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Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: david maas
dobermunk
#2
Hi everyone. Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.
Here’s the premise of my entry: prey protests against predation.
First try is an ant ranting at a big toad, but I’d like to try others out too.
My feel is to keep it small though. Maybe a mouse picketing a cat.
Any other ideas?
Things I’d like to get in there:
- other prey folk gawking cowardly
- maybe an extreme depth effect like in the macro photos like these (off flicker):
I’d like to keep it “2Dish” though, even though I might be rendering out parts in 3D I’m thinking of painting over the results…
dobermunk
#4
Okay. Stop the presses…
Johnny Duddle is tackling the same premise and doing it so well that I’m thinking of changing course. Completely. Definitely check out his work: link
Will post once I think of something.
dobermunk
#5
Just things that came to mind… the first is - err, weird.
“Self portrait as brat”
I’d do this in slightly stylized 3D. It’s like that face you m ake as a kid, two fingers from one hand pulling your lower eyelids down while one finger from the other hand pulls up your nose - (what!? you never did that!?) - only, no hands can be seen.
(Told you it was wierd.)
Here’s another:
two girls in the restroom. One’s trying out her new wings:
Feedback please.
ilasolomon
#6
Hi! David,
cool to see ya again challenging, i like ur deformed-self-portrait & Bat-Girl ideas! we r looking forward.
btw, Atrin missed ya so much man! 
Ila
dobermunk
#7
Me too! Tell him he’s my parnter on this one…
I’m working off his photo of me:
Flattering, eh?
AxelAlonso
#9
Hi David,
I thinks the idea its simple but clever like you want it be, its a nice touch the 3d BG, I think the relation ship with a Roast and a bug could be also funny. and maybe the baby chickens as vegetarian kids appealing to the bug eater dad or some thing!
Very nice sketches though. I will wait for more hope its soon
fellah
#10
ahh here you are! i had to search a long time to find you! but now, fear…!! 
the 1st idea beats the others by far… sad there are already 2 in this challenge. but they differ in approach, so maybe go for it? but i know by experience that it is kinda boring and unmotivated to do an idea that someone else does.
i don’t see the wing-girl as strange behaviour, more like “strange”. maybe she could use her wings for something else that is super strange behaviour.
the self portrait will be more “scary” i think… kidding! can be fun, especially put him in a situation where he thinks he is the coolest one in the school/world. (making me feel nostalgic…)
dobermunk
#11
fellah!
ha! Now I can stop hiding. Ya found me anyway.
I’ve had loads to do the last few days and only got around to a new scribble today… well, more like a study. Still not sure if I’m going to go with this ‘brat’ idea but I find it really funny. An island of understatement… well, kinda funny. Let me know what you think.
dobermunk
#14
A speed paint session took the “strange behavior” theme and… well, I came up with this. Half an hour. I’m liking it, so I may go with this for the still and do an animation of the head idea. I’ve been reading up on Messerschmidt and really like the idea of mix-mashing discordant FACS muscle groups into impossible (or at least strange) expressions…
but I won’t open commit to that until I know how much time I’ll have these next months.
Pleas elet me know what you think.
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