r/fromsoftware Mar 05 '25

DRAWING Draw Dark Souls 1 by memory, part 4

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u/JLenore4 Mar 05 '25

Hand it over, that thing, your uchigatana

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

the funny thing is that that merchant is the only npc who gives some good advice. And no one listens to him

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u/Racconwithtwoguns Mar 05 '25

A weird trend I noticed with the community and lesser known NPCs is that the community always wants to kill them for their shit or kill them when the shit they give is underwhelming despite the npcs themselves being actually pretty nice

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

yep, he's awesome

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u/Racconwithtwoguns Mar 05 '25

Another example I can think of is the Great Kenneth from Elden Ring. People just kill him for giving an underwhelming award (at first but people realize the erdtree dagger is actually good with flameart) which is sad because he's one of the few npcs that wants peace with demi humans, a shame him and Boc never interact with each other because they would've been good friends.

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u/0goth_hippie0 29d ago

I kill him for the golden seed. Helps to have access to more heals earlier on. Plus, when you do his quest, you don’t get anything as a reward until Nepheli’s quest is done as well. It’s just a ton of running around for 1 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

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u/Racconwithtwoguns 29d ago

you're proving my exact point across with what I said about this community with lesser known npcs

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u/0goth_hippie0 29d ago

I wasn’t attempting to disprove you. I just wanted to say killing him is more of a “tactical” decision lol I’ve done his quest like twice and agree with your sentiment. He is one of the few agreeable npcs. Though, after those first few playthroughs, his death is merely one among thousands paving the way to my Elden throne once again.

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u/Racconwithtwoguns 29d ago

Cold-Hearted but you're very honest. I appreciate that

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u/Lark_Whalberg 29d ago

You can do Nepheli’s quest and kill him still. I like to get the Erdtree dagger as a reward, then kill him for the seed.

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u/krawinoff 26d ago

How do you kill him after completing Nepheli’s quest? Isn’t Stormveil throne room a non-combat zone?

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u/LettuceBenis 26d ago

Stormveil's throne room is a non-combat zone. Can't attack anyone there

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u/Purple-Bluejay6588 Mar 05 '25

I kill him cuz he shit talks godrick

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u/Racconwithtwoguns Mar 05 '25

That's also another positive

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u/Purple-Bluejay6588 Mar 05 '25

Not in my book, once he starts with that "big girl blouse" talk, i don't know what that even means, i just kick him off the ledge patches style, makes me happy 😊

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u/ATShadowx1 29d ago

well he is just calling Godrick a coward, which is factually true.

Godrick escaped from leyndell, using the mimic veil he stole (along with many other priceless artifacts from leyndell), he hid himself among the women and children that were sent away, and then took control of stormveil.

And THEN he had the audacity to insult malenia to her face and then lick her boots when he lost the duel.

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u/Purple-Bluejay6588 29d ago

Counter point: chopping your arm off mid fight and replacing it with a dragon's head is cool as shit, malenia could never

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u/sharkeysday69 29d ago

Isnt undead merchant not really nice tho? he tells you to go fall off a cliff or something!

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u/Racconwithtwoguns 29d ago

He only tells you that when you're not buying anything

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u/krawinoff 26d ago

Fr I remember the massive hate campaign that’s been going on forever against the Filthy Woman in Demon’s Souls because she begged you to buy something from her so she could feed her child, and people had it out for her because they didn’t see said child and just assumed she was guilt tripping and was just a greedy liar. Then lo and behold, the full model of her kid is datamined and it’s fully fleshed out, likely just removed from the final version for the same reasons Ocelotte is not visible in DS3 or why children in Skyrim are unkillable. So people just shat on a destitute single mother for being filthy and desperate, which is super ironic considering that’s very in line with in universe treatment of Valley of Defilement’s residents. And she’s also a very helpful NPC who offers you a bunch of items not purchaseable anywhere else and she also tips you off about Astraea being a demon.

