Feature 229--tvtivrt

 

Light Source

Loved this piece as soon as I saw it! Doesn't it look like she is peeking through a door, or maybe sitting in a bus as it rides by the city buildings? Many compliments to how we can still see the colors on her while there's only this one streak of light, too.
I'd be wrong to not squeal about how well the eyes have been designed on this character, too. Lovely work!

Doodle

Upon seeing this piece I wondered what had been done to have earned this kind of look from this person. Did someone drop something? Or maybe someone was screaming at a worker in a shop? Either way, she doesn't seem at all impressed by what she's seeing.
Her nose ring caught my attention to. Love how it just seems like it belongs there, unlike how some pieces are drawn. And after that, I also enjoy how delicate her necklace seems too. Excellent work on this portrait, tvtivrt!

Elf

And yet another piece where I'm amazed by the eyes. This light green color is almost magical, in my idea, and it's so fun to see next to her yellow cat-eye like makeup. Or is that possibly a bit of skin marking that her race has? I'd also be wrong to not mention the detail in her hair. Love how carefully it was painted in and how it looks so normal for her to have done.
Lovely piece!

These pieces are amazing! Here's the link to see more of tvivrt's work; I'm sure that you can enjoy all of them as well!

Feature 212--ArtofLotu

Caution: Be aware this artist's work is a bit creepy in its style. If you're not in the mental state to see this, please wait until the next feature. Thank you.

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POWER

 

I do really love how this character is stepping up on that hammer. I like to imagine that they had crushed the creature that was using it, so this is a whole 'come at me!' pose until they start attacking the next one that goes after them. XD
Wonder what kind of area this character lives in? Are they small enough to be in the insect section of the ground or are they in one of the many layers of their hellish landscape? This design seems to work either way and I just love it!

Salloween Day 29--Elevator

Another image that's so very fun to imagine with! Is this child the costume that demon in back pretends to have or is it in the middle of commanding the kid? And just look at how well the elevator is set up to be so easy for the demonic shadow to live in!
And yes...if the child is just the costume, I can easily see it bringing prey into the elevator by making it seem like the kid is just terrified of things. Those poor sweet people who'd check on him...

Haunted

I can't help but think that this is the result of someone coming to check on that kid in the previous piece. The hair in the foreground looks almost like the soul of someone being slowly wiped out by that kid with whatever that light is coming from. It's so fun to imagine all these things!
Of course, maybe it's just that the character with green hair has stolen the soul of the person owning the hair. That one in the front of the scene, of course, having collapsed; stunned and slowly passing away while the character in front just takes off to find yet another victim.

I really enjoyed this artist's style and pieces! If you'd like to see more pieces with this theme, artoflotu's gallery is right here!

Feature 193--ConfuzzledLion

 

Beidou Fanart

The first thing I noticed on this piece was the fabric on her shoulders. It looks so furry; I so enjoy the texture that ConfuzzledLion put on that portion! And speaking of texture, what do you think about how lovely the character's hair came out? It's perfect!
Special thoughts to how the ear was painted, too. I personally cannot get them drawn at all so to see how someone was able to shape it properly is so interesting. Absolutely have to give this piece an excellent mark!

Lighting Study

This is fun to see. Studies of all kinds are an artist's lifeblood; don't you think that ConfuzzledLion did such a great job with this one? I personally enjoy how the light just barely touches the chin bones. And just look how well the paler color on the hair came out.
Something that my eyes keep going back to is the character's eyes in this study. I wonder what she's looking at? Why whatever it is has such a nice focus?
In all, lovely a lovely work.

Cyberpunk

And finally, the most fun piece of these three! We can see here how the light studies had to have been learned well and I'm personally fully enjoying how we can barely see the figure in a quick glance--a ninja or another quiet and quickly moving character would have to take the few moments of confusion. In the dA page, ConfuzzledLion mentions that they played their music list on random to see how to build the character I can see it, can you? Like how the hand is metallic of some form--robotic or just a replacement? And I wonder what kind of tool that is on or in the other hand?
Very fun work!

You have got to see more of ConfuzzleLion's work! The link is here, definitely drop by and spend some time.

Feature 187--midnightgravedigger

Feral

According to midnightgravedigger, this character is called Feral. He got the idea to draw this because he didn't agree with what the people in Marvel had done on the comic he saw Feral in.
Oh my gosh though, isn't the way he drew the hair just lovely? It definitely helps give the idea of a feline of some kind. I wonder if she were turned into this mutant because a cat walked nearby her when the chance was coming about?
Love it!

