©Tias Teng
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It took me some time because I wanted to do right: I really like the night land concept. I made two pictures in the end. The House of Silence with the Redoubt in the background. Two human are drawn inside by the siren song of the House. I put a giant human hybrid in the entrance as a kind of guardian. The Night Land teems with quasi-humans as far as I can see.
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The second shows the Redoubt at the height of its glory. I wanted to show the diversity of cultures, The best way to do that I found is taking figures from a lot of my paintings and putting them all together with a different society at each level. The redoubt itself I showed as a mixture of high-tech and Gormenghast.
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One of the windows of the House of Silence looks out on former times. When the sun cooled the rotation of the Earth slowed down until a day lasted a whole year. The cities of the Road Makers had to keep moving, always going west on mile-high wheels to follow the sunlight. Huge solar flares light a city while two Silent Ones guard the girl who would one day rule the House of Silence.
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I am still making Night Land illustrations, in fact just because I like roaming around there. Here is one of the crashed starship where Lurella found the pomegranate of immortality growing.
Tais Teng
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Night Land 5: Building the lesser Redoubt illustration for EMBRACE THE NIGHT A group of dissidents, led by Rabath, leaves the Redoubt and constructs a new pyramid on a dry sea bed. A giant mobile generator is starting to tap the earth current to erect the Air Clog, the energy barrier surrounding the Lesser Redoubt.
Tais Teng
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Night Land 6: The Underground Fields Another Night Land picture manifested itself, with endless fields of nourishing fungi. I don't know who the girl is yet or what her story is , but she'll no doubt tell me
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