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"I live in the Tower of Flints," he cried. "I am the death owl."
-from "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake

A random notion spawned by random thoughts of Gormenghast, which recalled the above quote. This isn't an illustration from the story or anything, it's not Lord Groan, it's not a proper owl, but, this is what that quote alone conjured in my mind. He's. . .a death owl.

Prismacolor pencils on black.

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:icontiamat9:
I really like the pose and style of the figure. Nice anatomy and fine balance. The wings are gorgeous. Beautiful tones and lovely texture. Solid ambiance.

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"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on"-
William S. Burroughs

*TheExquisiteCorpse
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Couldn`t really get into the book - but your Death Owl is great!

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:icontekelili:
Thanks for the comment and fave! I loved the Gormenghast books, but, can see where they're the sort of thing that you either like, or, don't. They're a bit hard to get into, very slow, and Peake goes on and on and on and on with his descriptions. And occassionally uses such obscure words that a dictionary on hand is a necessity. =)
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It was the endless descriptions that annoyed me - managed first half but decided too long winded. Personally I like obscure words - helps me march further into insanity...

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I'm so close to heaven, This hell is not mine!

My photos *In-the-picture Stock *quaddles
My husband`s photos *quaddie
Clubs: *PsychedelicTreasures ~artsweetart *Le-Visage
:icontekelili:
Peake was an artist, so, I think he got really into trying to fully convey the very developed pictures in his head. He never even managed to finish the stories, took him over a decade to write what he did, and then, he died. =(
:icontekelili:
Thank you very much for the comment, it's appreciated! His pose was really fun to draw. =)
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:hug:

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I'm so close to heaven, This hell is not mine!

My photos *In-the-picture Stock *quaddles
My husband`s photos *quaddie
Clubs: *PsychedelicTreasures ~artsweetart *Le-Visage
:icontiamat9:
You're welcome:).

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"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on"-
William S. Burroughs

*TheExquisiteCorpse
:icondarkjimbo:
So good that I don't want to comment for fear of not doing it justice. So I won't. ;)

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I'm a starving artist... please give me work! :)

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