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Aric Hutfles  

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TF:M Simple

Journal Entry: Sun Mar 23, 2008, 9:21 AM
Transformers: Mosaic released Simple on March 22. The one page comic stars the Dinobot, Sludge (he's the one that turns into the brontosaurus/apatosaurus). Simple is written by James O'Callaghan, edited by Josh van Reyk, and illustrated by, ... Me!

James made such a wonderful story about my favorite Dinobot, and told in only one page! We get so much characterization for Sludge, more I think than anywhere except S.O.S. Dinobots (and the UK comic which I have just recently been exposed to). I also would like to thank Josh for a great job as editor. He kept everything rolling along smoothy and caught several spelling and puctuation errors I made in the letters.

I am so happy this ended up being my first Mosaic. Sludge is the first Dinobot I got and became my defacto favorite (you can tell by how much more wear my Sludge figure has than my other Dinobots). Also, Sludge pretty well matches my personallity. I'm big, I'm friendly, and I'm kinda slow.

A quick word about the art. It's almost completely hand made. Hand pencilled, hand inked, and colored with acrylic watercolor. Even the static on the computer screen in panel two is grey paint applied with a very small brush. The only computer work is scanning (of course), some minor cleanup and an adjustment layer in Adobe Photoshop, and letters in Adobe Illustrator. With the dinos, I tried to keep them simple and cartoony while packing in as much toy accurite details as possible.

I'm just about recovered from my trip and my cold so I'll post some of the work in progress stuff soon. Check out the finished product now, TF:M Simple.

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=RLPT07IDN:iconRLPT07IDN: May 2, 2008, 11:54:59 PM Mood: Pleased
^_^ Hi!
& Thank you 4 the Visit

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~JT-blueart:iconJT-blueart: Apr 29, 2008, 7:23:49 PM Mood: Wow!
Insane linework, dude. I love the details.
Thanks for the favs.

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~CheeseWarrior:iconCheeseWarrior: Apr 27, 2008, 4:45:07 AM
Thanks for the fav on The Predator's Fury! I really appreciate it! :D

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~Aricosaur:iconAricosaur: Apr 22, 2008, 9:12:24 PM
I finally figured out that your new stuff wasn't showing up in my deviations list.
~ninjha:iconninjha: Apr 22, 2008, 11:32:39 AM
also thx for adding me to your friends list
~ninjha:iconninjha: Apr 10, 2008, 5:44:15 AM
Thats some crazy inking and penciling skills! You're getting better each time! Also thx for faving Sunstreaker from my Transformers gallery [link]
~ShinobiRendar:iconShinobiRendar: Mar 31, 2008, 6:17:38 PM
Thank you so much for the fav dude! :D

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~Aricosaur:iconAricosaur: Mar 30, 2008, 3:59:08 PM
Finally got mine up. I've been sick and traveling and all kinds of stuff so I'm just now recovered and feel like doing computer stuff again.

I definitely enjoyed the experience. And congratulations on first place!
*Caliber316:iconCaliber316: Mar 27, 2008, 10:27:53 PM
Hey Aric! Thanks for the fav on my cover! You gonna upload yours?

Congrats on making it to the finals! Did you enjoy the experience?

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!vraysun:iconvraysun: Mar 26, 2008, 7:42:07 AM
Thanks Best Regards

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~JazZeke:iconJazZeke: Mar 22, 2008, 9:13:16 PM
Supreme job on that Mosaic!

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~Aricosaur:iconAricosaur: Mar 22, 2008, 8:41:37 PM
Thanks for the comment!

I've been traveling and sick since I sent mine so I've had some pretty good distractions to keep my mind off of it. Yeah, I can't wait to see the other entries! It's so much fun to see how others handle the same assignment.
~glovestudios:iconglovestudios: Mar 22, 2008, 5:20:02 PM
How are you holding up? As anxious to see the results of Round 3 as I am?
~zpro1:iconzpro1: Mar 17, 2008, 7:16:08 AM
You put some crazy detail in your work :thumbsup:
*thincage:iconthincage: Mar 12, 2008, 11:35:35 AM
Thanks for the +fave on my GI Joe sequential piece! Pleased you're enjoying my work.

- jeremy

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~pink-mika:iconpink-mika: Mar 6, 2008, 3:01:56 PM
thank you for the favourite and kind words!~
~dgtrekker:icondgtrekker: Feb 20, 2008, 8:44:40 AM
Thanks for the fav
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Random Deviant Hello :wave:

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~plecotus:iconplecotus: Feb 11, 2008, 12:27:59 PM
Thanks for the fav! :D
~Taskmaster09:iconTaskmaster09: Feb 8, 2008, 10:04:43 PM Mood: Joy
Hi Aric! Thanks for the comments! I truly appreciate the constructive feedback that you have been giving me on recent work.
~Aricosaur:iconAricosaur: Feb 8, 2008, 7:46:46 PM
Actually I've been working on some Death Star Vader sketches....
~Spamo123:iconSpamo123: Feb 8, 2008, 3:50:41 PM
Hey man you got some nice stuff goin on here.
Yay lets see some SWTF. Do Death Star Vader!
~Transformersrevenge:iconTransformersrevenge: Feb 4, 2008, 3:53:03 PM
Thanks for the fave!

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