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flies cover by ~Pontiff-of-Zargos:iconPontiff-of-Zargos:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Macabre & Horror

©2006-2009 ~Pontiff-of-Zargos
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Well, since I havn't had time to actually paint in ages and ages, I've decdided to upload some old stuff just for the sake or doing... something. This was a cover illustration I did three years ago when I was in school, for Lord of the Flies.

It's pretty big departure from my usual work, and as I remember, it wasn't recived very well. The criticism being that t was kind of flat and monochromatic. Criticisms I quickly dismissed formyself because that's what I was going for. The other was that is was a pretty simplistic image, and I wasn't think latterally or anything. That one I will grant. Whatever though, I've always rather liked it so here it is.

The medium was ink and torn up paper, as per a lot of my stuff

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~erkue Mar 14, 2006, 6:07:10 AM
Damn this is good!!
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*tiamat9 Mar 14, 2006, 11:19:40 AM
I love the form, details, and muted tones. Exquisite style. Grim and atmospheric imagery. It really does justice to the book. Excellent composition.

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"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on"-
William S. Burroughs

*TheExquisiteCorpse
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~Nisroc Sep 20, 2006, 6:44:30 AM
It's purely intuitive in its nature. I have always personally been drawn to more simplistic, striking images, and if there were any painting I wanted to be prominently displayed on the front of my book, it would be this one.
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~blinkers Feb 3, 2007, 7:22:26 PM
this was dismissed? Are you kidding me?!
Really great capture of the feeling of the sow's head. Like i told someone else, everyone who has done a serious peice of artwork on this subject has absorbed everything the book was about. Really well done.
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~Snozzberry4947 Jan 18, 2008, 3:46:07 PM
I think it's a powerful image. I don't see how any other colors would fit into it; whoever criticized your work wasn't thinking. Haha. We just finished reading LOF in class, and I find this to be a wonderful rendition of the tone and feeling of the sow's head.

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Misanthropists unite!
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~PinkMuckoy Apr 4, 2008, 10:04:09 AM
This picture fits the book very well... I like the way the picture interprets the mood of the book. great job, only thing I can find wrong with this is the color of the eyes... which should be black. But great picture nonetheless. XD
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~Astrologic-Chaos May 15, 2008, 1:43:08 PM
This is great! It's bleak, which I love, because it's the same feeling I got from reading Lord of the Flies.

Shame on all those who criticized this. Amazing work. <3

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"Confidence is ignorance." said Foaly. "If you're confident, then there is probably something you don't know." Holly stayed quiet, for she had a sneaking suspicion Foaly was right.
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~kaidragonslayer Jun 6, 2008, 10:13:05 AM
Fine use of texture. Love it! :D
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