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Contributions to 700 Mole-Men

mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Artist's Corner
Well, ladies and gents, John Hodgeman's latest volume, "More Information Than You Require" has been released, including a list of 700 Mole-Men.

I, like many on Flickr, am making contributions to a collection of illustrations of those illustrious Mole-Men.

Here's the first. I'll be putting them here, not in the Doodle thread. The goal is to produce one a day, or so.

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    PumazPumaz Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    That's some layered humor

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Next entry.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Number 3:

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    D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    These are pure awesome. I definitely need to pick up More Information Than You Require.

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    ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    the ears turn me off. they scream more gollum or gremlin/goblin than they do molemen.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    They will not all have the same ears. Of course, Hodgman's excellent discussion of the origins of Mole-men makes it clear that they are not, in fact, related to moles or men.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    4&5:
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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
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    vrempirevrempire Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Wowww mattharvest, that's look freakingly awesome dude!!
    Way to go my friend :)

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    SpongeCakeSpongeCake Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    mattharvest wrote: »
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    Goddamnit, the one thing I did not want to see today is a mole-man pimping out maggots.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I'm a bit behind...damn real-world life slowing me down.

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    earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sir stinson is the fucking man. Moley man.

    I'm really liking these.

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    ProspicienceProspicience The Raven King DenvemoloradoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    SpongeCake wrote: »
    mattharvest wrote: »
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    Goddamnit, the one thing I did want to see today is a mole-man pimping out maggots.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Trying a slightly different style on this one:

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Here's 10 through 12. It'd be nice if people let me know what they think, here.

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    lyriumlyrium Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I like the coloring of 1-7 best. 8 and 9 are hard to make out and the last three have weird contrast.
    How many were you planning on doing?

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't know; there are 700 on the list, so we'll see how far I get

    The last three are me shooting for a bit of Mignola's style, i.e. noirish. I'm bouncing back and forth between styles. Thanks for the comments.

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    earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I really like 10-12 but the black levels are whats throwing it off for me. Keep em coming though.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I have a few more to upload. Hopefully tonight.

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    GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    These are great - 8 and 9 are fantastic and I like the 12th best out of the Mignola-esque ones; not quite at MM's level yet (I'm sure you're not offended by this!) but he is deceptively good at his style of work, and it's a good stab at it.

    Great project overall, I would never have the patience for it, so good luck and keep it up. 8-)

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    ProspicienceProspicience The Raven King DenvemoloradoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Really liking 1-7. On 10-12 I like 12 the best, think you got the best use of contrast down on that one, the others. I think EA is right about the black levels being a little high, maybe that's what's buggin' me. Still awesome though man.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So, no updates for a fews - found out I passed the bar exam (my second, and hopefully last jurisdiction to join) and was in a bit of celebration mode over the weekend. Updates to come. Thanks for all the comments.

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    mattharvestmattharvest Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Been busy, here's an update finally.

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    earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    They look like they could use a bump up in contrast, but the designs and linework is superb!

    I like the second one, even though its a bit looser than the other ones.

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