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Homeworld - By Dan Phillips
Um... well, what can I say? Webcomics made me do it! Drawing definitely wasn't my strong point when I was little, didn't really get past the 'draw funny stickfigures' stage until the 10th grade or something, when some guy on an online forum linked me to a webcomic archive.
Gasmasks and trains. Dan Phillips developing talent.
Read it: Homeworld- By Dan Phillips
Art and Artism - By Ryan C
When I was very young I used to love to draw things from my imagination. My mom decided to give me a sketch book so I could keep all the work I did in it. I never thought of myself as someone who was going to be a great artist one day, so I just drew to draw, not to get better. One day I met this person named Mario. He drew better than anyone I knew, he drew so well I got jealous and that just motivated me to try harder and get better.
More artwork from Ryan.
Read it: Art and Artism- ByRyan C
The Great Multi-Tasking Incident - by Ryan C
Each week we would get a new teacher and a new type of art. One time we had this teacher named Ms. Greta, who in fact had a Hansel and Gretel type of accent. We had to draw a picture of an ancient African mask with charcoal, which is my favorite medium because of how easy it smudges and shades.
Ryan's African Mask in charcoal and the story of how it was made.
Read it: The Great Multi-Tasking Incident - by Ryan C
Electric Ice Cream - by Charity Larrison
If you can read this, roll me over.
Finally managed to steal some of Charity Larrison's artwork, including one of my all time favourites, the 'unravelling girl'.
Grain Elevator - by Robin Winter
This is a piece of real life sculpture made from wood canvas and found material. It represents and exhibits the feels and smells of life in the american heart land. Beyond that it shows how the icon of the american heart land and pinnicale of industrialization, the grain elevator, has now become americas first real site of ruin.
Robin Winter's sculpture.
Malice - by John Hildyard
Anyway, I think this one might've been penned after getting annoyed at one too many cartoons/comics featuring people in enormous powered armour with NO HEAD PROTECTION WHATSOEVER. And no, I have no idea why Jason Vorhees is a general in the US army.
John Hilyard digs out some old frames.
Cantina Thread - By Mark Nicoll and the Blackboredettes
There are many ways to brake the headlong rush of the thread towards oblivion, but few as creative as that employed by Mark Nicoll when a _blackbored thread innocuously titled
Thief 3 Editor Released threatened to go to the big sticky in the sky.
The _blackbored throws up a gem.
Combat Wombats and Hamster Mechs - by Alan Down
Freelance Illustrator Alan Down, aka bosseye, presents a selection of character studies for your visual horror or delectation.
Combat Wombats and Hamster Mechs, Alan Down is a talented and imaginative illustrator.
Read it: Combat Wombats and Hamster Mechs
Homo Depressus: First Degree - by Kieron Gillen and Mark Nicoll
It’s satirical science fiction. But it hasn’t many laughs. It isn’t even black humour, and far prefers the accusing, puritanical gaze to any other expression. It rarely laughs, and when it does it’s a spat, aggressive “HAH!” rather than anything else vaguely integrating.
A new darkly grim webcomic, words by Kieron Gillen, art by Mark Nicoll.
Read it: Homo Depressus: First Degree
Sketchpad - by Mark Nicoll
Mark Nicoll did concept art and level design during the early days of The Cassandra Project and has the dubious distinction of being the first 'internet person' I ever met in real life. We drank beer in Manchester and he presented his sketchpad for my perusal, a heavy, bound tome. The first page was empty. So was the second and the third. I looked at him puzzled. "I work in the Japanese style." he said. "Starting from the 'back'." D'oh.
This here sketchpad is nearly finished; here's a dump. I've also started hand-drawing a website for... stuff. - Mark Nicoll
Wicker - by Colin Cobb
Colin Cobb is a practicing architect and fellow Narcissus Entity subroutine, mastering the level design and implementation on The Cassandra Project. He also takes a mean photograph. You can find out more about him on his website here.
These photographs were taken in the Wicker area of Sheffield in 2003. Ideally, they should be viewed whilst listening to The Wickerman, by Pulp (from We Love Life), failing that, the lyrics can be read via the internet, and they serve as a fine evocation of the place. - Colin Cobb