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…more Sherlock Holmes! I was seized with a fervor and could not rest until I illustrated one of my favorite scenes from Sherlock Holmes: the Adventure of the Devil's Foot. While Holmes and Watson take a holiday in the Cornish countryside for Holmes's health, multiple people in the nearby village are found driven mad or dead from horror. Holmes deduces a substance that was burned in their presence is to blame. With a bit of the mysterious powder and a gas lamp in hand, he proposes an experiment to Watson...
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"all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe."
Holmes lying dead or leaving Watson. Yep, that's about right. I love these so much, thank you!
Ooh I love this, the transitions from scene to scene are so smooth, especially the poison creeping in