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Friday, 28 January 2011

Octopus Limbs - speedpaint challenge

For David Maas's Ask A Biologist speedpaint challenge on Art Evolved, I chose the question, Do octopus limbs grow back?





Though the answer is no, I gave my octopus a few split digits, as though a new tip grew next to a partially severed one. Painted in ArtRage in 30 minutes.  Still learning to speedpaint digitally: I didn't expect the "glitter" setting to make that much texture under the other layers of paint.


Cross-posted on Art Evolved. 


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Original artwork on The Flying Trilobite Copyright to Glendon Mellow

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5 comments:

  1. Morgan Jackson28 January 2011 at 12:59:00 GMT-5

    Man, colour me green with envy over your artistic prowess! Couldn't imagine doing this in 30 days never mind 30 minutes!

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  2. Glendon Mellow28 January 2011 at 16:29:00 GMT-5

    Hey, thanks Morgan!

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  3. Jason R28 January 2011 at 19:30:00 GMT-5

    I gave my octopus a few split digits, as though a new tip grew next to a partially severed ones

    It happens:
    http://pinktentacle.com/2008/07/monster-octopi-with-scores-of-extra-tentacles/

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  4. Glendon Mellow28 January 2011 at 19:39:00 GMT-5

    That's amazing. Thanks for the link, Jason!

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  5. Matt30 January 2011 at 05:19:00 GMT-5

    Nice one Glendon!

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Posts over 14 days old have their comments held in moderation - I've been getting an unusual amount of spam for a guy who paints trilobites. I'll release it lickety-split though.