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(2009) This is my alien creature that I call a Mantisant again. It's fully coloured in PhotoStudio 5.5 (which is an old and not very good program. I need to reinstall my PS CS2 again. But it's got some good things.These aliens stand about 2.5-3 meters high and are quite intelligent. They live exclusively on a world that is not their native one. Their own planet is destroyed and they escaped to this new one in a stolen spaceship as they couldn't build one themselves.
I am quite happy with how the colouration came out. I'm not very good at computer art. It's made with a mouse and much cursing!
The colour blobs in the top left is the colours I have used in this picture. It took me about 15 hours? 10 maybe. (over a span of 3 days) I didn't really check the time.Hope you like it. Comment please!Mantisant © to Marika Viklund
Do not use without my permission.
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Mantisant used gem missile lv0. 
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No, I made this one up myself. What is Secret of Mana? A PC-game or RPG or something?
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I love that it gives a very ant-like and mantis-like expression but the exoskeleton looks more beetle-like, with those cool feathered antennae of many Coleoptera, and then there's the reptilian tail. It really seems like an alien species that just happened to evolve similar traits to our insects
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Thank you! 
Glad you think so! That it seems alien I mean. 
You really like insects btw, don't you? Me too!
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I think it looks fine, a lot of insects have a softer, differently-colored abdomen anyway. If you wanted to change it though, maybe you could try a transition with a few black exoskeletal bits down the back or near the base of the tail?
I'm nature-obsessed with a preference for invertebrates, insects and mollusks probably being my favorites. I've written a lot of animal articles on my site! ( bogleech.com )
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Ok, thanx!
*lol* I thought so.
Cool! I'll check it out!
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My favorite insects esthetically are some of the most hated. Houseflies, roaches, lice and fleas all look awesome to me and I love their adaptations. I keep a lot of non-pest roaches as pets
Cephalopods are probably the most exciting mollusks, but I also love nudibranchs, snails, slugs, and even the seemingly dull mussels. Some mussels have parasitic larvae, and the adult females use bizarre lures and traps to infest fish! One even has a toothed shell, bites down on passing fish and squirts the larvae all over them : o
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Houseflies can be nice and roaches are awesome! They are even social a bit! I like them because they're very cool more then because they're very pretty, but they look ok to me. Lice and fleas... I haven't really thought of how they look.
Yeah, I agree, the Cephalopods are awesome! 
Nudibranchs... cool, I didn't know their name. But they are very colourful and pretty! 
Ewww... 
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[link] fleas look really alien, I especially like their "mustache" of barbs for anchoring to skin
I think the land octopus was a popular little hoax, though there is an octopus that will climb several feet out of water to pursue amphibious prey or move from one tidepool to another.
Nudibranchs don't have their own venom, but many species prey on jellyfish, anemones or stinging corals and somehow (we really aren't sure how) use the stinging cells in their own body. They're one-use only, so they have to keep eating jellies to reload!
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Ewww... haha! They really do look alien. 
No, it's in some tropical land with high air moisture. A small one that's kinda like an amphibian. It climbs in trees and stuff. I saw it on Animal Planet once!
Yeah, I know of that one too. It's the one with bright blue circles/dots on it, right? Quite small.
I see! That's pretty cool. Stealing poison from others.
Heh, I feel like drawing a dragon based on one now... with their bright colours.
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Oh, that was in animal planet's special on theoretical evolution
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Aha! I didn't remember and also, I think I missed the beginning of the program. Too bad, would have been cool with tree octopuses.
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did you ever have a book called after man? It was also about theoretical evolutions. It pretty much featured only birds and mammals, but there was still some really weird and cool stuff!
Actually, do you have AIM/MSN or anything? This comment thread is getting long
Plus you are just generally nice.
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No, but I have had it recommended to me before!
Haha, yeah. I do have msn, but I rarely do go out on it. I keep forgetting to start it. But if you poke me a bit I might remember.
raistlin26@hotmail.com
*lol* Thank you! You're very nice talking to too!
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added you
Mine's bogleech@hotmail.com
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Thank you! Yay! I did shiny! I tried to make it shiny, it's a big insect (practically) after all!
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You succeeded! It is very shiny! I love it!
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Wow, don't you dare to tell me again that you're not good at the digital stuff
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Haha! But I don't think I am!
Hehee, yes, definitely a lot of cursing because it's so hard to just draw a straight line. And to keep the colour inside the lines!
Thank you for the comment too!
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I tell you you're good at it, now you have to live with that
Haha, my biggest problem with the mouse was always that it was hard not to draw straight lines
To keep the color inside, you could place the lineart into a separate layer set to multiply mode and put the colors into a layer below. Locking transparent areas is also very helpful if you want to keep colors in a defined area. But you probably know all that already, suppose it was just due to that program I never heard of
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Haha!
Yeah, that too. When I wanna do curves (like the lines on the tail) it wanna go straight and when I wanna go straight it always flies away somewhere else!
Yeah... I'm also lazy with the layer thing. 
Locking transparent areas? Interesting. I can't do that in this program I think, but it sounds good. I'll have to remember that when I get my PS CS2 back!
Haha, the program is old and not very good. I mainly use it when I scan things and resize them because it's easy there.
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Haha yeah, just as I supposed, sometimes it's just easier to take what's at hand right now
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*lol* Well, that'd be a setback! If it had harmed my talent!
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Yup, it's always nice to explore and then return to the preferred tools
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Indeed!
What's your fav medium? The computer right?
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This question is not as easy to answer as it may seem
The thing is that I don't have that much experience with traditional art. But from that I can definitely say that I love drawing with Indian ink. I'm planning to start playing with this again, maybe combined with watercolours, a bit in the style of Bill Watterson's comics
On the digital side, I'm becoming a growing fan of vector art and I'd like to explore the animation part of it a bit more, as you may remember.
