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Knell of the Mire

Final Refined details, textures, and subtle highlights to achieve the final eerie, mournful tone of the piece.

Final

Refined details, textures, and subtle highlights to achieve the final eerie, mournful tone of the piece.

Lights & Shadows Introduced contrast and mood with a first lights and shadows pass, letting the environment feel heavy and believable.

Lights & Shadows

Introduced contrast and mood with a first lights and shadows pass, letting the environment feel heavy and believable.

Flat Colors Laid down the base tones: muted greens and browns of the mire, cold water reflections, and the weathered bronze of the bell.

Flat Colors

Laid down the base tones: muted greens and browns of the mire, cold water reflections, and the weathered bronze of the bell.

Drawing This time I tried to keep a really loose drawing, only focusing on the focal point.

Drawing

This time I tried to keep a really loose drawing, only focusing on the focal point.

Reference Gathering Collected material of old bells, swamps, and ruins to ground the concept in the real world. All reference images are the property of their respective creators and are used here purely for educational and inspirational purposes.

Reference Gathering

Collected material of old bells, swamps, and ruins to ground the concept in the real world.

All reference images are the property of their respective creators and are used here purely for educational and inspirational purposes.

Half-sunken in the stagnant waters of a drowned town rests a bell, its crown barely rising above the mire. The water around it is dark and reflective, disturbed only by reeds and drifting mist. Locals whisper that though the tower is long gone, the bell still tolls beneath the water on moonless nights.

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