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"I used to feel like a monster, being different from everyone else, born in a tube, equal parts meat and machine, but, it doesn't really bug me, y'know? I'm different, so what? But when you're different, you start lookin' for others like you. I can't help but be curious. I know I'm anything but alone"
This bunny was a difficult one to pin down. He's matured past that usual angst that a lot of cyborgs have about themselves, and he's totally fine with himself. so we had to move on to a slightly different mood, and that was curiousity. And really, if I were in his shoes, yeah, I'd be lookin for others like me too.
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This bunny was a difficult one to pin down. He's matured past that usual angst that a lot of cyborgs have about themselves, and he's totally fine with himself. so we had to move on to a slightly different mood, and that was curiousity. And really, if I were in his shoes, yeah, I'd be lookin for others like me too.
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xovitArt © The guy resisting the urge to call cloning vats "You-Tubes", me!
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Now that is a very mature attitude to take for a situation like this. Yeah okay you're not exactly conventional in appearance but on the flip side, what passes for 'normal' is incredibly relative. He accepts himself for what he is, and that is a serious accomplishment towards being happy with who you are.
Faved and loved for the above!
Faved and loved for the above!
Generally, as long as the brain is organic, even a cyborg experiences organic desires and needs. Among those desires is the desire to be accepted. When we want to be acceted we generally seek out those who are closest to us in personality because we know that they will likely accept us for who we are.
This can be difficult to do for us "normal" folk so I can only imagine how difficult it would be for a cyborg.
This can be difficult to do for us "normal" folk so I can only imagine how difficult it would be for a cyborg.
Ok I won't lie, the reason I faved this was of the little joke in the artist comments. As it got me writing a comment which by now should be way overdue (as I've followed you for well over 3 years now on FA yet I cannot recall me ever commenting) I can only assume it's a good thing right? I guess this'll turn into more of a general comment on all your artwork as a lot of what I have to say on this picture also applies to most of your other work and unless we suddenly starts talking privately for whatever reason I guess it's a good thing I say all that I should here. I do apologize beforehand for the "wall 'o text", feel free to skip to the very last bit if you so desire, I've heard of how busy artists are and such.
Where does one start when commenting on your work Strype? Ironically I mostly have a problem to cease talking not start up! I guess before anything one should mention your designs as that is what strikes me the most when I see new pieces that you've been working on. I.Love.Them. (with a few minor exceptions of coarse) Your designs always seems to bridge that gap between what can and is real, and what cannot possibly be, from preposterously big guns like in "One Shot, At Least One Kill" to sleek constructs mimicking nature like the artificial muscles in "Upgrade" your ideas of how to approach any given scene to a customers demand is nothing less but awe-inspiring. A lot of artists just "does what they are told" but I believe you dare to innovate if only a little and that little extra effort goes a long way in the end. When I see a lot of your work I often find myself subconsciously thinking "That cannot be real!...or can it?" and that really speaks to your understanding of what is fantastic but not infeasible, and I cannot do anything but tip my non-existent hat to you for that.
Now I will go on to the range of art that you can do which is impressive to say the least. Now I like all others has my own personal...fields of interests sorts of speak, I happen to be into muscle art (I'm in good company amongst furs then yeah I know xP) amongst other things and while I don't see overly much of art specifically of that field in your gallery pieces like "Busts: A Bit More HUGE" tells me that you'd have little to no problem taking this on, now the impressive part is not that you can scratch that one itch of mine but that you can scratch the itches of people with such a WIDE RANGE OF FANCIES. That you can do different body types such as all the ones in "Busts: Lovely Lady Lumps" indicates that you have a firm grasp of all kinds of proportions that people might desire. A feat few artists does in my experience, most seems to focus on what tickles their fancy and even so I tend to find, they aren't as good as you are at drawing what I can only assume ISN'T yours. But of coarse beyond that is that you can also draw other things like machines, buildings and nature with a kind of realism that also befits the style you draw your characters in, I can't but be amazed at it. I'm not an artist by any degree but I at least tried my hand at all of these things and while it might not mean much from someone of my feeble artistic calibre, if one did anything but be amazed by your ability to draw all such things so flawlessly one would be a fool and a half.
