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Published: 2011-05-08 00:13:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 1584; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 25
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Illustration for Green Ronin Publications...story about a man-sized cockroach, who excercises control over his million-minion-mob to committ a variety of criminal acts...including petty theft!Related content
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I took a look around your gallery and you appear to be able to draw simply anything. You are one hell of an illustrator
I really appreciate the variety in you drawings, and your perception of textures, proportion and lighting are really stunning. And to think this one was shaded with Β just pencil... gives you hope that you don't need all of that expensive stuff to get somewhere with your art.
This one has a great atmosphere to it, you can feel the apocalyptic-cockroach-mood! Great perspective, great composition.Β
Keep up the amazing work!
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Thank you, Yami! It is encouraging to know that the fun I have when I'm creating an image shows through and is noticed by others. *smile* I'm glad you like "Little Thieves" (thank you for Faving it)...but sentient cockroaches? GROSS!
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Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while
And yes, one can definitely tell that you enjoy creating these illustrations. At first I thought you were a full time professional illustrator, but if I understand correctly you also have a job beside art... it's really sad how hard it is to make a living out of art, even though you are this skilled and dedicated. May I ask, do you intend to at some point make a living from your art work?
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You understand correctly. I have a night job that pays the bills. My paying art jobs help...but aren't enough to live on. Believe me, Yami, if I could make a living with my creative skills I would do it in a heartbeat. Alas...that is not the case. I guess the secret to doing art as a Living...is to make sure you choose an "art" that is in demand. I chose gaming art...and designing children's play areas. BOTH of which are subject to the tides of popularity and economics. When the economy went sour...so did my income. It's still a struggle...but still a joy!
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the things you see when you don't have a flamethrower handy.....very nicely done by the way. makes my skin crawl a little.
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Yeah...*shiver* Cockroaches. The RPG story behind this piece involved some kind of human-cockroach hybrid that used chemical-signals or a form of mind-control to get normal roaches to do his bidding. Including petty theft!
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want to see a 6 foot 200 pound man dance, and squeal like a girl...watch him open a box and have a few dozen cockroaches come scampering out. π: 0 β©: 1
Some of the best adversaries for games,stories and art, are the ones that aren't blam, blam, blam... fight over...millions of cockroaches running around swiping purses, and stealing stuff, would be a nasty problem for any hero.
*shaking head* W? That is one disturbing mind-picture!
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And so many. That's alot of class!
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Too funny! Her expression is priceless!
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Swarms of thieving, mind-controlled roaches. Heh..this was a weird roleplaying story...but I think that's the whole point!
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Where's a flamethrower or some thermite when you need it?
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She had a mini-flamer and a small block of C4 in her purse...but it got stolen!
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Damn, that doesn't help.
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How did you get the textures on this one? It looks like pencil...
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It is indeed pencil. As much as I enjoyed using Unishade and Duotone paper (and shading films), it all got phased out by computer technology. So I simply shifted to shading my inked pieces with pencil. In this case, the paper surface added an interesting textural look.
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So this is one you did later?
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I believe its fairly recent compared to most of my other work. About 2 years old.
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