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The Plague Doctor by =Ekonk:iconEkonk:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

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©2008-2009 =Ekonk
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Well, this is a plague doctor. During the Plague, he and others like him walked through the devastated towns and said he would cure people, to satisfy them. Of course, he had no idea what he was talking about.

The really did look like this. At least, the had a beak and a hat like this. And goggles, although I don't think they actually had glass in it. The beak was actually filled with fragrant herbs, to keep away the stench of the rotting corpses he examined.

EDIT: Added two, count them TWO friggin' lightsources and some textures.

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=Vanshira Jan 24, 2008, 2:24:22 PM
You wonder, why they took such great steps to keep themselves from getting it if they were supposed to be able to cure it. Apparently no one back then wondered.

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~AliceMiller Jan 24, 2008, 2:25:17 PM
OMG....this is brilliant. Its amazing. what did you use to draw it? I have a small plague doctor fetish...I like no...LOVE the shadows in it....it's brilliant.


nice avatar btw

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~Wolf4Hire Jan 24, 2008, 2:25:36 PM
Interesting facts on the plague doctor, I've always been fasinated by them. Lovely art, I escpecially enjoy the background.

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~StrangeKangaroo Jan 24, 2008, 2:25:44 PM
I remember reading about black plague doctors, and I was fascinated by the bird mask costumes (and a little scared by them). I like your interpretation very much.
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=Ekonk Jan 24, 2008, 2:31:49 PM
Yeah, I saw a poster made by some kids from my school hanging on the wall, and it had a pic of this medieval drawing on it. The beak and the hat; I mean, how could I NOT remember it? :D

And thanks!

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I EAT DANGER AND SHIT BULLETS
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=Ekonk Jan 24, 2008, 2:47:03 PM
Thanks! They are fascinating indeed! :)

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I EAT DANGER AND SHIT BULLETS
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=Ekonk Jan 24, 2008, 2:47:05 PM
Thanks a lot! I used photoshop 7 (and I practiced with a lot of doodles in my school books xD).

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I EAT DANGER AND SHIT BULLETS
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=Ekonk Jan 24, 2008, 2:48:01 PM
Never really thought about it that way. Kinda weird, actually.

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I EAT DANGER AND SHIT BULLETS
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~AliceMiller Jan 24, 2008, 2:52:18 PM
lol what kind of tablet? interesting...i use corel painter essentials... lol ^^ well it is magnificent work.

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=Ekonk Jan 24, 2008, 2:54:38 PM
Pff some kind of real crappy, but pretty big, Trust tablet. I'd buy a Wacom, but I'm having "social-economic disparity". AKA broke.

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