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Year of the Serpent by ~radiationboyy:iconradiationboyy:


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Submitted: January 15
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After many grey hairs, kicks in the rear and nights of using my sweat to fuel my gas lamp (the heat has become intolerable lately :() I managed to get my submission in to the [link] 2008 Calendar for my theme of The Month of the Serpent.

First off - yes, there are only YEARS of the Snake as far as I have been told but in this regard, the different animals were assigned to hopefully corresponding months and I got The Serpent...which was exciting and it bent my mind thinking up something :D So it was a month for each Zodiac Year.

Initially, I unfortunately got bogged down with problems at home and realignments that had to be done, and I only managed to get this piece completed 2 weeks into January after spending 90% of my work leave working on this. Then, to crown it all - my tablet packed up on me after 4 years. So I apologize to those that have had to wait for my submission.

After alot of ideas, I had to narrow myself down to what I would be able to complete in my given time, so I settled on a character I thought up whilst getting info about people born under the Snake...I was attracted to the elegant, mystic, wise, secretive and possessive aspects that I saw. It conjured up the idea of a mage-like character residing in his sanctuary, relaxing after studying his many grimoires and rituals.

Again, something quite new for me as even with my Voidstrider, whilst it was coloured, it didn't exactly feature a complicated background - I thought this would be the ideal time to experiment with something like that and what can I say...why stop now, time for more of my attempts at colouring :nod:

Gotta love babies in jars.

Here is the link to the Calendar Download (in pdf format, about 5mb big): [link]

Here are the links to some of the other Calendar submissions from my fellow DeviantArt friends:

Year of the Horse [link] by *kitty-cat-angel :iconkitty-cat-angel:

Year of the Rat [link] by ~snargo :iconsnargo:

Year of the Bird [link] by *ZeroExile :iconzeroexile:

Year of the Monkey [link] by *slinkyonion :iconslinkyonion:

Year of the Tiger [link] by ~Supensaa-kun :iconsupensaa-kun:

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`GH-MoNGo:iconGH-MoNGo: Jan 15, 2008, 1:34:04 PM
Wow, this is superb! Nicely done!

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~Zephind:iconZephind: Jan 15, 2008, 1:37:02 PM Mood: Joy
First comm- stroke by a lightning! :lmao:

Now, this is something quite different from you! the style, more fantasy just made me wow... The detail of the smoke and pipe are excellent. Very dreamy place! :D

Mah mother is serpent btw, lolz XD

:+fav: A new update from an amazing artist!

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~Zephind:iconZephind: Jan 15, 2008, 1:46:51 PM Mood: Stupefied
No, not first comm- Stroked again by a lightning!!! XD

Second comme- *BOOOM!!!!!*

I feel silly today. :)

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*Gibbo18:iconGibbo18: Jan 15, 2008, 2:10:56 PM
Very sleek stuff boet, diggin' the little details like the snake-smoke (or 'smake' for short! 8B), runes in the ceiling, an' the little goblin thingy on the crystals.

That's a helluva 'garden' he's got there, looks like one step off the path could be rather fatal. 8T

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~radiationboyy:iconradiationboyy: Jan 15, 2008, 2:11:44 PM
Thank you man! That means alot to me :nod:

Haha, first comment goes to you

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~aperfectmistake:iconaperfectmistake: Jan 15, 2008, 2:12:27 PM
Very nice work. I love the detail you put into everything, even the background looks amazing. Great work, as always.
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~radiationboyy:iconradiationboyy: Jan 15, 2008, 2:16:08 PM
Thanks dude! - yup yup, quite different indeed and its a cool thing to be able to get the chance to deviate from what I'm used to. I was born an Ox...how boring eh :/

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=raerae:iconraerae: Jan 15, 2008, 3:28:52 PM
Very nice settting. :) And good use of colors.

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~FXMorph:iconFXMorph: Jan 15, 2008, 11:51:58 PM
Nice and eerie. I like the mood of this one. Something you might find in a Tolkien book. I love the smokey snake from the pipe and those boots, I want some. :)

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~Eskimo-Evn:iconEskimo-Evn: Jan 16, 2008, 9:17:50 AM
amazing as always dude ^^

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