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Flubbles (Feb 13, 2009)
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Flubbles (edited Feb 15, 2009)
I say bring it on sunny, show me what youve got pumpkin.whoopsie daisy im at the top of the page again.
Suntan (Feb 16, 2009)
lol,.. well, what ya know, so you are. ;P
Roytje (Feb 16, 2009)
Fantastic work.
Aubrey (Jun 19, 2009)
And I say... this is another very cool painting-esque picture. Love the lighting.
drawn in 7 hours 39 min with Oekaki Shi-Painter
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thedarkcloak (Feb 4, 2009)
Was trying this out on my Tablet PC, but unfortunately the Input Panel kept popping up and it really killed my mood.
Does anybody out there know how to disable that feature momentarily? I do use it for some things, but would rather have the option to disable it when I'm about to do some artwork or sketching, especially on things like this...

Maybe I'll pick this drawing back up again, but likely I will start the idea from skratch. Sorry to leave it unfinished!
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davincipoppalag (Feb 4, 2009)
Ask marcello..he knows all that stuff
thedarkcloak (Feb 14, 2009)
Okie dokie!
marcello (Feb 14, 2009)
I think there's an option somewhere in the control panel along the lines of "use gesture to open input panel" that you can turn off. basically shaking your pen back and forth causes that...although I didn't think that happened if you were drawing.
Unfinished
drawn in 48 min with Oekaki Shi-Painter
Kloxboy (Feb 10, 2009)
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thedarkcloak (Feb 10, 2009)
Dude! So are you challenging yourself to doing one of these like everyday?
Flubbles (edited Feb 10, 2009)
He has to keep his mind active or else he turns in to the incredible clox, his t-shirt rips open! his fanny pack goes flying and he turns red.
Kloxboy (Feb 10, 2009)
TDC: Painting one of these everyday wouldn't be challenging for me. The challenge is doing them at the level I'm capable of in terms of style, technique and effort. If anything, I would like to get past the "fuck it" point when I paint each time but that's not the case right now.
Flubbles (Feb 10, 2009)
I wouldnt look at it in a negative way, if you did every drawing at the level your capable of you wouldnt have enough hours in a day. Its all practice and its not doing you any harm because i see improvement all the time.Just look at these drawings as practice and a good stress relief rather that a piece of artwork your totally happy with. Most normal people would be happy to draw with half of your ability and creativity, to most people including me this looks pretty awesome as it is, i agree you could spend hours more refining it and reach a level your happy with, but you cant do that with every drawing you do because there is'nt enough time to do it .You should just set your self a few challenges each month where you go that extra mile in creating something that blows peoples minds.
drawn in 2 hours 24 min with Lascaux Sketch Classic
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thedarkcloak (Feb 6, 2009)
The crowds cheer, a head rolls, the self righteous nobility & judges shrink their noses at the disposed of criminal - very much like how some folks toss out dead poisoned vermin, in fact. Day in and day out, he wields the axe that deals out so called justice. He strolls ominously onto the stage, where his silent demeanor instills fear in the audience, as well as awe in some amongst it. His towering presence a brutal reminder to any would be perpetrators of the law.

His trusty axe, Tina, ever so faithful now for almost 10 years, has accompanied him from the start. He's long since lost count of how many souls they have sent to meet their respective makers together. Oddly enough, he does have a certain fondness for Tina the Axe. As for being an Executioner? Many would love to hold his position, the enigmatic seat of the executioner. Yet many more wonder how he does it. Does he have a clear conscience? Does he have a heart? Perhaps he is a demon-spawn of some sort, unable to pity the plethora of lives he has taken. Or worse yet, he could even be cruelly enjoying what he does with an unsettling passion & glee.

But underneath that mask, there is not a gleeful expression to be found.

