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Published: 2008-07-28 14:54:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2462; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 0
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If you have any question regarding these critters, feel free to ask me.Let me know if there's anything wrong with the grammar, as I'm still trying to teach myself English. Thanks in advance.
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P.S. those blue triangles on Kaiopsis' central discs are actually its eyes, and are strongly bioluminescent. And Ananipode managed to progress from the most difficult to color, to what I consider as a pièce de résistance of this page. Thank God
Oh, by the way, I thanked Emile for her corrections, I put them up in this newer version.
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Maan... you really do the best on you project! *hat off & bowing*
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gwa seneng ama yg physachelys... yg warna ijo
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Wonderfull as the first part. I like it, because of the clear lines and vivid colors.
Is it drawn entirely in photoshop?
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Yes, the colors are painted in photoshop, but linearts are done by graphite 2B faber-castell pencil. Thanks!
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So amazing... the designs are so unique and the descriptions are wonderful. I really, really like the designs... Amazing work..that's all I can say @__@.. I'm excited to see the next uploads! x3
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--Almost forgot to mention, I love the "interface" elements along the sides of these "field guide" pieces--it really gives the sense of an electronic database!
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Thanks! I owe this guy, Sabu-Kudo , for his free, awesome tech brushes. I did my own original design, but it ended up looking like the discarded innards of a cellphone rather than a good holographic interface (you can see the older one in here: [link] )
In the end, I chose the brushes.
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These are just amazing! I love the markings on the Ananipode, the color on Kaiopsis, the mind-numbing detail of the crystalline scales on Physachelys...To me these look almost like "fractal life forms," something artificial or grown from mineral crystals. Perhaps evolving and self-replicating nanotech life... I can totally see the South Seas influence in the designs and styling, as well as the more whimsical Pokemon and even Bionicles-style elements. You obviously put such painstaking effort into their execution...Outstanding work!
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I'm glad you can see South Seas influences in my designs. See, Kaiopsis is actually inspired from Iban, or Sea Dayak tribal tattoos. And those ornaments in Ananipode resemble those decorative filaments on native wedding head-dresses of Java and Bali.
Thanks so much my friend!
P.S.: you're going to see names that will remind you so much of Bionicles; even though I took them out straight from Polynesian cultures and mythology
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Totally!--you know, I read something a while back about LEGO actually being sued by an islander group, may have been the Rapa Nui islanders, for appropriating native names and copyrighting them for use in their Bionicles universe! I wonder what ever happened with that.
I did some pieces a while back that remind me a bit of your work--they were supposed to be synthetic organisms with various cultural traits engineered into their body design. This one especially was supposed to have kind of a Polynesian look to it:
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Not sure how successful it was, but I still like concept and will undoubtedly play with it more in the future.
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Again, very pretty, very impressive work.
"resistant to dessication..."; "Any stray animal foolish enough..." (without the comma); and "unique anatomy gives it more..." would clear it up, I think.
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I have cleared them up. What can I say? I'm asking those favors because I'm so easy to become embarrassed just by mistakes like those. Thanks so much for the corrections!
And I'm really happy that those designs worked well
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You're welcome again!
And yes, they work marvelously. Thomas downstairs mentions Bionicle-style - yeah, that's right, I hadn't noticed it! And it works fine too. It's certainly a unique and beautiful style, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of it.
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