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Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance,
With the stars up above in your eyes.


Moondance is an art trade with ; it's the continuation of her “Fight with Death” at this [link] . My very first art trade. Ever. *laughs nervously* I hope I reached trade standards… Ok, so this work took me approximately 15 hours to complete (One of my better days, actually). Moondance features the actual engagement between Ysa’s Araseth and my character Exequian (the Angel of Death), lit by an ever-watchful moon. Yes, those are white butterflies flitting against the moons backdrop: To the Chinese, white is the color of death, and to certain Spanish-speaking nations, butterflies appearing at night are terrible omens of doom… All the more appropriate that a mantle of white butterflies trails in Exequian’s wake.

Ysa, I hope you don’t mind… I got carried away drawing Niveus Astrum (for you common folk, that’s Araseth’s sword). Tweaked it a little too much… I’m sorry. ^^; It was too good an opportunity to pass up.

You simply must support Ysa. She’s an extremely talented artist, and the fact she actually gave me a chance (no one else ever considered me ‘worthy’ of an art trade)… I guess I’m in her debt. Visit her at [link]

Oh, and as another note, all parts of this deviation, save the pure black background were done in Staedtler pencils. Even Exequian’s black under-garb that looks pure black was done with a Staedtler 8B, and hasn’t been altered by a computer. I guess I was experimenting with shading techniques here.

~Begin Apology to Ysa (You normal folks can skip this if you like)~

Before further ado, I’d like to submit a formal apology to Ysa…

*falls prostrate on floor* I’m so sorry, Ysa! I know I’m horribly, horribly late! It’s not like me to be this tardy…

*regains composure* My tardiness in working on this dev is mostly because of my transfer back to the provinces… I’m currently preparing for my big move to Canada, so I guess I’ve been absent from deviantart almost 2 weeks. ^^; I hope you understand.

~End Apology~

Araseth is copyright © Ysa
Exequian is copyright © me
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KronosPayne's avatar
that has got to be the sexiest scythe i have ever seen