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Seven Strange Nights by ~romanshoubu:iconromanshoubu:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Illustration > Storybook

©2009 ~romanshoubu
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One of the paintings I completed for the Heroes and Villains show at RPS Collective in Oakland running from April 3rd to April 25th.

The words in the banner are old style Vietnamese "nom" character writing. No one uses this kind of writing anymore, but many classic Vietnamese literature was written with "nom" characters or Chinese characters. Anyway, the characters say "Seven Strange Nights" or something to that effect.

This could be a cover for a potential story I suppose! :D It is so hard to do paintings. I had to go through may three different pencil and ink drafts before I was ready to paint. And even then there are still some mistakes. -_-;

My favorite part to paint was the bleeding hand. I bought a new tube of Winsor Red for this illustration. Now I really like to use this red paint in almost everything. I think I'm on a kind of kick on red at the moment. XD;

Created with ink, gouache, and watercolour.

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~83aska Apr 13, 2009, 8:25:06 AM
stalker cats in the back looks sooo evil :)

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mada mada dane~
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=spectrosity Apr 13, 2009, 8:29:17 AM
AHH this is so cool. I love the composition of this piece. It's so delightfully creepy ahaha XD :heart:

I like the bleeding hand, too. Mostly because everything else in the picture just kind of insinuates a scary situation. The cut off arm and bleeding hand actually propels that thought! It's great, really :]
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~thepapermouse Apr 13, 2009, 8:47:19 AM
That whole moment with the cat in the v-neck sweater is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread.
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~inui Apr 13, 2009, 9:21:46 AM
<3 I love this picture! Full of motion and makes me want to know the story behind all the characters!!

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~SilverLupa Apr 13, 2009, 12:27:18 PM
*A* Looks interesting!
I like how you're able to use so much black without it all bleeding into each other. Love that cat mask, too.
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~StandorDie Apr 13, 2009, 1:40:44 PM
haha i like this!
it has something...old style to it and haha yeah the bleeding hand
and haha, my Vietnamese friend was impressed with the 'nom' haha
anyway, nice stuff and colours and guh~
<3
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=piksoyp Apr 13, 2009, 6:43:47 PM
I love this piece! Not that I don't say this about all your work.
It really contrasts your other pieces in the sense that this one uses more dark and subdued tones as opposed to your other work.
I don't even know what else to say, I reallly love this one. I didn't think I could love your work more <3
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~taretarekun Apr 13, 2009, 7:17:53 PM
Red kink is awesome. <3 I really love the sharp contrast in this, and the lively assortment of your figures. And of course the staring cats are so awesome.
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~poyozodoll Apr 13, 2009, 11:04:12 PM
i love this picture^^
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