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HotaruThodt — Alexi Jiang - Re-Animator

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0.5 Lead
Zebra Orbitz Gel Pens
Zebra Ballpoint Pens
Accent Opaque Paper
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Pose Reference:

"This Re-Animator Poster!"

"If you're feeling dead I'll be your Re-Animator
I've got the way to bring you to life
A superior existence with no one to control you
Where you can always do what you like

Let me give you some green color and you will ask for more
You will see that you never felt this way before
Party without limits, have sex and don't be blue
Freedom is eternal for you, you, you!

Move your dead bones bones bones
Move your dead bones bones bones
The secret will keep you alive
Move your dead bones bones bones
Move your dead bones bones bones
You'll dance for the rest of your life"

--Dr. Re-Animator "Move Your Dead Bones"

"Alexi Jiang has a good head on his shoulders...and another on his desk."

So, *screamin-jazzy commissioned me waaay back in the day and, with this piece, I've finally finished the last of her commissions. I must say that I'm pretty damned happy with the end results if I do say so myself.

Jazz originally asked for her would-be pathologist Alexi Jiang and my Singing Surgeon Dr. Ryan in mankinis at the beach, but the RP progressed and Alexi started dating and eventually married Ryan's son/clone BEO. Needless to say, I thought the mankini picture would be awkward, so after much thought as well as asking jazz for permission to do a different piece, I began to think on something different.

I got inspired after finding a scan of a movie poster from the film "Re-Animator" and worked from there, and now here's Alexi Jiang doing his best Herbert West impression while getting ahead in life...so to speak.

Dr. Ryan couldn't be happier about that.

The font I used is called "Re-Animator (Demo)". Sadly its a pay font, but its just so pretty. Once day I actually plan to buy this font and others...one day...

Also, before anyone asks, I don't draw my own characters for money unless you're a close friend of mine.

C'mon! Re-animate your feet!

Dr. Ryan R. Ryan, MD Copyright Jennifer Hopkins/Hotaru Thodt (=hotaru-sama666 --Me!)
Alexi Jiang Copyright © Jazz Jazzington (*screamin-jazzy --Her!)
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Comments: 83

HotaruThodt In reply to ??? [2010-02-01 22:20:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Check the post reference in the description of this pic to see what inspired me to draw this.

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Matsu-Akamaru In reply to HotaruThodt [2010-02-01 23:15:22 +0000 UTC]

i did,i did~! its scary awesome~!

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HotaruThodt In reply to Matsu-Akamaru [2010-02-01 23:25:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Matsu-Akamaru In reply to HotaruThodt [2010-02-02 00:17:10 +0000 UTC]

^.^

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Nemesis12 [2010-01-16 21:08:05 +0000 UTC]

This is made of epic win. And I know that poster.

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HotaruThodt In reply to Nemesis12 [2010-01-16 21:51:39 +0000 UTC]

That poster was too awesome not to pay homage to. I'm glad you like it.

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baghora0 [2009-11-27 19:15:26 +0000 UTC]

Here is that guy again with the open pants and weird background
Very nice drawing! love it

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HotaruThodt In reply to baghora0 [2009-11-27 19:39:55 +0000 UTC]

lol, but this time, all you get here is his head. Thanks.

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AzeilaRose [2009-11-15 20:22:19 +0000 UTC]

I can't get over the hair. It looks so good. I really like the way you used the smoke too. And the facial expressions are dark and insane kind of, which really makes the piece. Everything you've used here has worked really well in the over all appearence of this pic. All in all, this looks really really good.

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HotaruThodt In reply to AzeilaRose [2009-11-15 20:25:04 +0000 UTC]

Hey thanks. This is a parody of one of the movie posters for 'Re-Animator' so it was only natural to have the two characters look insane. I have fun with the lighting and the smoke.

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AzeilaRose In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-11-15 20:29:05 +0000 UTC]

I've never heard of that movie before.
I can tell you had fun, it looks great!

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HotaruThodt In reply to AzeilaRose [2009-11-15 20:35:12 +0000 UTC]

Well, it's an old horror film from the 80's based on a story by HP Lovecraft.

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AzeilaRose In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-11-15 20:42:20 +0000 UTC]

I love the 80's!
And I love movies...
I'm surprised I haven't heart of this.

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HotaruThodt In reply to AzeilaRose [2009-11-15 20:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Some of my best childhood memories are in the 80's.

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AzeilaRose In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-11-15 23:34:49 +0000 UTC]

Me too... and I wasn't even born!
But they should have been in the 80's...

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HotaruThodt In reply to AzeilaRose [2009-11-16 07:43:56 +0000 UTC]

Well, I wasn't born until halfway through 1981 if that makes you feel any better.

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AzeilaRose In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-11-16 20:59:05 +0000 UTC]

Woah, we are a decade apart in age! I was born in 1991.
We have so much in common though with our femmy-man characters.

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HotaruThodt In reply to AzeilaRose [2009-11-17 10:48:27 +0000 UTC]

lolz. Now that is funny.

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AzeilaRose In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-11-17 20:42:18 +0000 UTC]

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Orochitachi [2009-10-29 20:44:39 +0000 UTC]

Ah, the Re animator... I remember when I used too spaz about it... XD Ah, the good old days...