Now to the minor problems I have before I finish, after this extensive course of ass-kissing on my part I guess it's only fair to bring some of these up. Most of the problems I have aren't even with the art itself but what you're usually made to draw by others. Now I know you've had some rough times and I understand perfectly well why you'd take on the commissions you do, but I personally feel the art must speak for itself. I've found that as of late you've done a lot of very simple pictures from a conceptual standpoint, Your Cyborg series has helped to equalize it a great deal but looking through your latest 60-100 or so pictures I count roughly half of them are of a nature that to me strikes me as conceptually shallow, most of this is porn as you might imagine. Again let me stress I understand perfectly well why you do commissions like these, but I can't help but get the sensation when I see work like this that your talent can do so much more than these pictures. Now that is of coarse not your fault so maybe it's harsh to bring up, but I feel it's a point worth saying should I never speak to you again. Another gripe I have is that a lot of times you seem to get a bit too comfortable drawing the same face on a different body and I feel you could do a bit more to differentiate them from each other, especially in the case of the males who to me seems to be more of the same person but with the skin of a different species "pulled over it " sorts of speak.
On to the dessert of this full course of writing, we turn to your use of textures and lightplay. My god man, how does one even use words to say what I believe of your work on this field? You as a professional might be able to spot any minute flaw and obsesses over it no doubt, but to someone like me who's done some art but not anything beyond my own amateurish fancies your work is nothing short of a godsend. To me, as someone who often can imagine myself into the situations of the characters on the screen I feel as though I could just reach out with my non-existent hands and touch whatever it is that is displayed and it'd feel just as what the real thing would. Your work in this field is uncanny, and your work with lighting both grabs attention even when the image is minimized in the little "subscription window" and you do an excellent job of guiding the gaze of the looker to where you want it. You contrast with dark when it's needed and it adds something beyond just the volume and texture, some of the pictures you've done tells as much of a story with the shadows as with the actual subjects on the "canvas". I cannot do anything but applaud you here and I'd feel sorry for anyone who doesn't recognizes it themselves.
Summa summarum: You're doing a fantastic work out there man, the few gripes I have with your work being mere specks on an otherwise fantastic tapestry of fine art that you have thus produced and I hope you will still be producing for a long time to come. I do at times come to watch your work here to get inspiration whenever I want to envision something of a mechanical nature, but even without looking for your work I still also often found myself (as many others no doubt) amazing at what you have created with your hands. You're one of those that really makes me excited to see work from, and that is saying a bit for such a hardened critic as I believe myself to be (though considering all the positive words up there I doubt you'll believe me saying so ^_^). You're an artistic inspiration and whenever life gets you down, know that there's a great many who admires you for what you do, and how you always perseveres no matter what has come in your way. I wish you the kindest of words I can give, and I wish you to have a long, happy life in front of you should I not speak to you again. Have a good day and a remaining good night, and at the risk of sounding a little creepy "I'll be watching you!" :)
Where does one start when commenting on your work Strype? Ironically I mostly have a problem to cease talking not start up! I guess before anything one should mention your designs as that is what strikes me the most when I see new pieces that you've been working on. I.Love.Them. (with a few minor exceptions of coarse) Your designs always seems to bridge that gap between what can and is real, and what cannot possibly be, from preposterously big guns like in "One Shot, At Least One Kill" to sleek constructs mimicking nature like the artificial muscles in "Upgrade" your ideas of how to approach any given scene to a customers demand is nothing less but awe-inspiring. A lot of artists just "does what they are told" but I believe you dare to innovate if only a little and that little extra effort goes a long way in the end. When I see a lot of your work I often find myself subconsciously thinking "That cannot be real!...or can it?" and that really speaks to your understanding of what is fantastic but not infeasible, and I cannot do anything but tip my non-existent hat to you for that.
Now I will go on to the range of art that you can do which is impressive to say the least. Now I like all others has my own personal...fields of interests sorts of speak, I happen to be into muscle art (I'm in good company amongst furs then yeah I know xP) amongst other things and while I don't see overly much of art specifically of that field in your gallery pieces like "Busts: A Bit More HUGE" tells me that you'd have little to no problem taking this on, now the impressive part is not that you can scratch that one itch of mine but that you can scratch the itches of people with such a WIDE RANGE OF FANCIES. That you can do different body types such as all the ones in "Busts: Lovely Lady Lumps" indicates that you have a firm grasp of all kinds of proportions that people might desire. A feat few artists does in my experience, most seems to focus on what tickles their fancy and even so I tend to find, they aren't as good as you are at drawing what I can only assume ISN'T yours. But of coarse beyond that is that you can also draw other things like machines, buildings and nature with a kind of realism that also befits the style you draw your characters in, I can't but be amazed at it. I'm not an artist by any degree but I at least tried my hand at all of these things and while it might not mean much from someone of my feeble artistic calibre, if one did anything but be amazed by your ability to draw all such things so flawlessly one would be a fool and a half.
