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Inferno's Decadence






Artist Remarks:
Digital painting by me, Wicked Crow Studio
Original character by Sesshomaru-san.deviantart.com

Contest Prize for Sesshomaru-san.deviantart.com


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Tool(s) Used:
GIMP 2.6.6 and Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet


About Concept:
Sofie, ~Sesshomaru-san's original character is suppose to have the essence of death but I failed to capture that Death'ness in her. However, the way I have her in the painting, she is marveled by the hour glass which symbolizes time commonly, but in this painting, it symbolizes decadence or decay. In the blurred background, it lies the burning temple.

The title, Inferno's Decadence means the decay caused by the flames of hell.

About Procedure(s):
Well, I started with thumbnail sketches. Then I drew a horizontal line and then went on developing the temple with two point perspective technique. At first, I had drawn Sofie sitting on a bench next to the burning temple holding the hour glass but I thought, that the character herself should be noticed greatly so I enlarged her in the image by putting her in front. I tried to use more than two layers but in the end, the image gets flattened on one layer while the original layers were hidden. On the flatten layer, I use lasso selection tool to select areas where I want to blur them with guassian blur filter. Then I added a soft glow while increase the overall saturation and contrast to give that intensity in the colors.