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Published: 2008-10-13 10:01:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1679; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 25
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Description ah, yes... such a joy to be around.

as Seth won the character poll, he graces you with his Danzig hair and ever-delightful presence this autumn, bringing the greetings of the season. he invites you along for a night of Oktoberfest beer, sugar abuse, toilet paper, arson, property destruction and other mischief. shaking down trick-or-treaters is also a time-honored tradition; do you honestly think he went door-to-door for all that candy himself? PLZ.

and that's just in the 'burbs; can't forget also wandering the strip for cider and jello shots and the exploitation of drunk co-eds in porn-shop Halloween costumes, shamelessly baring what's left to the imagination for tootsie rolls and plastic mardi gras beads. careful ladies, he is not really your 'bro' and he's not really going to take you to a romantic graveyard and write you something on his acoustic guitar. he'll say he will, just so you'll follow him there and maybe blow him or something. take my advice: kick him in the balls, steal his candy, and run for your life.

not the most original choice of song, but once i had the costume idea in my head i was sold. not like I'd already done it before yet, gotta have just one 'Fits Halloween pic fercrissakes. the title was a joke between me and ~StitchFacedAngel fucking with the lyrics singing it at work.

good times.
old memories.
what a quick, sneaky year it's been.

as for the rest of you, safe and happy Hallo for you all.


Bonfires burning bright,
pumpkin faces in the night,
I remember Halloween--
dead cats hanging from poles,
and Little Dead are out in droves.
I remember Halloween.

Brown-leafed vertigo,
where the skeletal life is known.
I remember Halloween--
this day, anything goes,
burning bodies hanging from poles.
I remember Halloween.

Candy apples and razorblades,
Little Dead are soon in graves,
I remember Halloween...

Halloween song/lyrics © 1981 Glenn Danzig/The Misfits.
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Comments: 120

sparkpenguin In reply to ??? [2010-11-02 04:54:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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ViscountDevil In reply to sparkpenguin [2010-11-03 02:10:44 +0000 UTC]

yw ^^

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BerryKuro [2009-08-09 19:03:47 +0000 UTC]

I really love the over all detail and background! XD
and the touch of the neon light just somehow put the piece all together!

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sparkpenguin In reply to BerryKuro [2009-08-13 03:56:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you! i love playing with high range colors in a muted background to really produce dramatic glowing, and fortunately people like looking at it. glad i pulled it off.

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BerryKuro In reply to sparkpenguin [2009-08-13 04:32:25 +0000 UTC]

yes! u really put it nicely all together like that XD
its awesome ^^

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miseryofpride [2009-02-20 08:13:54 +0000 UTC]

I know this is a late late late comment but you know what? This pic is still pretty damn cool

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sparkpenguin In reply to miseryofpride [2009-02-20 08:32:38 +0000 UTC]

hey, don't i know you from somewhere?

thanks a lot; it's really the last high-end vector art i've produced since my return to wallow in raster and photo based work... geeehhhhh i'm lazy.

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StitchFacedAngel [2009-02-06 04:04:55 +0000 UTC]

You Make me Happy!

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Nix0xiN [2008-11-03 17:14:27 +0000 UTC]

"Fuckos"?
I'm insulted

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sparkpenguin In reply to Nix0xiN [2008-11-04 01:54:37 +0000 UTC]

hey don't blame me, i was just quoting!

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Nix0xiN In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-11-04 20:16:29 +0000 UTC]

I've never even heard that word before lolz.

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YuraofthehairFan [2008-11-02 10:40:10 +0000 UTC]

vary nice your coloring is so good

oh hmm if its ok and please dont get mad but can you draw Yura some time for my club? it would be realy awesome if you could

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sparkpenguin In reply to YuraofthehairFan [2008-11-03 03:24:55 +0000 UTC]

i'll give it a shot, afterall i did Kagura

thank you so much for the comment!

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YuraofthehairFan In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-11-03 23:32:13 +0000 UTC]

sweet
and your welcome

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AitamiIkimo [2008-10-25 22:42:39 +0000 UTC]

whoaa, really nice vector. XD

8)

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sparkpenguin In reply to AitamiIkimo [2008-10-26 08:18:30 +0000 UTC]

oh pshaw you're just sayin that.

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AitamiIkimo In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-27 08:29:15 +0000 UTC]

LOL. hell no. >.<

I'M TYPING IT. 8D

Lol, but it really is nice. 8)

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Through-the-Rubicon [2008-10-25 17:16:50 +0000 UTC]

I saw this in the vector artist club, and immediately knew it was yours without looking at who did it. You're got a very definitive style.

