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Submitted: May 26, 2006
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"In its lamentations mankind, fearful of the dark, calls for guidance. Lifting a horned head, he listens with his pierced heart, and once more with compassion takes up the task that no one else will try.

It falls to one - the Bearer of the Light."





The original concept of the character of Lucifer from the novel Convivium.
[ Please check my journal for details. ]


If you are curious as to why I decided to depict the most reviled character in the history of consciousness in this way, you may just have to read the book... or simply keep wondering.

I started this painting over a year ago, and only recently picked it back up for revision due to not being able to touch my oils yet. Besides, if anything, then this character deserved to be visualised for all the work that's gone into him on an intellectual level over the past five years.



Photoshop CS
+ close-ups: one | two | three | four | face at 50% of original size
+ appearance based on the description found in Convivium
+ references used for certain body parts
+ I refuse to enter into religious discussions


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I haven't read the book, but I can see why you did this. Lucifer is supposed to be beautiful, and he is here, but you can still see hatred in his expression. It gave me the chills. Brilliant job!

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The foreknowledge of impending potential is a delicious torment...
beautiful work! I love the shading & textures. :D

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riddle! :w00t:-
:star: a man is lying face down, dead on a green surface surrounded by 53 bicycles. why was he killed? :?
What hatred? :confused: In the artist's description it says "he listens with his pierced heart, and once more with compassion takes up the task that no one else will try." This implies that he is not being hateful, but instead kind...

So where do you see hatred?:-?

Oh and I have read the book, it's very good, and I recommend it :nod:

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I'm Like A Needle To The Vein

||Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF, All of my base, Are belong to you :heart:||
I'm so glad to see you've come back on DA ! :)
I love your work so much, I really missed it.

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"This life is too short to do all this work and not do it right" Viggo Mortensen - Ars longa, vita brevis
I never left...

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wow this is done really well! :+fav:
Sorry, haven't read the book. Sounds interesting. But this painting is awsome. Jesus like in appearence, yet his eyes and expreassion are intense. Makes you wonder about his personality and intent. Your paintings are very simple and sharp. This one as well. The foot coming forward adds a lot of depth. Fantastic! - Linda
What can I say .. You're amazing.

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..but if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? - - Carpe - - hear it? - - Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary ;.
Thank you very much. =]

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An excellent read, and a damned near perfect portrayal in my opinion.

Nicely done.

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Just because perfection is impossible, doesn’t mean I've given up attempting to achieve it. :aww:

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