Petzrick In reply to ei9 [2014-02-04 05:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I absolutely appreciate everything!

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Petzrick In reply to TimeTravlingTrilobte [2014-01-12 19:50:55 +0000 UTC]

Hey!  No major progress to show unfortunately.  I'm half way through my graduate program here, been full-time so haven't had a lot to put towards my personal projects.  I'll get back to work on it though, definitely.  Your art, all of it, continues to look amazing every time I check in!

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TimeTravlingTrilobte In reply to Petzrick [2014-01-12 23:26:33 +0000 UTC]

ohh graduate program well good to see you're still up to something, and still keeping those projects in mind 

hehe thanks!! I try xD

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Petzrick In reply to BitchinViagra [2013-01-13 21:40:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm honored you asked! Thank you very much! I'd also like to join your group if you open up new joins.

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BitchinViagra In reply to Petzrick [2013-01-13 21:45:59 +0000 UTC]

Im a little new at this, you wouldn't
know how to do that would you

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Petzrick In reply to BitchinViagra [2013-01-13 21:53:18 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, I wish I did! I've been on this site for over a year and I don't understand how to do half the stuff. I got your invite though, thanks!

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BitchinViagra In reply to Petzrick [2013-01-13 21:57:01 +0000 UTC]

No prob dude,no prob, oh and dude...
..welcome to the family

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Petzrick In reply to BitchinViagra [2013-01-13 22:14:35 +0000 UTC]

NICE

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BitchinViagra In reply to Petzrick [2013-01-13 22:24:16 +0000 UTC]

Thnx dude, took me awhile to get this group together, I think its going to be well worth it

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-08-18 03:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-05-13 21:13:01 +0000 UTC]

I haven't! I just really like the idea you captured. It's full of emotion to me

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-05-14 01:14:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you. Didn't know I could invoke that in some one not knowing the back story behind the image.

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-11 22:22:30 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap, that's awesome! Even if it doesn't go through, it means a lot to me that you did that. Thanks!!

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-01-12 04:41:03 +0000 UTC]

Welcome and be proud , I don't do this act lightly of making suggestions. The piece has to really catch my attention for me to want to do so.

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-12 05:11:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm definitely thrilled that you would do this. The Fraggle poster is my own favorite work. I spent about half a year making it, pushed on by a desire to tribute Jim Henson, who has so greatly inspired my own artistic endeavors.

So you've definitely made my day. (:

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-01-12 14:36:57 +0000 UTC]

I think you're the first person to post art over that fandom in the 80's group since I did last July. The more elaborate the Muppet the more I find it inspiring too examples being anything not labeled so that the Jim Henson Company holds strong connection with like Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Storyteller, Dinosaurs, so on. The Muppet movies and Fraggles I just find cute and plus the fact watching that stuff was a part of my childhood as well. But back to why I picked it. The way you used perspective in it is outstanding and to top that off some thing is going on on every level so to speak of the piece. No matter where you look on it, some thing catches your eye.

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-13 19:55:25 +0000 UTC]

I agree! I've come to really appreciate those that you mentioned, especially Dark Crystal. Fraggle Rock has a special place for me because I was 6 when I first got into it. When I finally did a complete re-watch of all four seasons recently, it reignited the 6 year old in me, if that makes sense.

Thanks for mentioning the perspective. That was a "happy accident." Originally I wasn't going to use the "infinity light" to tie everything together and was modeling the lower cave areas after the Genesis Cave in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I spent quite a while on the cave and then randomly tilted it 90 degrees to see what it would look like. Then the whole poster came together.

And there's a lot of hidden stuff! I've got a specific star that links to my own "Adorable Horribles" world and an old prop I designed on the clipboard of the ruined workshop. I've also got an exact number of minions... 80... to represent the year I was born and the 80s era that this would take place in. And more!

