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This is the first in a series of three. I've been sketching in a different style the past few days and I was wanting to try a new coloring style too. This is the first of the characters from the nursery rhyme "The Butcher, The Baker, and The Candle Stick Maker".
This is the Baker. I've got the Candle Stick Maker skethed out and will be coloring him soon. I'm still working on the Butcher but I'll get him done pretty soon as well. I'm thinking along the line of that computer game with Alice In Wonderland where they made all the characters a little demented. I was going for more of a creepy and weird look less than the whole "blood and gore" aspect. Just some creepy imagery but none of the axes sticking out of people's heads.
Hope you enjoy the fun and the imagination that these will be turning into.

Enjoy!
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Mood: Wow! *122476 Apr 22, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
cool!!!
:D
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~miorats Nov 15, 2005  Professional Traditional Artist
Wow, really cool.
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~jjmccullough Feb 26, 2005   Digital Artist
Why does the baker have a knife? Shouldn't he have like... a rolling pin or something?
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~Hobbit1978 Feb 28, 2005
Good question, and the answer is I have no idea. I originally started with the picture as just a weird mutated "chef" so the knife was still an option since chefs use knives and other sharp implements. However, I guess it doesn't work as well once the whole idea of doing the other two characters come into play since this one would have to be a baker. Hhmmm. I'll think about changing it. Probably not at this time but maybe I'll change it eventually.
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~DigiPixie Jan 30, 2005
This is the baker? Can't wait to see the butcher! Eek! I like the sketchiness but feel it looks a bit too blurry...I think it'd look better if it was just sharpened up a bit as the rest is very crisp looking.

I don't want that baker kneading my dough...:no:
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`GoblinQueeen Jan 27, 2005
Very cool design. Very creative and almost surreal. Love the concept :)
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~sad61t Jan 27, 2005
When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought this was all three (Butcher, Baker, and ???) with a play on the phrase by it so obviously not being a candlestick maker for the last part. Though for this to be complete it would need to be a cleaver and not a chef's knife.
There's more than enough gore on there (the knife's dripping with blood).

Just noticed that the outline of the pants goes over the blood drip.

On the colouring style, I'm undecided. I like the charcoal effect outline, especially on the tentacle where it lends a more organic feel. However, not so keen on where you use it for shading - it clashes with the more CG fades elsewhere. It looks more unfinished than intentional.

Excellent idea to use shades as this makes his face (and intent) hard to read.
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~Hobbit1978 Jan 27, 2005
Actually this one is the baker and not the butcher. As far as the colors I'm glad you liked some parts and not others. I wanted the colors on the tentacles to be more important to give it that creepy feeling of a fairly normal baker guy with a mutated left arm. I'm still not sure about the whole thing which is why I asked for the advanced critique so thanks for the detailed description.
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~isip-bata Jan 26, 2005
freakin awesom. i like the blood being toned down a little. makes it less gory. ur shades are sooo freakin simple and cool. i liek the pants and shoes to. :nod:
and the freakin hands!
hurrah!
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=cogwurx Jan 26, 2005  Professional Interface Designer
He's got a great coldness about him, that comes across great. I like the sketchy shading it fits really well with the character feels.
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