Submissive2

Midnightgravedigger named this character Submissive. Was she some comic character as well? I have no idea but I absolutely love how that dress has come out!
To me, she seems to be kneeling before some kind of higher power, perhaps some kind of spirit that gives her the skills she's able to work? Or perhaps she's just before someone who is like a king or queen, waiting patiently to be noticed.
Super good work!

Laboratory Subject: Wendy

Poor Wendy, dropped into the acid just to be turned into the next experiment! Can you imagine having to be awake during all of this, while the acid changes so very much of your skin and even likely preparing your body to grow more limbs...I bet the scientist behind this got taken apart for this misery before the end of it!
How I'd love to get to read the story behind this. The image is amazing and it looks like midnightgravedigger knew just how to make that acid appear just so miserable. Amazing work!

Weren't these three pieces so well done? To see more of them, check out midnightgravedigger's dA gallery!

Feature 177--Amatorem-Artifex

 

R0001F_Thana

I love this color scheme! But I guess all of you know that I'm in love with blue, right?
That it seems to be on the edge of a pier is very fun. Are we about to be attacked by these two creatures? Are we about to make a deal? So many ideas!
That candle on the barrel does a great job in hinting that it's where the light on the doll is coming from, too. The piece is so fun! Excellent work.

R0006F_Welda

This character puts me in mind of those in D&D or Pathfinder, the Halfling race!
I wonder what she's doing right now? Just doing her daily work or maybe intent to explore, just now coming out of town before she's found her party. The grayscale makes me think of this image being a memory, too. Maybe she's thinking about or retelling the story of where she began?

R00014F_Chow

This is fun. I wonder what kind of situation put us here? It appears that we've been captured and are about to get Questioned by the ruler of the people who captured us. All the focus is on this ruler too, look at how hard it is to see what is away from this queen.
But what is with the chairs there? Are people going to be watching us while this is going on? So many ideas to play with!

These are all some pretty neat 3D pieces! Amatorem-Artifex has so many more in their dA gallery, here's the link so you can go check it all out. 

Feature 169--Musbasement

Gladiator

Musbasement puts a very interesting sentence in the Gladiator's artist comments: "The freedom of the gladiator is covered with mountains of corpses." Doesn't one just have to climb the highest upon all the death he left behind?
But let's now focus on the artwork because I love the way he painted the anatomy here. And the character is so pale too...maybe his amount of killing has almost erased his humanity? It almost seems so with how his face has been so distorted. His honor came at such a price. Was it so worth it, now?

Donna of the Deep

I agree with a comment on this one--it definitely seems like a masterpiece!
This character, whether alive in some undead form or not, fits the scene beautifully. And I really like how it's sitting on what appears to be a long sunken anchor. Look around, too; do you see the eyes that I imagine belong to the rest of the ship's crew when it crashed down to the bottom of the sea.
Can also see it as this one is what fights the ship down into the depths. It would explain why he's sitting in such a commanding pose over everything that's been eaten by the sea plants!

Hakamori

I keep wondering what kinda character this is. Looks like he could be some kind of rogue, to me. One that keeps himself hidden by song and dance. Wouldn't he be something if he were instead a magic user of some degree, too! I could see that stick being used that way, like some kind of staff. Why wouldn't he know how to make it dance with him...maybe that's part of why he's in shadow, too. A more sneaky way to fight or just trap someone if they came to watch his shows?

These pieces are all amazing! To see more of this Musbasement's work, his gallery is right here. Be sure to check the rest out!

Feature 153--Rized-symptoms

Content Warning: The artworks in this gallery are labeled as Creepy, Horror, and Macabre. Viewer caution is recommended.

Tears #3

This character is so, so sad! What caused her end to make her cry like this?
I really enjoy how pale white the character (ghost?) is. It makes the background hold back and give her the space that is needed for such pain to be shown. And those green eyes on top of the bloody tears just makes the piece pop for me even more!

Tears #3

A different spirit girl than the first one, as I see it. This one has chosen to come quite close this time...is she warning us away from something? Did we maybe miss something that she wanted us to see more up close, if we were wandering around the room? So many questions...
We get to see the red and green in her eyes much clearer than before. It's so interesting, to me, how her red pupil is dripping down into the green and red of her tear. I wonder if it's because of what injured or killed her?

Tear

This character seems to be similar to the first image. A different situation that the spirit may be liking or enjoying? All of those hearts all around at least makes me think that someone could have actually helped her. She seems oh so pretty now that she isn't crying such bloody tears like before; as if she were actually getting to recover from whatever happened.
Fully gorgeous piece. I love it!

I have been waiting for this feature! Aren't these three pieces just so fun to look into? If you're interested in the other horror works that Rized-symptoms creates, here is the link to their deviantart gallery.