Love the pic, composition, lighting and all of it. Happy Halloween, Kate.

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sparkpenguin In reply to Through-the-Rubicon [2008-10-26 08:18:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks man!

yeah, the AVA has gotten a bit set in their ways-- the submit there didn't generate ANy traffic as opposed to the last two years' images. cellshading is the new black, i guess.

i do it a lot, but never for something that i intend to be "epic" or more than informational.

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jamierocket [2008-10-22 02:02:29 +0000 UTC]

YES!! It's up.

I think what I like most is the purple lights and his glowing necklace.

Sadly, this picture has more Halloween spirit than anything gracing the millions of lawns of nearby homes from where we live.

I can't even feel October anymore. The spookiest thing I have done this time around was go to visit Dan's dad's freshly sodded gravesite with Ian in the middle of the night.


I want = Halloween party.

I'll kick Seth's ass. I just love how you made the picture really FEEL like it's Halloween time. I always get that from your art. Like I can feel what it would be like to be there.

Me, you, lohfaggot, brian, and whoeverelse need to get together to enjoy more pumpkin pie.

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sparkpenguin In reply to jamierocket [2008-10-22 02:51:15 +0000 UTC]

dude we do.

i should be getting my car back tomorrow. it exploded yesterday. there was a 10ft puddle of antifreeze stretching down the road... my dad was pretty pissed, but we still took it back to the same guy. luckily i handled the phone conversation... i'll end up paying for the repairs like normal but at least no one will like... i dunno pee in my ash tray for raising hell like a shrew. mechanics think like cooks.

after i get paid, we should rally and pie it up.

Dan's dad is dead?... like recent? or did they just put new sod on it... stupid question i guess. and i'm glad you and ian are getting along.

but yeah... everything is so stuffed and luvvy duvvy and... Hallmark now for Halloween. it's cute and all, and i like the stuff we got, but it's bloody taken over! at least the weather's beautiful... sadly there won't be a moon on the big night though.

thanks for comin by nik!

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BillyJ [2008-10-19 18:17:55 +0000 UTC]

Hey fucko!

Nice solid work yo, I dig it a lot, especially the outfit.

solid!

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sparkpenguin In reply to BillyJ [2008-10-20 04:15:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks fucko! XD

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my-twisted-logic [2008-10-19 14:30:55 +0000 UTC]

damn, is that a glowstick- neck thingy?? XD
I wish we had real haloween here.... would be so much fun....

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sparkpenguin In reply to my-twisted-logic [2008-10-20 04:15:26 +0000 UTC]

yeah; glow ropes are a weird thing, i dunno maybe they're just common here. but they've been around at every carnival/circus/street party/amusement park i've ever been to since i was like, 3. and they always come in those three colors. and they're always overpriced, and i had to beg and nag my parents to get one, and usually me and my sister would just share one between the two of us and then in the morning it be dead and we'd just throw it out. but it was fun to carry around for four hours. XD

you COULD have Halloween... just start throwing costume parties every year. i'm sure it'd catch on.

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my-twisted-logic In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-20 15:56:06 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I know these, and they are damn overpriced here too D:
but they used to be fcking fun to carry on your neck/arm (bracelet versions).
Or hang it on your ear and pretend that you have an earring |D

whooo the fuck i will ask to come to my costume party?? wheeeere the fuck i will throw it? hooooow the fuck i will overcome my lazyness and afraid-yness??

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sparkpenguin In reply to my-twisted-logic [2008-10-21 08:33:05 +0000 UTC]

well for the first two i'd say A) everyone you know and 2) at your house of course.

the third one, i can't help you with that. hard cider, maybe.

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my-twisted-logic In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-21 15:30:56 +0000 UTC]

everyone I know will have better things to do and I don't have a house. I live in a flat.

Hard cider? You mean, drinking myself into organising a party?

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sparkpenguin In reply to my-twisted-logic [2008-10-22 02:38:27 +0000 UTC]

a flat's perfectly fine for a small party. not like, 30 people or anything.

OOOH maybe you could do one at your school... that'd be boss...

and LOL that's not what i meant... of course you COULD try getting really hammered to come up with good party ideas but.. i have a feeling you'll just end up falling asleep and peeing.

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my-twisted-logic In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-22 14:58:36 +0000 UTC]

naaaaaaaaaaaah, I'm not the kind of person who organises or even ATTENDS parties.
And if I told my class i wanted to make a party, they would all go "R U CRAZY".
And none of us have time for parties- WE HAVE WORK TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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sparkpenguin In reply to my-twisted-logic [2008-10-23 05:25:12 +0000 UTC]

no time to party? what is going ON in Europe!?

