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Professor Whyte by =ExcessiveSurrealist:iconExcessiveSurrealist:

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Sir Mephistotle Endymion Whyte, Professor Emeritus of Thaumaturgy, Oneiromancy and General Demonology. Qualified oneirokinetic and hypnotist. Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Sun Dial. Former teacher of the Crowsmouth Royal College.

Whyte is sarcastic, melancholic and grumpy by nature; He always appears as if he has slept too little, with large bags under his lackluster eyes and a tired but analytically sharp gaze. Some believe he never sleeps at all - however, his head is never fuzzy with fatigue. His way to look at people is often found disturbing, as he scans through the person's skull from behind his half-closed eyelids. Whyte's mind is like a collection of clocks, timing all his actions and thoughts, recording everything down to the archives of his nigh eidetic memory. The professor's voice is hoarse, almost like a whisper, and sounds like as if he is suffering from mild respiratory difficulties. He lives in a large, old and, by his own words, characterful house that resembles a horror film milieu from the outside and a combination of an antiquarian bookstore and a museum of curiosities from the inside.

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Critiques


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~amberwind May 7, 2009, 12:13:32 PM
Dear me, I love character pieces, and this is so close to being an excellent one. The illustration goes with the description very, very well, and stylistically it's reminiscent of Edward Gory, always a favorite.

But, to be perfectly frank, it's too dark. I find myself having to squint in order to make out details on the figure, which is tragic because there are some really good ones. I would really like to see the area around the figure lightened up, fading to the darker towards the edges. And this may sound odd, considering that the piece is essentially unfilled, but have you thought about filling in the hair with white? I think it may make things pop a little more, as well.
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~MisfitsRcool Mar 5, 2009, 1:26:11 PM
that looks really good,i like the face and the hair.
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~Duckmuffin Mar 5, 2009, 1:28:54 PM
That texture is real nice.

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"Bakhu Tekku Chii!"
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=ExcessiveSurrealist Mar 5, 2009, 1:30:23 PM
Nice to hear. The background is a combination of two different textures.

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=ExcessiveSurrealist Mar 5, 2009, 1:30:29 PM
Thank you!

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~Duckmuffin Mar 5, 2009, 1:32:36 PM
I like what you did with 'em both. The style of the character fits perfectly. :D

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"Bakhu Tekku Chii!"
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=ExcessiveSurrealist Mar 5, 2009, 1:32:58 PM
Thanks.

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*fluroyellow Mar 6, 2009, 12:42:58 AM
This looks like a print, like an etching or or something-
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~tronik808 Mar 9, 2009, 2:49:18 PM
the tick tock of time turns the gears of perception,
a machine mage and wizard of science is born,
with theorums and quantics his goal is perfection,
occultist and mesmer, lord of the new dawn,
crank shafts and ball joints, glued with mad magic,
equation spells solve what once seemed untrue,
a life without love seems so awful and tragic,
algebra voodoo cant bring her to you.

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it is what it is till it isnt
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=ExcessiveSurrealist Mar 10, 2009, 1:03:22 AM
*applause*

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