Now to the minor problems I have before I finish, after this extensive course of ass-kissing on my part I guess it's only fair to bring some of these up. Most of the problems I have aren't even with the art itself but what you're usually made to draw by others. Now I know you've had some rough times and I understand perfectly well why you'd take on the commissions you do, but I personally feel the art must speak for itself. I've found that as of late you've done a lot of very simple pictures from a conceptual standpoint, Your Cyborg series has helped to equalize it a great deal but looking through your latest 60-100 or so pictures I count roughly half of them are of a nature that to me strikes me as conceptually shallow, most of this is porn as you might imagine. Again let me stress I understand perfectly well why you do commissions like these, but I can't help but get the sensation when I see work like this that your talent can do so much more than these pictures. Now that is of coarse not your fault so maybe it's harsh to bring up, but I feel it's a point worth saying should I never speak to you again. Another gripe I have is that a lot of times you seem to get a bit too comfortable drawing the same face on a different body and I feel you could do a bit more to differentiate them from each other, especially in the case of the males who to me seems to be more of the same person but with the skin of a different species "pulled over it " sorts of speak.
On to the dessert of this full course of writing, we turn to your use of textures and lightplay. My god man, how does one even use words to say what I believe of your work on this field? You as a professional might be able to spot any minute flaw and obsesses over it no doubt, but to someone like me who's done some art but not anything beyond my own amateurish fancies your work is nothing short of a godsend. To me, as someone who often can imagine myself into the situations of the characters on the screen I feel as though I could just reach out with my non-existent hands and touch whatever it is that is displayed and it'd feel just as what the real thing would. Your work in this field is uncanny, and your work with lighting both grabs attention even when the image is minimized in the little "subscription window" and you do an excellent job of guiding the gaze of the looker to where you want it. You contrast with dark when it's needed and it adds something beyond just the volume and texture, some of the pictures you've done tells as much of a story with the shadows as with the actual subjects on the "canvas". I cannot do anything but applaud you here and I'd feel sorry for anyone who doesn't recognizes it themselves.
Summa summarum: You're doing a fantastic work out there man, the few gripes I have with your work being mere specks on an otherwise fantastic tapestry of fine art that you have thus produced and I hope you will still be producing for a long time to come. I do at times come to watch your work here to get inspiration whenever I want to envision something of a mechanical nature, but even without looking for your work I still also often found myself (as many others no doubt) amazing at what you have created with your hands. You're one of those that really makes me excited to see work from, and that is saying a bit for such a hardened critic as I believe myself to be (though considering all the positive words up there I doubt you'll believe me saying so ^_^). You're an artistic inspiration and whenever life gets you down, know that there's a great many who admires you for what you do, and how you always perseveres no matter what has come in your way. I wish you the kindest of words I can give, and I wish you to have a long, happy life in front of you should I not speak to you again. Have a good day and a remaining good night, and at the risk of sounding a little creepy "I'll be watching you!" :)
Well, I do believe that you, sir, have now written the longest comment I've ever received. And I approve
I'm glad that you've taken note of my range. Admittedly, I have a bit of trouble with human faces, but other than that it's been a bit of a personal point of pride, as is the knowledge that I seem to be one of the few in this fandom that's good at drawing machinery (though CERTAINLY not the best, nor the only, there's a lot of talented guys out there who don't get the attention they deserve). I guess it mostly stems from a lifelong fascination with sci fi, machinery, and robots, and later on, a basic understanding of the workings of said machinery, and a developed ability to interpret the basic shapes of pretty much everything I see. And I guess I just commit that information, and observations about lighting, texture, ect, cuz I just wanna get better at what I do, cuz I love doin it ^^.
As for the problems, yeah, I fully admit I can't be on my game all the time. The cyborg series was basically forcing myself to get myself back into the game, and force myself to put out some sweet stuff. but I can only keep that going so long, y'know? So to "cool off" I decided I'm drawing a series of strippers next, then after that, I'll probably go back to working on something challenging and high-detail, basically to both keep myself from burning out on challenging pics, and prevent myself from stagnating with easy ones. Nobody can be awesome ALL the time, so I've decided to take a more active role in controlling it by working in bursts and staying mindful of my limitations.
So, um, yeah, glad ya like my work ^^;
I'm glad that you've taken note of my range. Admittedly, I have a bit of trouble with human faces, but other than that it's been a bit of a personal point of pride, as is the knowledge that I seem to be one of the few in this fandom that's good at drawing machinery (though CERTAINLY not the best, nor the only, there's a lot of talented guys out there who don't get the attention they deserve). I guess it mostly stems from a lifelong fascination with sci fi, machinery, and robots, and later on, a basic understanding of the workings of said machinery, and a developed ability to interpret the basic shapes of pretty much everything I see. And I guess I just commit that information, and observations about lighting, texture, ect, cuz I just wanna get better at what I do, cuz I love doin it ^^.
