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Description My entry for the "Eight Legs" Contest [link]

Call me weirdo if you want, but the first time I read Eight Legs in the contest, I instantly thought "Sleipnir".

If you don't know about Sleipnir... in Norse mythology, Sleipnir is Odin's eight-legged steed, and the greatest of all horses. His name means smooth or gliding, and is related to the English word "slippery" (cheap Wikipedia copypasta).

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Technical data... at first, I was drawing it in only one layer, like some of my last submitted works. But doing this, was really difficult to give it an appropriate atmosphere. So I remembered "Siegfried", a comic book that ~Etbaal shown me not so long ago. This gave me the idea of change the style of the entire work, drawing it as a colored comic or something. To improvise a style for a contest entry is risky, because it can be wrong, or people will dislike it... but hey, it was funny.

Everything was done with Adobe Photoshop CS3. As always, no pencil sketch, 100% tablet.
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Comments: 118

DavidStrife In reply to ??? [2008-10-03 13:18:05 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's easy to know about greek and egyptian mythologies, people should know more about norse, it's also interesting

So, thanks!

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Redmagesalyre In reply to DavidStrife [2008-10-05 22:26:49 +0000 UTC]

I did read about Norse mythology and it's been getting some recognition recently, with Odin's Sphere.

You're welcome

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DeadWizard [2008-10-03 04:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Norse mythology ftw! Awesome work too

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DavidStrife In reply to DeadWizard [2008-10-03 13:25:37 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! Thanks!

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Dead-Pleasures [2008-10-03 02:46:35 +0000 UTC]

YAAAAY NORSE MYTHOLOGY!!

Often overlooked thanks to greek and roman mythology. <3 Glad there are plenty of people that know and love the stuff. Awesome work!

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DavidStrife In reply to Dead-Pleasures [2008-10-03 13:20:27 +0000 UTC]

More people should know about norse mythology Thanks!

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Dead-Pleasures In reply to DavidStrife [2008-10-03 21:21:14 +0000 UTC]

I agree! And you're very welcome. ^-^

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0ArmoredSoul0 [2008-10-03 01:51:32 +0000 UTC]

Yay for Norse mythology!!
^^

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DavidStrife In reply to 0ArmoredSoul0 [2008-10-03 13:22:00 +0000 UTC]

Yup!

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Pan-Zareta [2008-10-03 00:48:51 +0000 UTC]

I love horses, and especially anthro horses.

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DavidStrife In reply to Pan-Zareta [2008-10-03 13:24:18 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I haven't seen many anthro horses, at least compared with other mammals.

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Pan-Zareta In reply to DavidStrife [2008-10-04 05:28:04 +0000 UTC]

I've seen only a few on this site, like "Horse God", "Young Horse Lord", and "Diana the Boxer" (all in my Favorite Anthro collection).

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Archemides [2008-10-02 22:32:09 +0000 UTC]

ODIN ROCKS!

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DavidStrife In reply to Archemides [2008-10-02 22:52:21 +0000 UTC]

His horse too!

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Archemides In reply to DavidStrife [2008-10-03 02:27:57 +0000 UTC]

yes... Slepnir is awesome...

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Misali-aka-Besu [2008-10-02 21:50:21 +0000 UTC]

awesome job.

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DavidStrife In reply to Misali-aka-Besu [2008-10-02 22:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Very thanks!

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Misali-aka-Besu In reply to DavidStrife [2008-10-03 00:37:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm a fan of Norse mythology (hail odin and thor) so when you mentioned his steed I went into a sort of squee moment. awesome job.

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UnfeelingAlloy [2008-10-02 20:56:51 +0000 UTC]

Hot damn, this is awesome. Sleipnir was and is already a full-on badass to begin with, but I love what you've done with him here!

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DavidStrife In reply to UnfeelingAlloy [2008-10-02 22:58:04 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, Sleipnir is awesome, it was a pleasure to draw him! Thanks!