I often put the theme to my character Kai... He has a thing with making zombies... By using a fun little parasite he created using his blood and other fun things... Sorry about the rant...

... ...

-steals head-
>> << You saw nothing!

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HotaruThodt In reply to Orochitachi [2009-10-29 20:54:28 +0000 UTC]

Nooooo...I need that!

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Orochitachi In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-29 21:06:04 +0000 UTC]

I'm only 'borrowing' him!
XD

-runs far away-

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HotaruThodt In reply to Orochitachi [2009-10-29 21:08:11 +0000 UTC]

Nah, Ryan was consecrated to me at birth. I can't let anyone borrow him or else my muse might disappear.

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Orochitachi In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-29 21:11:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh fine...

-is nice enough to return him to your good graces XDDD)

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HotaruThodt In reply to Orochitachi [2009-10-29 21:12:00 +0000 UTC]

He would have killed you anyway.

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Orochitachi In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-29 21:15:14 +0000 UTC]

Figured he would of... XDDD

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Blackfirm [2009-10-18 14:00:45 +0000 UTC]

This picture creeps me >_< Though the scenery and the smoke is really nice, but the head just makes me not like this picture, sorry xD

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HotaruThodt In reply to Blackfirm [2009-10-18 14:03:39 +0000 UTC]

Haha. This picture is supposed to be creepy, and that head belong to my OC Dr. Ryan. He's...crazy, and being the physical idiosyncrasy he is, drawing this parody with his son-in-law as the "Re-Animator" was just too perfect.
I'm sorry you don't like it, but creep was exactly what I was going for.

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Blackfirm In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-18 14:12:14 +0000 UTC]

Well you got what you wanted and there are probably enough people that really like creepiness xD

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HotaruThodt In reply to Blackfirm [2009-10-18 14:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Heehee, and I'm one of those people. XD

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YamiHolopainen [2009-10-14 18:28:54 +0000 UTC]

Nice work on the laboratory stuff!
I also liked the shading, to be more accurate on Alexi's hands.

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HotaruThodt In reply to YamiHolopainen [2009-10-15 03:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I actually looked at my reference for the lighting while I worked. They just don't make movie posters like that anymore.

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LOVEmeDEATH [2009-10-14 07:07:39 +0000 UTC]

nice coloring!

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HotaruThodt In reply to LOVEmeDEATH [2009-10-14 07:13:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much.

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capyBAKA [2009-10-10 21:40:02 +0000 UTC]

This looks crazy awesome. Love the dmented smile and the colouring is superb :3

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HotaruThodt In reply to capyBAKA [2009-10-11 02:35:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm glad at least some people like this piece.

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Asiina [2009-10-09 08:39:33 +0000 UTC]

Very creepy... I love his casual expression in comparison to the expression of the corpse he has there. The stitchings, the lighting, the chemicals... it's all very eerie.

That swirling smoke, especially from the cigarette, is fantastic... and his own throat's been cut open. I didn't see that at first. Love it. The slight green tint to his skin is great, and you seem to have a very solid understanding of light sources =]

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HotaruThodt In reply to Asiina [2009-10-09 20:25:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I've noticed my light sourcing has been a bit inconsistent in the past so its one of the thing I've been working on lately (using reference of course; this one being no different) along with colour theory.
The guy with his throat cut open in *screamin-jazzy 's character Alexi Jiang. He likes to experiment on himself.

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Feliane [2009-10-07 16:37:34 +0000 UTC]

I remember this movie ! But never saw it (or do not remember, I saw so many horror movies in the 80's).
Very good dark atmosphere on your picture with green like evil ^^

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HotaruThodt In reply to Feliane [2009-10-08 04:38:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I needed more green in my gallery.

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Feliane In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-08 12:10:38 +0000 UTC]

Green is a beautiful color, do not hesitate to use it more, it would fit well your universe

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HotaruThodt In reply to Feliane [2009-10-08 19:47:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much.

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immortalmina [2009-10-07 15:05:15 +0000 UTC]

Nice job. You can tell you put a lot of work into it and it turned out great.

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HotaruThodt In reply to immortalmina [2009-10-08 04:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I did indeed put much work into this. And that doesn't even cover all the shooping I did to the lineart.

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immortalmina In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-08 14:52:11 +0000 UTC]

lol It looks like it was worth it!

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HotaruThodt In reply to immortalmina [2009-10-08 19:47:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^_^

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RedWingsDragon [2009-10-07 03:26:11 +0000 UTC]

Come a little closer boys and girls. I'm the re-animator. Move your dead bones, bones bones! XD Awsome work here

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HotaruThodt In reply to RedWingsDragon [2009-10-07 04:00:08 +0000 UTC]

C'mon! Re-animate your feet! Thank you!

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RedWingsDragon In reply to HotaruThodt [2009-10-07 04:08:21 +0000 UTC]

*boogie*

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firepixie [2009-10-07 03:04:38 +0000 UTC]

This came together really well! I like the personal touch you added to the surrounding foreground details. Are there objects floating in those beakers?

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