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CarlPearce — Marshmallow Cat
Published: 2009-09-08 10:07:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2898; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 0
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Here it is.I drew this image ages ago and Kay Holt from Crossed Genres magazine asked if she could use it for a cover.
It's called Marshmallow Cat because I wanted to do a ghost or monster in the style of the old Real Ghostbusters toy range, which had some amazing designs, but also mix it with a huge Godzilla type thing like my previous Megasonic image [link]
It ended up looking like Mr Stay-Puft mixed with a cat.
You can see the cover here on the September 2009 issue(10) >>> [link]
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Double wonderful...the art, and the fact you can't see his genitalia.
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Ha haaa. That's the thing though, I imagined him more as a mascot suit brought to life than an actual creature. I was steps away from drawing seams up his sides.
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This is so freaking awesome! Love the Perspective
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Cheers, bud. It's been a while since I've looked at this one.
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It definitely inspired me, so thanks for that.
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There is no better a compliment than someone saying you inspired them. Cheers for that, bud.
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Cheers. Filters help. I mock up movie filters by using the multiply function in PS7.
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This is amazingly delicious.
I love the colours, the lines, the details, the angle.
So yeah. Great stuff. Favie for suresies.
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Cheers. I'm gonna have to see if it grows on me. I'm unsure at the moment.
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It should, because it's cool.
What is it about it that you're unsure about?
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A lot of mistakes due to a last minute rush on. I'll point out one. Look at the tongue and teeth of the monster...
See.
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Hi Jim, it's Bart from CG. Just wanted to let you know: a lot of people said that the tongue/teeth thing was awesome and added to the surrealness of the art.
Seriously, "Marshmallow Cat" has been one of our most popular covers, possibly only rivaled by the issue 7 cover. A couple of writers whose stories were in the issue wrote posts gushing about it, and then added "Oh yeah, and my story's in there too..."
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Hi Bart.
Ha. Bless 'um. Glad it's liked by a lot. I have an excuse for his big cheesy gob, though... The cat has multiple rows of teeth like a shark. We are seeing his top sets of teeth there and his bottom sets are hidden.
Phew
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Oh, right! That doesn't make sense.
Though I wouldn't have seen it if you hadn't mentioned it.
But yeah, I can see why it would annoy you.
I go insane for a little detail like that, even if nobody but me can see it.
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I'm used to it. Being a quick turn-around illustrator pisses me off at times.
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Cheers. I thought I'd cocked it up a bit, myself. But I won't comment. You'll notice then too.
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This is epic, you should flog this one as a print.
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Cheers, Liam. I really can't be arsed though. I'm pissed off and bored stiff with illustration and thinkin' of jacking it in for good.
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Don't you dare, we need you. Plus the mundanity of working in the "real" world is far worse.
Maybe you just need to cut back on the soul-destroying commercial stuff and do more personal stuff. You are still enjoying drawing I can tell from the effort you are putting into stuff like the X-men pieces.
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Nah, man. There's no money in this shit. All I get is the educational bullshit lately. I've given my agent an ultimatum. Get fun shit in or I walk. So far it looks as though I'm gonna be puttin' my shoes on. Ha ha.
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Ha. Never heard that one before.
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