Soul Eater - Photo Manipulation

 

MCN: CW9GY-GPCUJ-GMERQ

My interpretation of Nicholas the Slide from the Sword of Truth series (Naked Empire)

I've always been fascinated by Nicholas the Slide because he seems such an evil character and at the same time he is utterly tragic because of the way he has been 'modified' and the pain it caused him then and until the end. His mantra in the story is "Hate to live, live to hate" which says it all as far as I am concerned.

Credits

Model

• A5092S by arachnid5

Stock

• and more birds by mimose-stock
• Open Bird Wing by DawnAllynnStock
• feather stock 6 by dark-dragon-stock
• Crow Feather Wings Stock by RockStock
• Emu Feathers Macro by kayne-stock

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Feather Brushes PS - 01 by silinias
• Feather Brushes 02 - PS by silinias

All other brushes, textures, stock images my own.

Slide

Image to accompany my poem Slide.

The title 'Slide' came to me and I didn't quite know why at first. It's such an odd title for a poem, but it wouldn't go away. I then realised that it was inspired by a character in the Terry Goodkind series of books 'Sword of Truth'.  The Slide is a kind of soul eater and it can devour the soul of someone and use it to his/her own advantage.

The photo collage didn't turn out at all like I had planned it. Not that I am unhappy with how it turned out. LOL It's one of those images that grew and changed under my stylus as I put it together.

I am still quite new to photo manipulation and sometimes find it hard to find the right tools to do what I want, on the other hand I love the discoveries I make on the way.

I have used the following stock:

Model, vintage image from M3ment0M0ri
Curtains, stock image from LunaNYXstock
Negative image (to make the film at the bottom) from ArtOfDecay-Stock

Fire, stock images from shin-rhys

The photos/images used in the 'film roll' at the bottom are all my own, so are several of the background/textures.

I have also used the following textures:
Sirius_SDZ
buzillo-stock
amorosaBlack

The image is featured on RB in their featured art category:

Featured in the Photo Manipulator's Group on Redbubble:

And Feature in the community post Inspiration: Fantasay Art on Redbubble: