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[Inktober Day 24: Shallow]

I dig it. 😃

(You knew someone was gonna say that...)

This is also the first horror piece I've ever seen that has anything to do with IHOP. What happened? Did the line cook use old rancid batter when he made her pancakes & she died from food poisoning, or...?

DancwartVonTronje responds:

So, I got into a fight with this guy on twitter (the fun kind, not a real argument). We agreed to settle things in the parking lot in front of IHOP (because there was already a big fight going on at the waffle house)
So I added a little Easter egg. I don't thing he noticed, though.
That's basically it. And I love pancakes so it makes sense to almost die at ihop

[Cute Halloween Pyggy]

It's a pig crossed with I don't f***ing know _what_...

But seriously, it's interesting.

What would you name this creature...perhaps "Nyarlathopork"?

humblemaniac responds:

It's just pyggy, they are often seen in Pivotal Republic Terva, but I don't recomend eating it, there are more piggy species worth being eaten :3

[Ladybug]

Even though it's a ladybug, it reminds me of Audrey II, the alien plant in Little Shop of Horrors.

If that is unfamiliar, the following may or may not help:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/QqFZuR6UzjA?si=xMl9upjGJGDSJBpv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

OnixDark responds:

that movie has been on my to-watch list for a while now. maybe I should watch it, considering how often I draw monster plants (even if I never post them here xP) thanks for the links!

[Worm Boy]

Since certain species of "worms" are also intestinal parasites, no, I do NOT accept his gift.

But seriously it's good. A bit creepy-looking. Maybe you intended that?

DancwartVonTronje responds:

It's just earthworms.

Yeah. He is meant to look a bit creepy. He's someone who lived alone in nature for a long time, who doesn't get social conventions at all. As much animal as man.

[Cirno Day]

Cute character.

Presumably she has the same power as Iceman in Marvel Comics...gotta say I feel a bit sorry for the frog.

DancwartVonTronje responds:

She's an ice fairy. Her hobby is to freeze down frogs and watch them thaw

[Those Roundabout Thoughts at 3am]

It's a good start...could've done a bit more with the color, unless you intended it as strictly bichromatic. No doubt quite a few of us will relate to this piece.

Esperance responds:

I usually work in 1-bit so the intent was to also just stick to two colors here as well so it worked out exactly like I hoped it would

[the pikmin dog]

Cute, but why does he only have two feet?

vonschloss responds:

ask nintendo

[Ranch or Cool Ranch?]

Honey mustard.

PachkaNG responds:

Eatin a burger with no honey mustard Eatin a burger with no honey mustard Eatin a burger with no honey mustard

[Bone Thieves ( Entity 121 )]

Is this a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing kinda character? It seems that way...

The composition is a bit off. Maybe nudge the bone thief frog slightly more left & add a little something in the top right corner to balance it out. But I'm wondering how you got that background texture. Anyway, good job.

DevilRat responds:

The background coloring is due to... A mixture of two brushes. It's some brushset with " Won't teach you how to paint ".

[Sherlock Holmes]

Is this traditional or digital? It looks kinda acrylic-like... Am wondering where the light source is here since part of Holmes' face is apparently lit up from the lower left by something that is not illuminating anything else. But that's a minor quibble...overall it's great.

I hear you on feeling slightly isolated here. NG has plenty of community spirit but let's face it: neither of us work in any of the styles that are most popular on this site. Am always surprised when I meet someone else here who does art _without_ a stylus & pad, or a mouse.

Tenebrare responds:

The extra acrylic effect is probably because of Glaze program, which in 2023 has become mandatory for artists to use if they oppose automated AI scraping and theft.

I used to do traditional painting too, but less these days, proximity war etc etc - has done some cost-effect-math.

As for the light source - since it is a study based on scene from the film, I presume it is just a random artificial light they tossed in his face. 1980s, they probably filmed a lot in some studio. However it is still the best Sherlock Holmes TV series ever filmed.

The text is copied from the place I originally post my works - the 'isolation' refers to web and socials in general that I not only do unpopular styles (i.e. I do not do anime nor calarts ) , I also like obnoxious things no one else likes. Pinhead being 1st popular/iconic thing I do like, but that i also mess up by mainly drawing his human self as I am intrigued by his origin story - like being born into Victorian England, fighting in world war and being nice pacifist kind of person prior turning what-ever he ended up being in films.

I am not sure if I commented here somewhere, but after being commented as such - for being too focused on Pinhead's past, I ended up adding pins to drawings I post online as its what is expected of "Hellraiser" art otherwise. Same reason while drawing for WW1 era opening for my fan comic, I have not posted a single panel WIPs as "cenobites" appear form 2nd half of the story and people simply have expectations.

Sometimes it would be nice to talk about silly fandom things, but if you fan things from 1980s and ice-ages or do not do anime or calarts, you already are at disadvantage as social media focuses only whats currently popular. Best i can do is be-me and hope someone is not scared of me and talks to me after finding my dubious scribbles:D