Nice... Leviathan looks bigger in your painting than Ado's. Leviathan is one of my favorite mythical creatures, and seeing different visions of it is always exciting.

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I love this peice and your art Really inspires me to get started on some art for your book project. Actually I have some ideas.....

Wow, Awesome - the tone of this image is really perfect! Great graphic way of depicting two images in one ... and Yana is creepy!

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Well...that's the idea. Hopefully we're all in this together, everyone's support on Erth Chronicles is phenominal so far - it's a fanatastic feeling to inspire and be inspired in return. Looking forward to what you produce - your profiel will be created as soon as you submit the first piece of work. You will need to send a bio (250 words max), a list of influences and fill a Vital Statistics document in I will send you. To get more of an idea of this visit some existing profiles on the site.

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Richard (James Johnson)

"One truth is clear 'Whatever is, is right.'"

Alexander Pope

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Cheers.

I have tried to inject a bit of classic mythology. She was actually labeeled the Kraken at one stage, but I felt this was becoming too cliche - I'd wrote the scene two years prior to Dead Man's Chest and wanted it to be as far removed from that as possible. So, the tale of Old Yana is told by Pirian, a cursed, female thief that breeds with the sea. This is what she has become.

I was trying to give the impression of perspective, it is closer to the camera, the idea is that is The General moving towards it, some of Old Yana's heads are closer than others.

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"One truth is clear 'Whatever is, is right.'"

Alexander Pope

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Glad you like it.

Yeah, creepiness is what I wanted to go for - -more deep sea reference rather than 'octopus' or 'squid' as traditionally depicted. I think you have read this chapter, so you know the back story. The tale of Old Yana was to add more depth to the character and pull away from the traditional Leviathan / Kraken reference. I had wrote this scene two years prior to ,i>Dead Man's Chest,/i>, so was obviously conscious of comparison. Her tale is a tragic story and a clear connection between her spawn the Siren / Siran. I like the idea of a woman who has bred with the sea - or has she? Is this just simply a mythic beast, or even a mutation from the inferno. These suggestions and ambiguity are key to the world of Erth. I want people to question - is this Earth in the future? Has it lost its identity? (Hence dropping the 'a'. Is it possibly the past? An alternate world evolved from the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment period? Another planet?

I think it can be interpreted in many ways - which is exactly what I want the reader to do. I'm sure some / most younf adults won't see the deeper layers - but adults may.

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"One truth is clear 'Whatever is, is right.'"

Alexander Pope

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I haven't reached chapter 7 yet, so that was kind of a spoof hehe. My own fault as you did send 7 and 15 to me a while back. But as I read through the guide, i decided that i wanted to read the whole story in the right order.
The multilayered story is very appealing to me - and the mixing and twisting of mythology is great, when done in a way where it strengthens it - like giving a creature drive and motivation, by creating a backstory that makes the reader/viewer able to relate to them on an emotional level. I'm actually not familiar with the story of the original Leviathan/Kraken, but Old Yana is definitely also on my list of things to do

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'Hey, where you headed?'
'Nowhere special.'
'Get on, I'll take you there.'

Well, you should have the chapters and intermissions up to 8 by now. So enjoy! Let me know if its still holding together for you. Be great to see what you do with Old Yana. Let me know when you are up to date with the story and I'll send another 3 plus intermissions. I've sent an interview via email by the way and further details on the feature and how I see it shaping.

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Richard (James Johnson)

"One truth is clear 'Whatever is, is right.'"

Alexander Pope

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Oh wow that was really interesting. Well Kraken is used often, and Leviathan as a name only (seen many movies 'n games that has a spaceship etc. named after Leviathan), so mabye it wes wise to use Leviathan then .

Yeah got that perspective thing, but it still looks like it's bigger .

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_{"The animated figures stand
Adorning every public street
And seem to breathe in stone, or
move their marble feet."
-Pindar, 464 BC: Olympian Odes 7}