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Gumshoes & Grimm Tales

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"The world is getting weirder. Darker every single day. Things are spinning around faster and faster, and threatening to go completely awry. Falcons and falconers. The center cannot hold.

But in my corner of the country, I'm trying to nail things down. ... I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a little quieter. Where trolls stay the hell under their bridges, and where elves don't come swooping out to snatch children from their cradles. Where vampires respect the limits, and where the faeries mind their p's and q's.

My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange, when what goes bump in the night flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, give me a call. I'm in the book."

- Jim Butcher

Edit: To answer the two most common questions I get about this - the dog was intended to be one of the hexenwulfen from Fool Moon, though if it makes you happy to make it Mouse in your heads, I'm cool with that. For all the endless commentary on his hat... seriously, guys, this piece is probably four years old at this point. Please take it as read that I have been reminded by many, many people that he doesn't wear one in canon, but I'm unlikely to change it this far down the road.
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~PasttheMirror Apr 20, 2012  Hobbyist
Wow, this is a great representation of Dresen and the Dresden Files. Also, I think the snippet in the description goes with this well. :)

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"Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel." -Wizard Harry Dresden; Changes (A Dresden Files Novel), by Jim Butcher
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~Caraval Apr 20, 2012
I think this is an excellent representation of Dresden and the tone of the novels. Of course Chicago isn't always dark, stormy, and trashed where Dresden is working, but the stories always become dark and complicated; it often seems as if Dresden is surrounded by a dark cloud. Wonderful job.

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I'm a time-traveler. I point and laugh at archaeologists. --The Doctor

I always hear "Punch me in the face" when you're speaking but it's usually subtext. --Dr. Watson
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Mood: Artistic ~bigbubba23 Apr 16, 2012
First off, if you drew this, i'm impressed... but why give him a hat? he HATES wearing hats. he's made his opinion on his wardrobe pretty clear XD

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It's a dangerous business going out your door. you step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth. Sherlock Holmes
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Mood: Love ~Kooroe Apr 14, 2012
this is awesome. I love the Dresden Books I am reading small favor and can't wait to start the next book.
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~Metroanime Mar 21, 2012
VERY very nice.
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~danlewis4475 Mar 19, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Dresden is my favorite Fantasy Character, Butcher is my Favorite author and this is a beautiful illustration. Good work.

Also

He has a Fedora, but he had to put in the shop for a busted transmission

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Seasons Beatings underlings.

-Plankton
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~equinox627 Mar 18, 2012
Great work on this. Detail's amazing :D

My only question (It's been so long since I've read the series), is that Billy in the background or Mouse?

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"Always be wary of people who use quotes... I'm not sure who said that, exactly..."


If you want something to read, go ahead and click the [link]
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Mood: Joy !PC2012 Feb 26, 2012
A Masterpiece... I like the style.
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~steepedinwords Feb 23, 2012
This. Is. Completely. Awesome.

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I stand at a window, looking out at a dark world streaked
with light. And I see what you see,
my eyes filled with a constant threat of tears,
at all the desolate beauty in the world.
(Kim Culbertson, Instructions for a Broken Heart)
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Mood: Wow! ~wolFstripeS Feb 8, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Oh ho ho ho, this is awesome. The books are so much better than the DVDs, and this is exactly how I imagined him from the books :D

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Anything is possible.
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