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my-twisted-logic In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-23 16:05:31 +0000 UTC]

not europe. OUR SCHOOOOOOOOOOL

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sparkpenguin In reply to my-twisted-logic [2008-10-24 05:40:24 +0000 UTC]

so... the rest of Europe is still partying without you? that's not so bad... for a moment i was very very depressed. we Americans LEARNED how to party from you guys!

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my-twisted-logic In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-24 13:17:18 +0000 UTC]

how so?

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sparkpenguin In reply to my-twisted-logic [2008-10-26 08:26:28 +0000 UTC]

oh come on, everything we are today was once European.

everything except sushi...

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my-twisted-logic In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-26 11:08:02 +0000 UTC]

XD
true.

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Cinematic-Grey [2008-10-19 04:22:32 +0000 UTC]

Halloweeeen halloweeeen hallowwwen halloween! Aw, when I saw black cats I thought Levy might've won the poll. Ah well. Nice touch with the Danzig hair there. And that glowstick thing. His costume and the background all look really really niiiiiceee. The Fuckos also add a nice touch. Though whats with the reindeer horns?

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sparkpenguin In reply to Cinematic-Grey [2008-10-19 07:18:03 +0000 UTC]

he's a jackalope, he has antlers.

i just didn't draw the bunny ears because... lame.
but i thought the horns he'd think would be "fuckin baller" to show on Halloween where no one would suspect they're real.

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Cinematic-Grey In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-19 13:47:06 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know some bunnies have antlers. Pretty interesting. Skeleton with antlers. Sounds weird but looks cool.

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sparkpenguin In reply to Cinematic-Grey [2008-10-20 04:24:19 +0000 UTC]

well, no jackalope really exists. it was a myth of the American west, when trappers would mount rabbit heads/skulls with deer antlers attatched to them, calling it proof of some strange creature. kind of like Bigfoot, or the Barnum mermaid. it's just a trcik played by taxidermists.

BUT, in LOA of course the whole irony is supposed to be that no jackalopes are real, they're just extinct on this planet.

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misterzubair [2008-10-17 17:59:53 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME pic! I especially dig the bit about the razor blade in the candied apple... there was a huge scare about there here when I was growing up, and we even had a 45 minute assembly about it way back in the 4th grade. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and Happy Halloween to ya as well.

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sparkpenguin In reply to misterzubair [2008-10-19 07:17:02 +0000 UTC]

yes! SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

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TheTrieckel [2008-10-17 00:45:19 +0000 UTC]

HAHA, you hit every halloween cliche with this, love the candy apple with the bloody razor blade in it, nice job, though i think a better song choice would be "Everyday is Halloween" by Ministry. either funny good times

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sparkpenguin In reply to TheTrieckel [2008-10-17 06:35:55 +0000 UTC]

but... he's not dressed like anyone from Ministry, he's dressed like a horrorpunk kid.

but omg yes! i was thinking to myself working on this, "dear lord should i keep the bats or is that over the edge this is getting hokey"
but the Halloween image i decide is always silly so i figured what the hell, once a year.

at least there aren't any black cats in it, except the title... XD

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TheTrieckel In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-17 23:13:49 +0000 UTC]

true

hehe, yes, its once a year so why not go over the top

ah, forgot those and a witch flying in the background or something. oh and frankenstein or something, either way, you hit it on the money.

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sparkpenguin In reply to TheTrieckel [2008-10-19 07:19:36 +0000 UTC]

i figure the monsters were definitely over the top... imagery, better than character... but yeah a witch over the moon would've been permissible for "background" XD

or better yet:
draw a house in the BG with one of those hanging "flat crashed witch" banners.

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TheTrieckel In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-20 05:19:52 +0000 UTC]

yeah just a bit, though i think i might draw something up thats really cheesy

yes shoulda done the witch over the moon, ah well, haha, nice idea

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FreeTheCows [2008-10-17 00:44:07 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job!!! LOL Let's just hope, for the women's sake, Seth is like Danzing and can get knock out in one punch!!!!

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sparkpenguin In reply to FreeTheCows [2008-10-17 06:32:37 +0000 UTC]

OMFG

seriously that made me lawl, in a quiet house where people are sleeping.

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FreeTheCows In reply to sparkpenguin [2008-10-20 20:14:45 +0000 UTC]

LOL I couldn't Help myself!!!!!

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