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After the Battle by *Zephyri:iconZephyri:


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Submitted: July 13, 2007
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After the battle, I sit. After the battle, when the coloured standards hold no more promise of victory. Broken and torn, they proclaim nothing more glorious than the bodies of the dead that lay stained with the sepia earth around them. Bodies that were once men and women who followed them nobly to slaughter.

For what is there left, when even the last mournful voices have faded, claimed by the cold embrace of silence? When those I have loved and cared for are gone and my very purpose for being is thwarted by the swords and bloodied cries of men whose lives I have tried to save? What thoughts are to be had when even the healer sits bleeding of a mortal wound, with no hand left to help she who tried so vainly to stand against the onslaught of war?

Yet even after the battle, the clouds strafe away, the blood sinks into the dirt, and life slowly creeps back.

Even after the battle, there is hope.


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A commission for one of the most generous people I've ever had the good fortune to come into contact with, this piece was no means easy, and fought me a lot during the first attempt in oils. The only time I've ever admitted defeat with a medium, the coloured pencil version was more successful, and the amount of work gone into this piece reflects the huge amount of respect I have for the commissioner and the amount I really felt for the character. This is Deluna, a healer, left dying on the battle field with none left to help her.

As mentioned, coloured pencil on grey card, done a little bigger than my usual A4 pieces, with a lot of time and love spent on the detailing, so full view is muchly appreciated. My best pencil piece to date, I think. And it couldn't have gone to a more deserving person. Many thanks, Kim, I'm so happy you stumbled across my artwork one day so long ago.

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Deluna is a commission and © to Kim Rogers, this image is NOT to be used by anyone else for any other purpose without my permission.
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Man this is so brilliant my dear... for all the trouble with the medium, it came out lovely in the end..

It's such a heartbreaking subject- you can feel her despair and sheer exhaustion.. definitely an image of how unforgiving war can be.. no matter what role you play..

Just an incredible commission.. I'm sure she'll be thrilled!

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This is so beautiful, and I think that colored pencil is the only medium for this piece. I love the texture of this, it is so real. Wonderful work!
That's beautiful!

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Brilliant work.. amazing details and very emotive expression..

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Um...wow. The story grabbed me. You are right the details are amazing and you can feel the emotion in the piece. Kudos...serious, serious kudos.

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wow. Stunning. I literally *gasp*ed. This is brilliant! the lighting, the expression... all done in colored pencils??? my god i wish i had talent like yours! thats... simply saying astonishing is an understatement. This is beautiful! the background... so much work! This is a definite +fave!

GREAT job! i can't wait so see more like this!
What a ton of hard work... i cant imagine!

..is that a shield behind her? thats the only thing that i can see that I could say isnt absolutley perfect! Not that i can talk, cause i couldnt even get close to this, but yeah, it just seems un-round. But still stunning! (Geez im trying to critique but theres not alot to critique- plus i suck at it too)

Im such a hypocrite!

wow thats alot of detail... you should do close ups on the chainmail and the cloth tent thing behind her, and her hair.. wow...

Ok im done rambling now, im sorry >_< i like ranted at you >< >< ><

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This is just stunning.
is a wonderful job

no more words ^^ O.O

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Your work with colored pencils astounds me to no end. The colors and details in this are absolutely incredible! A very beautiful and haunting piece of work.

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