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Stare into this mask for a while and see what happens...

Hypnos, governor of what lies between. This is another old work, probably from 2005/early 2006. Ink on paper, brush. I worked on this one for quite a while, really getting obsessed on the wings. This is a detail. It probably should go in scraps because of the lame photo and the easily seen separation between the plates. I have the strange sensation that I put too much work into this, and beat it down and made it cry. I might re-engage with this theme and search for a way to perhaps more effectively depict it.
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*MSDesigns Jul 18, 2008  Professional General Artist
Absolutely amazing work man! Especially the wings and the flame. It's just a pity that the presentation is bad. What size is this illustration?

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~labornthyn Jul 21, 2008
It is three sheets, each 48.3x61 cm. Had to photo it because it is too big for the scanner. Using weak little digital camera and my lackluster photo skills...

Thanks for you appreciation of it!
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*gromyko Jul 16, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
the god of sleep

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Mood: Joy ~saprophilous Jul 15, 2008
You've represented the subject extremely well, to the point of bestowing the image with an outside power perhaps.
I'm easily absorbed into those wings, I can see how one would get obsessed creating them.

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~TALONABRAXAS Jul 15, 2008
Wonderful and hypnotic, a powerful illustration that dwells alluringly in ambient somnolence.
and they called it poppy love...

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*nanshu Jul 14, 2008   Digital Artist
I like pair this eye , in this picture.

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*nanshu Jul 14, 2008   Digital Artist
its picture gives the feeling. :XD:

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~giorjoe Jul 14, 2008  Professional General Artist
I'm just barely familiar with the character/god/half-god(?) Hypnos. I have seen him depicted by my favorite Hungarian academic realist called Benczur, and Hypnos had wings there too. I guess they symbolize the flight of our imagination in our dreams.

It striked me how well you did the wings. Normally I feel with drawings what could be done better, but not with this one. I like the flame(?) on his head too. It resembles the tail of a dragon a bit. I didn't get the two tails though on the sides of his head.

In general all your work, of which this is a good example, radiates an elemental sense of symbolism. This I think must be another fundamental way to increase the value of any artwork. Something to keep in mind for myself.

I wonder how many more great works you are hiding from us.

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*density-tmr Jul 14, 2008
I am always impressed by the amount of deatil and subtle shading that you manage to get into your artworks. Even at the top in the back there seems to be form - maybe even a creature.

Excellent.

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