Sijun Forums :: View topic - "Can you do something that... isn't that creepy?"

Essobie · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 7:24 am

In responce to the above question give to me by my girlfriend after seeing most of my other stuff, and the fact that today is her birthday, I made her this background. She's loves butterflies.

I don't like the antennae that much, but I like the outcome of the furry look, and I'm happy with how the twig that he's clinging to turned out as well. The background was going to be a cobblestone wall, but turned out to be just a mixture of shading and color that I felt fit the study of the butterfly.

Crits and comments welcome, as usual.

Essobie

p.s. I'm going to be working on something very creepy next. Heh.

napalm · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 7:27 am

it may be a beautiful butterfly, but it looks like a DEAD MUTANT HAIRY KILLER BUG EYED butterfly, so it's still creepy. you lose

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Jason · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 7:54 am

I think the craftsmanship is great but it does look like the bug is just lieing there. Might try moving the branch donw some of the fly up a little so it looks like its legs are sitting on it and its not laying down. Though that might be exactly what you were going for.
I am sure she will love it.
jason
p.s. you dont lose. there is nothing here to win.

ZenDrag0n · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 10:36 am

Nice image, it's pretty. Like the others, I think the bug itself, may give me emotional scars. Kinda looks like a spider-fly-butterfly.

Essobie · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 5:12 pm

napalm: you caught me... you are looking at the 800x600 image... the original is 1600x, and the butterfly in it is ACTUAL SIZE (at 72dpi)... that "twig" is actually the lowest limb on a redwood that I saw one time in a national park.

But seriously... I always thought that butterflies were creepy as well... when asked to discribe a butterfly, I call them "cockroaches with pretty wings".

I kinda fell in my own trap on this one... I started with the wings, got them nice and cute and pretty, then moved on to the "bug" portion of the butterfly where I started having too much fun. Heh heh.

Essobie

schabe · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 5:18 pm

yes i think all insects are creepy when you take a closer look.

but this butterfly looks like a croosbreeding between a teddybear and a ant. very creepy. but i like the wings.

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Myros · junior member Member # Joined: 08 Mar 2001 Posts: 19

LOL I cant relate to the topic, get the same things here. Nice 'bug'

Myros

ManiacX · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2001 9:55 pm

It kinda looks like the butterfly's head/antennae are so heavy that it can't lift them, other than that, I love it.... cool colors with the bg and the butterfly also