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... Joe says it looks like a Grell....Related content
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Exquisitely beautiful. Your detail and sense of flow is masterful! 
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You're most welcome and well deserved. 
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Thanks! That means a lot from you ... I love the way you use color and patterns in your images...
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Nice composition,movement , the way to use lines patterns works well with the volume,movement
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Thanks, your comment makes me happy.... I was worried that I hadn't pulled off some of the things I wanted to.... Your words make me feel more confident.
Thanks!
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Partly due to the old D&D drawing style, partly cuz a grell looks like an octopus anyways :]
Great animal, very well articulated.
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I love those old Monster Manual illustrations....
I feel like I could have been obsessed with D&D... But it was one of those things that I missed out on a little... I loved the D&D cartoon...
It took a group of like minded friends... I think that was the problem.
-this relates so.
I will share this (against my better Judgement )
...it explains itself....
chobeksbox.blogspot.com/2015/0…
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about the drawing:
I need to keep working on the pattern/rendering balance. There are times I think I should have been more attentive to the form... Some areas don't quite make sense... It should make either more or less sense if you know what I mean, right now it is right on the border, and that kind of annoys me .... But ... I will get there, I think
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I usually had friends that would play D&D, even in college. I don't think we ever finished a campaign though.
Your game is awesome! I always found encryption fun, I wanna break your word code. I made up a game in elementary school. It involved wolfmen vs lava-men and I incorporated it into neighborhood games of hide and seek/tag. I drew up the respective hierarchies and assigned each special abilities like you did. I wonder where those sketches are.
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I noticed some discrepancies of form (and figured two tentacles were hiding), but considering how malleable and amoeba-like an octopus is, it's totally believable. And the patterns make sense for each body part.
I want my art to make less sense in a way, hmm, maybe. Working with digital now is making my work a bit uptight, I've lost my flow. I don't know, I neglected art for a long time and am now frustrated by all that lost progress.
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Do you have dental insurance?
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OK, now I am trying to think logically about who would win in a fight.... Wolfmen or lava-men... I guess I think lava-men....if lava is involved in any way.....Are the wolf men only hurt by silver bullets? I guess There are things worse than death ... Coming in close contact with lava without being able to die might be one of those things.
Wait what's the difference between a werewolf and a wolfman?
... My plan ,if I ever met An immortal monster, was to chop it up in 1" cubes and put it in jars... It wouldn't die but it would be harmless........unless it was like a worm and would regenerate itself from each piece..... Then I would have an army of beings on my hands.... Oddly the situation never presented itself.
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if you crack the code let me know...
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i am going through the exact same thing (lost progress and tightness) myself ..... After I got out of college ( MIAD ) I tried to stay away from creative jobs... I wanted to keep my artwork for myself... But after a few years in retail and 15 years in a factory, the only part of my artwork that survived was what I did in my journal ... Automatic stuff... Stress relief stuff...band aids and Sad little drawings that fluffed my ego to prove I was still ...special I guess... And my work is ..... Not what it should be, I know that I see that...
But a few months ago I quit.... And it has been alarming discovering myself artistically again. It isn't terrible... And I can't really say that I have regrets, but there is this shadow of curiosity ....because I think I would have been a completely different artist had I moved forward instead of backward after school. Maybe I am better off... But I kind of don't think so. My work now is small and tight .... And I had been really pretty sloppy.... I think I miss that, but I don't want to force it either.
The other thing I lost.... I used to weld and do ceramic work... Casting, figure drawing... Intaglio printmaking..... All processes that involve equipment I don't own, and people I no longer keep contact with...
I find that I choose to do the things I can do in my own home without involving others. I am a little hermitish right now. I feel like it is my choice, but I fear that convenience plays a big part in my decisions... And I don't like that I can't tell where I gave up something and where I just changed my preferences.
But I am in a better place than I was a year ago.... And to be honest I can't think of a time I was ever content with my work...