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UberMan5000 [2008-10-02 20:36:45 +0000 UTC]

He certainly has good reason to be striking out into the snow-swept unknown. It's a powerful image.

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KageShinobiKitsune [2008-10-02 17:11:00 +0000 UTC]

Awesomeness!! i luv norse mythology! u eva seen Matantei Loki Ragnarok? good luck wiv the comp! (if it hasnt ended yet :/)

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DavidStrife In reply to KageShinobiKitsune [2008-10-02 22:54:32 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, thanks! It actually ended [link]

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KageShinobiKitsune In reply to DavidStrife [2008-10-04 09:49:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome u won well done!

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Scorpion-MK [2008-10-02 13:51:59 +0000 UTC]

looks awesome ^^

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Fukai [2008-10-02 11:59:41 +0000 UTC]

Enhorabuena por la DD ^^

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Coeurlregina [2008-10-02 11:06:39 +0000 UTC]

An interesting piece Nice job on the solid shading

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CanYouBleedLikeMe [2008-10-02 10:50:21 +0000 UTC]

Te lo han hecho Daily Deviation! Felicidades

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zJoriz [2008-10-02 08:20:38 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting character!

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Eruantien-Fett [2008-10-02 07:22:35 +0000 UTC]

I don't normally like anthro art...this one, though, is nicely done. Very interesting idea and work...I like.

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DavidStrife In reply to Eruantien-Fett [2008-10-02 23:03:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! People use to say that about my anthro works, they are different or something...

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Pixel-Spotlight [2008-10-02 07:00:51 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on the DD!
Totally deserved. <3

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DavidStrife In reply to Pixel-Spotlight [2008-10-02 23:07:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for all your support!

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jack07 [2008-10-01 21:06:49 +0000 UTC]

ooh impressive design and picture

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Takarama [2008-09-30 01:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this makes me think having 2 extra limbs would come in handy

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DavidStrife In reply to Takarama [2008-09-30 15:19:45 +0000 UTC]

So true, I could play videogames and do my homework at the same time!

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Thiefoworld [2008-09-30 00:53:41 +0000 UTC]

Ire nomas! ganador! felicidades!

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DavidStrife In reply to Thiefoworld [2008-10-01 13:13:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man!

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Quelfabulous [2008-09-29 21:46:49 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations!

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DavidStrife In reply to Quelfabulous [2008-09-29 23:03:11 +0000 UTC]

Very thanks!!!

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skifi [2008-09-29 21:41:22 +0000 UTC]

Enhorabuena

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DavidStrife In reply to skifi [2008-09-29 23:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Se agradece, y mucho

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Kashiita [2008-09-29 21:27:12 +0000 UTC]

FELICIDADES Has ganado primer puesto en digital weee

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DavidStrife In reply to Kashiita [2008-09-29 23:02:36 +0000 UTC]

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Kashiita In reply to DavidStrife [2008-09-29 23:24:59 +0000 UTC]

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sirow [2008-09-26 15:06:49 +0000 UTC]

Hacia tiempo que no veia ninguna ilustracion tuya (mas que nada por mi falta de tiempo para pasarme por el DA) y me encuentro esta pedazo de ilustracion , me ha encantado el efecto de tormenta de nieve , relamente genial.

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lordvampireone [2008-09-22 18:02:48 +0000 UTC]

Yo ya te lo comente, solo falta decir: Good Luck!

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DavidStrife In reply to lordvampireone [2008-09-25 18:59:05 +0000 UTC]

Then thankyous!

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lordvampireone In reply to DavidStrife [2008-09-26 17:14:37 +0000 UTC]

Cuando se sabe la resolucion?

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DavidStrife In reply to lordvampireone [2008-09-26 18:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Ni idea, sΓ³lo especificaban la fecha lΓ­mite... pero no creo que tarden mucho en decidirlo, hay pocas participaciones.

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