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13x13" acrylic on illustration board.

"vocem' is Latin for 'Voice' in case you were curious.

I've been trying to carve out more time for my own art these days. I've done so much illustration that I felt I needed a little more balance, allowing my own creativity time and an outlet. When given the ultimate freedom to paint whatever I want feels a bit overwhelming to me... where to start, where to settle? So, I have continued with my experiment of painting without planning. I prepped the board with a neutral grey and just started making random sweeping marks across the surface. Much how one might see shapes in clouds, I started to see things in the brush strokes and then proceeded to flesh them out. I liken it somewhat to those stream of consciousness writing exercises, perhaps if I do enough of these I will see some patterns. I had a lot of fun with this one!
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Given 2012-06-19
The Guide by ~nightserpent ( Suggested by *DramiraDarkthorn and Featured by ^SylwiaTelari )
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Oh...well, wow. It reminds me of the illustrations in some editions of H.P. Lovecraft's works.
[link] For the story "Rats in the Walls."
[link] For the story "Statement of Randolph Carter."
See the resemblance? =)
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:iconnightserpent:
Off the top of my head I can see a connection to 'Rats'- that being the ancient and forgotten architecture. thanks! :)
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=MaliciaRoseNoire Jun 24, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Hello !
Little feature here !!
:glomp:
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:iconnightserpent:
wow- thank you! :) I am in great company.
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=MaliciaRoseNoire Jul 1, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
My pleasure ^^ !
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*sakaaali Jun 21, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Haunting, in a very good way :)
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:iconnightserpent:
Thank you! :) Glad it's not in the "bad way" :lol:
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*sakaaali Jun 21, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Now that you mention it, I'm not sure there even is a bad way :D I really enjoyed all the Lovecraft themed works in your gallery, keep up the good work!
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I like it! Congratulations on the DD! :iconflowerheartplz:
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:iconnightserpent:
Thank you very much! It's my first DD- very exciting!!
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