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A quick little spot illo for a commentary about bees, gears, clockwork, and mechanical honey in the Gearworld blog -- [link]

This obviously digital, more cel-shaded style isn't one I use all that much any more, being a texture junky these days, but it's not a bad look, and I suspect it's got a lot of graphic potential I've never been able to tap. Like many of the spot illos in the Gearworld blog, it's just something at random I felt like doodling that was either related to the text, or became related to the text in some fashion. Ironically, not long after I'd written the section about bees, and finished the doodle of bees, I swear every show on TV suddenly involved bees, there was a radio interview on NPR with the author of "Robbing the Bees," in which they discussed how apiculture was the new craze striking the nation, and so and so forth. Like most large, wussy mammals, I fear bees all out of proportion to their size and ferocity, so I have no great affection for them, and I'll be glad when the sudden bee-mania in my geekosphere fades a bit.

On the other hand, the best substance I have ever had in my life was a comb of wildflower honey. I don't know what it was about this particular honey, I've had plenty of stuff billed as wildflower honey that did not compare, but this stuff tasted like flowers smell. After a rain. It was sweet and floral and unbelieveably delicate, and I b'lieve I would sell my own grandmother to find the stuff again. Oh, well.

On the off chance somebody wants a print--for all the apiary fans in your life, say--they're available at [link] for a mere $10
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~tegu Sep 3, 2005
I think the best thing about this is its simplicity---a bee, and a gear. It's hard to put into words, but I think this combined with the very crisp digital-ness creates an effect that would have been impossible with loads of other elements. I like it.

Tegu
(Dressed In Ribbons Fair)
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~seel-dingo Sep 3, 2005
oh my god i think this is one of the coolest things i've seen from you ^_____^
*loves bees...and gears* XD
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~SSEJBAT Sep 3, 2005
stylish!
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~FoxyStarZ Sep 3, 2005
Oo..pretty bee! it's so cute and fluffy!! :aww:
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~Patteee Sep 3, 2005
This is Great!
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~Jack-of-Spades Sep 3, 2005
That would make a guild symbol in a book or RPG campaign! It's just realy cool looking!
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!Jokaplaya Sep 3, 2005   Traditional Artist
Nice Deatil!
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~morthonkdgoblinator Sep 3, 2005
it reminds me of the concept art that Oddworld Inhabitants does. i love it.
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*EmperorNortonII Sep 3, 2005  Professional Traditional Artist
Nice spot illo! :thumbsup:
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~WICKED-ZOEYGIRL Sep 3, 2005  Professional Digital Artist
For some reason I see that as a tattoo... it's unique enough to make me wish that I've always loved bees and would get it, but I'm not that much of a bee maniac... lol, though I have petted one of those big fat bumblebees before... they're actually rather soft (and no I wasn't stung, she was too busy with the clover to pay any mind to me)
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