Goth in the Storm

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Kennith Oppel's Silverwing Fanart

I've always wanted to draw the final conflict scene between the two protagonists, Shade and Marina, against the two giant cannibal bats , Goth and and Throbb. I think it was the fact that the scene was set inside a storm cloud that made it very dynamic and appealing for me.

It was either watching the trailer for Legend of the Guardians or the trailer for the Silver Surfer that I got this image of Goth emerging from a black storm cloud in epic slow motion. The first set of thumbnails had Shade (and eventually Marina, for when I read the book again I realised I missed her out) with Goth. However I didn't find these dynamic enough. So I thought about it, watched some movies and thought, "Jez'! Wouldn't a P.O.V shot be good!? Like we were the small runty Shade seeing this monster of a bat emerge from the clouds like a winged vision of death coming towards us.". .. yeah, I'm that metaphorical with my thoughts.

Those clouds took an age to figure out, but I got there in the end... well, as best I could.

Those who've read the book will know why there is blue sparks coming from Goth's band. ...


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Goth (C) of Kennit Oppel and the Silverwing Trilogy
Character Design (C) of Myself
Software used: ArtRage 2.6 and Photoshop CS3