Golden Rain by HelevornArt on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

~ Golden Rain ~

The sun radiates behind him, tracing his contour in dazzling yellow. The rain still pours in small thick drops, bouncing off his bronze cowl, off the messy vines of mahogany hair coiling upon his shoulders, forming around him a halo of pulverized gold.

This man before me is that child whose life I stole two summer ago when I turned a nobleman into a slave, a devout priest into a skeptic, a wide-eyed erudite into a survivor. All for an experiment that I thought would bring some meaning to this life. But perhaps I am the one who has been experimented on. Whether he knows it or not, he has changed me too. For there is something about his very presence that makes me feel... alive.
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Finally, after 2 years of not touching a paint brush, here is my first work in acrylics! Not as bad as I had expected, I must say ^^

This is Aidan. The illustration is based on a description of him in the words of Yngvar. The excerpt doesn't appear in the novel or in any short-story as of yet, but it's part of a bigger piece that gives some insight into Yngvar's perception of Aidan, of his motivations and of life in general. This must be the most sentimental thing he has ever thought about someone xD

I had forgotten how smooth a painting can be compared to coloured pencils and how much freedom you feel knowing you can add as many layers as you want. I won't stop at this, but instead I'm planning to make a painting for each of my main characters. Next are Yngvar and Rannveig, and hopefully my paintings will get better and better.