruses to kill people but because they were fully dressed in black and with cloaks and the machines (ppl didnt understand what they were) made a scythe - like sound (or other different tools according to region)....They associated it with death and depicted it accordingly, that doesn't make you art less great of course !
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That's an interesting thing to hear, thanks for sharing your opinion on it.
I'm glad you like the artwork!
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I'm not sure about it , just a different way of looking at it...... WHat;s SURE is that your drawing is great !
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Yes indeed, we can't know for sure indeed, but it's a really interesting and rather creepy way of looking at it!
Awesome for drawing ideas too maybe
Thank you so much!
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Yas..... And in the 17th century there were ballads sung by people in villages about a black lady who turned sweet sexy girls into old skeletons in a second with their scythe ..... I gotta draw that someday ! I have the book from 1864, when 2 local Romanian authors went through villages and wrote down the poems and ballads the peasant told them and now I have the prove and the details........ It was on Ancient Aliens too.....
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Awesome! I love the spooky atmosphere and you put a lot of details in this, which is great. I also really like your color use here! <3
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Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it!
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Looking at it, I had a feeling at first sight the portrait revolved around some kind of folklore or story, and I was not disappointed!! Hadn't heard of Pesta, but the background sounds so interesting (knowing all the things that happened with the plague just sounds otherworldly for some reason), thank you for sharing it.
And regarding the portrait, it's another win from you! The colors for the night time are spot on, and the woman has such a twisted expression and posture, knowing she's a kind of demon makes it perfect in my eyes. Plus the fact that the light falls on the hills and leaves the character inside the shadows seems like a smart move, telling of the dark things she brings with her!
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Thank you so much for your detailed feedback!
I'm glad to read you paid attention to detail and I'm glad to hear that you liked what I did with the shadowing and light of the moon
Cool that you immediately cot that folklore story vibe!
I'm happy you liked this piece!
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No problem, the piece definitely deserved it, plus looking at your artwork makes me want to make sure I pick on all the different details! The amount of work and effort you cram into each portrait is alone deserving of praise.
And after seeing this, I could totally imagine you illustrating a book of creepy stories, your style fits so well with the theme!
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Thank you so much! It's so nice to hear!
Well I would love that soo much!
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No need to thank me, I'm just speaking the truth! Plus I'm imagining a boot of the original grimm stories with your art and omggg that would be so damn cool
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