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Socar MYLES · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:02 pm

Some people who were lurking in #eatpoo when I was working on this may remember the embarrassing mistake I made to begin with. Fortunately, I got the chance to get rid of the mistake. Thanks to davi for the clothing folds advice and stuff. Anyway, it's a picture of a fairy I did for rauvyon.com.

...and a quick rat thing.

I used to have a really scratchy LP of "La Boh�me", and I misheard the line "Volevi dire--bella come un tramonto" as "Quanto � bello l'ultimo tramonto" (which very nearly makes sense, in fact). I didn't realize I had misunderstood the words until I got a CD years later.

Anyhow, I liked the misheard lyrics, so I decided to make a picture about them. Even if this is the last night ever, these scruffy ol' rats don't care. They are enjoying the late summer warmth.
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merlyns · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:25 pm

hehehe, I read about it in your journal, I found it to be quit funny tho.

the first one is great I like it.

and the rats are too cute!!! they are so warm and fuzzy.

-david
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eyewoo · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 3:14 pm

Love the rats... so what was the mistake??? or url to your journal page... Smile

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aColdOldKodiak · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:09 pm

I'm really digging the 2nd picture... Smile

Now I'm curious about this "mistake"... must go find out.

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... ahh lol, that is an interesting mistake indeed. Smile

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jtaz87 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 6:32 pm

Although I don't think theirs anything beautiful about rats.. you sure made them so. Both pictures are great. Verry nice colors. Really good stuf.
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Gotham · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:59 am

Picks are great...

Did you ever try to draw picture looking like a dream? I think you should... Ghost-blurred stylization with deformations... Hmmm, it could be great with your style.

Matthew · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 4:06 am

Socar your tree and grass treatment is crazy good.
I like the latest stuff here. :)

Keep it up
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liquid1 · junior member Member # Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 48

Socar, those just do me in!!

we were rolling last night and the girl i was with was lying down on the carpet with precisely the same expression as the fairy on the first pic Smile

)))

..and i think all your pictures look like snapshots of an amazing blissful dream.. i love em!!

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Socar MYLES · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:06 am

liquid1 - Thank you...glad you enjoy 'em. I'm always kind of going for the dreamy/hazy look, so it's cool that you get that from the pictures.

Matthew - Thanks! I like trees and grass...they're fun to paint. Scenery is better than figures. Yeah.

Gotham - Thanks! No, I can't say I have ever tried that, but it sounds like an interesting idea. If I ever do a picture with ghosts I might try that.

jtaz87 - Thank you--glad you like 'em! And, hey, even a rat can be beautiful, in the right lighting and so forth! Rats rule.

aColdOldKodiak - Thanks! And, yeah...it was a very embarrassing mistake. I can't believe I didn't even notice it till I was done. Embarassed

eyewoo - Thanks! The mistake was...well, one of the fairy's hands was in a slightly inopportune position, to put it delicately. I felt like a real idiot.

merlyns - Thank you! Glad you like 'em...and glad my embarrassing mistake made you laugh.
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tbone28 · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:58 am

I always come upon your work in these forums and immediately think, "Whoa!" Then realize it is you. I have seen your work for the last 2 years and you keep your work fresh. Though there are things that I can point to that give away it is you (like rats) or for example the way the hair on the top one flows out... I still feel a relief looking at your stuff.
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Max · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:40 am

First one: I think that's the best image you have done so far. Maybe it's the colorsheme which is so appeling to me..I dunno...but I knwo that I love it!!!!

william willette · member Member # Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 119

For the record, i think all of us hear at Sijun would like to know what
your standard monthly income is. Please share Wink

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Socar MYLES · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 7:26 am

tbone28 - Thank you! I do try to keep improving...although, I can't see it sometimes, myself. Sad

Max Kulich - Thanks! Glad you like it! I usually don't like green and wouldn't use it, but the customer wanted a lot of green.

william willette - Well...I don't think it would really be appropriate to give a figure, but I make enough to live on, and stuff. I'm really broke at the moment, because I'm moving to Canada, but usually I am not broke. It's a decent living.
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