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The Dark One

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May I tell you how much I love Mr. Dark from FABLES? Yes, I dooooooo.

He eats teeth and makes dead owners of said teeth into his slaves (his "witherlings") when he spits them out. In FABLES, he represents every version existent of the Boogeyman, even referred to as 'Dullahan' by the North Wind -- he feeds on humanity's fear.


Just, just read the issues with him. You'd think he's a campy character by the way he talks and dresses. But he's so confidently eviiiillllll with himself. :love:

And so, I just had a random idea where he's just killed a bunch of people and slowly eating them all, teeth encircling him. Or something. It sounded better in my head 8D

Done with India ink, pastels and Copics. Just a tad of touching up on Photoshop.


Mr. Dark (C) Bill Willingham/Mark Buckingham/VERTIGO
Art (C) :iconjadiner:
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:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Impact

I love the colors and details with the teeth. I also like how you were able to still Mr. Dark's existence in this, since black can kinda consume most of the background. I also like his profile, it shows the confidence he always had in the comic. The skull was a bit hard to make out at first, but looking back right now. There's an excellent affect with the decay and dematerialization. The colors do look a bit smudged on his face but it in a way helps bring out in the details of his thin facial expression and skeletal structure.