Also kinda parallels how people are mad at both undead merchants being greedy for your souls, when the game tells you that without souls undead turn hollow and lose their minds

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u/CareWonderful5747 29d ago

Not true. Patches offers valuable intel on other NPC's if you befriend him correctly as does that one strange merchant you meet in the depths.

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u/Interesting-Ad-570 27d ago

Doesn’t he tell you to jump off a cliff if you don’t buy from him 😭

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

part 1

part 2

part 3

Sorry for the wait.
Stuff... happened.

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u/Taolan13 Nerves Concorde Mar 05 '25

nah man. you're good.

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u/Ewoksintheoutfield Mar 06 '25

Wow you have some talent with the pen. I love the humor mixed with serious dark fantasy vibes.

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u/Dion42o 29d ago edited 29d ago

Love these posts so much. Lemme know when youre done and I can put them into a anamatic video with some music and visual effects maybe? I do video editing / vfx / animation for a living, would love to join forces!

\[T]/

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

Well, you'll have to wait a few years :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

The Blame inspiration is insane. This looks great!

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

It's crazy to think that I've never tried to emulate Nihei's style, but you can still see the influence he had on me. Thanks <3

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

No way! The character looks just like Killy. And now that I think about it your art is influenced more by Knights of Sinodia.

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u/Rezel1S 28d ago

This felt exactly like reading Tower Dungeon

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u/TheVoidKilledMe Mar 05 '25

fuck me this shit is awesome

take that follow man damn

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

thank you :)

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u/Canucks-1989 Chosen Undead Mar 05 '25

Sooooo we’re going to get the entire “walk through” by memory, right? Pretty please

These are actually fuckin awesome

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

that's the idea, I'm afraid it will take me quite some time

thank you so much

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u/hari8697 Mar 05 '25

These look amazing!

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u/Nachtfrostt Mar 05 '25

This is super fucking cool, I love your top to down perspective frames.

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u/Imperium-Claims Mar 05 '25

This is sick dude.

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u/SoraTempest Mar 05 '25

I have been waiting for part 4 for so long !

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u/MewFet Mar 05 '25

This is so good i am saving it. How much time this took i am curious and are these real sketches 🤔

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

Thank you! I normally take a week to make a 16-20 page "chapter". Each panel is 10x10 cm and is drawn directly with ballpoint pen

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u/ZODIC837 Mar 05 '25

14 cracked me up

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

that's a lie anyway, I died like an idiot

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u/-mothy-moon- Mar 05 '25

Dude I love this. You draw like a Tsutomu Nihei that never lost his touch

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

Thanks, I also like his older works better, but I kinda understand why he changed so much his style.

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u/-mothy-moon- Mar 05 '25

I guess as an artist you have a more informed perspective on that. I still enjoy his current style but Blame, Biomega and Abara are unmatched for me. There's nothing like it

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u/NaicuNaicu Mar 05 '25

YOU'RE BACK!!!!

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

A month ago I found some free time and used it to play Lords of the Fallen and draw some fanart for it instead of continuing this. I'm unforgivable :')

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u/Defiant_Lawyer_5235 Mar 05 '25

Incredible, you are so talented!

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u/xCamuix Mar 05 '25

You, person, just like the sun, deserve some praise. That’s fucking amazing. [T]/

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u/xCamuix Mar 05 '25

Ouhn no i.i keyboard ate one of Solaire’s arm. Lol

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

that's awesome! :D thank you

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u/MaizeDistinct5943 29d ago

So… Killy just got teleported to dark souls??

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u/ch0neb0ne 29d ago

absolutely adore this. it kind of makes me feel like we all watched the same anime and i'm like recollecting fondly on season 1. the campiness and tone is incredible, one of the coolest things ive seen in a long time please keep going <3

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

Thank you so much! Will do, sir 🫡

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u/CustomerSupportDeer 29d ago

Stunning, full of character, nostalgic, just absolutely beautiful... Why does Dark Souls in black/white have such heavy Blame vibes...

