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The Uninvited House Guest v1.0 by =badmonkey4:iconbadmonkey4:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Illustrations > Storybook

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©2008-2009 =badmonkey4
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Artist's Comments

This is the first in a series of chapter illustrations for the SAS Hermit short stories. The Uninvited House Guest can be read at :iconsashermit:

I chose to illustrate this moment because it is a static and awkward but yet peaceful scene in the story. The development of this work can be seen in my scraps gallery.

Credit: The character of Screamer is based on the model Laura from the photography of Valentin Casarsa's Alice in Wonderland Series, reproduced with kind permission. File no. 2286359 from iStockphoto.com

What I used: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Wacom A3 tablet, Imagine FX magazine, Gnomon workshop: Practical Light and Color, pencil, paper, protractor, scanner, Nine Inch Nails (Ghosts I-IV, The Slip), Queens of the Stone Age, The Bloodhound Gang, All of the Discworld Audiobooks by Terry Pratchett, Goldfrapp, Kylie (and in the flesh), Doctor Who, Marvel Comics/Films, and a unique knowledge of reality and it's dimensions.

How long did it take: er... ∞. I finished this last Tuesday, but I'm not due to begin it until a week on Thursday. Alright let's say a couple of months on-and-off (including that Friday morning back in the 13th Century). The joys of being temporally displaced :)

Thanks to: Tobais Gould, (The man behind the words), for the inspiration, Becky Pritchard for the faith, Samantha Doll and my friends on DA, the reprobates in Laser, Lois Bell for her little smiles and being a joy in the world.

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© 2008 Ciaran McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved

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~The-Inside-Fischer Jul 20, 2008, 2:14:37 PM
Oh god :O
dude this is so epic, and just ya pure wow effect :D

reminds me a bit of riddic :b but this is :heart: on sight :+fav:

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Mood: Joy =badmonkey4 Jul 20, 2008, 2:24:31 PM
I'm very glad you like it. I'm working on v2.0 as I write this, which is gonna be a little different. Thank you so much for the comment.

Ciaran

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"Now look, no one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Even... and I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do say Jehovah." (Official - John Cleese Monty Python's Life Of Brian)
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Mood: Jolly ~Skweaky Jul 30, 2008, 12:56:34 PM
Looks all dark and creepy and yet not...

Pure awesomeness.

:)
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Mood: Joy =badmonkey4 Jul 30, 2008, 3:10:33 PM
Thank you so much! Although strangely enough the reverse is said about little old me by a lot of people :)

Ciaran

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"Now look, no one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Even... and I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do say Jehovah." (Official - John Cleese Monty Python's Life Of Brian)
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~TuTuu Aug 16, 2008, 12:08:15 PM
Wow that's very well done

I can't believe it doesn't have more attention

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Mood: Joy =badmonkey4 Aug 16, 2008, 2:05:25 PM
Well thank you kind lady. I glad you like my artwork :) I can see why it doesn't get much attention, it is a selective subject, (meaning it's an illustration for an obscure story that is a little dark it has to be said), it's difficult to "pigeon-hole" because it's an illustration of a fictional story but it's not fantasy or sci-fi, it's also not painted in a conventional digital painting manner. But to gain it more attention by DA members in general, it would have to be nominated for a Daily Deviation. All I can do at the moment is attract pageviews by buying adcast campaigns, it's expensive and attracts a lot of people and it makes my work known but more importantly people who visit my page and select "watch this deviant" and leave nice comments, or send me nice notes, or do artworks I like I usually add to my friends list :)

If you are of a mind to see how this picture was painted there are several stages in my scraps gallery so you can see how this picture was created.

:hug:

Ciaran

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"Now look, no one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Even... and I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do say Jehovah." (Official - John Cleese Monty Python's Life Of Brian)
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~TuTuu Aug 16, 2008, 7:12:00 PM
I'll go check it out x3

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~Goombah11 Aug 16, 2008, 9:24:24 PM
Very moody.
Great lighting and reflections, especially the water reflections.

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