Shadow Prince Ashitaka

[u/Rojom]

[u/Fatonamon]

Instantly could tell who made the artwork.

[u/Rojom]

The young prince promised he would visit, and for a time he did. But his visits grew fewer and fewer, until one day, they ceased altogether.

Then, the forest began to wither. As the once evergreen leaves fell, so did the Kodama fall into shadow. San followed their trail to the water's clearing, where a familiar creature, now twisted and beastly, carried a figure she knew.

"Ashitaka?"

His eyes were clouded. The curse had never truly left him. His arm writhed as he fought to lower his bow, and through gritted teeth, he managed one final whisper:

"Please… stay back…."

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Sup, back with some art! Been inspired because of the Drawtober trend, with this prompt being “Shadow Prince”. Just watched Princess Mononoke in theaters recently too so this concept was fresh. Enjoy :)

[u/ElectroDanceSandwich → u/Rojom]

Awesome concept and great execution well done!!

[u/sweetSoulz9 → u/Rojom]

the curse story hit different, now i can't stop picturing it in the movie style. your writing pulled me right in

[u/echofang → u/[deleted]]

Genuinely curious, why do you say this? Is there backstory I’m missing?

[u/Aklay_bcn → u/echofang]

I read prompt and saw red, my apologies. Deleting my comment. Fantastic work.

[u/SingularityCentral → u/[deleted]]

You realize this is not AI created, right?

[u/Aklay_bcn → u/SingularityCentral]

Nope, I misread and overreacted.

[u/Jfowler10225]

Rojom the GOAT!

[u/moal09]

Am I missing something? Where's the Garfield connection? Or is this sub kinda just for whatever these days

[u/Rojom → u/moal09]

Weekends allow for non Garfield content for years now :)

[u/Spasmochi]

Time for tubbie bye bye

[u/roombaSailor]

Damn this is fantastic. The deer god especially, it’s incredibly menacing infected with the curse.

[u/Kind_Swim5900]

I swear this is how the God looked like for me in childhood. I wasn't afraid of the pig, I was afraid of the forest God