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Socar MYLES · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:45 am

Just getting back into the swing of things after two weeks of being too sick to work. Some dudes at eatpoo asked for a tutorial, so I made them this picture...the tutorial is over at eatpoo if anyone is curious:

http://www.eatpoo.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=66848#66848
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Max · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:31 pm

Beautiful times thousand to say the least !!!
I am such a big fan oy your art.

One crit (maybe I am wrong):
the shadow of her upper arm is too dark or is it impurely....well, you are so good.....why you should make a mistake.......I am wrong I guess......

chronus377 · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:33 pm

Thanks a bunch Socar! Your tutorials have really helped me. I first visted your website about a month ago, and I was amazed by all your work. I posted some of my work not to long ago, if you want to see it goto http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=30001. I appreciate what you're doing, and hope you feel better from your horrible illness.

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:34 pm

Hi Socar! Long time no talk/see...

it's beautiful... but where's the groom? Smile

It took me a while to see that the bottom were a whole bunch of rats .. mmmm... if your still going to modify the picture then maybe define a few rats more, have rats climbing all over her. and.

ooolalalalala Smile

MULTIPLE grooms.
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damppuppy · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:57 pm

Everything looks great, but the eyes look like they are off. I know you love rats, but would there happen to be a particular story behind this pic? If not, I'm curious what inspired you to paint this, other than the rats? Wait a minute, is she MARRYING A RAT!?!? Shocked

But hey what everyfloats your boat Confused

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sds8373 · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:26 pm

as always, simply stunning. You getting married? Pretty design for the dress, too... very inspired mix of victorian lace and light layers...

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You seem to have developed somewhat of an obsession with painting yourself into your images these days, Socar. Smile

Bare Bonez · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:34 pm

Brilliant!! Well done and thanks for the tutorial - learned a couple of tricks. Love the feel of the painting too - kind of gives me a bit of the creeps.
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Cuddly · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 10:18 pm

Holy SMOKES!! Shocked

Thanks for posting and thanks so much for that tutorial!! Learning a lot from it! Sorry to hear about the illness. Hope you're feeling better! Smile

Um, ...this is a self-portrait?

Socar MYLES · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 1:58 am

Hey, thanks for all the comments, guys! Much appreciated!

Cuddly - You're very welcome...the tutorial was fun to do. And, yes, I am feeling better, thank you. This is, indeed, a self-portrait...I know it's a bit weird, but what can I say...I like rats...a lot....

Bare Bonez - Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tutorial as well. I'm going to fix up the grammar and stuff and post it on my site eventually.

Intuos - Guilty as charged. My vanity knows no bounds. Very Happy

Anyway, I figured I'd get it out of my system with a straight-up self portrait.

sds8373 - Thank you! Hehehe...no, I'm not getting married. I just think wedding dresses kick butt. If I ever get married, maybe I'll have this dress made for myself.

damppuppy - Thanks for pointing that out about the eyes--faces are my personal Waterloo. I will keep working on them. About the story...there isn't really one...it was inspired by a lot of things, such as: The wedding scene in "Lucia di Lammermoor", my rats crawling all over my shoulders, a pretty dress I wanted to buy but couldn't afford, and this burning desire to paint a self-portrait with rats in it.... Some of my friends call me the Rat Queen, so, yeah...I painted myself as the rat queen.

EvilToylet - Yeah, it HAS been a while, now that you mention it! I guess I haven't been on ICQ as much as I used to! Hehehe...anyway, who needs a groom? Weddings are fun, but marriage is drudgery! (Okay, not really. Just being a smartass).

chronus - Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear my tutorials helped you. I will go check out your thread now.

Max - Thank you! And, hey, you're not wrong--it's a perfectly valid crit. That IS a pretty dark shadow there. It's not like I'm Craig Mullins, or anything...I make tons of mistakes all the time, and you should never hesitate to point them out.
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Matthew · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 7:53 am

hey
this one is really nice.
One question: are you from Sweden or USA? I looked at your profile just a couple of days ago and then it said...Some state and then USA....hmm
Maybe there are another Socar Myles, Someone had Socar J Myles but maybe that was you.....hmmm...
Some question from a confused guy.
thanks and keep up the good work.

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Matthew · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:16 am

Hey there again, one more thing I hope you don�t think that I�m too annoying.
Would be cool to see the tutorial here too because I don�t have an account at Eatpoo and Can�t therefore see the picture and or the pictures.

Once again good work
and take it easy.
Matthew

Socar MYLES · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 1:18 pm

Matthew - I'm actually from England...but I went to art school in Canada, so I lived there until last year. But I've been in Sweden since January. The reason my profile still said Canada was that it was corrupted on the old Sijun forums, and I couldn't change it to reflect the move. That's why I had two accounts at the old Sijun, as well...so I could change my sig and stuff.

Anyway, I am going to post the tutorial on my website once I fix my grammar and the HTML and stuff...I will post about it in Digital Art Discussion when I get around to it.
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spooge demon · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 12:46 am

I like it a lot! From what I know of you, it feels right on a several different levels.

-HoodZ- · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 8:41 am

very helpful tut there Socar...loverly as always, though it took me awhile to realize that it was a carpet of rats

EDIT: does anybody else have the habit of clicking preview than submit....i find it annoying...bah i'll try and get used to it....so many art forums so little time......

Socar MYLES · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:55 pm

HoodZ - Yah, I always do that preview thing, as well...VERY irksome. I hate when that happens. Anyhoot. Thanks very much--glad you found the tutorial helpful, too!

spooge demon - Thank you! Weird as it sounds to say that about a picture full of rats, I had hoped the picture would say something about me.... Very Happy

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nnael · Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2002 7:42 am

what art college did you go to in canada?? Smile

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

Socar, there was one little problem with the face, so I did a little clean up to show you what needed to be fixed.

See what I mean?
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Socar MYLES · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 12:59 am

nnael - I went to Emily Carr, in Vancouver.

A. Buttle - Hahaha...who the hell is that? It looks like those dudes from Kiss.
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A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

WHO IS THAT?!?!?!

*dies at the overwhelming ignorance!*

That's what you get for only listening to opera.
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