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Fan Art Friday: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. (No, Really)


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Two weeks back, I featured a handful of less-than-dignified yet irresistibly adorable artistic reimaginings of the slimy, sightless fiends known as Myrddraal. Sadly, it appears my desire to first invent and then snuggle with the entire collectible set of the Dark One's Army stuffed animals is something of an idiosyncrasy. In honor of your requests for fairer treatment of these petrifying creatures, I've decided to give the Halfmen a second chance.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Lurks are back by popular demand!

 

 

 

1. Myrddraal by Josh Hass:

 

To the best of my knowledge, this is the only Wheel of Time art Josh Hass has ever created. Maybe if we show him lots of love in the comments we can convince him to make more.

I love how he puts us in the position of the fallen soldier.

 

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2. Fade by Jeremy Saliba:

 

Jeremy Saliba is one of a handful of licensed Wheel of Time artists. He's contributed cover art to the comic book adaptations of The Eye of the World and also sells prints separately. In fact, if you want this bloodstained monster hanging from your bedroom walls, you can purchase a print here.

 

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3. Myrddraal by solitarium:

 

I've featured solitarium before and I'd bet a Tar Valon mark against Mat that I'll do it again. I love this stylistic representation, though I do think a darker crimson background would have a creepier effect. Then again, maybe I just need to adjust the color balance on my Mac.

 

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4. The Host by Ashley Luttrell (PollyUranus):

 

For some reason, photomanipulations rarely impress me. When they do, PollyUranus often turns out to be the artist.

My fascination with this one crept up slowly. Something about the sickly-colored landscape and the Fade's confident march really freaks me out. I wasn't initially sure how I felt about the pumpkins, but after you stare at it a while, they just seem to belong there.

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i love them... especially #1... its epic :D tho the trollics should have human eyes, not red :)

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Okay, NOW we're talking!

 

The first scene is one of the best I've ever seen period.

Seen the second before.....pretty good.

Third one is another killer style.

....and the fourth is definitely just creepy.

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The first one is incredible. I noticed the Trolloc on the chain leash and really liked it. It adds an extra feeling of bestial fury, like "this one is so ferocious we have to leash it." DANG!

 

What a great scene! (Sucks to be the soldier though.)

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They all look great, although the last one makes me think of Neo with a bad hair day. But that's just me.

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Josh Hass here. I'm glad you all like my Myrddraal! Any suggestions for another piece?

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Josh Hass here. I'm glad you all like my Myrddraal! Any suggestions for another piece?

 

human eyes... other than that... its perfect :D

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Josh Hass here. I'm glad you all like my Myrddraal! Any suggestions for another piece?

 

Welcome! My suggestion is anything and everything that appeals to you in the WoT universe! I'm more a fan of the good guys than the bad guys, personally (and I'm obsessed with anything to do with Mat or the dark/crazy version of Rand). But I'd love anything you decided to do (and probably feature it, too!). Not very specific, I know, but if I get really inspired by a specific idea I just paint it myself (for better or worse) :P

 

(As an aside, I know the trollocs are supposed to have human eyes but I think the effect of the red eyes in the otherwise colorless painting is totally inspired.)

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Josh Hass here. I'm glad you all like my Myrddraal! Any suggestions for another piece?

 

Thanks for posting, Josh! We love it when the artists we feature show up.

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oh i agree, the red eyes make the piece look amazing... theyre just inaccurate to the book... if thats important to you :)

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Great stuff. I would definitely want to see more of Josh Hass’ drawings.

 

The last one seems a bit… like a male model on a runway. I dunno if fades do fashion weeks, but this one seems quite talented for that kind of business. Also, why is his coat streaming on the wind? Isn’t it supposed to stay still?

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Suggestion for Josh Hass:

 

-a battle between few characters that involves the use of One Power.

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Alright I've got a good idea along the lines of iamljubo's suggestion. I'll let you all know when it's complete!

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Alright I've got a good idea along the lines of iamljubo's suggestion. I'll let you all know when it's complete!

 

please do! I can't wait!

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Alright I've got a good idea along the lines of iamljubo's suggestion. I'll let you all know when it's complete!

another one would be of aiel fighting a myrdraal... perhaps the scene when egwene and the girls leave tar valon for tear, and get stoned, and their captors try to sell them to the myrdraal... ending with the fight in a small tower, between several aiel, the myrdraal, the three girls, and nynaeves balefire...

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