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Post by TBeholder on Feb 5, 2010 16:30:52 GMT
So, Carver. Nice job looking right at the true form of a god. Try not to go too insane from that, willya. But she didn't saw all of it, just a peek through goldfish bowl. by the way: Ysengrin has some ethereal pattern in place of his right ear. Phantom Etherial limb ear?
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Post by eightyfour on Feb 5, 2010 16:51:49 GMT
Yeah, look at all those eyes, and teeth! If it wasn't for the cheerful colors, I'd get a rather lovecraftian vibe from that version of Coyote. I AM getting a Lovecraftian vibe, colors or no. On second thought, yeah.... ;D
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Post by Ulysses on Feb 5, 2010 17:28:04 GMT
Coyote and C'thulhu start with the same letter. COINCIDENCE?!
Seriously though, such a good page. Was it actually drawn in pencil, or just some ridiculous computer drawing skills? Perhaps we'll never know. Either way is fantastic.
The text does sound more like something Coyote would say, what with his infinite ego, although I doubt he would compliment Ysengrin like that, unless 'beautiful' is not a word Ysengrin takes to kindly, then he'd definitely say it just to wind him up.
Also: this page has be turned into a poster. Otherwise I shall cry and cry and cry.
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Post by canus on Feb 5, 2010 17:42:15 GMT
So many eyes, so many teeth... all seeing, all consuming!
Ia! Ia! Coyote Fhtagn!
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Post by tustin2121 on Feb 5, 2010 17:52:26 GMT
I think it is Annie still talking, it's just the magnificance of the forest's etherium (or the style of the page) that's changing her speech bubbles to the hand drawn style.
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Post by fjodor on Feb 5, 2010 17:58:29 GMT
This page also explains the colours that Annie saw when she first tried the Blinker stone and she was looking in the direction of the forest. Etheric paradise!
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Post by Casey on Feb 5, 2010 18:33:06 GMT
I totally missed that... You're right, I'm convinced it's just Annie talking now.
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Post by King Mir on Feb 5, 2010 19:21:01 GMT
I don't think it's hand drawn. The thinness of the lines does suggest pencil, not if you look closely. Tho colors do not mix, and the texture of flat colors does not resemble pencil. Also, the stile is also similar to Annie's hair here.
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Post by deerinheadlights on Feb 5, 2010 20:02:09 GMT
I'm hoping Coyote will acknoledge that cut on Annie's face and give us some info on it! But yeah, super beautiful page.
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 5, 2010 20:14:35 GMT
Coyote and C'thulhu start with the same letter. COINCIDENCE?! Good point. Still less connections than with the Panicle and Pelican, though. Seriously though, such a good page. Was it actually drawn in pencil, or just some ridiculous computer drawing skills? Perhaps we'll never know. Either way is fantastic. Evolved art, the stylized design like in Coyote stories, details and shading like in Treatise bonuses, effects like best in the story and fully in continuity... art-wise, the best page so far?
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Post by chiparoo on Feb 5, 2010 20:52:21 GMT
I would buy this page as a print, either with or sans text.
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Post by warrl on Feb 5, 2010 21:23:36 GMT
Hey- she's alone in the forest with two odd canine demigods- what could possibly go wrong? Just so long as they don't vote on what's for dinner.
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Post by Snes on Feb 5, 2010 22:07:26 GMT
Great art on this page, Tom. Real top-notch.
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Post by Magpie on Feb 5, 2010 22:24:31 GMT
Freakin' gorgeous. I need a print/poster, and I need it now! Theories on Ysengrin's ear: Maybe back in the ye olden days he once pissed of his Lord Coyote so bad he got it as a punishment, one that shows through in the Etherium as a brand of discipline. Either that or or he once tussled with an enemy who used some form of magical weapon, preventing the wound from healing and having it register as "magic" in the Etherium. And finally, I'm hoping Coyote will acknoledge that cut on Annie's face and give us some info on it! But yeah, super beautiful page. Heeeeere's hoping...
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Post by digikitty on Feb 5, 2010 22:46:08 GMT
Oddly enough, the first thing I thought of when I saw Coyote and those mouths with teeth was of Stephen King's 'The Langoliers'.
