THE BACKGROUNDDDD

this makes me want to draw alchemist like peoples
sept who id do would be female
and less deadified
and shorter and probably a bit chub
and fluffy outfits
lol opposite

Thats a good way to go, chub ftw I guess :P

Don't forget the special Alchemists' guild annual bikini parties.

You ruin everything, Ritts :C

:C

Wow the buildings on this are stunning, Human structures can be quite a pain to draw :3

I generally suck at drawing architecture because I can never make sharp and crispy lines. My buildings are always blurry and slanted. Not to mention that I'm great at ruining even the simplest perspectives. But hey, practice makes perfect... Or at least so they say. :D

Very mysterious and well detailed) Excellent work. I like the character and architecture very much)

Thank you for the compliment, my friend! Your approval is always very flattering. :)

Oooh deserty places and alchemists :D

They rock my world. <3

They are awesome <3

beautiful work and amazing job on the details on the background. I'd just be careful around dogs if I were him.

You know what I first thought? The Death of Rats... ^_^ Very cool picture, I really like the butterfly!

*chuckles* Hey, you're right. I can see the resemblance. :D

*does a little jig* I'm assuming it wasn't deliberate, then?

Well, I only thought about Acao himself when I drew this... But of course I admire Kidby's art, so it's possible that I unconsciously made him look a bit like Mr. Death. I only noticed the resemblance when you pointed it out. :)

Perhaps you could market yourself to Mr Pratchett as the next Kidby? On Monday I'm going to Forbidden Planet and hopefully get couple of my Pratchetts signed by the master himself!! At the very least I can do some unattractive fawning.

Breathtakingly Awesome.

Thanks for the compliment! I appreciate your approval!

Very awesome and classy too

Thank you! *bows deep* ^_^

Welcome dear

not alone that the char looks cool, but the background is a real kick in the ass ^^

Thanks! I tend to suck with buildings. There's no way I could draw any architecture without models or reference pictures.

I got the same problem. I mostly kinda copy and mix up different architecture ^^

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee necromancer X3

it's also nice to see a necro in dark red, than the stereotypical black (with wome little grey).

Black is classic, one can't go wrong with that... But then again, dark red tends to look pretty good as well. :>

Omgomgomg. Thank you! Uh, and sorry for the late reply... I've been so busy it's ridiculous.

And yeah, now that you mention it, he does look a bit like Death - drawn by Kidby, of course. He always draws Death's skull so that it looks very long and mellow.

Hes cute :3

Somehow I'm not surprised to hear that you think so... Your own character designs are quite unique. ^^

lol thanks ^^ I like bonyyyyy not much peoples draw bonys characther.. I luv much Drakolich ..and that special to see a necromancer whit a butterfly and he seem to enjoy them :B

y-you... amaze and astound me highly with this

it´s eerie with grace and magic touch to it. im .. baffled.. really

background... the saintified done background with the seemingly easy done charachter but yet.. wow.

you struck a many nervs and it´s all for the best just seeing this and will be so again and again looking back at it


it´s like in layers; the leafes, the brick wall, the charachter, the city, the sky.. the light... you hit the jackpot on this

Woah, sorry I didn't reply sooner! I have hard time keeping my message center organized... I keep getting distracted by real life events.

That was a really wonderful compliment. Thank you so much! :D

WOAH! UNDER THE WAFFLES! XD your welcome

Well the dude is sure an aged one. Nice light and well you painted a realy nice background to :3 Fave,

I love the juxtaposition between the bony, colorless alchemist and the neon blue butterfly. That to me just makes the picture.

Thank you! And sorry for the late reply... The butterfly was something I added as the last touch, but I think the results would've been as good if I hadn't thought of putting it there. :>

Wow this is cool. Wonderful job on the lighting. Nice work!

Thank you very much, hon! :D

This picture is great, I loved it. This picture is an instant favorite for me!

Thank you kindly! I'm so glad you like! ^_^

"Ah! Just the ingredient I was looking for!"

I love how your characters don't adhere to the traditional dichotomy that most fantasy follows as a matter of course. I love the idea of a laid-back lich (or, if not, pretty darn close to being one!) He looks like he occasionally speaks in simple, unpretentious yet profound haiku, as inspired by the quiet, oft-overlooked aspects of the world around him.

That's him, alright! *excited* He always keeps calm and collected while his liege lord goes on a mad rampage because of some enfuriating little thing or the other. It takes a special kind of person to pause and admire the occasional butterflies in a crazy demon-inhabited world that's always violently expanding by new innovations and bloody conquest.

But he's been around for a good while... At least it looks like he's old enough to see his own bones. Maybe he knows that even after the demons finally wipe each other to extinction, the butterflies will still be there. :)

Quite an interesting personality there. Quite likely his work and research is constantly being put to military uses, but I get the feeling that while he is not saddened or aghast at this, he's...disappointed, likely because what he can do is capable of so much more than merely making somebody's head explode from a thousand paces away. He sees his work as much of an art as a science, and his goal is to uncover truth and beauty, and the more he discovers, the more beautiful he finds the simple things in the world. Sure, he can create entirely new lifeforms, but yet butterflies, so simple a lifeform yet so amazingly complex (for even the mere mechanics of life is a terribly complicated thing), have existed long before he has. For him, there's no good or evil, no right or wrong, just truth and beauty.