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-01-16 02:13:04 +0000 UTC]

Hee we both got born the same year but I don't think I picked up on the Fraggles the same time you did. When I was six I recall Sesame Street, a Muppets Show book hardback, and even though it was related it wasn't true to form - the Muppet Babies. I think watching the Fraggles started with me I'm guessing either in '87 or '88 for watching it. I know when I got reintroduced to it last summer with Net Flix I was confused until reading it's Wiki. I remembered live and animated and had forgotten it was two shows even though it was the same thing. I thought each show had contained both elements until re-watching and reading that site. I'm also a big Star Trek fan even if that fact doesn't show it's self well in my gallery. I'm amazed at my self for not catching the lighting of the Genesis Cave until you pointed it out. Now I see it clearly when I should have realized it earlier. As for Adorable Horribles, you'll have to explain that to me. I did look around your gallery the other day but I'm sure I'm not getting the full picture over that in your work.

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-16 20:54:50 +0000 UTC]

I had an Oscar the Grouch themed birthday party when I turned 4 or 5 and lived in Texas. How many kids can brag that they got to wear a trash can for their birthday? I had moved to Germany by the time I got into Fraggle Rock, and stuff was aired there very differently than the States but it may have been 87ish now that I think about it. (My memory isn't reliable.) I also got "reintroduced" recently to the 4 volume box set and it basically brought it all back to me in a flood!

I'm definitely big into Star Trek! (: Especially the classic stuff. My favorite stuff is the original cast movies, 1 through 6. I even love Part V, but I'm a sucker for any movie scored by Jerry Goldsmith.

The Adorable Horribles is basically my own little universe. My goal with my art is to write and illustrate my own children's books some day. I've completed one book called "The Adorable Horribles" which I'm still trying to get published. It's an alphabet book with 26 weird creatures, all hybrids of other animals. Their names are formed by overlapping normal names like CRAB + RABBIT = CRABBIT or TOUCAN + ANACONDA = TOUCANACONDA. Publication has been a little tricky because the idea is pretty wacky and not "typical" as one rejection letter described it. It's aim is more towards children with special needs than your average kid. I don't have a lot of it online, mainly because of hope for publication, but I do have a lot more about it at its own website: adorablehorribles.com

I'm working on a second book that I'm calling The Trilobite Time Traveler. I think my chances at getting the first book published will improve a lot if I get a different "first book" published.

You're cool systemcat. (:

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-01-18 01:05:19 +0000 UTC]

On Star Trek I like the Classic, Next Gen., Voyager, and Enterprise. DS9 I never got into too well because the constant story in the background and the fact it was a station as apposed to a starship. True Enterprise had a continuous story at one point but that was only for a season. TAS I find a little amusing seeing as how Next Gen. later used ideas from it. That and the sad fact it recycled backgrounds & animation. But it wasn't too bad. Speaking of Jerry Goldsmith's great work, my dad gave me the soundtrack a while ago that was 1-6. I tried using the main score to 6 as a ring tone since I enjoyed it so much but that turned out to be a bad idea because it would start so softly I'd miss calls.

I hope you get those book published. I did think some of the combos were interesting,especially the Slugoose. The Hawktopus reminds me of a twisted parrot I think was in the Simpsons. I am curious to know what story is with The Trilobite Time Traveler. I read pages you posted up. Page 4, now you have this geek's attention buzzing. I have a children's book too but it's with a self publishing company. To my knowledge it hasn't sold a single copy.

Thanks for the watch and I find you cool too .

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-19 05:24:33 +0000 UTC]

While the classic Trek is my favorite stuff, I've obsessed over all of it at one point or another. I'm one of the suckers who shelled out for every single over-priced box set Paramount put out, and the various incarnations of Trek stretch out across the tops of three shelving units here. I managed to get into DS9 pretty intensely at one point but I haven't gone back for seconds. I've also heard a lot of people respond really negatively to season three of Enterprise, which is the long Xindi war thing. The first time I watched it, I got into it a lot, but like DS9 it doesn't bring me back quickly. I love TAS in a weird way. I even got into the cheapness of it. I just kept thinking, "Wow, every secondary character is voiced by James Doohan or Majel Barrett!"

I'm going to try and restrain the geeking out I'm wanting to do here! Film music, especially Goldsmith, can really get me going. Which soundtrack (set) did you get? The Cliff Eidelman score for VI is fantastic. One thing Paramount has been pushing for the last couple of years is to release deluxe editions of all the Star Trek films. So far the only one to not get the deluxe treatment is VI, which I'm looking forward to as the current CD release is a little skimpy. And I can relate to your ringtone experience! I've been using a cue from Goldsmith's score to Poltergeist called "The Neighborhood" because it's just sort of permanently lodged in my brain, and it's soft enough I miss a lot of calls. Speaking of Goldsmith and the Slugoose, I made a youtube video of the process behind making the Slugoose and I used The Neighborhood for the beginning. [link] if you want to check it out.

