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The Detective and the Moonlight Murderer

 

The Detective and the Moonlight Murderer
Alex Hinders, 2011/2012.
Colored pencil and pen. Background added digitally.

This was actually drawn during the middle of the Wizard sequence. I think it was my sub-conscious’ idea of a parody of the Wizard. We don’t get to see the face of the Detective, just as we never get to see the face of the Wizard. Also, one of the most distinct elements of the Wizard drawings — the borders that mimic the environment — are absent from this, but manage to make a sort of border despite their absence. You’ll just have to trust me when I saw I think this is my-subconscious’ idea of a joke.

In the story of this drawing the Detective was taking a stroll at night and came across the dead body of a bar maiden. This was distressing, because there was a mysterious serial killer on the loose in the town and this was not the first murder of its kind. Although the shadow is similar to the Detective, I actually think it belongs to the murderer.

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Abstract Art The Heroine Sequence

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. V


The Heroine Sequence, Pt. V
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored pencil and pen.

The Heroine arrived at a small cottage in the middle of a forest that looked so ordinary it was almost hard to see; she met with The Wizard and asked him what he knew about the Evil Sorcerer. The Wizard had taken him on as an apprentice about a decade ago. He had shown great potential with both magic and dragon taming but there was bitterness in his heart and a chip on his shoulder that made the Wizard leery. Eventually, he dismissed the Sorcerer. Upon hearing about the Sorcerer’s recent actions he became worried – the Sorcerer shouldn’t be powerful enough to overthrow a kingdom. Things were even worse than they seemed. He asked the Heroine if he could accompany her on her journey and the Heroine agreed.

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Abstract Art The Heroine Sequence

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. IV


The Heroine Sequence, Pt. IV.
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored pencil and pen.

The Evil Sorcerer sent a dragon out to take care of the Heroine before she became a real problem; he also sent The Underling to observe events. Flitting about in the air, The Underling mocked the Heroine and joked about while she engaged the dragon in battle. This was both the most difficult and the most exhilarating battle of The Heroine’s life. In the end, she was the victor — the body of the slain dragon fell against the ground. The Underling stopped laughing and vanished. With the blood of a dragon on her sword, the Heroine continued on her way to meet with the Wizard who once trained the Sorcerer.

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Mr. Hurry


Mr. Hurry
Alex Hinders, 2008.
Pencil and pen. Colored digitally.

Mr. Hurry is older than the hills but he’s a jolly fellow with many tales to tell.

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Daisy

Daisy
Alex Hinders, 2008.
Pencil and pen. Colored digitally.

This is just an innocent girl. She looks to me like she would fit in with the Peanuts cast — which shouldn’t surprise me, since Charles Schulz was a big hero of mine when I was young. Come to think of it, while there wasn’t a character named Daisy in the Peanuts world, the farm Snoopy was born in was the Daisy Hills Puppy Farm. That must be why the name jumped to the forefront in my head.

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Forest Fracture

Forest Fracture
Alex Hinders, 2011/2012.
Colored pencil and pen.

This was one of many drawings that ensued after my break-up with the Purple Girl back in 2011; other notable ones being Blue Mountains and The Things We Said in the Forest. (As well as the two Styx drawings, for that matter.) Already, we’re up to four. I have a huge backlog of drawings that are waiting to be inked in and colored — one of these days I’m going to spread them out and photograph them together — and a handful of these drawings also relate to the break-up or relationship in general. Some of these are pretty decent drawings. Sometimes it feels a little silly working on these drawings again — even with the distance I now have, it lets old emotions and thoughts rise up again. So, I’ve decided that I’m in no hurry to deal with some of these drawings and will only deal with these Purple Girl drawings when I feel so inclined — I’ve given myself permission…Even if every unfinished drawing weighs on my mind to some degree.

This particular drawing actually came to my mind during the last week and I went out of my way to color it. I really like how the trees are growing in different directions and the tension the different directions creates, coupled with the confusion of the green lines in the middle. Something else cool about this drawing is that it has two ‘correct’ ways it can be viewed — one with my persona right-side up, and one with the Purple Girl right side up. That’s kind of neat, isn’t it? If I had it hanging up I would occasionally walk past it and tilt it so it was facing the other direction just to change things up. I think I actually prefer the one where I’m upside down, because if you read it from left to right, the colors go in order of the rainbow as opposed to against it. (Although, technically, if you’re ‘starting’ at the top left corner, you’d be seeing blue before your saw green.)

You can click on either of the drawings to see an expanded view. Actually, you can click the majority of the drawings on this site for an expanded view. I had to explain that to my mom once. : )

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Abstract Art

The Darkest Part of the Aether

The Darkest Part of the Aether
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored Pencil and pen.

So far, all of the drawings with Etherbits and Etherglyphes and what-not have all been bright and cheerful drawings. It turns out, however, that not all of my un-conscious ether is a happy place. There’s a dark part of the ether and there’s a dark part of myself that lives there as well. This part of me surfaced briefly in this drawing to let itself be known and recognized before sinking back into the depths.

(And, by the way, I recently found out “Aether” is an acceptable spelling of Ether — how awesome is that?)

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Abstract Art The Heroine Sequence

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. III

 

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. III
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored pencil and pen.

The Heroine decided that before she jumped into a fight with the evil sorcerer that she should find out a little bit more about exactly who she would be fighting. In her research she found out that this sorcerer had the power to bind dragons to his will — a skill he acquired when he was the apprentice to a powerful wizard. The Heroine was able to track down the last known location of the wizard the villain studied under and she started to travel to this location. She hadn’t realized it yet, but the forces of the Sorcerer had already become aware of her mission and were moving to stop her progress.

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Abstract Art The Heroine Sequence

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. II

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. II
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored pencil and pen.

Before she became a person of legend, the Heroine was just another wandering adventurer taking on assignments for people in need. She was approached by a man and his daughter who turned out to be the ousted king and princess of a faraway kingdom. It seemed that an evil sorcerer took over their land after The Princess rejected his romantic overtones. The Heroine usually only dealt with vanquishing monsters and had never accepted a mission of this caliber — yet something told her that this adventure was meant to be, and she accepted. She vowed to return the crown to the ousted king.

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Abstract Art The Heroine Sequence

The Heroine Sequence, Pt. I

 The Heroine Sequence is both the spiritual successor and the direct sequel to the Wizard Sequence; this story takes place in the same world which housed the Wizard and the magic cave. The drawings were done at a point in my life when I was attempting to attack my problems head-on — thus, a new sub-conscious persona was born. The first drawing in the sequence acts as sort of a cover image for the rest of sequence. It features characters that will appear in the tale but doesn’t have any narrative of its own. Except, perhaps, to announce that the tale of the Heroine has begun.

 The Heroine Sequence, Pt. I
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored pencil and pen.