The Beast and the Harlot

this shining city built of gold
a far cry from innocence
there's more than meets the eye 'round here, look to the waters of the deep
a city of evil

there sat a seven-headed beast
ten horns raised from his head
symbolic woman sits on his throne
but hatred strips her and leaves her naked

the beast and the harlot

she's a dwelling place for demons
she's a cage for every unclean spirit
every filthy bird, and makes us drink
the poisoned wine to fornicating with our kings
fallen now is Babylon the Great.


- Lyrics from the song "Beast and the Harlot" by Avenged Sevenfold. the song if you haven't heard it yet:

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...oh my god. OH MY GOD. MY WRIST. MY POOR WRIST. AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH.

i worked for a straight 15 hours with no break on this. my wrist was on fire by the time i finished at about......2 in the morning.

...THAT IS THE BEST WOMAN I HAVE EVER DRAWN. EVER.
ANATOMY BOOK, YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

...but anyways, about the picture. i was actually thinking more about the Avenged Sevenfold song when drawing it since it's been stuck in my head for the past week, but i know it's also in the bible somewhere, too. couldn't tell you where, because i don't know crap about the bible except for a bit about this part that i picked up from a book.

something about some prostitute on the back of a "scarlet-colored seven-headed beast with ten horns." the picture in the book was pretty much of a red seven-headed leopard with ten horns that looked a little awkward.

since it appears to be described as both a red seven-headed lion with leopard print and a seven-headed dragon, i combined the two to make a kinda feline-looking dragon.

MMMMMRED AND GOLD, MMMMMMM.

my wrist still aches. just a little. but it was worth it. i think this is one of my best.

for this, i used...mostly markers. Prismacolor and Copic. but i used a bit of colored pencil here and there, too.

anyways, enjoy.

(PS: do you think it needs a mature content blocker? i don't really think it does, since you can't see anything bad, but give me your opinion.)