Do you have any samples of your book on your DA page? It's definitely an endeavor to get anything published! I got to speak with an older author who's produced a lot of material but has only been able to self-publish 500 copies of his children's book. He knew a lot though and it was really cool talking to him because I feel it strengthened how I'm writing my cover letters. And where are you selling your book? I used CreateSpace to make demo versions of the Adorable Horribles to send to potential publishers but I don't really want to use them for any real release. I really want a thick hard cover!

The trilobite book is somewhat of a big undertaking. The script calls for four parts, each between 9 to 12 pages. All I'm working on at the moment is the next five pages to conclude part one (which will be the next thing I post on DA). Part one will work as a teaser for the book itself (to hopefully build interest online as I complete the whole book) and it ends on a cliffhanger, with the bug actually time traveling. Most of the remainder of the book is going to take place in the "not too far future" and I'm doing my best to present a science-fiction story that's still easy to understand with kids. The trilobite is basically going to team up with a scientist named Dr. Mike who's researching time travel to facilitate deep space communication (sending data faster than is currently possible). The morale of the story has to do with the value of family (which will make more sense when I get these next five pages up). I'm kind of doing this whole trilobite book to learn more about making children's book and "the market" in preparation for another book about humming birds that I've been planning for 12-13 years.

Ok. Sorry. I geeked out.

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-01-21 04:13:17 +0000 UTC]

Hey I'm all for geeking out. If I wasn't I wouldn't go to conventions or be in the staff of them.

The soundtrack is almost the entirety of the first six movies since there were only that many out at the time of it's release. I'm not too sure when I my dad bought it. Either the dawn of the 90's or approaching mid that decade. It was bought in King's Dominion. Don't know if today that theme park is still on a high of being partially owned by Paramount but it was back then.

I watched the video. Great job! Really! I find in rich that your video came out better than quote un quote experimental animation I viewed months back on another YouTube channel. 'K explanation. I got tapped for making a music video in the summer. The record company rep. wanted my piece to show experimental animation. Now after I made that video and presented it, I was shown pieces other animators had done. Mainly this showed super fast art being made. Interesting to watch but not interesting enough for me to want to watch again. It didn't line up to the music noticeably to a good point. Your video lined up it's editing to music perfectly, A+. I faved it over there. Question: Anime Studio? Toon Boom? Or Flash at the end?

I don't have any samples of my kid's book here except it's cover art. [link]

The art inside it, 98% of it isn't impressive. I tried to make it look like a kid had illustrated it. Why that is is because I've noticed stuff like that sells some times. ...I shamed my skill with that. I know I could have made it look better but it's meant to reach out to kids with that art. What's the kicker to this is I continue to praise to this day mentally, the greats I remember from when I was little for illustrating children's books. Illustrations done so well, detailed drawings, extremely elaborate ones I can remember clearly after over 20 years. Maybe if I ever come up with another kid's book, I'll put in a better effort. But this book does hold some thing interesting. It's a good bet it's likely the only kid's book out there focusing on soil erosion. I know that might not sound interesting but I put it across in an entertaining manner. Ever read a sand castle fearing for it's life? The self publishing company is Unibook.

I'd like to write a novel but script form comes more naturally. Ah one day.

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-22 19:22:10 +0000 UTC]

Erin,

I'm not familiar with the second book you mentioned.

I totally get "kid illustrations." I think that can be very effective. From the script I'm working off of, later in the trilobite book I'm going to do a page or two as though the trilobite had illustrated them himself. I love the cover of your book and I'm very enticed. Soil erosion is an important topic to me actually. Besides working on many prevention projects as an eagle scout, my grandfather plays an important role with the Department of Energy so I've learned a lot from him. He's a truly brilliant genius of a man.

And with your book, now you can't say you've never sold a copy anymore!