As for the problems, yeah, I fully admit I can't be on my game all the time. The cyborg series was basically forcing myself to get myself back into the game, and force myself to put out some sweet stuff. but I can only keep that going so long, y'know? So to "cool off" I decided I'm drawing a series of strippers next, then after that, I'll probably go back to working on something challenging and high-detail, basically to both keep myself from burning out on challenging pics, and prevent myself from stagnating with easy ones. Nobody can be awesome ALL the time, so I've decided to take a more active role in controlling it by working in bursts and staying mindful of my limitations.
So, um, yeah, glad ya like my work ^^;
I'm glad you approve friend, though I must say I do hope that it was the content over the actual length that you approved of ^^
And it shows that you do love what you do, there can be nothing but that which allows you to put that amount of time and effort into making your art. And because you love making it, I love looking at it. :)
I personally believe that there's hardly any who ever makes human faces to the point where your average guy couldn't find some issue with it. It's hard man, us humans are wired to look at faces after all. But considering this is the only thing you claim to have problems with it is very impressive. I do agree with you that I've seen some others that probably can do machines better than you but to my experience those that are cannot do anything but what they are specialized in drawing and the fact that you can do both to the level that you can, that is the impressive thing. Using an analogy I'd call you a King or Queen or everything over a jack of all trades, and I don't know about you friend but I personally find that having 4 queens is better than 1 or 2 aces. ^_^
All of that is understandable, I do like that you are able to set your own "standards of difficulty" in that way that you can, I have no doubt that it does help you avoid symptoms of (If I may improvise some terminology here) "hyper-", and "hypo-thinking". I imagine a lot of people also approves of those kinds of themes even if it's not my personal foarté, and that's cool that you can appeal to those people as well as people like me who appreciates content that's a bit deeper sorts of speak.
And it shows that you do love what you do, there can be nothing but that which allows you to put that amount of time and effort into making your art. And because you love making it, I love looking at it. :)
I personally believe that there's hardly any who ever makes human faces to the point where your average guy couldn't find some issue with it. It's hard man, us humans are wired to look at faces after all. But considering this is the only thing you claim to have problems with it is very impressive. I do agree with you that I've seen some others that probably can do machines better than you but to my experience those that are cannot do anything but what they are specialized in drawing and the fact that you can do both to the level that you can, that is the impressive thing. Using an analogy I'd call you a King or Queen or everything over a jack of all trades, and I don't know about you friend but I personally find that having 4 queens is better than 1 or 2 aces. ^_^
All of that is understandable, I do like that you are able to set your own "standards of difficulty" in that way that you can, I have no doubt that it does help you avoid symptoms of (If I may improvise some terminology here) "hyper-", and "hypo-thinking". I imagine a lot of people also approves of those kinds of themes even if it's not my personal foarté, and that's cool that you can appeal to those people as well as people like me who appreciates content that's a bit deeper sorts of speak.
and that is all that one can ask an artist to do, keep their audience enthralled by their work. And so far you have succeeded and I do hope for a long time ahead.
This is a bit of a sidenote so feel free to skip if you aren't interested, as you mentioned talent that doesn't get the attention it deserves, this one guy on youtube called Voltaire (singer/songwriter) is real good with music, his music can be both deep and funny and I can wholeheartedly recommend checking him out if you haven't already and want to find some new music. Anyways feel free to hide this comment if you don't like the "commercialism" sorts of speak. I'll understand it perfectly, I just felt it'd be good to give some additional attention to a man whose music I really enjoy yet I feel don't get enough of said attention.
This is a bit of a sidenote so feel free to skip if you aren't interested, as you mentioned talent that doesn't get the attention it deserves, this one guy on youtube called Voltaire (singer/songwriter) is real good with music, his music can be both deep and funny and I can wholeheartedly recommend checking him out if you haven't already and want to find some new music. Anyways feel free to hide this comment if you don't like the "commercialism" sorts of speak. I'll understand it perfectly, I just felt it'd be good to give some additional attention to a man whose music I really enjoy yet I feel don't get enough of said attention.
Is this the song you're talking about ? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsGWdGhYKtY
If you're interested in hearing some other ones I'll recommend some tracks from his albums "Riding on a Black unicorn" (very silly/funny for the most part) and "To the bottom of the sea", songs like "Death Death Devil Devil Devil Evil Evil songs", "Don't go by the river", "The dirtiest song that ain't" and "Oh lord". The one that you did mention is one of my old favs as well though ^_^
I was very fascinated with this character when I first saw him posted to his own gallery, and of course your story made me even more interested. I would hope that the character is able to find some peace and answers in finding others like him. I certainly know that I'll be happy once I've found more people like me... :p
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