mistformsquirrel

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Seriously though, could someone draw him? He's supposed to be a kid, like... 13 or so. Thanks a lot!

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He's only 13? Too bad... I draw the line at 14.



Just kidding too.

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So what you're really saying is... you got over your loli fetish and now you're looking at highschoolers?

>.> Dirty dirty DJ!

(I'm kidding I swear! <,&lt

Lol ><;; <,< I was just kidding - I found the blatant approach amusing <'x'>

I can't really do it either way though - too many projects right now <X.x>;

Lol <,< Ye who art so subtle!

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I think I drove Graver slightly crazy last night. He put me on the spot with some questions about Rack and his undead minions and I basically had to write the second part of Rack's origin biography off the top of my head. Graver asked and he received:

Hadrian Quinn, the man who would later become the villain known as Rack, was killed by a Banished Pantheon artifact that was supposed to kill his wife, Caroline Grace, a magic wielding superhero. Caroline grew more and more bitter and desperate trying to find legitimate ways to bring Hadrian back to life. When she was finally denied the necessary information and artifacts by MAGI, she turned to unconventional and dangerous methods.

Delving in the death magicks of the Circle of Thorns, Caroline believed she had found a way to ressurect her husband by sacrificing the souls of some very powerful Death Mages to a unnamed Higher Lord of Chaos.

Only one Death Mage survived to tell the tale of what happened, and his evidence is cirumspect at best given that he was driven insane by what he witnessed and died shortly afterwards gibbering inanely that Rack had come.

According to the Death Mage, Caroline had her husband’s mystically preserved body placed upon an altar somewhere in the sewers beneath Perez Park. Seven Death Mages were bound by magic and frozen in place around the altar while Caroline ritually sliced the wrists of each mage with a ceremonial jade dagger and began reciting ancient summoning rites not uttered on this plane of existence for millenia.

As darkness and shadow descended around the altar, Caroline sliced her own wrists and let her blood comingle with that of the seven Death Mages.

Hadrian began to twist and writhe as blood and shadow began mystically entering his body. Caroline completed the ritual by placing the jade dagger in the mouth of her husband.

The blood stopped flowing and the wounds on the Death Mages healed. Caroline had not expected this, and already weakened she was in no state to resist the Death Mages as they broke their magical restraints and captured her.

One of the Death Mages took up the jade dagger and whispered something in Hadrian’s ear. The dead man got up, apparently alive and restored to full health. Caroline wept at her husband’s return but her joy was short lived.

Taking the jade dagger that was offered to him, Hadrian turned to his wife and without hesitation or emotion effortlessly plunged the dagger into the heart of his beloved wife, killing her instantly.

According to the surviving Death Mage, Hadrian then turned to the Death Mage who had handed him the dagger and said “You laid this body upon the rack, but you have yet to pay six souls back.”

Hadrian Quinn’s living visage crumbled away as skin withered and decayed, and flesh twisted and rotted. In it’s place soon stood an undead soulless thing animating a lifeless shell of a man. And carved in flesh upon it’s leathery chest was the symbol of Chaos.

And bloodshed ensured.

Operatives from MAGI soon after discovered the scene. Six of the Death Mages had been ritually mutilated, tortured and killed. The seventh was hiding in a corner behind the altar, staring up at the undead thing lying peacefully upon it as if nothing had happened.

Rack was taken into custody and sent to the Ziggursky Prison for killing his wife. The verdict was damning. Undead and insane. To be kept in solitary confinement and under constant surveillance until MAGI found a way to either reverse the summoning ritual or destroy the undead creature.

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Rack effectively has no soul. He is an undead thing reanimiated by the wild magic of Chaos. Whether or not he serves a Higher Lord of Chaos or is an avatar of one remains unanswered. Rack retains the memories, knowledge and experience of Hadrian Quinn but is unfettered by emotion, conscience and morality. There is no right or wrong - just action or inaction. And being a former sniper in WWII and a CIA agent during the Cold War makes for a character who is just as ruthless and calculating as he can be inscrutable and hidden.

Rack has the souls of six of the most powerful Death Mages from the Circle of Thorns bound to him, possibly for eternity. It is unknown exactly what happened to the soul of his wife, Caroline Grace.

Rack uses these souls to 'raise' undead from the realm of Chaos. The tormented Dark Mage souls cloak themselves in the dark and twisted forms of Chaos, usually adopting the appearance of hungering zombies, murderous knights, or a vengeful lich.

Rack can also 'order' the souls of the Death Mages to enter the bodies of the deceased and reanimate the dead to create confusion, terror and chaos. It can be an effective, if somewhat gruesome, tactic to employ.

Rack personally uses the shadow of Chaos to provide armor, to cloak himself and remain undetected, to restore his visage to his previous living self, and when necessary to impersonate the visage and clothing of opponents he has studied.

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3 Things -

1) Good story.

2) Does "Maim! Kill! Burn!" mean anything to you?

3) I'm sorry, but as an Inquisitor I'm going to have to purge you. Ya know... Chaos and all. <lights flamer>

(Sorry <,< WH40k fan <'x'> Nice story; or should I say 'not nice' >.&gt

RAWR! >,< I really like this PMD! <^o^>~

I think the highlights on the armor and the background both are what 'makes it' for me! <^o^> I will say I think the feet look a tiny bit too small... but thats very minor and only noticable if you're scanning for critiqueage <@o@> and then of course, there's always the fact that I could be off mentally <,<m which has happened more than once <O.O>;

Anyways, great work <^_^>! /cheers!

