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No story here, just having the two of them pose for the camera. I do believe they've found another deep spot, as they seem to be sinking again.
Okay, back to normal art :)
Oh, almost forgot. The development of Nei'chelle's wide-eyed expression, coupled with the sharp transition between her face and muzzle in the last couple of pages reminds me of some of Malachi's work. Completely unintentional, I assure you. I only noticed something familiar-looking after walking away from the pencils awhile and coming back to the project. Thanks go out to
saara for permitting the use of his character designs and providing behind-the-scenes input on various aspects of the artwork during the WIP phase.
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Number 16 in the 'over 2000 views club']
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No story here, just having the two of them pose for the camera. I do believe they've found another deep spot, as they seem to be sinking again.
Okay, back to normal art :)
Oh, almost forgot. The development of Nei'chelle's wide-eyed expression, coupled with the sharp transition between her face and muzzle in the last couple of pages reminds me of some of Malachi's work. Completely unintentional, I assure you. I only noticed something familiar-looking after walking away from the pencils awhile and coming back to the project. Thanks go out to
saara for permitting the use of his character designs and providing behind-the-scenes input on various aspects of the artwork during the WIP phase.[Previous]-[First]
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Comics
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File Size 117.7 kB
Though I’ve favorited the entire sequence, I’m not one for leaving 8 separate comments, so I’ll leave what I have to say right here.
Being the massive quicksand enthusiast that I am, this is a three-fold epic win in my opinion, and though I’m not one for inflating people’s egos, this is by far the most amazing work of art I’ve seen since I’ve stumbled across Taral Wayne’s WAM artwork about 4 years ago.
First of all, Taral Wayne’s art has forever been special to me since it was the first time I ever saw my two unlikely interests being merged into a tapestry of awesome. This was before I even knew the furry fandom existed, so it sort of inspired me to pursuit it even further. I attribute my love Anthro Art to him, which is why I am so ecstatic to see someone paying such an amazing tribute to one of Taral Wayne's characters who I remember and still love to this day.
It was funny how you mentioned Deepsinking.org on the 3rd page, since I’ve been an active member of that site for about 4 years, and I’ve never really bought into the quicksand melodrama thing either. This work is exactly what I love to see, two women (or anthro skunkettes for that matter) venturing off into a deep sucking bog to sink for the sheer feeling of it. How anyone could view quicksand as something deadly after looking through this comic is beyond me.
Finally, I must say that I am I huge fan of watching people "Devirginize" themselves bt sinking for the first time and seeing the sensual side of mud and quicksand despite the initial fear it can give (we have Hollywood to thank for that one). If you’ve ever seen the “Desire” series, then you’d know exactly what I’m talking about. There’s not enough stuff like that anymore it seems. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places.
I'm sorry to be flooding your comment space, I just wanted to let you know how truly awesome this sequence is in my opinion.
Being the massive quicksand enthusiast that I am, this is a three-fold epic win in my opinion, and though I’m not one for inflating people’s egos, this is by far the most amazing work of art I’ve seen since I’ve stumbled across Taral Wayne’s WAM artwork about 4 years ago.
First of all, Taral Wayne’s art has forever been special to me since it was the first time I ever saw my two unlikely interests being merged into a tapestry of awesome. This was before I even knew the furry fandom existed, so it sort of inspired me to pursuit it even further. I attribute my love Anthro Art to him, which is why I am so ecstatic to see someone paying such an amazing tribute to one of Taral Wayne's characters who I remember and still love to this day.
It was funny how you mentioned Deepsinking.org on the 3rd page, since I’ve been an active member of that site for about 4 years, and I’ve never really bought into the quicksand melodrama thing either. This work is exactly what I love to see, two women (or anthro skunkettes for that matter) venturing off into a deep sucking bog to sink for the sheer feeling of it. How anyone could view quicksand as something deadly after looking through this comic is beyond me.
Finally, I must say that I am I huge fan of watching people "Devirginize" themselves bt sinking for the first time and seeing the sensual side of mud and quicksand despite the initial fear it can give (we have Hollywood to thank for that one). If you’ve ever seen the “Desire” series, then you’d know exactly what I’m talking about. There’s not enough stuff like that anymore it seems. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places.
I'm sorry to be flooding your comment space, I just wanted to let you know how truly awesome this sequence is in my opinion.
No problemo with the long comments--I make them all the time :D
"stunning tribute" Wow, hehe I'm grinning ear-to-ear at that one Thanks!
