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Tuck me in beneath the blue Beneath the Pain Beneath the rain Goodnight kiss for a child in time Swaying blade my lullaby On the shore we sat and hoped Under the same pale moon Whose guiding light chose you Chose you all

Lyrics from The Poet and the Pendulum, written by Tuomas Holopainen Art by me (while listening to the song)

This kid is so damn cool when he fights. 

Still life study of a flower from a dying bouquet, under the window light.

The vulnerable truth beneath...

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I was listening to Empire Ants as I was about to fall asleep, so an image suddenly and randomly flashed in my head. (When the music changes beginning from 2:12) 

You know, when you see a dream, even if it is meaningless you get really touched by it. So the same happened to me with this one and I felt like drawing what came to me. The image in my head was so blurry though. I had to make it concrete, which was tough. I'm not even sure if it was Noodle that I saw.

Anyway, I hope you like this speed painting.

We were designing album covers for a class, so I chose to do one for Dead Can Dance’s latest album Anastasis. The first project I worked so hard on since I started studying graphic design.

This painting is quite small (smaller than A5 I believe) with miniature details, which you see enhanced here. I used tiny brushes to make it and applied the paint in many thin layers. I would have wished to show you the physical piece. Unlike big paintings, you need to hold this close to you and get closer and closer to see each detail. I love that.

I am immensely captivated by early Renaissance landscape art. How they paint each tree and rock, the bizarre architecture, the blue mountains far away, the silence and magic… It just feels like somewhere I know and very real. This is a painting that come about because of those feelings.

Sadly I still lack a name for it. Well, maybe...

Castle of Alchemists, 2020