<,<

"We draw and color and paint~ yo ho~ yo ho~ tis an artist's life fer me!!"

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Hello all -

This was a really cool piece to work on with Torell. What I enjoy most about art is Storytelling, and he has a heck of a cool story behind this. Torell was also a great Art Director -- he really knew what he wanted and I think we ended up with a cool looking piece with an interesting backstory.

AS always, I greatly appreciate the comments and the feedback -- ALL feedback -- Dante, I hate to say it, but you're absolutely correct about the skinny legs on Lord Samarrov. Dang it!

Anyone ever work on a piece for hours and not see an obvious flaw until someone else notices it?

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Very nice work Brandon! I think you did an excellent job telling the story in a static image. *Pulls out paddle* As far as looking at a piece for hours and missing a few flaws we are in the same boat my friend. * Har! Har! Har! Its an artists life for me! * Looks over at DJ, Graver, and Sayterra hey yall better be singing too...lol!

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Me too <,< I'm not even *half* as good as any of you big peoples - and I definitely make that kinda mistake all the time <x.x> Current piece I'm working on I have to find a way to edit someone's arm thinner... cause I made one arm too thick >.<;;

DAMN YOU EVIL LINEART! <T.T> /failsatlife

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*looks at MD's sig*

How come I'm not in there? Come to think of it. I don't think I'm in anyones sig... what's the deal?

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Well, I will gladly be your bodyguard as well Hex, or servant. same thing really. you say jump, i say how high.

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Well now I just feel like a third wheel

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<. .> <glues an additional wheel to Hex> <o.o> There! Now you've got a total of 4 wheels between ya <^_^>m

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nice work as always Sorah , went a wee bit overboard this time didn't cha :P

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There is no such thing as too much! <,<!!

All of those are REALLY good - I think I like Back Alley Scrapper best myself <,< Excellent stuff!

I had to give in eventually >_<; This is a serious attempt too <O.O>!

Ultimate TA - Head/Shoulders Shot

Ultimate TA - All but da Feets

TA's Ultimate Backside (What? >.&gt

Full on Ultimate TA!

Whatcha think TA? >.>;

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A little something Brandon and I have been working on
Welcome Home Algon Hyve

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I had to reallly think what to say about this... I really REALLY like this thing >.<; I think what I like most is there's a sense of narrative, cause I checked your sig and tried to get a feel for the situation. Its definitely cool.

Well... not necessarily 'sad' (at least that wasn't the goal >.&gt I was going for a sort of grim determination. >.>

>.>

I finished the flat colors >_<;; There's still *ALOT* to do yet though - before I even get to work on shades and background, I have to clean up the working lines... usually they just vanish when I color over them, but it didn't work that way this time <-.-> Its easy to fix, just time consuming. At any rate though here's the flats!

Flat Color

I'm going to be removing some of the pencil shading and replacing it with color shading >.> so the 'boobs' will be fixed that way >.> but I left it in now for my own reference >.>;

Anyways, whatcha think? <'x'>

Bwahahahaha <'x'> That's evil Scarf >.>;

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Let's RAWK!!!

Bark at the Moon --Guitar by myself

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Aaron; I know I don't *have* to say it but uhm...

Rock on! <. .>,\,,/ (Ozzy = Win!)

Very nice job Juggy <O.O> teh imps <;.;> I am mesmerized! <T.T> <o_o> <stares>

<O_O> Headpouncing to deliver acorns my dear readers! >.>


Err.. >.>; <o_@>

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If you're going for the peak of power look as being ultimate then perhaps lose the hood and cloaked face. Show more of the blonde hair and perhaps a beard. Change the powered armor to something more medieval (if he needs any armor at all). and replace the gloves and boots with leather flared and folded.

Ultimate TA doth not need powered armor to channel his er... ultimate power nor does he hideth behind a mask like some costumed knave!

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Ultimate TA doesn't need armor! Ultimate TA wears only underpants.

Correction - THUNDERPANTS!


(I am *so* sorry but I couldn't help myself <;.;> I have nothing useful to contribute <~.~&gt

Zomg <O.O> Londerwost! <o,o> <jumps on head> <. .> mwahahaha, now you can't escape so easily >.> <clings>

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<O_O> mewhahahaha <. .>

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Fixed.

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I dunno... if you'd said it to me I'd definitely feel motivated >.>

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Isnt the gun we already have large enough?

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Hah! >.> surely you jest; for we all know the bigger your gun, the better person you are!

Err.. >.>

Foo... that's like, beyond wrong lol >.<

And yes <O.o> catsquirrel works! Especially cause it rhymes with catgirl <,<; lol <@o@>

<. .> Am I a cat that likes acorns? Or a squirrel that has the tendancy to pounce and sit on peoples heads? <O.O> We may never know!

<@o@> that's fairly accurate - but most of mine also have a purpose <. .> To convey my nervous fidgetting and my emotion <@o@> which happens to be nervousness! <O.o>