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©2005-2009 ~rho-cass
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Graphite on Strathmore vellum illustration board, 20x30in.

This drawing was the result of a rush job. I was about halfway through a project when I decided that I couldn't stand to work on it any more. So at about 4 A.M., four days before the due date, I flip the board over and start this drawing on the back. Hooray for double-sided illustration board! This stuff's too expensive not to use both sides anyway. Of course it wasn't done in time, but it was done enough for the critique. I finished it off later and framed it for a show. You should really see it with the frame; it complements the drawing perfectly, and was a bargain to boot.

This one's my favorite piece so far. I'm hardly ever completely satisfied with my drawings, but I have to say I'm pretty damned proud of this one.

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:iconmikkow:
And I thought I'd seen the height of creepiness from you already.. :| Haha, and it reflects your odd mind quite well when you list the most creepy as your favourite. :D Is creepiness you seek to attain? Kind of like a gothical version of this voodoo looking stuff ;)

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Warhammer 40,000
Macross
Ghost in the Shell
:iconnosyd:
Oooh, wow! Which Attis? The Greek one? Is that the Sangarius river? Gorgeous work! :+fav:
Your use of illustration board is terrifying though! Reminds me of the Italian masters not being able to afford canvas, so
using the same one over and over again, painting new paintings over old ones. The horror! Why must we be starving artists!
I must go now and contemplate this over sushi.

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"I walk in line with people / much taller than me / and partly it's my boots but / it's mostly my chi." - ani difranco
:iconrho-cass:
Well, I only discovered the Attis myth after I did this drawing, but I'd been considering an artistic exploration into sexual ambiguity and mutilation before. When I stumbled across the Attis story I was fascinated by it. Ain't it the most horribly awesome thing you've ever read? I have to go reread it. I'm planning a series of large color drawings around whole story. This particular drawing really doesn't have anything to do with Attis, but I think the concept fits. And since it was my first baby step into a new concept, I figured the title "Birth of Attis" would be appropriate.

Oh, and don't spaz about the recycling of media. :D Rest assured the work I'm cannibalizing would've wound up in the trash anyway, and I can't throw away a decent half-used sheet of twenty-dollar board. Now THAT would be horror!
:iconrho-cass:
Haha! Meh, I dunno. I really can't explain it. I just do the stuff I find most pleasing aesthetically. I guess the stuff I like to draw just happens to weird people out. And I guess I'm just desensitized. I can never perceive the "wtf-ness" of a drawing until someone comes along and goes "WTF!" Then I'm like, "Is it really all that strange?" Otherwise, I'm pretty much oblivious to the weirdness factor. I'm usually more worried about getting the proportions and perspective correct. :D
:iconyedhsnwa:
gorgeous! honestly how did you feel when you painted this..?

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"You are in a death sentence"
:icondivi:
wow this is awsome :D
it is a bit creepy but very neat nonetheless. ^^ I like what you did with the hair.
:iconsphilr:
Fascinating and bewildering; an incredibly beautiful drawing filled to bursting with a generosity of spirit that should inspire artists everywhere...

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:iconrho-cass:
No words needed except: :hug:
:iconrho-cass:
Thank you. :D Happy to please!
:iconrho-cass:
Umm ... well, I dunno. I wasn't in any particular mood when I started it. I didn't even know how it was going to turn out in the end. I still love it, though. :-)

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