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Cover for Dragon Magazine.A Mindflayer having a snack
© 2006 Paizo Publishing
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Excuse me?! We say Grace to the old ones before we eat their offerings!
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Beautiful work here, but I noticed an error and had to mention... he has one too many fingers (assuming we're going normal human hands). The hand on the right, or the mind flayer's left hand is the culprit here. However, many of the Google Images show them with four fingers per hand. Either way, it's still an absolutely fantastic piece.
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The additional finger was deliberate.
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you know that a mind is a terrible thing to waste....
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Oh holy hell, I can't believe I found this! I have this Dragon Magazine (back when, you know, it still existed) and let me tell you, this cover definitely made me stop and stare for a good five minutes. This REALLY nails the horrors of the illithiad race, how downright scary and cruel mindflayers are by their very nature and it still gives me creepy-crawlies to see it. It was pretty much this image that made me sympathize for all the classes/races out there bent on destroying mindflayers. You sir, are a master.
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mindflayers aren't cruel, they're simply connoisseurs -- and rightly so!
i like how the illithid's gentle touch / shoulder massage and mindful (hehe) savoring are captured ever so perfectly. nice one, cheers!
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That happened to me last night with Lord Cthulhu.
...it was a bad night for the both of us.
>.>;
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Reminds me of the singer for Alter Bridge. 
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The illithid looks so evil, and I love the way its claws are grasping the shoulders of his victim.
I don't think I've seen anyone else showing mind flayer tentacles going into a mouth before, but I think it makes it look more like the illithid has grabbed any part of the head it can get to to suck the victim up into its maw.
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Mmm...my favorite Dungeon cover and mag ever. Far Realms awesomeness!
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When I played NetHack as a kid, this is what I imagined my character was going through
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I always did have a soft spot for illithids. ^_^ Your painting is thoroughly beautiful. I absolutely adore that those shades of yellow, green, and purple are all used together in a painting, even if the purples are more sparingly just at the tips of his appendages. And you've managed to capture just the right expressions of evil and absolute terror on the subjects. Lovely work! Things like this are why I 
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Nom Nom, I wonder if likes that with anything...
The facial expression reminds me of Lucio Parillo's stuff for some reason. If you haven't seen his work, you'd likely dig it a lot.
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it reminds me of the all mighty and all powerful destroyer...CTHULHU MYTHOS!!!
Lovecraft rox my sox off...and sometimes back on
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"Munchies!"
ah so you did this piece! I should have looked through all your gallery before now.
Definately one of my fave D&D artists, sir!
Your colour work is very strong and vivid, really powerful.
Always rememebr, folks, when fighting mind flayers, either wear a SPIKED helmet, or, keep a grenade under it
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I totally have that issue of Dragon. I had no idea you were on dA. *excitement*
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this brings back memories, of game books and out of the pit, Ian Livingstone & stave Jackson. really cool by the way.
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Oh, I remember this monster from ADD ^^
Beautiful work as always !
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Woooooah.
Really creepy and really amazingly awesome at the same time.
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ah so you're the marvelous master who put this together. this is one of my favorite magazine covers.
i do adore the illithids....
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Love
braaaaaiiinnns *slurp*
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Blah... if I were an Illithid, I would only slurp on bald people... imagine having to work your way through patches of hair... they would stick in your throat. do you think they cough up hairballs occasionally?
Great work though, although the mouth of the victim seems to be open a bit too much... perhaps a hairball problem himself?
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This is insane. I love the expression on the face along with the way you drew the mouth/creature.
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You captured the extraction perfectly! I love mind flayers they're so awesome, i actually have a Mindflayer Character named Necrosis in D&D.
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You captured the extraction perfectly! I love mind flayers they're so awesome, i actually have a Mindflayer Character named Necroasis in D&D.
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i have a mindflayer character too!!! .....but he only needs to eat brains once a month.....
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my dwarven warrior killed an mindflayer with a broken bottle of fish sause once...
gotta love rolling a 19 when the DM rolls a 1
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for a moment there I thought it was Cthulhu!
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