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Published: 2008-03-29 06:15:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 1061; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 13
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Description I completed this piece (one of my more demented manifestations of Twirrel) more-or-less in a trance, simply drawing from one side of the page to the other in pen, something I rarely do without preparing a rough sketch in pencil first. In addition, I had no idea what it was going to look like until after I finished it. I could claim that this is proof of divine inspiration, but the nature of the image seems to belie that idea. I doubt even a dubious Maker (to lend a more Miltonic edge to things) could wish such grotesquerie upon the world.
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Comments: 35

AbidingDarkness [2011-06-22 07:03:35 +0000 UTC]

Intriguing piece. Good work. (:

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orphicfiddler In reply to AbidingDarkness [2011-07-14 17:08:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Artistically-Insane [2011-06-19 22:48:43 +0000 UTC]

SO CUTE >w< I LOVE IT!

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orphicfiddler In reply to Artistically-Insane [2011-06-20 05:45:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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BladedSpear [2008-09-27 22:56:11 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, are you by any chance doing Twirrel with this expression again? Or shall I just trim it into a portrait meself?

I'm thinking of having one put in the up-coming book.

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orphicfiddler In reply to BladedSpear [2008-10-25 05:38:45 +0000 UTC]

Im not sure I really can do that expression again, so perhaps just trimming it might be better.

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BladedSpear In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-10-25 15:29:06 +0000 UTC]

Rightho.

Just throwing ideas about at the moment.

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moordred-fangirl [2008-08-15 19:30:22 +0000 UTC]

How dark and Celtic-y...I love it!

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orphicfiddler In reply to moordred-fangirl [2008-08-16 20:58:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It was a labor of love.

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moordred-fangirl In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-08-18 05:12:02 +0000 UTC]

Well, it turned out very well I showed it to my sister, who is very fussy when it comes to art, and she agreed.

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Mattiello [2008-05-30 20:51:14 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully done!

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orphicfiddler In reply to Mattiello [2008-05-31 17:43:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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pardonM3 [2008-05-19 05:25:13 +0000 UTC]

I rather like the way you do grotesque.

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orphicfiddler In reply to pardonM3 [2008-05-19 16:41:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I believe one of my friends once described it as "drippy," and not in the sentimental kind of way.

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pardonM3 In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-05-19 17:57:53 +0000 UTC]

Hehe well, you've reminded me how much I like the genre (when it's done well)

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BladedSpear [2008-05-08 06:01:46 +0000 UTC]

Dear Orphic: describe the Twirrel to me? I've seen only two, not sure what to make of them.

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orphicfiddler In reply to BladedSpear [2008-05-08 20:56:30 +0000 UTC]

The Twirrel is a little impish creature (kind of a cross between Gollum from LOTR and Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream) that used to haunt my dreams now and then. I create him on a spare piece of notebook paper I stole from a friend, though I think he was in my head long before that. (I still have the original pic, and I'll probably post it sometime soon.) He is somewhat of a shape-shifter as well, since he never looks quite the same from drawing to drawing. Or perhaps the drawings are of his cousins, and not the real Twirrel at all. I'm not quite sure.

I also added him to a story I wrote a while back which explains that he was a vengeful jester who sold his soul to the devil but got screwed on the deal and went mad. I'll probably start editing and adding the story in segments to DA soon; it's the basis of my username, and I also kinda want to make it into a graphic novel.

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Sewage-Inc [2008-04-27 13:57:46 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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orphicfiddler In reply to Sewage-Inc [2008-04-28 05:05:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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chiggerwood [2008-04-26 03:03:13 +0000 UTC]

whoa now this is twisted...... I love it

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orphicfiddler In reply to chiggerwood [2008-04-26 03:06:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Glad you like.

I presume that your tastes are rather like mine then.

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chiggerwood In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-04-26 19:26:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah Morbid, sick, twisted, take your pick looking aat art like this helps me deal with all the crap in life

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orphicfiddler In reply to chiggerwood [2008-04-27 06:12:13 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it. And I understand what you mean; drawing stuff like this actually puts me in a strangely cheerful mood, like I just exorcised whatever was bothering me and stuck it in the picture instead. Keeps me sane.

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AckBo [2008-04-08 11:07:34 +0000 UTC]

"Off with their heads!!!!!"

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orphicfiddler In reply to AckBo [2008-04-08 15:18:33 +0000 UTC]

I like the spinning head dude.

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AckBo In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-04-08 16:42:00 +0000 UTC]

(It's in the EMOTICON list!!!)

I like your style...Interesting presentations!!!

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orphicfiddler In reply to AckBo [2008-04-08 23:08:40 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh , guess I never noticed it there before. I shall keep it mind, so I can by more Exorcist-y and stuff. Anyhow, thanks again!

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fly0away0 [2008-03-31 05:54:06 +0000 UTC]

ZOMG!!! awesome drawing!!!
I could never doodle that without sketching it first! wowie...

then again most of my sketchless drawings are in the corners and sides of notebooks while I get bored during class....

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orphicfiddler In reply to fly0away0 [2008-03-31 19:50:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And I typically have to sketch first as well, and then block in the parts to be inked. So this picture came as something of a surprise. I'm glad you like it.

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fly0away0 In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-04-01 01:31:47 +0000 UTC]

WOWIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOWIE WOWIE WOWIE WOWIE WOWIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~
...I have no other words to say for it...

WOWIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

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niedec [2008-03-29 15:56:10 +0000 UTC]

Something about the overall design makes me keep staring at this. I love how not all the lines connect, and seem trapped in their own tiny web. I also really like the thing on the right side of the page. It looks like either a tree or a woman in a dress, or both. It reminds me of surrealist automatism.

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Pwesos [2008-03-29 07:03:11 +0000 UTC]

i like this pic alot. i mean so what if it's creepy. it's really well done

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orphicfiddler In reply to Pwesos [2008-03-30 23:03:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! The way I see it, there's already a surplus of pictures pertaining to flowers and butterflies and whatnot in the world, I may as well add something that hasn't been seen before (and hopefully never will be in reality).

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Pwesos In reply to orphicfiddler [2008-03-31 02:09:11 +0000 UTC]

yah i definatly agree. there are alot of those darned flowers and butterlfies.
it was very creative to make something original like this. The way he holds the head and smiles looks like he definatly doesn't have second thoughts on beheading her.lol.

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Neomalith [2008-03-29 06:27:10 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I love this piece. Having the original is so much fun to look at... This is one of your better works I've seen...

Ooh, in 5 minutes you have 14 views and 2 other favorites, nice. Not bad for just starting to submit. Yayness!

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