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If I were to name this piece, it would probably be called Sheep go to Heaven, Goats go to Hell (from the song by Cake). The point of the drawing is to display my opinion of murders in the name of God that have historically ran so rampant across the earth, and the story of David and Goliath is one of the most famous and justified by people in a general sense. Traditionally, with images containing both good and evil, the good tends to be more of a source of light and evil to shy away from light and lurk in the shadows. In this image, however, the face of the demon acts as a source of light, and the angel exists more away from the light. This is intended to portray the idea that both the angel and the devil are working together to influence the judgment of David, since the notions of heaven and hell, or God and Satan, are both simply creations of institutionalized religion. My self portrait was inserted to signify the ultimate victim of this dynamic of “good” and “evil” working towards the same goal. We as people, as well as myself as an individual, have all felt the effects of this pervasive pre-conceived notion of “God bless these ones, but not those ones.” Hence the possible title: Sheep go to Heaven, Goats go to Hell.

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Adapted images:

Demon from Callot's Temptation of St. Anthony
Angel from Raphael's Vision of Ezekiel
David from Caravaggio's David with the head of Goliath (In keeping with

the sirit of this painting, I replaced Caravaggio's self-portrait in the

head of Goliath with my own.)

This was drawn with an F pencil and charcoal sticks on 40"x50" paper and

took me about 13 hours.
:icondwarfpriest:
Ho-ley crap! That's amazing!

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"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." --Einstein, Albert
:iconshameru:
Hooooly shit John, you're insane. The only, like, comment that I have as far as critique goes? Up on the wing (yes?) of the dragon, there's a spot where the crosshatching didn't come off as consistently as everything else. That's it, though. :D I still hate you for being better than me.

See you tomorrow!
:iconscarletwish:
Amazing blending of all those images, the demon has such energy and movement !

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:jsenn:
To be as light as poppy seeds
free falling on the gentle breeze,
descend upon the devi's ground
and bring the lost souls to their knees
:iconpipinsancestor:
the detail you managed with biro is, as always with your pieces, exceptional, awesome depiction!

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x___[Tokio Hotel fanart obsessive] seeks other .:similar:. to coo over .t.w.i.n.c.e.s.t. and Billa__<3

I sail the Good Ships;
Guns 'n' Handcuffs [Harry/Draco]
Wolfstar [Remus/Sirius]
Closer Than Twins [Billa/Tomi]
:iconfunkcrusader:
thanks it was really fun to be stuck in the art building all night drawing this (im serious it was the best)
:iconwqu10n:
Your sketches are really amazing. Who needs digital art when you can draw good anyway!
:iconfloina:
really good shading man!

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:iconfunkcrusader:
damn straight!

thanks

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June 28, 2006
235 KB
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Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
DiMAGE G600
1/60 second
F/3.3
11 mm
100
Jun 27, 2006, 7:47:55 PM

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