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Post by todd on Feb 5, 2010 23:35:37 GMT
I also thought "Lovecraftian horror" when I saw this page, though I think that Nyarlathotep would be a more appropriate comparison to Coyote than is Cthulhu. Cthulhu was simply an alien monster; Nyarlathotep was (based on Lovecraft's descriptions of him) more aware of humans and amused by the effects of sanity-blasting horror upon them.
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Post by Casey on Feb 6, 2010 0:07:42 GMT
Either that or or he once tussled with an enemy who used some form of magical weapon, preventing the wound from healing and having it register as "magic" in the Etherium. Like, say, oh, I don't know... maybe... a magic arrow?
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Post by coyotagoat on Feb 6, 2010 0:09:26 GMT
Oh you sillies, Annie won't go insane. Everyone knows that to look upon a god's true form results in instant disentigration! About Yssy'ys ear... It could just be the difference between Annie's and us existence. While Annie is a flesh-and-blood human being, Ysengrin is basically (the way i see it) an incarnation of All Wolves Combined Ever, or at least people's impresion of them... Could it be that people through the ages just kinda see wolves as "grizzled" or with scars of battle? Or it could just be that Tom thought it looked cool .
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Post by King Mir on Feb 6, 2010 3:22:22 GMT
I think that the fact that Yesengrin is shown with both ears at his arrival at the court and lacks it now means that something happened to it in the interim. And I think in about 679 more page Tom will provide a hint as to what that event was.
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Post by Mishmash on Feb 6, 2010 21:15:21 GMT
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Post by nikita on Feb 6, 2010 23:06:21 GMT
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Post by thor on Feb 7, 2010 2:46:10 GMT
I don't think it's hand drawn. The thinness of the lines does suggest pencil, not if you look closely. Tho colors do not mix, and the texture of flat colors does not resemble pencil. Also, the stile is also similar to Annie's hair here. Also all the flat colors look like they have the same noise pattern over them. Either gaussian noise or difference clouds, probably thrown on a different layer with the opacity turned way down and multiplied/dodged/excluded/somethinged. Also the shape and cleanliness of the strokes in Ys's fur lead me to believe that this was done on a Wacom. And the very uniform redness around the teeth look like a selection that was shrunk and re-filled. Regardless, this is still very nice work.
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Feb 7, 2010 2:53:53 GMT
I've seriously tried to replicate the texturing. I can't for the life of me figure out how, though I've come close. My guess is that he's using, like, a specially edited photograph of a rough surface or something.
EDIT: Let's play Analyze Tom's Work to Reveal All His Secrets!.
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Post by cleverfeller on Feb 7, 2010 4:08:42 GMT
Wow. Tom, you've really outdone yourself with this one.
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Post by Nicer Atom on Feb 8, 2010 1:59:41 GMT
Either that or or he once tussled with an enemy who used some form of magical weapon, preventing the wound from healing and having it register as "magic" in the Etherium. Like, say, oh, I don't know... maybe... a magic arrow? That seems like a plausible explanation for this . It also ties in with the "Ysengrin was the traitor Jeanne loved" theory, but this isn't the thread for that discussion.
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Post by King Mir on Feb 8, 2010 2:35:12 GMT
I don't think it's hand drawn. The thinness of the lines does suggest pencil, not if you look closely. Tho colors do not mix, and the texture of flat colors does not resemble pencil. Also, the stile is also similar to Annie's hair here. Also all the flat colors look like they have the same noise pattern over them. Either gaussian noise or difference clouds, probably thrown on a different layer with the opacity turned way down and multiplied/dodged/excluded/somethinged. I've seriously tried to replicate the texturing. I can't for the life of me figure out how, though I've come close. My guess is that he's using, like, a specially edited photograph of a rough surface or something. EDIT: Let's play Analyze Tom's Work to Reveal All His Secrets!. Yeah, that's what he did on the second cover. Effect Starts at time 1:47:40.
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Feb 8, 2010 7:19:42 GMT
I believe I've managed to emulate the texture by making some clouds at 25000x25000, upping the contrast alot, resizing to 20000x20000, making more clouds, upping the contrast on that alot, adding noise. It's not quite the same, though. Perhaps I should have done three layers of clouds... You can find it here. I may have saved the multilayer.
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Post by Per on Feb 8, 2010 17:13:23 GMT
I believe I've managed to babble babble jargon strange words
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