OgnjenPavkovicArt

OgnjenPavkovicArt OP t1_j1r1f2x wrote

Dark night of the Soul...
Redo of an older piece which I did during Inktober of 2021! This was really fun piece to work on, especially because I made the original version during one of my most darkest periods in life. Because of that, it was a really great honor to come back to that drawing of 2021 and observe how much everything has evolved 😃
Keep going champs, no matter what!!
PS. Hugely inspired by Berserk and it was done traditionally with graphite on paper
For more art you can find me at https://www.instagram.com/ogipavkovicart/

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OgnjenPavkovicArt OP t1_j19puq7 wrote

Reply to comment by GoatHoovesPi in Before Dream! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

If it was only an Christian fiction...I was raised in athiest family and never had much faith when i was a kid, and even worse i didnt even know much about God and religion at all. But also i grew up in a hounted house and had many sightings of paranormal activities and nightmares that tormented me.
To add to the point...Those same paranormal sights had this extreme evil energy in them that i would be frozen from fear.
The only thing which did save me from that were prayers and belief in God :)
Also, thank you mate, im really glad you like it!

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OgnjenPavkovicArt OP t1_j1950j9 wrote

Reply to comment by Boner-b-gone in Before Dream! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

Yes, you have the point and thats a good analysis. Thats how one could interpret history and all. To be frank i cant side with ether point of view. Christians, especially during medieval ages gave just too much on demons and making it all go around them and causing mass histeria while Egyptians and other ancients were causing them self harm by looking at demons as neutral.
Theres no middle in universe and no neutrality. You ether serve the ego-lucifer or you serve life- God, and all you can do is pick the side. If one tries to go neutral, because of universe evolving forward, he will fall behind as a result of it.
And also , demons cant really be neutral. They may not harm you , but in the end they all look to satisfy their own goals and ego ( hence the reason why they had fallen away from Gods light and other angels)

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OgnjenPavkovicArt OP t1_j18797h wrote

Reply to comment by snocown in Before Dream! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

Ah i can understand you...Its really horrifying. I still can remember that feeling of waking up from terrible nightmare , with shivers deep in my bones and in being in room so cold with this tension in air, as if all of love and compassion has gone .
Ive tried to put that expirience in this illustration and just make it nice to look at by composition and so on...

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OgnjenPavkovicArt OP t1_j17dvtv wrote

Reply to comment by osym in Before Dream! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

Thanks! To be frank, i never went this dark and i dont usually like to do very dark with my artwork, just slight dark fantasy...But with this one it was really personal and i had to go really deep with it to describe how scary it was for me when i grew up with heavy nightmares

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OgnjenPavkovicArt OP t1_j17drbv wrote

Reply to comment by Boner-b-gone in Before Dream! by OgnjenPavkovicArt

Demons can be found in all cultures and religions..Christians had just put lots of emphasis on them. But actually its not that much if you look up ancient Egyptians or Babylonians. Those guys were rocking on their own with demons and such xd

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