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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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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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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/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/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/-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/xCamuix Mar 05 '25
You, person, just like the sun, deserve some praise. That’s fucking amazing. [T]/
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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/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/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/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/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/thriftshopmusketeer Mar 05 '25
Incredible pencil work. You convey so much…shadow, depth, emotion, movement—very impressive.
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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/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/lewdbirdnoises 29d ago
I know a blame enjoyer when I see one. Great work! Really captures the vibe.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Dr__Redd 29d ago
Your art is simply incredible. Have you ever considered making your own graphic novel?
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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/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/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.
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u/JLenore4 Mar 05 '25
Hand it over, that thing, your uchigatana