No... Day in and day out, he drags Tina out for another thrill for the crowd, another kill for the governing body, or a convenient disposal for the ruling class, but alas; it's just another chore for him. You see, he's not very happy being the executioner. It's not entirely bad, for example he likes the rewards of privacy his job has bestowed upon him. Throw in the fact that none of the locals dare bother him and the situation almost sounds ideal (because he is never seen in public without his mask)! But, at other times, he'd rather be someone in the crowd, watching himself from a distance instead. Sometimes in a flash of rebellious mischief - when he's sure none will take notice - just before he swings his axe, he rolls his eyes with exasperation at the pompous arrogance the authorities display, as if they're doing such a fantastic job, so full of themselves. And when he's feeling really daring? Well, he even makes faces and sticks his tongue out at them.

The thing is, he actually resents this position. Being an executioner is not what he wanted to do, nor what he aspired to be, in the years of his naive youth!
Serving Death, and humoring whatever bastardized version of 'justice' happened to be fashionable at the time, for the approval of a compulsively bloodthirsty & roaring crowd was the farthest thing from any of his ambitions at the time...

All he ever wanted was to be a Pastry maker.

Yes, that's right. A Pastry maker.

A maker of cakes, not death.

In fact, sometimes as the lifeless corpses of his dispatch slump over, spurting their life essence from head and neck stump - he envisions a bun or a pie, filled with a sweet cherry filling or maybe even a tart strawberry preserve. Even as he swings Tina the Axe, as she sings, there is a moment where he dreams that she's being used to chop fruits & confections, for the pastries of the day. When he could almost smell the irresistible smells of a delicious baked treat!

The illusion is shattered however, each & every time Tina makes her crimson spattering thud, and an unseen scornful grimace soon washes over his face.
And once the deed of death is done, he sulks off, muttering and cursing under his breath, often times near tempted to drive Tina's sharp edge into an onlooker's face. But no... off he goes, back to his hidden den, where he reads up on the latest baking & dessert trends... you know, just in case.

This is the story of Edmund the Executioner.
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Flubbles (edited Feb 15, 2009)
Im glad i dont have to wear a what the french toast thong on my head thats for sure.I enjoyed the short story aswell, even though it wasn't part of the competition it was equally enjoyed.The concept reminds me a bit of sweeney todd, he slit peoples throats but had there remains made in to a nice pie, im wondering if both of your pieces were loosely inspired by it :p
davincipoppalag (Feb 15, 2009)
Congratulations on first!
QTgillie (Feb 15, 2009)
Congratulations, this is quite well done.
dorothyblueeyes (Aug 10, 2010)
i love these, i can't keep up with the contests; anymore?
drawn in 1 hour 54 min with Lascaux Sketch Classic
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thedarkcloak (Feb 3, 2009)
This is a stylized and 'inspired by' version of a tiki mask I have sitting over my work area at my PC. It's a hand carved wooden crazy mask thing, and I scored it in some corner of a 'world's largest garage sale' fundraising event, it was actually sitting behind a few items by a wall, almost out of sight, and we happened to look up and there he was. As soon as I saw it (it literally looked like it was facing me as I did), I felt I needed to rescue it, so he's been my creative tiki demon ever since! Not sure what it's story is, and I've never seen one quite like it... perhaps it's a one of a kind deal, maybe?

Anyways... so here's my first 2Draw image!
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Roytje (Feb 4, 2009)
Impressive first one for sure.
Pantera (Feb 5, 2009)
You can find these all over Oahu, especialy at the aloha fleamarket, I collect a few masks mostly african, but I have 3 of these with diferent carvings on them, you did a very good job here :)
bette_davis_eyes (Feb 6, 2009)
wonderful work here! and welcome! :)
thedarkcloak (Feb 7, 2009)
Flubbles: Hey, that's still a pretty nice buttplug! And I find the background rendering pretty impressive, mind you!

davincipoppalaq: Thanks, man! Oh, those sound neat. Got any pictures?

Roytje: Glad to hear it, hopefully I can figure out some more of the oekaki tricks!

Pantera: Have you ever seen one like this lil dude tho? I'm very curious! Cool, do you collect the large ones then? Hey thanks, I appreciate the feedback.

bette_davis_eyes: Thank you, :) Fun to be in here!
drawn in 1 hour 10 min with Oekaki Shi-Painter