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Harlequin Valentineby *Pika-la-Cynique

Digital Art / Other / Macabre & Horror

He will eat your heart.

Unless you eat his first.

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An experiment, for a Valentine's Day piece... ... I don't know what strange corner of my mind this one came one; certainly I have plenty enough on my plate to be working on instead.

Inspired by Neil Gaiman's 'Harlequin Valentine' short story and graphic novel, and visually influenced by--i.e. scandalously ripping-off, or at least attempting to and producing a very substandard emulation of--the art of Dave McKean.
Seriously, he could probably sue.

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Photoshop CS2, pencil lineart and photo incrustations.

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~KJPearl Dec 21, 2012

I love this image. Also, I'm so happy you drew this because I thought I was the only person who had read this book- no one I knew had ever heard of it.

~ElaineRose Mar 23, 2011

Well, this will probably creep around in my brain, laying dormant until the most innocent stimulus will provoke him to launch an attack. In that creepy kind of way, it's a very good image.

!Pavlovas Jan 7, 2011

I love the bizarre body language in this- so surreal and twisted, yet still somehow graceful. Love the story and the drawing goes with it perfectly.

*Pika-la-Cynique Jan 9, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thankyu. Nice to see older work getting poked and 'preciated.

*sssk76 Aug 4, 2010 Professional General Artist

I thought Laurell K. Hamilton when I saw this.

~6dragonfly9 Jan 14, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

The short story was published in "Fragile things", right? Where was the graphic novel published?

*Pika-la-Cynique Jan 14, 2010 Professional General Artist

The graphic novel was a standalone; I think with the usual Vertigo Comics? It's colourful and painterly and very faithful to the text.

~larewenevenstar Jul 15, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

As terrifying as this is, i can't help but love it! You've done such a good job of this, and it's such a good story too! I think Neil would be proud!

*Pika-la-Cynique Jul 18, 2009 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

~Relentless-Marauder Nov 20, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

Really love the story! Colours, composition, and creepiness work perfectly here!

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