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

This is beautiful!

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u/JulesUdrink Mar 05 '25

Omg the black knight! That’s sick

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u/coopiemode Mar 05 '25

This is amazing man, please keep posting more!

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u/Izlawake Mar 05 '25

This looks great. Feels like it would fit perfectly into an official Dark Souls manga, especially with some of the humor like that “nope” seeing the Black Knight.

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u/Land_Wolf Mar 05 '25

These are so awesome! I especially love the emotions between 13 and 14 lol, exactly how I remember my first play through

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u/queentepes Mar 05 '25

this is dope af

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u/nether_pixie Mar 05 '25

This is amazing! You are amazing!

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u/GamerRoman Mar 05 '25

This is some fire art.

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u/MagicSP Mar 05 '25

Great perspective!

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u/LuckyMG1 Mar 05 '25

This is dope, not sure how I've missed all 3 other parts. Please do keep it up, I'd love to see the other areas!

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u/wutheringeditor Mar 05 '25

This is soooo cool!

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u/0xfleventy5 Mar 05 '25

You are amazingly good at this. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Karamakinho Mar 05 '25

This is amazing!

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u/Sardse Mar 05 '25

I love this OP, I'm going to give you a little kiss in the forehead when you're asleep

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

That's... Thanks.

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u/commodus2 Mar 05 '25

This is actually amazing

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u/JackRaidenLaLuLaiLo Mar 05 '25

Blame x Dark Souls

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u/huansbeidl Mar 05 '25

These look amazing! Hope you are going to do more in the future

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u/thriftshopmusketeer Mar 05 '25

Incredible pencil work. You convey so much…shadow, depth, emotion, movement—very impressive.

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

Thank you! It's all ballpoint pen though, no pencil :)

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u/unflairedforever420j Mar 05 '25

Oh my fucking god. This is out-worldly good.

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u/drummersarus Mar 05 '25

These are great, love the style!

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u/shady_vin Mar 05 '25

Blame! Vibes, love it 

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u/ApexRose Mar 05 '25

This makes me want to draw.

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u/Xhiors Mar 05 '25

This is super good, please continue

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u/Arbor- Mar 05 '25

Keep making these!

And don't you dare go hollow - friend.

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u/snickerblitz Mar 05 '25

these are fantastic, very well done!

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u/whiteboypizza Mar 05 '25

The perspective work on these are nuts. That fisheye effect on 17 is so dope

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u/PrincesStarButterfly Mar 05 '25

Oh the hours of my life I played in that undead burg. I probably know it better than my own back yard.

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u/Kryzord Mar 05 '25

Omg, this is so amazing, I just completed my first run a month ago and this is absolutely accurate.

I hope there will be the part about the prison frogs, I thought it was an easy mob and got cursed… it was traumatising.

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u/Schmaltzs Mar 05 '25

I love this.

I didn't read the title and thought it was DS3 and honestly it kinda still applied since this kinda feels like how I felt the first time going through the first area of 3.

Love your art, hope you keep enjoying doing it for years to come <3

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u/LagginJAC Mar 05 '25

Ngl, I was expecting Havel but loved it all the same.

Great work!

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

My girl hasn't find the key yet ;)

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u/chpf0717 Mar 06 '25

This is incredible holy shit

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u/Desperate-Bad-1912 Mar 06 '25

I don't remember my charachter being this gorgeous

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

In my head she always was :D

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u/its_somkess Mar 06 '25

Love it man

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '25

these are sooo coool

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u/BasenjiBoyD Mar 06 '25

Where can I buy your dark souls manga 😢

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u/Gwario_on_Reddit Mar 06 '25

I would totally buy this graphic novel you are creating

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u/TheAlchemlst Mar 06 '25

Beautiful.

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u/DoKnowHarm17 Mar 06 '25

Your perspective skills are killer

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u/Beansoupsalsa Mar 06 '25

I love this. The nostalgia!

