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Published: 2007-07-12 08:00:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 72495; Favourites: 1999; Downloads: 901
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My tribute to one of the greatest horror films ever made, John Carpenter's 1982 version of "The Thing".This is easily Carpenter's best film. All the elements - the writing, direction, acting, special effects, and music work together perfectly. It's got the fear of isolation AND paranoia, and some of the most brilliantly insane horror sequences ever put on film - thanks to Rob Bottin who, like Carpenter, was also doing the best work of his whloe career here. A perfect movie by any standard.
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you are very welcome Bryan
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Okay, I've got to print that and make that my new dvd cover. Freak'n awesome work.
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Awesome! Haha. Thanks steve, it's been too long since we talked.
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Yeah, I've got a lot going on. I may be moving and taking a new job, so I've been scrambling like mad to get things in order around the house. I haven't drawn in weeks.
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So awesome and freaky!!!! You did a killer job on this!!!
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Awesome piece of work. Kurt Russel is the king.
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Haha, thanks. I love Kurt Russel!
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Have you ever drawn Snake Plisskin?
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Incredible! One of my top fav movies. Excellent job man. You made my day a lot better.
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Great! Thanks for letting me know!
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i love this movie tremendously
and the best thing about it is they did it all without cgi.
great tribute bryan
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Thanks for letting me know you like it!
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Eh, I still think the greatest horror film ever made is 'The Wolf Man'. Still, a tremendously terror-riffic pic, Bogeyman Bryan!
Shriek ya later!
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I think The Wolf Man is ONE OF the greatest horror films ever made also. But I think The Thing belongs high up on that list, too. I have many favorites.
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Are you kidding, The Wolf Man is one of the greatest films ever made, horror or otherwise!
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All righty then. Hey, i just got '
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If you've never seen it before you are in for a treat.
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Awesome Flick, Awesome Render Bro!!
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Thanks so much man! Awesome comment!! Haha.
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Hah! Wilford Brimley For the Win!
I like the warm/cool interplay in here. I'd like to see some of it toned down a little, so the chromatic bits really scream. But that's splitting hairs.
Nice Kurt Russell likeness as well
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Hey Andy! Thanks for the cool comments. Yeah, I was starting out with the colors all diffused and subtle, and then I started thinking about Carpenter's style on his early films, especially The Thing, where you have a lot of heavy black shadows and when there's color it's pretty intense and chromatic... those blue lights and glowing pink flares, hot orange flames, and Rob Bottin's amazing blackish-red blood...
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The movie is by far one of my all time Fav's. And you don't get to see artwork about the characters much, so I fav'd yours. Great job. As much as I love Rob Bottin's creature designs in the movie, I always felt the creature that attacks during the blood test was the least inspired. The others were just soooo bizarre and that one just didn't seem as interesting. I love the movie regardless. It's quite amamzing just how well it still holds up to this day even with FX the way they look now.
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I gotta disagree with you on one thing... I LOVE that monster from the blood test sequence. I think it's one of the films craziest, most chaotic, and horrifying moments!
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Definitley a great scene no doubt, just the creature for it was a bit underdeveloped or under utilized for me.
Did you ever ponder the posibility of the creature in the wooden crate in 'Creepshow 1' to be related to the creature of 'The Thing'? They films came out in '82, the wooden crate has written on it 'Arctic Expedition' and 'Julia Carpenter'. It's probably just a little bit of an homage to the director, if anything, as they are pals I guess, but it's just fun to think about.
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this is by far one of the best horror movies out there ! the art work you have done here is as equally impressive.
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Wow, thanks, if you find my artwork as impressive as that movie, then I take that as quite a compliment!
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you are welcome. that movie is killer. i have some of the action figures from it too.
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Yup, I've been waiting for this one. 
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Haha, the funny thing is, you've been suggesting I do a tribute to this movie for a while, and I literally had this one lying around half-finished for about the past 4 months, and just kept getting sidetracked from it because of other things! But whenever you would suggest it I never wanted to say, "It's in the works!!" Because I wasn't sure when I would get to finish it. And, I would rather surprise people than keep them asking, "Anytime soon???" forever. Haha. Glad it turned out to your liking!
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Oh, it did turn out to my liking. I find it interesting how much of the film takes place in utter darkness, considering it's in Antarctica, and I love how your drawing reflects that. This just popped up in my Random Favorites and drew my attention again. Love this one.
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Well thank you once again!! haha. When I first started coloring it I had no idea I was going to use black all the way around like that. I originally went into it thinking I would try to use the colors to suggest the winter ice lit orange by all the flares and fire they were constantly using in the movie. But then that seemed too pale and lacking. So I went dark and it suddenly felt like the movie to me.
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Awesome. probably my favorite movie ever. great job.
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Cool!! I'm glad it did your favorite movie justice!
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yeah me too, if you messed that one up... I don't know what would have happened.
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Well, the world would have exploded, probably.
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Awesome! One of your best fanart pieces. I'm jealous and have to do one now.
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I can't wait to see it! I bet yours will suck more than mine. HAHA.
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If you mean sucking down a tall glass of cool then you are probably right.
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You're BLIND! And you can't see. You need to wear sunglasses like DMC!!!
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One of my favorite movies of all time. I've heard people asking for a remake... IT DOESN'T NEED ONE!!
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I agree with you one thousand percent!!
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This movie itself is a remake. Remaking this would be a remake of a remake.
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I somehow missed this John Carpenter cult classic. Now I want to see it!
Jag
PS1: And here I thought it would be another FF character art. Almost deleted it without opening it!
PS2: Would love to see you do Big Trouble in Little China or Escape From NY/LA.
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wow. someone actually drew fanart of The Thing?
this is one of the scariest films for me. the creature effects still look good today.
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Yep, I did! Haha. And yes, the effects definitely hold up to modern standards, and are actually better than a lot of today's CGI monsters. Rob Bottin was a genius.
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