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Well they weren't werewolves, they were never human and didn't polymorph. So, none of the traditional mythos applied. They just looked like a combo of wolf and human. I vaguely remember them being some sort of alien/spiritual beings. Depending on their rank they had various powers like laser beams (I always spell lazer) shot from their eyes to even the playing field. They were ranked by metal type (gold, copper, etc.), I think silver had some kind of frost power. I also think I subconsciously make up details to fill in memory gaps ;]
Hope you have a good team of sous chefs and prep cooks to keep up with that regenerating immortal!
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I wish I went to art school, I know the current opinion seems to be that it's useless but I disagree. I went to UMass as an art major, but partied too much and flunked out, the story of my life :/ About 10 years ago I was heading in the artistic direction I wanted, but lost that bearing in my hiatus. I tried to keep creative jobs in the meantime (baker, chef, blacksmith), but, as mentioned before, too much partying. Now I'm in an embarrassing situation that I'll muddle through for a little bit and see if I can do anything with my art.
What I miss most is my anatomical knowledge (human, animal, plant, mechanical even). I just knew it intuitively and from memory, didn't need reference. I intentionally steered myself away from total realism, but had my own stylized functional structure (although things were usually a bit off because they were pen doodles sans erasure). But, that was fine with me.
I'm a bit of a hermit too, mostly due to financial reasons, and probably mental problems. Which is unfortunate because I've overcome the bulk of my social anxieties. I miss having access to things like a forge and welding equipment, or a professional kitchen and bakery too. I like working alone but it's nice to have others around of similar mind (or differing mind even). Alas, I am not in a better place than last year, maybe I will be next ;]
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Ok... I love the laZer eyed wolfmen... And I love that you seem thorough and detailed about their internal logic. I enjoy complete investment in a line of thinking....
... Don't worry about filling in story gaps... Artists are story tellers, and stories kind of become their own living thing... If filling in the gaps gets the message across maybe there is a truth to gap filling. ... At least that's what I tell myself when I do it --- so I don't feel like I am crazy or a liar.
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sous chef.... Hmm you bring up a point I never considered.... Did we just end world hunger?
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Art School... Yeah I don't know... I got a lot out of it but, I don't think it was so much the training as it was the bubble universe inside the school. It was like a bio dome of creative people... Everyone there wanted to create something...sadly even inside that environment there were stupid purist little lines drawn about what type of artist you were... Squabbles between illustrators and fine artists, that sort of thing,Seems unimportant now... Kind of seemed unimportant then too... I was fine art all the way, but I think it was basically because I was too unskilled to execute an image when I wasn't mentally invested in it. ...and I don't say this in a false modesty way... But I am terrible with color and composition... If something works well it is pure chance.... If I have to think about it, or work at it, I whine and complain like a grade schooler doing math homework. As a work around I draw things with wasted info on the edges... And then I use a scissors ... (Or modernly I crop things on the computer).... I guess I can get by. ...Blah...blah..blah... Don't get me talking about myself...I am horribly self absorbed. Anyway... Someone could make a strong argument for experience being better fuel for artists than a cloistered creative environment. I mean I can't see how your varried experiences wouldn't shape you just as well... I guess it depends what you put in... And take out of anything. I know I never used my degree in any way that benefitted me, but there are conversations and lessons and thoughts that sculpted me at that time ... Those years were shaping years... In that way I owe MIAD a lot.
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hmmm... I would be a hypocrite if I gave any kind of pep talk on social anxiety... I am fine with individuals ... Even engaging but if I get in a room with more than 3 people I can't focus... And I start eyeing up the exits, thinking when is the first moment I can leave and not be labeled rude.
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I earnestly hope this year is better than last for you. I have other thoughts but I will end there.
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Haha, guess we gotta find some immortal regenerating livestock.
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Art is a funny thing to teach and learn, and there are so many non-traditional venues to learn from like youtube videos. Someday there will be computer tutorials for brain surgery
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I've always been quite social, but in a forced, nervous sort of way. Only recently have I felt somewhat at ease in crowds. This might sound strange (maybe not too strange), but I seem to be able to channel my drunk self in sober situations
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Anyways, thanks.
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