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Tremorworks: Demongate High: Jormungand
Project for ~phoenixsamurai

Jormungand is the World Serpent of Norse mythology. It circles the world along the deep ocean trenches, and holds its tail in its mouth.

...Some idjit went and woke 'im up...
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*JadeThePredator Oct 11, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I really, REALLY like this image. It looks so... surreal, almost.... And the detail of doing every scale makes him look that much more awesome.

Are those the Northern Lights in the eclipsed sky behind him?

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SARCASM
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*rachaelm5 Oct 12, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I had to do a bit of thinking about Jormungand. Phoenix wanted me to try to give some idea of its massive size, so that meant I needed to show the beastie relative to the earth - and with a dramatic view, since Jormungand normally lies in the deep-water trenches that circle the globe. :D

Yes, those are meant to be auroras in the background.

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
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~squidink Oct 8, 2011
It must have been a very determined fisherman who woke up Jormungand, and boy, that world serpent sure got up on the wrong side of bed - poor North America! :wow:

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An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.
-John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez


On a merry jaunt with ~avpalternative and *MindOfLead
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*rachaelm5 Oct 9, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Heh heh heh...

I told you that was super-stinky stink bait. :D

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~squidink Oct 10, 2011
I was thinking what did North America ever do to make Jormungand so angry? Perhaps Thor was having way too much fun fishing a la Pyle's The Fishing of Thor and Hymir :D

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An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.
-John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez


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~Supercroc93 Oct 6, 2011
love the scales.

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Stop these bills: SOPA PIPA ACTA and The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (Has NOTHING to do with child pornography :( ) TELL THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP LYING TO OUR FACES!
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*rachaelm5 Oct 6, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you. :D

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
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~Supercroc93 Oct 6, 2011
you are welcome

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Stop these bills: SOPA PIPA ACTA and The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (Has NOTHING to do with child pornography :( ) TELL THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP LYING TO OUR FACES!
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~dragon-in-night Oct 5, 2011
Wonderful scales. I love snakes but I still can't deal with their scales. :(

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English is not my native language, so I sorry if I confused you.
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*rachaelm5 Oct 5, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you!

I use a curved-line grid layout to place the scales along the body, though I do shape each scale individually.

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