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munashiibennu — Hodurs Tod
Published: 2006-08-10 02:42:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 3250; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 13
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...I don't know why I drew this. I guess I was technically experimenting with the combination of gray and colored markers, but really, all this does is make me rather uncomfortable. It is my feeling that Hodur did not want to live, so this picture would convey a strange feeling.Related content
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This is hauntingly beautiful. Your work with markers is so masterful. Is this from a particular story?
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Yes, it's from the Eddas.
Baldur is killed under dubious circumstances by his brother Hod, and then Hod is killed by their brother Vali for revenge. Then Baldur forgives Hod in the underworld.
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How do you get the markers to obey you. Also congratulations one being one of the few people who hasn't a blindfold on Hodr (it drives me mad when people do 
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I still feel like I can't control my markers... :/
Sometimes I do draw him blindfolded, but generally I avoid that because I don't think that's how he really looks.
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Don't worry, I feel the same way about coloured pencils.
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*sniff* poor Holdr.
This is truly an eerie work, but I would say it's important to look at all aspects of the Aesir, light and dark, and this tells of the tragedy surrounding the blind god of darkness.... and so I loves it.
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Hah-hah, after watching the 'opera' Gurre Leder...I know now that "tod" means "death"- and therefore...uhm, yeah. I understand the German for once. Go me.
Ahhh...the atmosphere is kick-a.
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Cool! German is much like English, so I'm sure you'd understand much more German than you'd think. Though I'm sure we've already had this conversation on a bus somewhere before.
Thank you!
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It sounds familiar yes...XD
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Nice character stylization. It's subtle and well rendered. Lovely muted colors and fine design. The expression of the face is serene and thoughtful. Great work with the sword.
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Nice sig, by the way. I love that movie!
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Thank you very much. It's my favorite film.
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Ahh, it's one of my favorites. Haven't seen it in awhile--thanks for reminding me to watch it again sometime!
Have you read the book? What'd you think of it?
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I loved the book. It's definitely different, but the overall atmosphere and spirit were well captured in the film.
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My opinion as well. I read the book after seeing the movie, so I'm much more biased towards the film, but both are amazing.
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i like it... it looks like a classic... 
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Thank you! I think the gray really darkens the picture. I'll be using more gray in the future when necessary.
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your shading sucks the breath out of me.
i realize, of course, that occasionally some criticism might help you in new directions, but i have none. nope. not a one. however i do have bucketfuls of fangirlish praise, which at present i think it prudent not to allow myself to type. 
ps. he reminds me of Viggo Mortensen!Aragorn
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hey, at least you're good at covering your royal fuck-ups. mine are always so glaring they ruin the entire picture.
yes, that he did. poor kidnapped legends...*pats abucted legends*
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o, thank you! the only thing i disliked about those was the line thinness. it drove me insane that i didn't have time to do anything else.
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I don't think so. I liked your fairytale comic very much!
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o, thank you! the only thing i disliked about those was the line thinness. it drove me insane that i didn't have time to do anything else.
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Yeah, I think all of us ended up doing a rush job on their final comic pages. :/ Something to do with our teacher being asleep most of the time...
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ack, and yet some people's came out SO AGONIZINGLY PERFECT. i remember someone had theirs perfectly inked and it looked so beautiful and so professional that i wanted to cry in shame and envy.
he was sleeping, was he? i never sought him out; i just know that after giving a brief lecture he'd flee the classroom as though someone had strapped a schrapnel bomb to the ceiling or something. 
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Yeah, I remember her; she's here on dA somewhere... I forget how to spell her username, though.
I wasn't paying much attention to him, either. I think he looked hungover or depressed as hell half the time, though. Poor sonofabitch.
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her DevID is Akuwa_Neko, or some variation thereof. i think she's on my DA-watchlist.
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Yup, something like that... AKuwaNeko, I think.
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yep! that's her. we talk sometimes.
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Cool.
There's a lot of suck cropped out of this. I royally fucked up the hilt of the sword but didn't want to crop the mistletoe too much, which is why there's that weird gray thing on the side.
...Maybe that's because Tolkien stole everything from the Norse lore?
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i'd heard somewhere before that Tolkien used good-sized chunks of the Norse legends as the building-blocks for his worlds. i haven't read many of them (either Tolkien or the Norse legends) so i cannot say how heavily he borrowed. but in this department i would take your word over anyone else's.
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"Good-sized chunks" is the right phrase, I think. The concept of "Middle Earth" (Midgard), dwarves, elves, trolls--all that comes from the Norse lore. And his Elvish language, from what I've seen, is pretty much Icelandic written in runes.
Basically, my opinion on Tolkien is that he owes Odin royalties.
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Elvish was heavily influenced by Finnish/Welsh, both non-Germanic languages. The thematic content of Tolkien's works however are heavily Norse influenced, which is probably why I am so fascinated by Norse mythology now.
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He does! He totally does. I will draw it if I have to.
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okay, okay, do it! i will view it and it will make me happy in my soul.
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i thought i replied to this...
eh. anyhow, at least you can cover up your royal fuck-ups; mine are usually so glaring that they ruin the entire picture.
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let me rephrase: cover them so that no one besides yourself notices.
don't beat yourself with bricks over flaws! later on, maybe in a few decades, when someone rediscovers your old works, the flaws might become signs of authenticity, or even of quality, of marks of your style.
or perhaps not. but hey! no one noticed any of the minor flaws made by previous great art-geniuses, not to the point where they declare them non-geniuses.
i had a point. i think i blunted it.
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Eh, I can't help but notice them; it's what drives me to not make the same mistake twice. I'm always making new mistakes, at least.
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mistakes are how people learn, whether they make them themselves or someone else makes them for them. the difference between types of people is that some learn from the mistakes and some don't.
o god, i have GOT to stop speaking in general terms. i meant "Well, hey, you're pretty damn good now, and at least you're improving on the mistakes you *do* make!"
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Yeah, I figure as long as I keep drawing, I'll be alright.
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yes! keep drawing, and keep a level head!
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