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extradragon

nice

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  thanks.

  Jan 9th, 2012 Reply

Dexteria

Did you like H.P. Lovecraft?

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  Of course. this particular piece it´s based on an Arthur Machen story (the novel of the white powder) but since i was a teenager Lovecraft´s tales were a big influence and inspiration, Though i have my own thoughts about HP´s Style of writing and i don´t like Everything he wrote.

  Oct 17th, 2011 Reply
• Dexteria

  Dexteria

  This is the center caracter make me think about lovecraft work "a little Cthulhu" i though when i see the draw :)

  Oct 19th, 2011 Reply
• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  yes, but there´s a common shape of Cthulhu (big round tentacle head; huge bat-like wings) and this figure ends up in the story being more like a melted, bubbling black pitch. Thank you for your comment!

  Oct 19th, 2011 Reply

gantibaju

Inspiring!

Congratulations

tell me a concept please

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  Here it goes: A portrait of a lovely old lady ( similar to Tweety´s owner) with a creepy one-eye cat on her arms. on the background we see a domestic, kitsch furniture with all kind of stuff inside and above it. the things in the furniture are litlle decorative statues and figures of Lovecraftian fashion; small Cthulhus and deformed animals. the paperwall it´s on decay and an atmosphere of ruin and malevolence must be present. I hope you like it.

  Oct 12th, 2011 Reply

CreativeOne

Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful piece of art,
it's inspirational to all of us artists and at Shadowness we like
to thank our amazing artists for all they do.

To show our appreciation for you, your artwork has been featured
in today's Daily Inspiration #218
Congratulations!

http://shadowness.com/dailyinspiration/forum/daily-inspiration-218

JurgenDoe

Congratulations to the Daily Feature Award

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  thank you!!!

  Oct 10th, 2011 Reply
• JurgenDoe

  JurgenDoe

  You're welcome :)

  Oct 10th, 2011 Reply Subscriber

kolaboy

Congratulations, Sebastian!

On behalf of my fellow gallery moderators, I am happy to share the news that your beautiful illustration was selected for the Daily Feature Award and is now in rotation on the front page of Shadowness!

This piece can be seen under the "star" menu at the top of every page, and it will also be featured in the next issue of "Daily Inspirations"! fb.com/shadowness

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  Thank you Kolaboy!

  Oct 10th, 2011 Reply

snowmask

This reminds me so much of Gustav Dore's illustrations. Eerily beautiful, bizarre, and thought-provoking. The movements are seductive and lyrical.

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  Thank you! in fact in those days i was seeing a lot of pen and ink work (this drawing it´s basically done with a sable-or liner-brush) from different artists such as Doré; Berni Wrightson and franklin booth. this kind of Black & White drawings are my favorite challenge as an artist. Your words are very kind and profound, and i aprecciate very much.

  Oct 9th, 2011 Reply
• snowmask

  snowmask

  I find it amazing that this is brush work, not pen work.
  
  Have you experience with scratchboards, engravings, etc.?

  Oct 9th, 2011 Reply katherine-cheng.com
• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  Katherine: i´ve tried to ink with a pen (i used to ink a lot that way) but i work faster with this type of brushes and expendable rapidographs, like the ones used for technical designs. In my art school days i´ve tried engraving on wood, but it´s hard to do it in your home; you need all kind of expensive things and i was broke ( and i still broke). so i prefer ink on heavy paper, or even try digital inking. but in my heart there always will be a place for engraving and that kind of ancient printing techniques. thanks for this talking.

  Oct 9th, 2011 Reply
• snowmask

  snowmask

  I prefer to ink traditionally than digitally :) My favourite brushes for this type of work are my trusted W&N series 7.

  Oct 10th, 2011 Reply katherine-cheng.com
• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  I think the same about digital inking, but sometimes i feel that i have to expand my techniques, for laboral reasons, and i was surprised about how accurate and instinctive can be work with a graphic tablet. to be honest, i´ve never tried Windsor& Newton, you can´t find it in my city. I use cheap and semi-cheap brushes, that work on the edge of what is acceptable, but sometimes i´m having a hard time trying to make them obey my hand.

  Oct 10th, 2011 Reply
• snowmask

  snowmask

  I order mine on Blick :) http://www.dickblick.com/ A few times a year they have half-off sales and that's when things get terribly exciting.

  Oct 11th, 2011 Reply katherine-cheng.com

ttbartwork

great!

• Cabrol

  Cabrol

  thanks!

  Oct 9th, 2011 Reply

Aki

Interesting concept an idea! I like the details and composition.