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Again with the steampunk thing. A bit of the old "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".Our explorer investigates the depths of the sea in search of a sunken vessel rumored to hold a fortune in treasure.
Legend has it that the vessel is guarded by an unkown beast.....But who believes in legends anyway, right?
EDIT -
Been getting a lot of feedback in terms of similarities to the video game "Bioshock"
Just to point out that this character is based on the old diving suits worn during the turn of the century.
Thes vintage diving suits were around long before Bioshock.
Take a look -
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Obviously Bioshock was inspired by these dive suits.
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Yeah I can see the Bioshock influence here, but I think you really presented this increibly well. I love how you made the diver look powerful in this shot, the way he's lumbering forward, striding fth and pushing the sea out of the way 
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100% Agree with you about Diving suit and bioshock. Jesus Christ, All the Stupid and Ridiculous Gamer Bastards in all around the world screams "It's Big daddy!" to every single Pictures of vintage diving suits. argh, Kids in these days are so Stupid.
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It's Squiddles with Billy the Bellsuit Diver!
But yeah, really cool atmospheric effects! It really looks like it's underwater.
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Great illustration
Carried in Cruzine: [link]
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I really, really like this. The tentacles swooping up from the back are a fantastic touch. And the lights coming out of the helmet into the water is really nice too. I would hang up a print of this or even just a 5x7 postcard. Really nice. Faved!
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Just saw a link on the superpunch blog! Congrats, really great under water atmosphere you created in this one!
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You've got a really good sense of mystery in this piece, nice work
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"A bit of the old '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'."
I was thinking of that too the moment I laid my eyes upon it. Mission accomplished!
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Y'might wanna turn around, Mister Diver....
Kracken: OM NOM NOM~
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it really surprised me how many people thought the "Big Daddy" designs were completely original. I'm like, "it's just a grunting ogre in a diving suit..."
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This is incredible!!! Yeah, I'm here because it looks like somehting outta Bioshock, but this picture is just amazing, it oozes atmoshphere.
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VERY COOL!! I've always loved the old-style Diving suits like that, ever since I was a kid (there was a kid's show called "Diver Dan" or something like that) Very Cool illustration!
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Beautiful work man. I love vintage diving suits. I just wish there were more movies (well done ones I might add) about underwater cities and such.
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Amazing! 
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Man, I do love those old copper diving suits, always looked really cool!
You have done an amazing job here! Epic.
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like the determined stance of the diver and the fearless awareness of the lurking danger, and the fact that the posture is also because of the weight of the suit and the tentacles are 'testing the waters' to gauge the 'enemy'... anyways I am not going to blabber anymore... just a great piece of art... absolutely love it
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Whoever made those vintage diving suits must have played bioshock.
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Crap, sorry, forgot to write the rest of my message.
any-who.
Wicked cool!
Can't help but think of 20,000 leagues under the sea now that you mentioned it. The giant squid or octopus arms behind him scare the hell out of me though. I think that is my next largest phobia to invisible wires.
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Lol. It looks like Bioshock has gone and soiled your feedback xD
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Thanks man....Actually I'm not upset about the Bioshock feedback. The feedback actually made me aware of Bioshock, which is now one of my all time favorite games.
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Instant Fav...being a gamer and fan of the Bioshock. You nailed it!
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Even though its not bioshock,its still very cool,and look very much like a rosie(Bigdaddy if you did not know) great job
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Well they were right in a way if you played Bioshock, then see this soon after, you can't help but relate the two.
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P.S. After my rant on "steampunk" (yuck!) I forgot to say how marvelous your art work is. It is superb. Good job. You have real talent for this imaginative art. I love it!
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I am must be alone in hating the term "steampunk". I absolutely dislike the term. I nkw it's your term but it says and means absolutely nothing to me.
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I disagree steampunk has a very clear meaning to me and there is an article on Wikipedia explaining this [link]
Of course it isn't a perfect definition, but to me it represents a romantic view of technology from a retro perspective. (I think stuff like Waterworld and even Fallout 3 uses a lot of steampunk elements.)
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It's an ugly word. I personally hate it but the world uses it. So I am in a minority. In my heart I know the term sucks. I am working on a replacement word. I alone will probably be the only one who will use it. I'll let you know when I am ready to unveil it. Rage against the pop culture machine!
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Well to each their own. I mean I guess when I think about it, what does "punk" have to do with the genre? I don't really know. But it doesn't really bother me.
I am curious as to why you hate the term, if you just think part of it doesn't fit, or if it doesn't represent the stuff you appreciate, or something else.
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I guess overly artificial words bother me. "Steampunk" is one. The "punk" part is especially bothersome. Because it implies toughness, violence. I don't see the Victorian era as that, at all! Good exchange of ideas. I love your artwork. You are very talented. Words change. Art remains.
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My artwork? Thanks. I need to do some more sometime here. ^^
Yeah good discussion. I'm pretty sure there's a good number of people out there who don't the term either.
No matter what it is, you're almost never alone.
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BTW, just in case... I didn't do this one we're commenting on. That was all ~PReilly.
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The skill and subject matter in this just made my day
This is seriously awesome.
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i love the steampunk dive suit design. very cool...
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Amazing ambiance and mood to this piece. Classical style to it as well
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