Don't **** with the Catholic church...

[Ωbright]

~URBAIN GRANDIER~

Urbain Grandier (1590 - 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was convicted of witchcraft.

Grandier served as priest in the church of Sainte Croix in Loudun, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poitiers. Ignoring his vow of priestly celibacy, he is known to have had sexual relationships with a number of women and to have acquired a reputation as a philanderer. In 1632, a group of nuns from the local Ursuline convent accused him of having bewitched them, sending the demon Asmodai, among others, to commit evil and impudent acts with them.

Grandier was found guilty and sentenced to death. The judges who condemned Grandier ordered that he be put to the "extraordinary question", a form of torture which was usually, but not immediately, fatal, and was therefore only administered to victims who were to be executed immediately afterwards. Despite torture, Grandier never confessed to witchcraft. He was burned alive at the stake.

[Wavelength]

Re: Don't **** with the Catholic church...

Pretty good, Obi. Personally I think it could use more color in the foreground, and a more distinct right (on our left) eye. The rest of the face and the torso are very, VERY cool.

I definitely like this style, and it's uniquely yours; my favorite by far was that (scissors?) man you posted--the one that used a lot of lines in red, yellow, and blue, and I think had the brown gradient background.

That's some crazy inspiration for the artwork! And it definitely gives the art more meaning, although I have to admit, a picture of a convicted warlock burning alive isn't something I would ever put in my living room.

[JPS]

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To add on to what Obi said

Asmodai
Asmodai or Asmodeus (see below for other variations) is a demon mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. The demon is also mentioned in some Talmudic legends, for instance, in the story of the construction of the Temple of Solomon.

The Asmodeus of the Book of Tobit is attracted by Sarah, Raguel's daughter, and is not willing to let any husband possess her (Tobit, vi.13); hence he slays seven successive husbands on their wedding-nights, thus impeding the consummation of the sexual act. When the young Tobias is about to marry her, Asmodeus purposes the same fate for him; but Tobias is enabled, through the counsels of his attendant angel Raphael, to render him innocuous. By placing a fish's heart and liver on red-hot cinders, Tobias produces a smoky vapor which causes the demon to flee to Egypt, where Raphael binds him (viii.2, 3).

Asmodeus would thus seem to be a demon characterized by carnal desire; but he is also described as an evil spirit in general: 'Ασμοδαίος τὸ πονηρὸν δαιμόνιον or τõ δαιμόνιον πονηρόν, and πνεῦμα ἀκάϑαρτον (iii.8, 17; vi.13; viii.3). It is possible, moreover, that the statement (vi.14), "Asmodeus loved Sarah," implies that he was attracted not by women in general, but by Sarah only.

Nice art, I would hang this in my living room, if not just for having a conversational piece.

[Nixon]

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So they decided on water torture and then burning. Classic.

I like his expression. How did you find out about this guy?

[Ωbright]

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Thanks, peeps

Actually no...they broke his legs with wooden wedges, then set him on fire. I found out about him from one of my favorite movies, 'The Devils' by Ken Russell, based on the book 'The Devils of Loudun' by Aldous Huxley. If I could I'd make everybody on Earth watch that movie...clockwork orange style.

Grandier was actually set up by the Catholic church because he opposed cardinal Richelieu...who made Satan look like tickle me Elmo.

[Jamos]

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It is a nice work of art, but it just screams unfinished to me. And as a person that has to finish things or go nuts... it drives me nuts. Of course, that is only a personal problem. Still a nice peice.

[Ωbright]

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I rather agree. There needs to be some shading in the linear, drawn part. Only thing is, when I draw I can just GO, without worrying about anything really except for which general direction the paper is in. When I start shading though, I have to really plan it out carefully. Because my drawing style uses weird juxtopositions of perspective, it makes shading hard sometimes. Maybe I'll try it on this one, but I'm afraid I'll ruin what I already have.

Well I could mess around in photoshop and experiment first. Then if I get something I like I can apply it to the actual drawing.

Maybe not though...perhaps I'm just used to seeing it this way, but I might just keep it the way it is. It looks a bit barren in the drawn part, but it doesn't declare one perspective as the dominant one, and I like that.

[Nixon]

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Actually no...they broke his legs with wooden wedges, then set him on fire.

Wikipedia lied to me... again.