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Roleplaying illustration for A Thousand Suns...paying homage to the science fiction of the 1950's and 1960's.Related content
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Ah yesss....more octo-based aliens. The suit design was the main focus...and I had a lot of fun creating it.
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Hmmm. Your comment is a puzzle for me, Dmitri. I did this illustration for a roleplay storyline entitled "A Thousand Suns", but I'm unfamiliar with the actual details of the story. I'm more familiar with LEXX series, but not by much. A symbol? On their armor?
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These "things" work for "His Divine Shadow?" otherwise, for what they have on the armor the "symbol" of the divine order of the LEXX series?
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Hmmm. Your comment is a puzzle for me, Dmitri. I did this illustration for a roleplay storyline entitled "A Thousand Suns", but I'm unfamiliar with the actual details of the story. I'm more familiar with LEXX series, but not by much. A symbol? On their armor?
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A symbol On their armor [link] like this
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Aahhh...I see what you are referring to, Dmitri. The "symbol" you are focusing on is actually not a symbol at all. Its an unused arm-hole in the spacesuit. It is in a closed position because the alien inside the suit has elected not to use that particular opening. If you take a close look at the alien in the background you will notice a tentacle coming out of the corresponding opening on the spacesuit. After looking at the link you sent to me (showing the LEXX symbol) I can easily see where you might make that connection!
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Yeah! but the resemblance is still there.
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well done, it realy looks like retro scy fy
suited tentacles things must be not easy. i don't know why but i can't imagine aliens whitout..tentacles. and no, i don't really want to imagine them whithout suit.
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Tentacles indeed! We boney humans have a fascination with life-forms that have no bones. Whether earthly...or other-worldly. I had alot of fun designing the suits.
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I've always loved your alien designs Mike. This one is no exception.
I could always tell which of your creatures would realised as a practical effect (prosthetics adorning a real person) and which would have to be fully cgi, if they were in a movie.
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You clearly have a cinemagraphic mind, Simon. As do I. A handy thing to have, don't you think?
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Having a 'viewfinder' within an imagination is a very useful tool for an artist to possess Mike, I agree completely. It helps tremendously with visualization.
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Love the way their equipment is designed to fit their manipulative appendages.
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Glad you noticed, James...because THAT was exactly the challenge I was given: design a spacesuit for them.
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Nice, you always do a good job on strange alien races.
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Thanks, Lem. To be honest, I didn't design these particular babies. I was given reference, so they must be an already established race within the game. My job was to design a spacesuit that..um..suited them.
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