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Violin Lessonsby *Agent-Elrond

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

Violin Lessons for the Prince of Hell

It times long past the Prince of Hell was prone to fits of gloominess. He would mope about the inner circles of Hell, paying no heed to his business or duties, and generally being what we on earth call a "wet blanket."

Then one day the Prince, in his gloominess, stepped upon a fiddle someone had left lying in the hall. When he went to pick it up it bit him, much to his surprise and consternation. And when he did find the fiddle's owner you can be sure he had some very stern things to say to her. But she only tweaked his nose and told him to stop moping so, as it did not become a prince, let alone the prince of such a notable place as Hell.

Now the Prince, whose name was Sepherus, had not had his nose tweaked him many thousands of years, and was unsure how to respond. The fiddle's owner, whose name was Grimbald, Queen of Dreams, took his silence as agreement, and offered to teach him how to play the violin. And since Grimbald did not understand the concept of "no, thank you" in those days, that is exactly what she did. By the afternoon she had Sepherus fiddling merrily, and quite out of his moping.

Next she is planning on teaching him how to dance.
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One thing I'd like to make quite clear right away is that Sepherus is the prince of a very different Hell than most Judea/Christian folks are used to. He is the overlord of Ratheal and Macheval, and a good many other people as well. And yes, Grimbald could have turned him into a fluffy, white bunny if she had wanted to.

This piece took… a long time. I had no references, which made things both easier and more difficult at the same time. I was trying for some tricky lighting, and at the same time trying to keep Grimbald sort of separate from things (Grimbald is very blue, and Hell is not a blue place at all, though it looks like she has brought a little of her own blueness along anyway).

Art and related prose © me, 2008, some rights reserved.

This picture was done with Prismacolor colored pencils on 9"x12" illustration paper, and appears on page 90 of my Black Book.
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!AGBBibag Apr 8, 2009

i love the wings!!!!!!!!!!

*Agent-Elrond Apr 8, 2009 Traditional Artist

Thanks, I was very proud of them.

!AGBBibag Apr 8, 2009

so you should be!

!Fiendheart Apr 21, 2008

very empic....one of the best fantasy themes...speaking of fantasy....it looks like a scene from final fantasy VIII

*Agent-Elrond Apr 22, 2008 Traditional Artist

Thank you so much!

I actually haven't played FF VIII, so I guess that's a coincidence.

!Fiendheart Apr 22, 2008

np^^!!!!

~vladimirsangel Apr 20, 2008 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

An amazing concept: and such an accomplished, well-knit story, too! I just love this. Something about the interaction between the characters is just irresistable here.

*Agent-Elrond Apr 20, 2008 Traditional Artist

Thank you so much, I'm really glad you like the story too; it was fun to write.

~randomworks Feb 23, 2008

oh dear. i can only imagine how long this took you. everything is opaque, which would have taken several layers to build up, not to mention elaborate detail!

very well done.
the blue lady, Sepherus, looks and sound very much like one of my aunts, which is amusing. being as i have to point out something wrong is the fact that i can't find anything. maybe the fact that the demon isn't looking at his violin, yes, that's it!

haha! now you have to redo it and fix that mistake! no, i'm kidding.

and without any referrance.... wow!

~hashisher Mar 15, 2008

As a very minor unsolicited correction, the blue lady is Grimbald. The red gentlemen with wings is Sepherus.

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