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0Colosuss0 [2024-02-21 05:17:59 +0000 UTC]
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akimble1 [2023-11-01 15:55:04 +0000 UTC]
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Halberd30 [2022-09-02 18:52:30 +0000 UTC]
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JohnCheshirsky [2020-04-26 09:01:51 +0000 UTC]
Whaaaaat is real? Hoooow do I feel?
Or something like that. had to google some stuff to get the references
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JohnCheshirsky In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-30 04:40:10 +0000 UTC]
I got Golconde's and Somnambulist's reference right away, as well as the Wanderer I got Christina now, scrolling through all of the Creepazoids for millionth time, because I just heard that painting mentioned somewhere not long ago, can't remember where. Hatchling took me a while, I knew it looked familiar but I didn't know exactly it's from, so google helped me here. Yeah, ??? is one of your originals, I think, and Nightmare, apparently, too, so that helps. So basically, at this point, I only don't know what the Lumplings are referencing
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SIADmander [2020-04-07 18:18:57 +0000 UTC]
I was going to come back and comment on this one but I never did. This is probably one of my favorite series yet, although you can probably find a comment like that from me on a dozen of these, hah. But seriously, I'm plagued by horrible nightmares every time I fall asleep, and the aesthetics of this one really remind me of the muted, foggy grayness of that imagery. Plus, I'm bonkers for Lewis Carroll stuff.
The ones from this set that I'm definitely putting on my shelf (when these are noticed by a toy company that will do them justice) are definitely Golconde, Tender Lumplings, Wanderer, and Nightmare.
P.S. Quarantine time is a great time to obsess endlessly over redoing the lineart of my work-in-progress Soviet Creepazoids c:
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MurderousAutomaton In reply to SIADmander [2020-04-11 04:46:16 +0000 UTC]
Ha, ha! They can all be our favorite sets, can't they? That sucks! Sorry to hear your dreams aren't very fun. I used to have fun dreams when I was younger, but now they seem to mostly be either mundane and dull, or disturbing body horror-type stuff. I think my subconscious is trying to tell me that I'm too stressed out. But yeah, I've always been fascinated by dreams, especially their ethereal, out-of-focus/out-of-reach-type nature. That's probably why I love surrealism so much, so it made for a fun theme to play around with! Did I ever link you to my Return to Oz drawings? I did them way back in 2006, as a sort of experimental attempt at capturing that strange, obscured feel of dreams (especially bad dreams). I think a few of them are here on dA, but I posted them all on ArtStation if you wanna take a look: www.artstation.com/artwork/gJG…
Anyway, nice choices! Those are some of my favorites as well, along with Somnambulist. I know he's not as slick-looking as his previous incarnation, but he's damn sure more unnerving! I think with the exception of ??? and Nightmare, every character is based on a famous surreal work (mostly paintings, but also literature, music and film).
Nice! I can't wait to see the finished set! Though I wouldn't obsess too much--I thought they looked great the way they are! ^____^
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SIADmander In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-11 09:47:29 +0000 UTC]
Oh my gosh, those Oz drawings... that's such a perfect, nostalgic style and tone... Do I want to call it industrial? That seems reductive but I love work that captures that feeling (did you ever see The Cell, or read the 1989 Arkham Asylum comic?) and I think I want to start looking into more of it.
I love them, I think I can safely say at this point I really miss the sincere edginess that used to be so common in art. I'm off to RISD this Fall, I can't wait to annoy my classmates and teachers with attempts to recapture that :>
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MurderousAutomaton In reply to SIADmander [2020-04-15 23:40:45 +0000 UTC]
Totally! I think that style became really big around that time at least partially because of Silent Hill. Seemed like every "edgy" and "dark" story had rusted metal walls, steel grating, fleshy monsters, etc. I know I personally referenced Silent Hill imagery all the damn time! I'm not sure how to quantify it... "industrial" is a good word! Sort of an "abandoned slaughterhouse" aesthetic. So much of my art from that time had that look! I was especially inspired by American McGee's Alice and Todd McFarlane's collaborations with Clive Barker (Tortured Souls, Infernal Parade, etc.). Chains, ripped flesh, leather, stitched-up faces, insane asylums--I was trying a bit too hard... Now you've got me thinking about your suggestion for a "dark" Creepazoid set! I'll have to think about that one! It would be fun to revisit that style...
Ha, ha! That'll be awesome! Go for it! I'd love to see what you come up with, if you decide to post it here on dA! Best of luck--that'll be exciting! What's your art focus going to be? Have you decided?
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SIADmander In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-16 00:51:31 +0000 UTC]
I'll be an animation major, working in the same classrooms and desks as such legends as... Seth Mcfarlane, and uh... Sam Hyde...
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SIADmander In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-18 15:13:54 +0000 UTC]
I’m pursuing traditional, including actual pencil-on-paper stuff, because I like to draw! I’m good at that, not so much sculpting or photography or computer work. That said, I’ve experimented with Stop-Mo and would love to give CG a shot.
My goal is to eventually direct a feature length animated horror film— actually eerie and disturbing use of drawings, not just macabre halloween imagery.
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SIADmander In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-25 01:52:17 +0000 UTC]
Dragonframe is what I use to composite my pencil drawings... Flash is my default for digital, but if I really looked into it I have a feeling Toon Boom might be preferable at this point. Doing little animations on post its is fun if you use Onioncam, the phone app. It gives you a ghost image of the last photo you took, so you can draw rough little frame-by-frame flip animations without much of a setup.
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MurderousAutomaton In reply to SIADmander [2020-04-25 04:01:20 +0000 UTC]
Nice! I've heard good things about Toon Boom! I'm not a huge fan of Flash--I used to use Director, a sister program to Flash, before Adobe took it all over and axed Director. It was more for interface design anyway. Now it's mostly After Effects or Premiere. I tried out that Open Toons program, which is supposed to imitate an actual old-school animation dope sheet (and also features onion-skinning). It's pretty nice, but I haven't done much with 2D lately, so I kinda abandoned it. Flipbook is a similar program, but so few tutorials exist for it that I kinda gave up. Actually, the bulk of my 2D stuff nowadays is pixel art for Stern Pinball! We use ProMotion, which is really nice.
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WonderDookie [2020-04-05 03:29:20 +0000 UTC]
haha. The Toys reference surprised me. Amazing as ever!!
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WonderDookie In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-11 23:42:53 +0000 UTC]
It is definitely one of my guilty pleasures. It was very flawed, but I can't stop watching it.
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MurderousAutomaton In reply to WonderDookie [2020-04-15 23:25:57 +0000 UTC]
Same! I'm convinced that with some creative editing, there's a fantastic movie in there somewhere...
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Jabalor [2020-03-30 16:20:10 +0000 UTC]
This series is probably the most unnerving of all until now.
Also wondering if the green apple has a meaning? It has been in some of your pieces in the past
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SeekerPsycho [2020-03-30 03:52:25 +0000 UTC]
Wooo... Somnambulist needs to put that mask back on.
I love ???! Very pure but oh so unsettling creature! What is he even holding? Actual, red eyeballs? Beads? Gumballs?
Great effect with the finger-teeth.
Lot of members of the derby-hat club, this set!
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SeekerPsycho In reply to MurderousAutomaton [2020-04-08 04:24:44 +0000 UTC]
I was thinking of the Helping Hands! They had to have had fun brainstorming that scene.
Loved the callback to it in the Dark Crystal series.
Have you seen The Haunting of Hill House? "The Tall Ghost" feels like a spook you would love. Got only one real scene, but he stole the show with what he had.
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