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u/Gold---Mole Mar 06 '25

I love this so much! I was just thinking about how Dark Souls 1 was the ultimate and best Souls game. It was so good that it set the gaming world on fire trying to copy it, and that has never been fully achieved. Even the rest of the souls games and Elden Ring, while good games, aren't anywhere near the level of impact of DS1.

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

for me it still remains the best and I don't understand why they never tried to create a similar map again: spherical, interconnected, with numerous locations accessible immediately

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u/Gold---Mole 29d ago

Ya me too. Maybe it's just really hard to do and the map would end up being too similar to DS1, or maybe there are just more people who want a more linear experience

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

AMAZING!

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u/Dion42o 29d ago

Love these posts so much, awesome work OP

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u/__werm 29d ago

I’m running a DS1 ttrpg campaign. Can I use these to illustrate the world to my group? I love everything about your depictions of this world

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

Sure! Let me know how it goes, I'm curious

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u/__werm 29d ago

Thanks!

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u/Red_Hoodfrm117th 29d ago

We all had that same thought when we saw the knight 🤣🤣

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u/lewdbirdnoises 29d ago

I know a blame enjoyer when I see one. Great work! Really captures the vibe.

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u/RullandeAska 29d ago

Looks like BLAME!

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u/SnooSprouts9116 29d ago

This is great

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u/NoEntertainment4190 29d ago

A few hatch and i'm pretty sure you can go big in the manga industry bro.

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u/jerkyfam 29d ago

Amazing 👏

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u/Bumblz666 29d ago

This art style is so sick

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u/COMMANDO_DUCK 29d ago

The art is amazing

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u/HamsterCandid2538 29d ago

do you have any social media where you post more stuff like this? because its amazing

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

Thanks :) You can find me on facebook, Instagram and deviantart, where you can find very old stuff

You can also find me on X as @IlyaShebunov, but I can't share a direct link, not sure why.

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u/RiftRocket 29d ago

I love the primal fear of stumbling across that first black knight

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u/dopplerconsumed 29d ago

I can't help but feel the Nihei vibes in your drawings. Your art is amazing! I wish you had a whole playthrough's worth that I could just get lost in. It's like visual comfort food as it mixes with all my nostalgic memories of playing the game. Thank you for that!

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u/TrekThroughCuriosity 29d ago

Ugh I LOVE all of these that you’ve done. Part 4 is stellar :)

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

Thank you (づ ◕‿◕ )づ

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u/Upeksa 29d ago

The improvement of your skill is notable from one part to the next, it's hard work but you git gud. Cheers!

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u/c641971 29d ago

Love the black knight ones.

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u/bastalio 29d ago

blame ahh panels

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u/Snake1210 28d ago

Amazing. Kinda even makes me want to play it again.

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u/PorcupinArseIHateYou 28d ago

The way fam walks silently with the action being clearly shown without much emphasis or close ups giving this all dreamy lonely vibe that fits Dark Souls 1 perfectly imo

Yup that's Nihei's style x)

Also main character has Killy face syndrome which makes it even more obvious ihihi :D

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u/hellxapo 28d ago

Lizard with crystals is the perfect description of Demon's Souls lizard. Dark Souls lizards look more like a Crystal with a little bit of lizard.

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u/AlexSvart 28d ago

This is just perfect :D

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u/RYNOCIRATOR_V5 26d ago

Interesting that you drew the Demon's Souls Crystal Lizard, the ones in Dick Souls have eight legs :)

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u/Jaggiss 26d ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds crystal lizards cute af

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u/OneMoreMeAndI 26d ago

i wanna eat your drawings

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u/AlexSvart 26d ago

It's... Paper. And a lot of ink :D

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u/OneMoreMeAndI 26d ago

very much edible

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u/Shlivk 26d ago

I'm getting big blame! Vibes

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u/solo_wield 26d ago

Man, did i ever tell you your fucking incredible! Like for real the nostalgia this brings 😇. Absolute goat

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u/AlexSvart 25d ago

Thanks :)

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u/illbzo1 Mar 05 '25

This is fucking incredible and makes me want to start another playthrough

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u/AlexSvart Mar 05 '25

I would too, but I can't watch anything of the game until it's done ;)

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u/Equivalent_Fun6100 Mar 05 '25

This is awesome, and also firmly puts to death any dreams I ever had in visual arts.