Most of my experience with self-publishing has been with createspace (although they used to be called something else). I actually made an independent film years ago that I had for sale on there but I probably made several dozen quarters off of it and that's it. I've been using createspace as well to generate demo versions of the Adorable Horribles.

I remember the days when Paramount ran King's Dominion and Star Trek was all over the place! 12 year old me thought the coolest thing in the world was to team up with my best friend Felder and harass the Klingons. We'd just follow them around as they made their rounds and we'd yell out our best Kirk-fueled Klingon insults, including the classic: Klingons smell BAD!

Some poor actor is probably still crying himself to sleep.

Thanks for your praise on the video! I've got several years work experience with video editing and animation which comes in handy. I used After Effects for the end. I do have experience with Flash and actionscript but AE is more in my comfort zone. I did use Flash to make a "game" on the Adorable Horribles website, which basically lets the player take control of myself as a character and get him out to the AH home world to study the animals (which make weird hybrid noises).

I'd really be interested to see what else you come up with, especially now that I'm excited about getting your book in the mail. Besides getting AH published, finishing and getting published the trilobite book, and the humming bird book, I also want to try and connect with a few medical professionals to create a kids book that's aimed at helping them deal with "Secondary PTSD." I'm hoping that if I can get to that place and be able to get that moving, it would be ideal to set it up that any profit the book makes goes directly to a charity that would also help kids.

Paul

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-01-23 20:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Hi Paul,


Wow, thank you for buying a copy !
The book is sorter than the page count states it is. The reason for this being is Unibook stated I believe is the book at a minimum must be 30 pages long. If memory serves, the Sand Castle Man is either 16 or 17 pages in length. Those extra pages I turned into a creative event for lack of having additional content for the book. Draw your own sand castle pages meant for the kid to doodle on since likely this wouldn't be read to them at the beach where they could express them selfs best.

I have written one other children's book but the first draft got lost in a disaster that happened a few years ago. The story was about a family about to move but it's unknown to where. Now the people aren't the focus of this story, it's a puppy they own hearing about what's planned and then older wiser dogs telling him what life would be like if he was moved to the city or country. The story was written in a very sing-song manner. The reason being I was backing up CEDs to DVDs at the time and I think, Dot and the Kangaroo & Signing in the Rain was influencing my creatively since I had just worked on them. The story was good but the down side was it was a better song than some thing to hand to a kid and expect them to take like a normal book.

If you like the book and others I hope see it as the result of you having it. I'll make a second draft of that first book. Also it will have better illustrations in it too.

On Paramount's reign of King's Dominion here's my funny note to you on that. Not witnessed by me but by the rest of my family. My dad who was in his 40's at the time we visited saw two people in Star Trek getups & full makeup. According to what I'm told he completely lost his sense of reality and stared wide-mouthed at the actors (one dressed as a Klingon and the other as a Romulan). Wonderful that the wife and two teenage kids and a better grip on what they were looking at. Even though I wasn't witness I still remember that fact about the park. I just found it amusing being a big fan of the franchise even back then.

Also thanks for the fave! Have you ever read the series that image is attached too ?


~Erin

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-01-27 16:56:54 +0000 UTC]

Erin,

Sorry for my delay in responding. Crazy week.

I remember a lot of weirdness with page count on the sites I looked at. It varies a lot, perhaps determined by each printer's capabilities. I ended up settling on createspace only because it was extremely cheap and I only wanted demos.

I'm definitely excited about seeing your book and I'll be sure to send you feedback! I really like sharing with other individuals who have interest in children's books. I haven't met a lot of folks who are into that.

I like the idea about the puppy quite a bit! You could always reimagine it and create a new script. Some times that's where the best stuff appears. I've got an old unfinished script about a possum who wants to fly, but it kind of came out of my mind when I wasn't very serious about creating children's books.

I haven't read the series regarding that image... I'm definitely familiar with the 80s TV show and a little of the serials but not much more beyond that. I love your art. The expression of the reptilish man is perfect. I really got a lot of feeling from looking at him. It also reminded me (in a strange way) of David Cronenberg's adaptation of William S. Burrough's "Naked Lunch."

Anyhow, I see you're doing a convention this weekend. I hope it goes well!

Paul

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-02-08 15:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Paul,


Sorry for the late reply my self now. I'm trying to catch up in messages. Deviants it's already been done.

