#recurring nightmare

this has been in my drafts for months.

Recurring Nightmare

If your recurring nightmare is a shot of Mist Archfiend doing a sick spiral over a shadowed graveyard under a blood red moon, that isn’t so bad, right? It’s not like he’s flying towards you or anything. Just appreciate the nice view until you wake up! Speaking seriously, this art has such excellent usage of shading throughout. Not only that, but the three main areas of this card are finely differentiated by their main color: purple highlights for the lower graveyard scene, a variety of grays for the foreground and focus of the piece (Mist Archfiend and his smoke trail), and strong red for the sinister sky and blood moon. Both of these factors just provide so much definition here that even little details like the purple windows on the building and the heavily cratered surface of the moon are visible. Of course, you can’t forget about the sense of motion that the swirled smoke trail provides (which subtly looks like a rocket takeoff trail, while also looking kind of unnatural and demonic in itself).

years later, i read how my worst nightmare is repeating itself. this time, darker and more grim than it was the first time. even after i did everything that i could and my disillusionment is deeper than ever before.

but this time, i witness this unfold with a quiet rage. i know there is little i can do, and it seems like all the hope i once had has faded away. but i'll still keep my head up and write my truth like i'm trying to survive.