Happy Holidays, vulgarweed!

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Hello, this is a Secret Artist, with the gift for vulgarweed!

title: a day in 1097
recipient: vulgarweed
rating: gen
hastur & ligur shenanigans
warnings: none, i guess? non-explicit demon nudity perhaps?



After a long day of


tempting priests,



looking for Crawly,



and poisoning wells,



it's nice to be home!

Language assistance:
Follow the women [who are you again?]
Wrong snake
East or west - Hell is best

Comments

[autisticaziraphale]

This is brilliant! The style is perfect for what you've chosen to do, and the pictures themselves are hilarious. All of them are great, but in particular I love "Looking for Crawly" and "East or West, Hell is Best." There is something hilarious (but also strangely endearing and charming) about that concept, combined with the art. Amazing job!

[secret_kraken]

Thank you very much!!! I'm glad I managed to convey this vibe, bc "hilarious but strangely endearing" is my default feeling towards Good Omens :')

[macdicilla]

AAAAh I love this art style!! So perfect!

[secret_kraken]

Teeeheeee!!! :D thanks!

[eddiethemediocre]

I'll be the first to admit, I love Hastur and Ligur. You've captured them perfectly, and the art style is gorgeous.

[secret_kraken]

thank you very much! <3

[(Anonymous)]

A ewwww the style is GREAT!! I like they have wings! And the typography suits It beautifully.

<3" WRONG SAKE" <3 Aaaaa a aaaaa!!

[secret_kraken]

XDDD thanks! I really enjoyed making this :D

[(Anonymous)]

Omg, those are BRILLIANT!
They really look like old murals, with the style and the textures and the decorative ornament-frames.
And the colours are so beautifully vibrant!
I especially love Hastur's design.
And Gods, did I laugh at the "Wrong Snake" XD
Though the "Who are you again?" is also hilarious :D
The authentic style of the drawings add up to the jokes, too.
A really awesome and well-done present, I bet your recipient will love it! <3

(sorry, I have no Dreamwidth account. this was Staubengel talking :) )

[secret_kraken]

Thank you a lot! I'm a big fan of Romanesque art, and I enjoyed an opportunity to play with it style-wise.
Hehe, just everyday business for two sneaky demons! :D

[vulgarweed]

OH MY....SOMEONE THESE ARE INCREDIBLE!!!

I absolutely adore the character design and color schemes so much - it's perfectly in keeping with medieval demonological iconography but it also has a sort of very modern appeal (just like my favorite Lurkers themselves, not quite getting the hang of modernity). The borders and backgrounds just bring out the colors of the characters in such a striking way...and they are SO CUTE how did you manage that? Is that a shy sidewise glance that Hastur is giving Ligur in the "poisoning the well" one - look at his little hoofsies! Look at little pink chub Ligur.

"Wrong Snake" is hilarious - did they go through every single snake they found, I wonder? maybe that's what really got rid of the snakes in Ireland....

and I love the unimpressed clergyman in "Follow the Women" - who are you again? I can just imagine Hastur about to go full-on bellow DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM????? The women are very pretty, I love their scarves and hairstyles. Again, they look very early-medieval and also contemporary at the same, I don't know how you do that witchcraft but I'm very, very impressed and delighted.

Thank you SO MUCH, Secret Artist! This is everything I hoped for and so, SO much more! <3

[vulgarweed]

OH CRAP I almost forgot - the cozy, friendly, relaxing at home vibe of the last one is so very welcoming. I would almost like to put up my hooves and have a glass of infernal wine with them, except I'd be more likely to be in the cauldron. I love the expressionless faces of the boiling sinners, it's so in keeping with medieval art (ho hum, another eternity of agony. I think I left the stove on. It doesn't matter.)

:D

[secret_kraken]

Waaaaaa, I'm really happy that you like it!!! I spent some time looking at Catalan romanesque murals and mostly drew my inspiration from there; and it in itself looks very modern to our eyes. It was a lot of fun to play with this stylistic :D
Hehe re: that last picture, it just seems to me that Hastur & Ligur, unlike Crowley, genuinely enjoy their jobs and going home to Hell.
I had a blast creating this art, and I'mm super glad that you enjoyed the subject matter and the execution! <3 Happy holidays!!

[maniacalmole]

THIS IS AMAZING
AND BEAUTIFUL
THEY JUST PICK UP RANDOM SNAKES UNTIL ONE TALKS TO THEM AND SAYS IT'S CRAWLY
THEY HAVE HELL'S EQUIvalenT OF 'THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME'

[secret_kraken]

Hahaha thanks! I\m glad you enjoyed my lil jokes :D welp, and I think Crowley didn't really want to be found XD

[notaspacealien]

Secret artist!! Ican't believe I'm saying this but you made Hastur and Ligur so CUTE!! Love this art!! I love how it's stylized!!! Love it!!!

[secret_kraken]

Thank you! :D My goal is achieved, then! I wanted to make them cute. If you look at some medieval art, demons are downright ADORABLE <3

[hsavinien]

Ahhahahhahahah, these are great! Well done on the style. A bit reminiscent of "What We Do in The Shadows".

[secret_kraken]

hehe thank you! Well, every dark creature has a routine business to attend to and a cozy home to return to at night :D

[lunasong365]

I love your style and the beautiful colors in this art!

[(Anonymous)]

Brilliant!
The choice of style is perfect and it's so well done!
Borders, colors, and this so original design for Hastur and Ligur! Congrats, dear artist!

[lvslie]

Ohh, this is amazing! xx