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Published: 2011-09-29 03:47:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 965; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 0
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Description GIMP 2.6 / Ubuntu 11.04 / Intuos4

(New) Chapter 22 header for my illustrated novel, An Orthogonal Universe. Marcus runs into the Sea-Monster on his voyage to SanCullep Island.

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This is a more ``cartoony'' style than my usual works. I rendered a simple fractal, then manipulated (more like mutilated) it into a sea. Given the design, a simpler color scheme seemed more fitting for the characters.

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Comments: 23

Yzabel [2011-11-27 18:34:08 +0000 UTC]

That's quite fascinating. It's as if metal and fire came to melt into waters.

(I think I had checked your website some time ago... at least it doesn ring a strong bell. But now I can't remember anymore where I had heard of it.)

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merrak In reply to Yzabel [2011-11-28 02:17:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment

At some point I changed the title screen - but I think that was as far back as September. Maybe you remember the old version? The story itself hasn't changed, just the some of the images.

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Yzabel In reply to merrak [2011-11-28 10:28:23 +0000 UTC]

Honestly, I can't remember. It may have been before that. I'll have to take a closer look at the new version.

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Wolfberry-J [2011-11-09 23:06:03 +0000 UTC]

Love the gesture of the waves, by which the environment becomes a dynamic actor in the story.

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merrak In reply to Wolfberry-J [2011-11-10 04:50:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comments I like your description of the environment as an actor.

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skotsoad [2011-11-06 02:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work!

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merrak In reply to skotsoad [2011-11-06 06:50:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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CrystalEnceladus [2011-11-03 03:47:57 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful effects, the simple colour scheme underlines the action. The sea looks like a grasping monster.

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merrak In reply to CrystalEnceladus [2011-11-04 03:41:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! That was the idea Although the yellow part was intended to be an actual monster... it is open to interpretation, though.

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Wickfield [2011-11-02 19:57:43 +0000 UTC]

Cool drawing, I love the water! It looks quite dreamy.

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merrak In reply to Wickfield [2011-11-03 03:10:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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DTKinetic [2011-10-22 03:06:54 +0000 UTC]

I like your abstract and loose designing of the waves here...really makes the theme of the picture more powerful. And I like the contrast with the "orange flames".

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merrak In reply to DTKinetic [2011-10-22 23:29:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks The orange part is open to interpretation. I intended it to be the tentacles of a sea-monster, but everyone seems to have a unique interpretation.

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Wickfield In reply to merrak [2011-11-02 19:58:00 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I thought it was like an explosion.

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DTKinetic In reply to merrak [2011-10-23 03:04:45 +0000 UTC]

That's what makes it interesting

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Ch3M-X [2011-10-14 02:31:49 +0000 UTC]

This looks awesome, I really like the style. Well done. (:

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merrak In reply to Ch3M-X [2011-10-14 04:07:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Eutrophic [2011-10-14 01:49:23 +0000 UTC]

EPIC. JUST, EPIC.

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merrak In reply to Eutrophic [2011-10-14 04:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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kikannoh-yo [2011-10-08 11:15:50 +0000 UTC]

WOW amazing!!!

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merrak In reply to kikannoh-yo [2011-10-09 04:12:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Mavrosh [2011-09-29 21:10:34 +0000 UTC]

Ah! How refreshingly different! I really really like the style here, good job! And yay for Linux!

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merrak In reply to Mavrosh [2011-09-30 00:59:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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