A work from among the drawings made in 2021 for my series of books "Smoldering Hell".
Father Enrico and Theophilus with the icon of the Eye of God, winter; cover for the book "Smoldering Hell 5: Bloody Dawns".

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Annotation:

After the events of the previous book, Theophilus has to settle in a country house with Enrico's father. From now on, Theophilus is forced to cook for the exorcist, be obedient to his will and do housework, because the seals on his hands, as well as those inscribed in the house, have firmly protected the goat-legged from freedom. But Sasha is not going to leave Theophilus in trouble, therefore, together with his comrades, he goes on a long journey in order to find the burglar of the cursed seals in order to free the goat-legged from captivity.

I devoted a very large part of the narrative to the psychology of Theophilus' relationship with Father Enrico, and also prescribed psychological portraits of all the characters in even more detail, revealing already known personalities from other sides. Theophilus "goes crazy" and God starts talking to him, Father Enrico strives to be good for the sake of his beloved, Sasha learns to be strong, the Pope falls in love, no one needs Zakaria, and no one likes the new camerarius.

It is known that exorcists usually come to the souls of evil spirits at dawn, because evil spirits are weaker in the light than in the dark. Bloody dawns – then live blood is shed somewhere, and whatever happens on these bloody dawns, they give pleasure to someone, they give flour to someone.
And God, in the meantime, the entertainer is still. Sometimes he's evil, sometimes he's kind, you won't understand him, but he has his own ideas there, looks at the life on the ground - and he seems to be indifferent, but it turns out quite differently in the end. And the heroes of this book have a long way to go, a living personality is changing, for the sake of those who are dear, in life just Ali herself without even knowing it, and each is submissive to love, love guides the life of a reasonable soul and a feeling, the whole world, one only has weight and meaning. I have put a lot of thoughts and work into this book, as well as into the whole series as a whole, and I long for my reader to think about each line of the previous books and especially this one, to transfer what he has learned to his life, to think about his life.

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This drawing in order was the last of all drawn at that time (but I put it out one of the first =\) and is a kind of transitional moment in the growth of my skill (I divide the series of works of 2021 into two periods, this one refers to the end of the first). It's not quite the level that I'm not ashamed to look at, but it's not one that I can't be proud of. I don't know if the difference between this work and, for example, my self-portrait, published not so long ago (I invested in it in full x), as well as drawings drawn by order, is visible from the outside, - but it is visible to me, and I am happy. Of course, skill growth does not happen by itself, it is the fruit of persistent mental and practical work - and there is always a place to develop further, which, in fact, I am doing.


I like the bloody shades