Yep, Deepsinking.org certainly came to mind as I planned to sink the two of them to ther chests. I count This ArchEnemys.com clip as an inspiration too (I really oughta buy that video). Melodramatics take all the fun out of it for me too.
Now that I've revisited deepsinking, I've run across Toby's "Mud Scouts" series, and I'm inspired again Guess who'd absolutely love those uniforms :D
"stunning tribute" Wow, hehe I'm grinning ear-to-ear at that one Thanks!
Yep, Deepsinking.org certainly came to mind as I planned to sink the two of them to ther chests. I count This ArchEnemys.com clip as an inspiration too (I really oughta buy that video). Melodramatics take all the fun out of it for me too.
Now that I've revisited deepsinking, I've run across Toby's "Mud Scouts" series, and I'm inspired again Guess who'd absolutely love those uniforms :D
oh yeah, the explorer clip! that's one of my favorites too. Something about the way she sinks that makes me want to explode. I should buy the video as well, I've just heard bad feedback about the archenemys videos. (though the pits used look like they're to die for). I stay away from most videos advertised on Deepsinking. They all seem too scripted and way too expensive.
As for the "Mud Scouts" series, im not 100 percent sure I've seen that one.
As for the "Mud Scouts" series, im not 100 percent sure I've seen that one.
The part that gets me about that clip is how the whole bog wobbles and undulates with her motions as she squirms in it. It just looks utterly treacherous, and the fact that these ladies can pull themselves out after being armpit-deep in mud that would have most folks calling 911 just makes them all the more impressive.
To find the mud scouts, use the term "mud AND scouts" (without the quotes) in deepsinking's forum search. There are four pics, and one sketch, all done by Toby.
Supposedly another artist named "Meerkat" co-opted the series, and did more pictures (which I found on archive.org since they're 404'ed on the Tripod site that comes up in Google), but hers are...uhhh...not so good. Think beginner mouse-artist with MSPaint, and melodramatic bad-english dialogue, Toby's are superior by a w--i--d--e margin :D
To find the mud scouts, use the term "mud AND scouts" (without the quotes) in deepsinking's forum search. There are four pics, and one sketch, all done by Toby.
Supposedly another artist named "Meerkat" co-opted the series, and did more pictures (which I found on archive.org since they're 404'ed on the Tripod site that comes up in Google), but hers are...uhhh...not so good. Think beginner mouse-artist with MSPaint, and melodramatic bad-english dialogue, Toby's are superior by a w--i--d--e margin :D
thanks for that. I find the mud scout pics quite interesting. Seems like there should be more to it though.
i wanna find a bog just like the one in the explorer clip, though its damn near impossible to find anything secluded when you live in a state where there's nothing but suburbs and highways all over the damn place.
i wanna find a bog just like the one in the explorer clip, though its damn near impossible to find anything secluded when you live in a state where there's nothing but suburbs and highways all over the damn place.
A poster-worthy finish to a fantastic series RR. The ground plane in this last one is especially detailed, and I love all the footprints, ripples, standing pools of water, the indentations where their feet have vanished...just everything. A lot of work went into that, and it really brings the bog to life.
It does however, detract a bit from the mud on the skunks. Their's doesn't have the same level of shading or details. This does make them stand out as the focus of the piece, so it's a mixed bag. Again, this method of showing coated characters goes along with Taral's style...but there seems to be something a bit off. I'm having a hard time pinning it down, but it may be that the muck covering them isn't quite as blobby as the rest of the series. It's a nice even coat, making them look more statue-like than messy.
At any rate, small critiques aside, I think this was an utterly fantastic series. It certainly came as a welcome surprise to my watch-list arts and made my day. You did Taral a wonderful tribute, both in style and character. I imagine this had to have been quite a challenge. But I bet it was a thrill too. As much fun as it is to refine your personal style, I know how enjoyable it can be to try and deviate from it. Thanks a bunch for a wild ride with this RailRide.
It does however, detract a bit from the mud on the skunks. Their's doesn't have the same level of shading or details. This does make them stand out as the focus of the piece, so it's a mixed bag. Again, this method of showing coated characters goes along with Taral's style...but there seems to be something a bit off. I'm having a hard time pinning it down, but it may be that the muck covering them isn't quite as blobby as the rest of the series. It's a nice even coat, making them look more statue-like than messy.
At any rate, small critiques aside, I think this was an utterly fantastic series. It certainly came as a welcome surprise to my watch-list arts and made my day. You did Taral a wonderful tribute, both in style and character. I imagine this had to have been quite a challenge. But I bet it was a thrill too. As much fun as it is to refine your personal style, I know how enjoyable it can be to try and deviate from it. Thanks a bunch for a wild ride with this RailRide.