So I can't really pin it down to one fav medium, both are suitable and fun for doing what I like a lot: comic and cartoon stuff
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It's true. It is a hard question!
Bill Watterson? Never heard of!
Yes, that I remember! Do some more animations pwease!
Fun and cartoon is good. And you're good at it!
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I like your preference and talent in sculpting, I have seen this too rarely as someone's hobby, so it's even more interesting to look at
Oooooh, never heard of good ol' Bill? Calvin and Hobbes? The precocious little boy and his tiger friend? If you haven't, I honestly recommend to take a look at it (every library must have some albums
Haha, thank you very much! The plans for more animations are already laid out, now I'll just have to wait for some free time and already started works to finish
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Thank you!
I might suggest you go have a look at and
They're really good sculpting artists.
Oh! Calvin and Hobbes! yes, then I know!
Woot! Looking forward to see it! *summons some free time for you*
...wouldn't it be awesome if it was that easy?
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Woooah, they're incredible! And they're making dinosaurs, I love dinosaurs
Haha, I took a look at the comics you named there, they seem to be cool, too
Yeah that'd be really great and I thank you for the try
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I know!!
Haha, I think they'll appreciate that!
Haha! I can understand that! I mean, I can read a little german, but it's not like I really understand things to any extent!
*lol* You're welcome! If I could do that, I'd have soo much nice time for myself too!
Haha! It's the distance that does it!
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I tried searching for an English version on that site, but then again I had to decipher the text on the site.. a vicious circle
Haha, damn delay, you could expect the connection speed for summonings to be as fast as the internet these days! And humans call themselves technologically advanced, pah!
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Haha, you crazy person! You will try and learn Swedish?
Well, if you do I can help!
*lol* Yes indeed! But apparently distance adds to the time of the summoning's execution!
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Haha, I like languages, I'll just see how far I can get
Hej! Jag heter Filip. Jag kommer från Polen och jag bor i Tyskland. Hunden pruttar och det stinker, fy!
Now, after introducing myself with these basic sentences, I need to learn the basic words for a proper conversation, namely curses
Hehe, at least we know the exact arrival time of the summoning, that's not too bad compared to other technologies
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Hahahahaaaa!!! 
Hehee, how come the first thing people always learn about other languages is curses? I know how to curse in both finland-ish(?) and japanese!
Hej, jag heter Marika och kommer från Sverige. Jag har två ormar som husdjur och de är väldigt söta!
That's true. You've got a point there!
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Haha, I'm glad you had a good laugh about it
Hehe, all my knowledge of Finnish is based on songs from bands like Finntroll or Korpiklaani
Ooh, ormar är verklig tuff! Jag har inga husdjur, men jag besöka katter och hundar i djurhemmet 
Damn, I wanted to say so much more and I'm not able to! thog must learn grammar
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*lol* I'm easily amused.
That is also true. At least when one is angry! But i suppose that screaming, frowning and waving your arms about is a quite universal way of making that point anyway, don't you think?
haha, I saw Korpiklaani liva two years ago now. That ws fun!
Hmm... yeah, they do tend to sing in english, don't they! But my brother has some bads that sing in swedish... I think. 
Awww, har du inga egna djur. Vad tråkigt! Det är mysigt med djur. Jag ska skaffa hund senare också.
*lol* You can write it in english and I'll translate it for you if you want!
Aww... this is so cuute! --->
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Hehe, you're totally right, and I must know it since I'm learning sign language
Sadly, I have never seen any of them live.. the closest to a Swedish band which I've seen was Gothminister, but they're from Norway
Oh, then I'll have a closer look at Falconer, I haven't heard that much of them!
I have understood what you have written in Swedish, but it'll take some time to figure out the reply, so I'll do that tomorrow since it's a bit late now
Haha yeah, that smiley expresses my feelings soooo well, I love it
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Haha! You do? Great! I've been thinking of learning that from time to time. But I always end up going: Why? I don't know anyone that speaks that way. *lol* But it would be cool.
Norway is pretty close.
Hammerfall are swedish. But don't sing in in swe. 
Yeah, I love Tyr! Very nice! Even spoke to one of them two summers ago. Sadly he was going the other way then we were so... no fun. (He was entering the festival area and we were just leaving. Buuh) They sing in mostly faroese but some in swedish and norwegian too.
*lol* Ask away! I'm not guaranteeing that I know the answer, but I'll try and explain anyway.
Me too!
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Hehe, I started it just for fun and when I realized how much fun it really is, I decided to go on
Oh right, Faroese would be my second thought, but that's really too hard to tell
Jag vill skaffa djur senare, men jag vet inte antingen hund eller katt eller en annan djur. Men jag ska skaffa djur bara om jag har tillräckligt plats för de (mycket plats!
I'm feeling a bit stupid, it's probably full of mistakes
And I don't even know how to spell everything, there's so much to learn
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Cool!
Yes, that's true.
Haha! Yes, it'd be awesome! But it also requires someone else to know the sign language, but it's be really fun! Well, I'm learning japanese anyway and that's fun too! Also, not that many that know it so I might be able to talk to my friend when in the city and noone will understand!
Hehe, yes we do. And Norwegians get swedish for free. We can understand danish too it is said. I never understand anything a dane says though. But I can read it with no trouble.
Låter bra det!
Vilket djur skulle du vilja ha om du inte kan välja hund eller katt?
Haha, no, it's pretty good! Only small mistakes!
Bestämd is to be firm, determined, resolute etc, whilst obestämd is unfirm, undetermined etc. When we put an "o" in front of a word it's usually the opposite of the same word without an "o". Just like the "un" in english.
Haha, of course! But that's only natural when learning a new language right!
No problem! It's really fun!
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