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Okay, so I guess I caved and redid Peeling. In the journal where I said I was going to do something like this everyone kinda said OH HEY REDO PEELING and so long story short, that's what I ended up doing. I had no idea setting out that it would end up looking SO DIFFERENT from the original, which is kind of horribly drawn, haha.
Anyway, here's the pitch:
You've stumbled across an abandoned costume store, naturally. It doesn't matter how or where you were when you found it, you go inside. All of the costumes are dusty except this one. Its skin shimmers wetly in the dim light. Naturally you kick it off its stand and try it on for size. Its form flexes, comfortably, conforming to the perimeter of your body. Walking around in the comfort of your padded claws, you find a door, ajar. You pad through into a field of wet wild grasses, which you can actually feel through the webbing of the costume's toes. A path leads down to a small, dome-shaped cave. As you feel about your oversized teeth with your forked tongue, you sense that something about your body might be amiss. You unzip the costume, only to find another zipper underneath holding together the same green belly scutes. Hmm. You remove the dragon costume only to find that you are still a dragon. Again, you unzip. Yet another dragon costume underneath. You begin to feel panicked. Again and again, no matter how many layers you peel off, there is no getting back to the you inside. You are stuck like this.
And then you roll around in the grass and murr forever. :3c
If this situation looks familiar to you, it's pretty transparently inspired by this segment from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. If you've seen it, that's cool, I've seen it too!
Anyway, back to commissions, I guess! D:
Anyway, here's the pitch:
You've stumbled across an abandoned costume store, naturally. It doesn't matter how or where you were when you found it, you go inside. All of the costumes are dusty except this one. Its skin shimmers wetly in the dim light. Naturally you kick it off its stand and try it on for size. Its form flexes, comfortably, conforming to the perimeter of your body. Walking around in the comfort of your padded claws, you find a door, ajar. You pad through into a field of wet wild grasses, which you can actually feel through the webbing of the costume's toes. A path leads down to a small, dome-shaped cave. As you feel about your oversized teeth with your forked tongue, you sense that something about your body might be amiss. You unzip the costume, only to find another zipper underneath holding together the same green belly scutes. Hmm. You remove the dragon costume only to find that you are still a dragon. Again, you unzip. Yet another dragon costume underneath. You begin to feel panicked. Again and again, no matter how many layers you peel off, there is no getting back to the you inside. You are stuck like this.
And then you roll around in the grass and murr forever. :3c
If this situation looks familiar to you, it's pretty transparently inspired by this segment from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. If you've seen it, that's cool, I've seen it too!
Anyway, back to commissions, I guess! D:
Category Artwork (Digital) / Transformation
Species Western Dragon
Size 1280 x 1180px
File Size 363.8 kB
I'm glad I'm not the only one who actually thought that XD
I mean, if you're peeling off a layer, then naturally the costume inside is going to be smaller. Unless it follows typical cartoony "popping" aspects where when you remove one layer the other one just sorta expands slightly to become the same size.
Still, there's something a bit alluring about the idea of continuously peeling away, more and more until you practically shrink til nothing.
And to Swatcher, amazing work as usual! Peeling was one of my favorites as well and I'm glad to see it redone :D
I mean, if you're peeling off a layer, then naturally the costume inside is going to be smaller. Unless it follows typical cartoony "popping" aspects where when you remove one layer the other one just sorta expands slightly to become the same size.
Still, there's something a bit alluring about the idea of continuously peeling away, more and more until you practically shrink til nothing.
And to Swatcher, amazing work as usual! Peeling was one of my favorites as well and I'm glad to see it redone :D
Here's the intro. For those not familiar with it, Mr. Benn is a series of books (and later an animated television series) about a man who finds a strange costume shop with a proprietor who appears "like magic" when needed. Each time Mr. Benn tries on a costume, he exits the shop through a magic door into an adventure based on what he's become, whether it's a knight, a wizard, a spaceman... you get the idea. Each episode has a moral, but it's still quite good.
...my comment was 3 years old.
It's also a song by Bell X1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYOcjwb5Qk
It's also a song by Bell X1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYOcjwb5Qk
I could not disagree more vehemently! The zipper is there as a tease, enticing him/her to remove a layer every now and then, in case this one is the last one. If he/she eventually gets to the bottom layer, it's over. Having that end be hinted at but uncertain makes this much more emotionally interesting than there being an obvious end! If you want to imagine that eventually they get to the bottom, by all means! But keep an open mind, imagine the other possibilities, and you may find out you like them more. :)
You had that as your avatar for a while didn't you? the Bugs Bunny clip
Comparing between the old and new there are some details I like more from each, but it is clear that you have made improvements through time. Very nice to see.
Also, hah, being able to peel off a layer whenever you get dirty would be kind of handy!
Comparing between the old and new there are some details I like more from each, but it is clear that you have made improvements through time. Very nice to see.
Also, hah, being able to peel off a layer whenever you get dirty would be kind of handy!
I love your disturbing art. It always raises such interesting questions of what the "victims" will do afterwards. I hope this guy just chills for a second and realizes he can't take it off. It would suck to be a costume forever, but it has the advantage of not being as likely to be stabbed and dissected as a normal dragon would. At least he could just make up an excuse about his costume and interact a bit with society. I wonder, if he pauses and really sits there and thinks, can he feel his human limbs under there or only the costume? That's what I would try to do to see if I was really trapped. Anyway, thanks for another fascinating piece.
This story by the late Michael Bard is very similar to this picture. The ending is dark, though.
I found you a new video of Knight-Mare Hare : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2tRt3x3BUk
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