There's some thing of interest to both of us I recorded at Con-Jour and due to the length of the videos total it wouldn't stock me if you haven't seen it yet. One of the videos has in it a panel on getting books published. The information the people were saying sounded really valuable. You can thank for talking me into sitting in on it. Otherwise I doubt I would have noticed it on the schedule with all the running around I was doing during the convention. Sorry but I can't remember which video shows that panel.

The series (26th Century) it's a remake mainly based off the last TV incarnation but lightly also off the pre-golden age stuff that started it (sorry I'm a comic book geek ). I have one of the stories posted here but the rest at this point are all solely on it's main site. The deviant tilted Episode 14 is the one posted here.


Erin

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-02-09 23:34:05 +0000 UTC]

Erin,

It's Con-Jour 4.0 Part 4. Definitely interesting. The attitudes towards setting up your own publishing company are not surprising (considering how frustrating this entire process can be). It was also really interesting to hear the suggestion of getting government assistance. It makes sense and I've seen plenty of programs for just about everything you can imagine, but it hadn't dawned on me that it was possible.

Also: I got the book! It's very clever. My favorite aspect of the writing is when the mountain (from far away) chimes in with his own cynical view. My favorite illustration is the boy and sand castle man fuming at the surf. The wide range of expressions you have on the sand castle man is very effective. The only thing that I can think to revise (and this is my undergraduate english degree talking) would be a couple of typos in the beginning. Otherwise, it's really fantastic!

And I'm a comic book geek myself. (:

Paul

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-02-14 01:31:16 +0000 UTC]

Paul,


Thank you and hee . Um which explains why I had a friend do proof checking for me while I was working on Buck Rogers. I'd read and spell checked over a story once and then handed it over to her viva email before posting.

Shame you couldn't be at the convention. One of the vendors in artist alley was selling their comic book collection, five long boxes worth at 50 cents a book. Good stuff too. I got to replace a few books I lost due to a disaster that happened 3 years ago. Plus got a decent number of new books (all back issues).


Erin

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Petzrick In reply to systemcat [2012-02-14 03:16:48 +0000 UTC]

Erin,

I was just mentioning it because you said you might be doing a revised version. Those pesky little typos make their way through so many projects! With the book I'm working on now, I'm fortunate to get extremely analytical feedback (grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.) from my mom who's a language arts specialist. It's amazing how many things she catches!

I used to frequent conventions. Did a single Star Trek convention around when Generations came out and a bunch of horror conventions in Maryland. The vendors are something! Good in there's stuff you can't get anywhere else. Bad in there's stuff you can't get anywhere else!! I ended up strategically limiting the amount of money I took with me.

What sorts of comics did you pick up? Lately I've been reading the Dark Horse Aliens comics, which I've gotten weirdly obsessed with. I'm almost done with my third "omnibus," probably more than 1000 pages of xenomorph craziness. I've also been reading the entire run of Marvel Sleepwalker comics from the early 90s, mainly because I wasn't able to finish them as a kid after my mom banned me from comics (because of Sleepwalker).

Paul

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systemcat In reply to Petzrick [2012-02-14 04:14:27 +0000 UTC]

Paul,


Huff . You used to live in Texas which is where I am now. You use to go to conventions in Maryland where I lived for 14 years. Only caught one convention while living in Maryland but I can't remember it's name. Did you ever attend the Captain Blue Hen Comics convention in Delaware years ago?

And over what comics I picked up. 'K this takes some explaining. Some of the replacement comics were because of ones I got at random during the 90's thanks to the Wizards of Westfield catalog, giving freebies. First the random Westfield books: Shattered Image and Angela Glory. Replacement non-random were: Sovereign Seven, Astro City, Superman, X-Men, Spawn, and Sliders. New ones yet to be read picked up were: Flaxen Alter Ego, DC/Marvel All Access and Stargate.

Don't know Sleepwalker. All I know is a faint memory of seeing & reading the character's comic card. My brother was obsessed with collecting Marvel comic cards for about half the 90's and later I got his collection.


Erin

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systemcat In reply to systemcat [2012-01-23 20:30:44 +0000 UTC]

Correction: Sinnging

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