I was playing around with the highlight/midtone/shadow sliders for the ground plane, as they were originally much lighter. In fact, the whole comic is a few shades darker than the original pencils. I haven't been able to view this on a CRT yet, as it was all cleaned up on laptop LCD's, but I didn't want all those footprints, the weeds, leaves and the gas bubbles to be washed out
Although I could still fiddle with the levels, as I saved all of these as full-size native file formats with the seperate object layers intact. There's about 500MB of files involved in this comic.
And, You're Welcome. It was a fun series to do :)
Although I could still fiddle with the levels, as I saved all of these as full-size native file formats with the seperate object layers intact. There's about 500MB of files involved in this comic.
And, You're Welcome. It was a fun series to do :)
It certainly has been an interesting experiment. Although RR consulted me from the beginning, I thought he handled the matter well and only elicited a couple of small comments from me (one about "my" character's hair in the first page and another about the "splash" of mud around their feet in the very last panel). The rest I thought struck the right balance of faithfulness to both styles and to acheiving an effect.
I was rather pleased to discover RR myself, this year, when someone brought my attention to a feature called "A Curiously Filthy Story". Here was someone with a kindred interest and a different take on it that I liked.
There are precious few decent QS artists. Most of the "art" you can find is actually PS manipulation, and ranges from elementary transpositions of Sailor Moon (or whoever) into a picture of a bog (usually a simpy brown surface). A good deal of the rest is photo manipulation, which is the same process with a photo of Britney Spears instead of drawing of Sailor Moon.
But there have been a handful of artists who stood out above that. The earliest I knew of was a guy who was only known as Pete Boggs to most. I first saw one of his QS illos in a catalog of mini-comics in the 1980's, and then much later I noticed other things that seemed familiar. When I traced down the first drawing again I realized I had found a fellow "sinker". We did meet once I think, at an early furry con, but he hasn't shown up again that I know of. Pete Boggs is still around, but seems to have shifted his focus to busty barbarian swordswomen and jungle adventures.
The next "sinker" I became aware of was Preppy Marshmouse (a new member of FA by the way, as Preppy_Marshmousee, but there's no art in his gallery yet). Also known as Penny Marshmouse, he had a very unusual style that looked like a careful tribute to old British kid's advenure books and comics. The web page to seek is http://www.furnation.com/Preppy/
Brian Sutton too had done a small amount of "sinker" art that I rather thought he was into the subject more than casually, but was never sure.
There were a few other discoveries over the years. "Acid Tester" is quite good, the Andrande Bros. have a certain charm. Raymond Hart does quite good digital art that should appeal to any "sinker". "QSA" has done some interesting stuff in a quasi-anime style that has some highlights.
I think that pretty much finished my list, until I found RailRide.
I was rather pleased to discover RR myself, this year, when someone brought my attention to a feature called "A Curiously Filthy Story". Here was someone with a kindred interest and a different take on it that I liked.
There are precious few decent QS artists. Most of the "art" you can find is actually PS manipulation, and ranges from elementary transpositions of Sailor Moon (or whoever) into a picture of a bog (usually a simpy brown surface). A good deal of the rest is photo manipulation, which is the same process with a photo of Britney Spears instead of drawing of Sailor Moon.
But there have been a handful of artists who stood out above that. The earliest I knew of was a guy who was only known as Pete Boggs to most. I first saw one of his QS illos in a catalog of mini-comics in the 1980's, and then much later I noticed other things that seemed familiar. When I traced down the first drawing again I realized I had found a fellow "sinker". We did meet once I think, at an early furry con, but he hasn't shown up again that I know of. Pete Boggs is still around, but seems to have shifted his focus to busty barbarian swordswomen and jungle adventures.
The next "sinker" I became aware of was Preppy Marshmouse (a new member of FA by the way, as Preppy_Marshmousee, but there's no art in his gallery yet). Also known as Penny Marshmouse, he had a very unusual style that looked like a careful tribute to old British kid's advenure books and comics. The web page to seek is http://www.furnation.com/Preppy/
Brian Sutton too had done a small amount of "sinker" art that I rather thought he was into the subject more than casually, but was never sure.
There were a few other discoveries over the years. "Acid Tester" is quite good, the Andrande Bros. have a certain charm. Raymond Hart does quite good digital art that should appeal to any "sinker". "QSA" has done some interesting stuff in a quasi-anime style that has some highlights.
I think that pretty much finished my list, until I found RailRide.
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