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Description Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Deviant Art doesn't like long winded titles apparently, so I had to shorten it.

I really liked the stylized bear mask worn by the Kuma character on Afro Samurai, so most of the character inspiration I owe to that. However, I'm sure that Cloverfield played some kind of role in the conception of the idea as well.
This painting took forever to finish as I'm not really fond of painting (or drawing) buildings, and I struggled with a bad case of artist's block somewhere at the halfway point.

I'm rather happy with the end result, though as is the case with almost every other piece in my gallery, there's about a million things I would have liked to change/do differently.

*note: a sequel/prequel/companion piece can be found here:

[link]

thanks for all the love!
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Comments: 328

DashLockhart [2014-12-12 11:34:02 +0000 UTC]

so awesome

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EmoOtakuTDCT [2014-05-11 00:54:19 +0000 UTC]

I love how this is both adorable and terrifying

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Astro-Monkey In reply to EmoOtakuTDCT [2014-07-17 19:23:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you It's a potent combination!

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aedahinwonderland [2013-04-04 16:13:32 +0000 UTC]

aww so cute

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Astro-Monkey In reply to aedahinwonderland [2013-04-08 05:12:10 +0000 UTC]

don't be fooled, that giant teddy is evil!

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aedahinwonderland In reply to Astro-Monkey [2013-04-08 15:27:27 +0000 UTC]

ooh, but it's so damn cute

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sevenxlives [2012-12-18 08:50:25 +0000 UTC]


The real madness.
brilliant picture. <'3

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Astro-Monkey In reply to sevenxlives [2012-12-22 06:21:41 +0000 UTC]

Thaaanks!

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Ephynephryn [2012-07-07 22:41:02 +0000 UTC]

yeah!

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Brave-one [2012-03-08 09:46:18 +0000 UTC]

This made me smile for a while!. Great work.

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Astro-Monkey In reply to Brave-one [2012-03-09 07:12:51 +0000 UTC]

muchos gracias!

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Protecious [2012-01-05 01:01:17 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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Astro-Monkey In reply to Protecious [2012-03-08 05:14:16 +0000 UTC]

thnx!

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War-Journalist [2011-11-26 04:39:30 +0000 UTC]

HA! That's just cute and cool and awesome all at the same time. Insta-

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Astro-Monkey In reply to War-Journalist [2011-12-26 07:00:22 +0000 UTC]

alright!

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Racketeered [2011-10-21 21:08:56 +0000 UTC]

I love this.

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Astro-Monkey In reply to Racketeered [2011-12-26 07:00:27 +0000 UTC]

yay!

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MisterKage [2011-05-03 22:30:09 +0000 UTC]

Mindlessly browsing through creations brought me something good after all
Never looking at teddybears the same way again o.o

for sure!

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Astro-Monkey In reply to MisterKage [2011-05-06 00:35:15 +0000 UTC]

ha ha, thanks a bundle! I should get up to some mindless browsing myself!

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BonesOfDarkRelms [2011-03-08 19:01:02 +0000 UTC]

the fact that dA wont let me put in a long title pisses me off

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Astro-Monkey In reply to BonesOfDarkRelms [2011-03-09 06:03:56 +0000 UTC]

It's just not fair

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BourneOutlaw2012 [2011-02-05 00:24:20 +0000 UTC]

epic

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amoebabloke [2011-01-04 23:34:10 +0000 UTC]

very nice indeed.
i am quite fond of the old death ray vision myself.

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Astro-Monkey In reply to amoebabloke [2011-01-10 19:55:29 +0000 UTC]

charming, isn't it?

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c4dragon [2010-11-01 22:04:15 +0000 UTC]

BOOOOCCHCHCHCHHCHCHCHCHCHHCHAAAAAAAA!?!?!?!? LASER EYES

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Astro-Monkey In reply to c4dragon [2010-11-02 01:58:23 +0000 UTC]

you bet!

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AnCuSa [2010-10-14 17:58:04 +0000 UTC]

attack of the 50ft teddy bear!!!
cool man, how did you paint it?

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Astro-Monkey In reply to AnCuSa [2010-10-15 21:51:27 +0000 UTC]

with my hands!!!

erm... lets see, started painting the outline with black paint or something (acrylic, btw), then just started adding colours! Usually, that's more or less how I go about it, just drawing or painting the lines I want, then adding colours after.

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withL0VE [2010-10-12 23:35:07 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous colors!

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Astro-Monkey In reply to withL0VE [2010-10-13 04:31:57 +0000 UTC]

wow, thanks! great gallery, by the way!

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withL0VE In reply to Astro-Monkey [2010-10-13 05:37:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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sakanak54 [2010-10-11 17:09:48 +0000 UTC]

and its traditional

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Astro-Monkey In reply to sakanak54 [2010-10-11 20:10:16 +0000 UTC]

ha ha ha

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mikee45514 [2010-09-06 17:02:15 +0000 UTC]

YEAH DESTROY NEW YORK!!~ THIS IS JUST SO AWESOME!!~

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Astro-Monkey In reply to mikee45514 [2010-09-08 15:59:37 +0000 UTC]

ha ha, thanks

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sakanak54 [2010-09-05 21:43:12 +0000 UTC]

awesome dude

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Astro-Monkey In reply to sakanak54 [2010-09-06 07:49:38 +0000 UTC]

ha ha, thanks!

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xiRGix [2010-07-30 20:26:15 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Muse - Uprising.
Wonderful work. want to steal Your skills. ;>

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fellenwort [2010-07-28 06:52:33 +0000 UTC]

No chance this was inspired by Modest Mouse, is there?

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Astro-Monkey In reply to fellenwort [2010-07-30 05:49:22 +0000 UTC]

naw, i just like to plagarize titles

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Chadzime [2010-07-27 09:25:53 +0000 UTC]

So it is class.... Very much impresses *ะพ*

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Astro-Monkey In reply to Chadzime [2010-07-30 05:49:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Chadzime In reply to Astro-Monkey [2010-08-08 11:39:07 +0000 UTC]

Always please))

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sparky21 [2010-07-25 18:18:58 +0000 UTC]

hahaha!

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lemonflea [2010-07-24 09:47:13 +0000 UTC]

lol, so funny

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josey629 [2010-07-24 06:02:26 +0000 UTC]

lol sweet cloverfield help u out on the evil size teddy bear!! XD
nice drawing!! ^-^

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Joolin [2010-07-23 20:12:35 +0000 UTC]

"Good news, everyone! I've created a giant, weaponized teddy bear and unleashed it on New New York!"

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Astro-Monkey In reply to Joolin [2010-07-30 05:55:17 +0000 UTC]

"damn it, farnsworth! you and your atomic monsters!"

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SpyroTailz [2010-07-22 08:43:49 +0000 UTC]

WOW! This is SICK! I love it!

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A-S1y-Fox [2010-07-22 07:49:30 +0000 UTC]

So wait... You mean it's not natural for teddy bear's to fire lasers from their eyes? O.o -Looks at tag- [MADE IN NORTH KOREA] Huh... Well that's interesting.

Love the picture!

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