Heh, so I think. Either way, you've already shown him to be quite a fascinating and complex character.

Awww so evil adnd creepy looking yet holding a pretty butterfly ^^
I likes!

I'm glad you do! He's not a bad fella at all. :)

holy cow that's awesome!

Thank you! :D

That is compellingly cool and spooky.

I'm gonna make a game I can use your ideas in ;)

I also ought to make a game so I could use my ideas. Like a real... uh, rulebook or something. During the last decade my fantasy world has expanded quite a lot.

This is one beautiful piece of artwork...

And so is your avatar. It makes me giggle. ^_^

Bouncing tits make everyone happy

some time the most evil looking beings are the good guy while the most pretty can be the most evil this is a lesson on it own, Acao is a prime example of this

I've always liked that thought. It's interesting when things are not quite what they seem to be at a first glance. :>

Coool...But...uhm..I don't complain or so, but...he is..uhm...dead?

I'd say that he's got his other foot in grave and the other one in hell. :)

Someone should tell him

Totally awesome Tuuli.
Did you have any explanation about the presence of the butterfly when you drew this ? As I know you know it's the representation of a soul, associated with that necromancer, I am curious to hear the story that made you build that image...

Uhhh... the butterfly. Let's see, um... I really wish I could say that there was something really deep and profound behind it, but when I added the thing I really just thought that Acao might like some company. I do like the idea of the representation of the soul, now that you mention it. Perhaps I should think about that some more. :)

That reminds me - I once saw a really vivid dream in which I was in a spacious dark cave and there was a huuuuuge butterfly trapped inside it. It was flapping its giant wings and trying to get through an opening in the ceiling. It was actually pretty frightening. Speaking of souls and butterflies, suddenly that dream came back to me.

Wow, that dream may have a profund meaning... Or not XD XD
LOL I like your answer, because that reminds me all those interpretations people got about some famous abstract artists, sometimes beautifully built and logical explanations about meaning of life, things the artist has been through... And when you ask the artist, (s)he just wanted to make a line here, and another there because it was nice and it helped making the whole look well-balanced !!! XD XD XD

... Doesn't prevent your pic to be beautiful, and as you see, the subject of many interpretations too.... :) :)

Excellent work!!

Hey, wow. Thanks for the compliment, Chris! :)

ah yes...ALCHEMY!!!

I love all kinds of "ye olde" alchemical symbols... Now that I think of it, I should've used some neat-looking symbols here.

Wonderful the lights and the background make a nice atmospheric moment... and his face, it´s scares me! XD

Oh, don't worry. He's mostly just scary on the outside. ^^

a background is so important to the completion of a whole picture...

*hugs... I like him...

V.

I hate drawing backgrounds, but I always force myself to come up with something.

*hugs* He would like you too, I'm sure. He's not too bad. :)

Whoah, impressive. He looks more like a Lich than an alchemist... :o Sick detailing! :D

I think he might be a lich... of some sort. Acao once visited this little place in the desert and the people living there started worshipping him as the god of draught. I'm not sure he liked that.

amazing!!

Thank you! :>

no prob ^^ . so how do you make the back ground so cool? =D

Unbelievable. Hardly any words for this

Wow, I'll certainly take that as a compliment! :D

another impressive work :3

The next one will be better, I hope. This one started out as a doodle I did when I was roleplaying with my friend... ^^

oh I bet, you're art is amazing <3 I really like this one :3

oooooh intresting fellow =) looks poewrfull.

a butterfly? looks like Thanatos was there ;)

Completely amazing work. It's all just packed with standout details. *purr* :X)

*purr purr* Thank you, my friend! ^^

His character design is AWESOME. Plus the background is total win too. <3 Goodness, your awesome at straight up fantasy. <3

I love fantasy of all sorts. It's so much better than real life. ^^;;

Haha, you can say that again. XO

Beautiful and arcane!!!

Thank you! I was hoping to come up with something like that. ^^

Thats too nifty. Awesome.

You're ability to depict mystic creepiness is awesome.

Oh, but he's a real pussycat. He's like some jolly old uncle who gives bonbons to the children next doors and then amiably sacrifices the youngest one to Tiamat.

Ah, don't you wish you had a role model like that growing up?

this is beautiful! I love the concept <3

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that you like it! My head is full of stuff like that. :)

How can you find the time and patience to comment on art by me when you draw pieces like that !! You are awesome.

I don't see this as anything special. Nice maybe, but not all that different from the stuff everyone else is drawing... But naturally I'm totally flattered by your compliment! Please don't look down at your own work, though. You're very good. :)

This is VERY cool!!

Aw, thanks! It's been a while since I had the time to draw something like this. I really ought to return to the drawing table for reals. :)

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