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Published: 2006-11-06 00:07:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 662; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 3
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Description Hello, there. I'm tired. This is page 4 of my kids book "The Thing". It may be a bit hurried towards the end, but we're not going to let the publishers know that are we... Um, the colours remain unchanged from when I scanned it in cos i'm not bothered to change them into what they're meant to be (i've got a pretty bad scanner... oh well, until I get money it'll have to do...).

Here Attica teaches the pixelated thing "tricks", which I showed as a game of fetch... except the Thing is eating a branch: this being my interpretation of the line "it ate almost anything".

Acrylics, blood, sweat and tears.

And I had to do half of it with a cold, so it may have bogies too.

Yummy.
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Comments: 19

kique [2007-03-09 17:26:49 +0000 UTC]

his looks like it's gouache. how did you get the acrylics to look matte? i've tried that matte medium but it doesnt quite do it.

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invent-a-shell In reply to kique [2007-03-09 20:00:13 +0000 UTC]

It looks a lot more textural at full size, trust me! I also spent AGES layering colours on top of each other like you would normally do with oils which could have something to do with it too...

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Bernardumaine [2006-12-18 14:46:35 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done, love the stylisation !

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invent-a-shell In reply to Bernardumaine [2006-12-18 15:56:03 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks!!! ^__^

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spoonbard [2006-11-14 11:21:14 +0000 UTC]

You are SO odd! In the best way possible I love the pixelated thing. Where the fuck did you come up with an idea of having a pixelated monster? XD

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invent-a-shell In reply to spoonbard [2006-11-14 16:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Erm... when i was ill and had lost the will to draw, paint and be arty in general, I spent my days on pooter - box playing online pooter games... got me thinkin in pixels...

... wouldn't it be cool if you could like have a real-life tamagotchi-type-thing...

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spoonbard In reply to invent-a-shell [2006-11-14 18:38:46 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaha! Awesome X3

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dogtopus [2006-11-09 21:35:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow! D

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dogtopus In reply to dogtopus [2006-11-12 12:57:49 +0000 UTC]

It's probably a BIG GRIN. I'll just write BIG GRIN in future. Ok? BIG GRIN!

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invent-a-shell In reply to dogtopus [2006-11-11 21:57:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanku!!!

That smily you keep doing never shows up on my screen...

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pixieface [2006-11-06 17:44:30 +0000 UTC]

This is COOL. I love the colours! Your mind is just weird enough to be perfect for kids books - like you never forgot how to be a kid. I am jealous.

BACON!

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invent-a-shell In reply to pixieface [2006-11-11 21:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Anttie need diaper changed...

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kandinsky-prince [2006-11-06 11:10:34 +0000 UTC]

Ant is awesome ant is awesome ant is awesome ant is awesome. I love the yellow clouds best

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invent-a-shell In reply to kandinsky-prince [2006-11-06 14:59:13 +0000 UTC]

Lellow!

^_^

Thanks.

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AnnaWieszczyk [2006-11-06 08:37:43 +0000 UTC]

it' great! your illustrations are awsome and I would love to see whole book

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invent-a-shell In reply to AnnaWieszczyk [2006-11-06 15:04:14 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou! I'm in the process of bringing about 5 or 6 of the illustration into the final artwork stage; the rest will stay as roughs unless the book gets chosen for publication i'm afraid...

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tiamat9 [2006-11-06 02:25:48 +0000 UTC]

Nicely detailed and colored. I really like the character design and poses. Lovely setting and fine atmosphere.

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invent-a-shell In reply to tiamat9 [2006-11-06 15:05:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Like your artwork too: especially the abstract ones!

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tiamat9 In reply to invent-a-shell [2006-11-06 15:45:56 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome and thank you very much.

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