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Charybdis from Homer's The Odyssey for my graduate thesis.Edit (12/20/11) *
This is an updated version with changes made using the critique I was given by the class instructor this was for, good friend and one of the most amazing illustrators I've ever seen, Christopher Burdett ( [link] ) .
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Oooh, that is quite creepy and well colored / shaded.
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Thank you very much 
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that definitely looks like it would eat me. Thats a compliment
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I'm sure she'd love to eat you
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Very nice, and rather creepy, too! You put a great amount of detail into this. ^^
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Yes I did. Thank you very much
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Thank you
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I love the details on this piece. It must have taken you forever!
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It was for a directed studies class that I took with a cool friend of mine as the mentor, Christopher Burdett, he's a phenomenal artist. We worked on it all semester, but really the designing of him took way longer than the digital painting. The digital painting did take a while though, but really only because I'm just learning how to digitally paint and create creatures. I salivate at the thought of becoming a creature designer like Neville Page one day
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Jeeez! That's a terrifying little creature you got there.
Looks like it's straight out of a Resident Evil game. ^^
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I haven't played any of the Resident Evil games, but I think it could be fun to face him in a God of War game
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I don't know why I think it is cute. Unbelievable.
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Sometimes the most fierce things can be cute to some, to each their own I say
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What a great creature! Great work on this one!
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Thanks, I appreciate the kudos
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Looking awesome, man. Wouldn't want that charging after you now, would ya?
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Thanks, and I definitely wouldn't want that
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no problem it really is amazing
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I was always told Charybdis was a sort of sentient whirlpool. I like this better though, a nice take on an old legend.
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According to Greek mythology, which has many different authors such as Homer and Virgil and many many others, Charybdis isn't the whirlpool herself, she is the demigod who causes the whirlpool. She does it three times a day, every day, by sucking in vast amounts of water in her mouth. She is the daughter of Poseidon and even comes on land to cause destruction and mayhem at her father's bidding.
Greek mythology is CRAZY, lol. That's why it's so fun to illustrate.
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Lol that makes more sense. We were taught from an "appropriate" watered down version of the books.
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I used to be a teacher and I know how sad it is to teach from a text book. They water down the information so much from most literature as to not have to answer hard questions. It's a shame, because a lot of what is cut out of these classic tales are what makes them magical in the first place. I never appreciated the Odyssey or the Illiad in high school, it wasn't until I read the unabridged versions that they became as awesome to me as they are now. I can understand why they've been around so long now, they're amazing and fantastical stories.
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Thanks
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Thanks, it was a very long process, but I'm starting to get the hang of creature creation, but just starting
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Nice design and colouring, looks great, congratulations!
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