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Welcome to the Shredded Lands, wanderer. If you are here, I guess you already know me. I am the First Born of this dying world, Ruler of Chaos, Bringer of Hope and Dark Light of Freedom... I am the Great Duchess of Asuras, Lady Odessa Shadowclaw. Now, don't be afraid... Come closer, let me tell you a story... The story of the Shredded Lands...

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Day of rotten luck by DameOdessa

“Toi aussi, t'as raté la marche…?” Sorry for not being very active these late days. Actually I’m pretty active behind my screen, working on many illsutrations, but I do not post that much… I’m more in a experiment and test thingie ^^“ So this is Rose in a bad day at the office as you can guess it. Who said archeology was just a matter of studies?

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No easier way, they said, geez by DameOdessa

Hi, there o/Finally time to post some new works on my gallery, so here is a kind of counterpart for www.deviantart.com/dameodessa/…Obviously, this time it features Val exploring a Xoltec tomb and fighting bravely against what he fears the most: dirt and dust

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Working on a new illustration featuring Rose and here is the almost done digitally inking stage which truly took much more time than when I usually did it with a mere pencil XD

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Some flat colors for the other illustration featuring Rose and Val o/ I’m truly enjoying painting these two, amazingly funny and relaxing!

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Exsilium: Remnants by DameOdessa

Weel, that was not the composition I was planning to color first but… So here is a try for a new inking/lining style and a new coloring technique. I was looking for something very eye-catching with a comics feeling and most of all easier and faster ^^’ I’m pretty happy how it turned out, it has a old school thingie I like a lot. Obviously, once again it features Rose and Val exploring an Atlantean sanctuary under the desert of Mazirka.

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Just a quick update with the whole color basis, truly funny to paint this way o/

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Just a WIP for fun because I truly enjoy testing this new style and new coloring technique ^o^

Once again Rose and Valerian in a composition with a movie/comi-like feeling to depict and sum up one of their trip ;)

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The background makes the difference °v° This is almost finished, finally….

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Still working on it ;A; But at least the shading of the characters is now done! ♥

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Slowly working on it, it will be a long and hard illustration to finish I’m afraid ^^”

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Exsilium by DameOdessa

This is a quick sketch featuring Rose and Val as tomb raiders which is quite honestly what could describe them the best. Rose is fascinated by ancient history, mostly when linked to alchemy, though she is a princess, she has no problem climbing, diving, fighting among dust and mud if necesseray. She loves exploring ruins, hidden temples and forgotten places.

val is… Val. What else. He is a teacher, always obsessed by his books, forgetting that there is a world outside the library, so usually Rose kidnaps him during her trips. But yes, even in tombs, Val has to be fancy (and to complain about how dangerous and dirty it is…)

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Sketch: Ariok’s head by DameOdessa

Just a quick study for a possible design of Ariok, Zephaniah’s mount in Elysium. Still working with some ideas, studies, designs at work while painting bigger illustrations during free time

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Quelque chose me dit que cette illustration va être très très longue…

(en plus je n’ai même pas encore défini le design de Demian, ça va être drôle de lui en improviser un…)

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Next illustration I’m working on.

As I’m not used to do a composition with many characters I’m presently just trying to get the proper effect, considering the different heights of the characters, the perspective (which will be a disaster as usual) the background etc etc…

So far this is more or less what I was expecting for this particular scene in which Zephaniah of Elysium meets Stephen Karsler in a place known as the Garden of Butterflies. Let see how the linart will look…

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Sketch: Journey of a Queen by DameOdessa

I began this little sketch on March 13th. This day is the anniversary of the release of Journey. I’ve never played the game but I’m currently listening to the OST. Again and again… This is for me the best music I’ve ever heard! And this song! I’ve seen several magnificient fanarts here on dA and watched awesome videos about Journey. It is enchanting, epic, moving, sad and so touching. So here is a little tribute for this stunning creation. As I didn’t want to totally misrepresent the game itself I chose to create a little crossover fanart, featuring my Queen, Zephaniah, in an outfit close to the traveler’s. I’ve always had the feeling Journey was an aerial, ethereal game so I thought it would perfectly match Zephaniah, who is also the Queen of a desert kingdom. I hope you like it <3

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Sketchdump by DameOdessa

So, here is something I usually rarely show.

But first of all, a little story. For Christmas, I got a lovely sketchbook from @neithy with a very interesting paper. And… well… at first I didn’t even try to use it ^^“ but finally one day, I began to sketch a portrait… and I just couldn’t help but drawing the whole day XD

Plus, little detail, I kept with a lot of love the wonderful tombow I won from the contest hold by Krukof2 and that was the perfect day to try them too !

Now, I’m addicted XD I just can’t imagine spending a day without drawing a little sketch in this book :3

So it was the story of the day, now some explanations about the drawings o/

1) Riley O’Connor : headhunter and mercenary, he only believes in money and his abilities. For him, the world id divided between him and potential preys. Sarcastic, proud, quite irritating, none however would dare to underestimate his skills.

Simple fact : though he seems to hate the whole world, only his half-brother can get from him more than despite.

2) Riley’s half-brother (sorry, the problem with this OC is I have many ideas for his name and could choose only one ^^”) : despite his height and appearance he is far more gentle, nicer, kinder and patient than Riley. Truly, the kind of friend you always find for laughs and tears, the perfect confident. He has a massive strenght and sometimes can be really clumsy but he is a good-nature and the only one able to hold Riley in check (just a detail : Riley is the elder )

3) Corvinia : the seductive daughter of a demon lord, she is ruling a secret society mostly fighting against préjudices… and Inquisition. Corvinia is stubborn, sometimes cute like an angel, usually moody but always determined. She sincerely believes than demons, humans, elves and other peoples could peacefully live together. She would even show the example.. after all she fell in love with an Inquisitor.

4) Maximilien : the youngest and most talented Inquisitor from the third dawn, becoming officer only at 13. He is said to have the face of an angel and the ferociousness of a monster. On the battlefield he can kill legin of demons without a single expression on his face. But in everyday life, Max is a lovely personn, benevolent and generous. He has a strange hobby which is fishing (and a rotten luck…). He is deeply devoted to El and believes that the dogma of the Third Dawn is the only way to protect people from Evil. Until the day he meets Corvinia… Now, some questions haunt his mind (and Jack the little jealous pumpkin would love to haunt his spirit for seducing reluctantly his mistress.)

5) Abelard : one of the supreme knights of the Third Dawn, leader of the western company of the Inquisition, he is considered as fierce, intransigent, madly devoted to God with a total hatred for demon (his scar comes from a “joke” of Asmodeus). He is also Maximilien’s instructor, mentor and almost father as he was the one who discovered and the orphan and raised him. To some extente, Abelard would probably see him as his potential successor. Thought he is a monster with non human beings, Abelard he very protective toward widows, orphans and kids in general and despite his appearance people trust him and feel grateful for his fight to protect them.

6) Swords, jewels, symbols… when there is few blank areas I always put this kind of little designs just to train. And you also have a cute little kodama, a wood spirit o/

Oh yes.. I know, there are a lot of mistakes about proportions, anatomy, perspective, I’m sorry for this. But these are just sketches, for fun and training, I’m still learning ;)

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Something I rarely show on the net (mostly because I forget to do the captures quite honestly ^^“) so here is a WIP of my latest work, step by step. As you can notice it I’m not very organized it is mostly "I paint as I feel inspired” and that’s all ^^“