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Submitted: March 28, 2011
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Slavers: The Men of Lengby *Ito-Saith-Webb

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Conceptual

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The mouths of the men who came from it to trade were too wide, and the way their turbans were humped up in two points above their foreheads was in especially bad taste. And their shoes were the shortest and queerest ever seen in the Six Kingdoms. But worst of all was the matter of the unseen rowers. Those three banks of oars moved too briskly and accurately and vigorously to be comfortable, and it was not right for a ship to stay in port for weeks while the merchants traded, yet to give no glimpse of its crew. It was not fair to the tavern-keepers of Dylath-Leen, or to the grocers and butchers, either; for not a scrap of provisions was ever sent aboard. The merchants took only gold and stout black slaves from Parg across the river. That was all they ever took, those unpleasantly featured merchants and their unseen rowers; never anything from the butchers and grocers, but only gold and the fat black men of Parg whom they bought by the pound. And the odours from those galleys which the south wind blew in from the wharves are not to be described. Only by constantly smoking strong thagweed could even the hardiest denizen of the old sea-taverns bear them. Dylath-Leen would never have tolerated the black galleys had such rubies been obtainable elsewhere, but no mine in all Barth's dreamland was known to produce their like.

They leaped as though they had hooves instead of feet, and seemed to wear a sort of wig or headpiece with small horns. Of other clothing they had none, but most of them were quite furry. Behind they had dwarfish tails, and when they glanced upward he saw the excessive width of their mouths. Then he knew what they were, and that they did not wear any wigs or headpieces after all.
— H.P. Lovecraft, “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath’

The first of Six character Pin Ups for my Dreamquest Project. I had to do a bit more storytelling telling in this one as to show the Men of Leng's true Intent.

I feel that this is not quite finished and really need to come back in and clean it up.

Edit: I am finally finished with this piece. I have made a lot of changes especially with the Leader Leng man, added more textures and a lot of refinement work. Hope you like it.

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*MartinSilvertant Jan 24, 2013 Professional General Artist

I think a bit more sky would do the composition good but I love the tense atmosphere and the sense of motion.

*Ito-Saith-Webb Jan 24, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I would agree, actually this painting has been bugging me of as late. So ya I think dropping the horizon would have been better.

*MartinSilvertant Jan 25, 2013 Professional General Artist

What I did realize is that the high horizon also causes a tense atmosphere. I find it intriguing however that this is a rather uncomfortable kind of tensity. It adds to the concept of the painting but not necessarily to the painting, if you manage to understand the distinction I'm trying to explain. It begs the question that if art is something you like to look at, can that which makes you uncomfortable still be art? I submit that it can but the experience is very subjective.

~EmmetEarwax Aug 23, 2012

There is no reason for anybody to go to Leng and gamble on getting out alive ! The "men" of Leng, the huge spiders and their ingenious traps, the moon-toads -and, above all, the priest-Thing in that prehistoric stone monastery ! He wears a viel of yellow silk on his - face ! Lovecraft never said WHAT he was ...

~EmmetEarwax May 13, 2012

Yes, whenever I read a narrative, ANY narrative, for the first time, a picture forms in my mind and it stays the same every time I read. This is close to what I envisioned when I read the novel.

Several Dunsanian stories were linked to the novel, never published in Lovecraft's lifetime.

*Ito-Saith-Webb May 13, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

~bouncingdynamo Jul 16, 2011 Professional Artist

You've done a great job with this one. You've made the slavers a bit more human than I would've, based on their description, but it's quite an enjoyable interpretation. Also: three-eyed fish! What a great idea!

That guy in the front sure looks like he loves his job.

*Ito-Saith-Webb Jul 17, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks

*truewill Jun 5, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Marvelous.

*werewolfsfan May 27, 2011

Excellent and my I say very appropriate for Lovecraft?

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