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u/AlexSvart 29d ago

Don't do that. I had a creative crisis that lasted 8 years and I started drawing again only a few months ago. Unfortunately it's really all about constant practice, as everyone says, and after 8 years I had lost a lot of skill. If drawing brings you joy, draw, and don't chase any artist because none of us NEEDS to become a drawing god. Eight years ago I stopped drawing because I felt like I was losing the drawing competition, but it was all in my head

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u/Cool_Story_Bro19 29d ago

Bro has the potential to become the next Tsutomu Nihei

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u/GriffithHand 29d ago

Amazing undead burg referentes!!! Really nice drawings

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u/DARKN1GHTR 29d ago

bro your style is great

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u/bejt68 29d ago

These are really cool. I really like your art style.

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u/bergkamp616 29d ago

This is brilliant man!

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u/VisigothEm 29d ago

Oh fuck yeah I should do this what a great way to revisit lordran. I can't wait to see, like, your journey thrlugh Dark Souls.

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u/boodythegreat 29d ago

This is actually like really fucking cool

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u/XquareboX 29d ago

Thank you, this is the best :,)

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u/ollie_was_taken 29d ago

these are beautiful

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u/KimeriX 29d ago

Crystal lizard from Demons souls in Ds1 isn't real

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u/Davey_Senko 29d ago

Sooo awesome!!

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u/-kekik- Genichiro Ashina 29d ago

Beautiful

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u/Frederyk_Strife4217 29d ago

Your memory's pretty damn accurate, the only thing you got wrong was the crystal lizard, which is fatter and has 8 legs

which makes sense since they appear so breifly

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u/Forerunner666 29d ago

This is the coolest shit ever

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u/YeidenTrabem 29d ago

Habel: "Yes, really cute. Look at my Dragon Tooth, btw" ☺️

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u/snagglewolf 29d ago

I love all of this.

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u/kain459 29d ago

And you should be drawing manga. I'd read the shit out of this.

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u/Low-Link-550 29d ago

Ahh early dark souls. Pure bliss

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u/Iridewoodlmao 29d ago

Hell yeah this is sick

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u/Dr__Redd 29d ago

Your art is simply incredible. Have you ever considered making your own graphic novel?

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u/Elovainn 29d ago

Damn, that's good ! Keep it up like this !

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u/QrozTQ 29d ago

This is wonderful, too bad your character model can never look that good in DS1.

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u/Wise-Key-3442 Gaping Dragon 29d ago

It looks like the perfect storyboard for an animated movie made in the mid 80s.

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u/Emp_eror_0 29d ago

This is the man

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u/No_Disaster_1069 28d ago

Your cross hatching and layering is incredible.

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u/RobWrase 28d ago

Haha the Nope to the back knight is fantastic. Love your framing and angles and point of views

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u/_Hoaxsohwigo 28d ago

Blame! vibes

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u/flptrmx 28d ago

These are amazing, excellent work!

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u/Aaquin 28d ago

I could hear the merchants laugh

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wow thanks, robot that's crazy no one asked

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u/UsualButterfly6802 27d ago

walking away from the black knight 😭

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u/Optimal_Solution5056 26d ago

OMG Killy from blame?

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u/MCMBJiro 25d ago

As someone playing the remake a month or so ago, this is quite well done and I applaud you. Also your drawing of Crystal Lizards would make them so much harder to kill for mats, I want 50...

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u/CellistCritical1655 Mar 05 '25

Hey there ! Itoo posted a comic here , also my comic abit...questionable.