FunGal | Cryptozoology Contest Submission

ankapolo (59) in artexplosion • 7 years ago (edited)

Original contest post by @JuliaKPonsford Art Exploration, Week 13: CRYPTOZOOLOGY

My Sybmission:

FunGal

Welcome to the CryptoZoo! A place inside your imaginatory gland where mythical creatures (like the FunGal here) thrive and populate the imaginatory glands of others through their compelling storytelling and the principle of "Whynotness".

Lets explore, shall we...

mushroomTear 02.jpg

Here we have a cute FunGal - a rare humanoid fungi female from a crypto-race that is also known as Myconids. They gather the forest's wisdom (pretty much fun facts) and teach it only to those that can find them in their disguised form. All FunGals and FunGuys love the rain, and that is the only time when they come out to play, learn and socialize. To protect themselves, most Myconids naturally disguise themselves as poisonous mushrooms. But some species of Myconid release all their fun facts at one causing their tormentor to hallucinate and fall into a trance. Why? Pseudoscientists are still trying to determine that, but for now the principle of "Whynotness" seems to be the best explanation.

This is how Cryptozoology works: First a faint idea of a mythical creature appears in your mind. Then it starts to become more and more defined as you accept 'whynotness''. Here is an illustrated example of this process that I made using Photoshop.

Mushroom Tear 01.jpg

Beware, you are now susceptible to a cryptozoology in your mind. You may experience the need to watch fantasy movies, read graphic novels, play D&D or Magic the Gathering games and draw mythical creatures.... Unfortunately the only temporary remedy against this condition is to turn your attention to unimaginative tasks, such as sorting your mail, doing your taxes or checking your mostly forgotten social media notifications outside of Steemit :)

Thank you all so much for reading my nonsense (I tried to keep it short), I hope you found it very pseudo-informative and most of all, fun. If you only looked at the images and didn't read, then I forgive you :)

For more awesome Cryptozoology art submissions, please visit the original contest post: ART EXPLOSION WEEK 13: Theme CRYPTOZOOLOGY / 25 SBD in prizes / all forms of art welcome!

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7 years ago by ankapolo (59)

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kate-m (52) · 7 years ago

Beautiful.

She might be a fun-gal but she doesn't have much-room in her head does she?

:P

ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago (edited)

:))) Thank you @Kate-M! not much-room at all, that's by she gets in so much truffle.

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kate-m (52) · 7 years ago

:P

erodedthoughts (66) · 7 years ago

Awesome! My vote isn't worth much so I played in your wallet instead.

ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

OMG, @erodedthoughts! I'm just blown away by your generosity, thank you! This only can happen on steemit, and i want to do the same of someone I really support, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Also, I see that you love fantasy and vampires and all that dark matter, me too, so i'm following you, and hopefully we'll get to bounce some ideas in the future.

(^_^)

erodedthoughts (66) · 7 years ago

It is not often someones art work makes my jaw drop. Though I am having the experience more often now that I have found this place. I was very impressed and saddened the image was not created by me as it would make one hell of a sell-able poster or canvas print. That is the exact type of picture that would get to grace my walls. You should list it for sale somewhere see how it goes.

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago (edited)

i would love to do that, though i feel that it needs a little more work before i can call it sellable - as i know the parts that i rushed through, to get the image ready for submission, and they look kinda half-assed :). But thank you for the idea, definitely possible! Also you have inspired me with your generosity: https://steemit.com/steemit/@ankapolo/cryptozoology-contest-or-sharing-the-award-with-my-favorite-entries

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vachemorte (69) · 7 years ago

Beautuful work and I enjoyed seeing the process very much! Thank you participating to the contest.

ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Thank you so much @vachemorte!

reinhard-schmid (65) · 7 years ago

Beautiful creation with a really nice story behind it. Can't believe you did this in Photoshop! I've been working with the application since version 3.0 (not CS3!) but I don't even have the patience to configure my brushes...

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago (edited)

Thank you so much @Reinhard-Schmid! Wow PS3... I think the first time i came across PS was when it was version 6, and man, has it gotten better since! I used think that it was for editing photos, and then saw some amazing art online, and I had no idea that people made digital paintings using Photoshop. So my very fir CG art was on Photoshop using a mouse :P Now i have a tablet, and i cant separate from the stilus pen :) The magic is definitely all in the brushes!

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reinhard-schmid (65) · 7 years ago

To me the biggest step was, when they introduced layers. I don't remember if PS3 had that already, but I remember working without layers in freehand (vector) and it was a pain to mask everything..

I have a tablet too, but like I said... preparing the brushes is too much for me. I have a lot of patience with painting, but for some reason not for that :-b Only make very rough sketches and play with my compositions, as its easy to move things around and make changes..

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jungwatercolor (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

Bravoo @ankapolo, it lookss great, professional, imaginative, great great illustration! And that drop on the mushroom, what a great touch:)

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

@Jungwatercolor, your kind feedback means a lot! Thank you so much!

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jungwatercolor (63) · 7 years ago

You are welcome and I am just being honest :) Love to see good work and when someone puts effort in making it.

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theia7 (64) · 7 years ago

This is so beautiful @ankapolo

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

thank you @theia7! <3

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stillwatersart (57) · 7 years ago

I tend to prefer the myconids that release all of their stored fun knowledge. 🍄
I Love this so much I’m going to upvote, follow, and resteem. I also have an entry in Art Explosion but I adore this one!

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stillwatersart (57) · 7 years ago

I keep trying to resteem it but keep getting an error.

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Aww! thank you so much @stillwatersart for your kind feedback! I saw your submission too, its awesome! Looks like you had one of the psychedelic Myconids for breakfast :)

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stillwatersart (57) · 7 years ago

Perhaps long ago in a galaxy far far away...

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gabchik (58) · 7 years ago

Beautiful <3 I am also preparing something for the contest. Can't wait to share it :)

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

thank you @gabchik! and i'm looking forward to seeing your submission too!

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juliakponsford (70) · 7 years ago

Awesome, it's beautiful and I love the story that goes along with it! Thank you so much for the entry :)

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Thank you so much @JuliaKPonsford! I love both fantasy and biology so the theme you chose for this contest was very inspiring! Once again thank you for being so engaging with the new artists (like myself and others) in the community!

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alexandravart (60) · 7 years ago

she seem to be about to extract some magic power from that water drop, ooo nooo I've been affected by cryptozoology
such a cool design, and cute back story
I don't know if this is a fact (it doesn't matter here if it's just fiction) but I saw in the Hannibal series ,that a fungus structure is similar of that of the brain and they are aware when you pass by them :))

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Thank you so much @AlexandraVart! Yes, i heard it too somewhere... that fungi and humans are genetically closer to each other than either one of them to plants. I didn't know about their resemblance to brain tissue, but given how mushy and grey mushrooms and brains are, i can totally see it :)))

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offbeatbroad (61) · 7 years ago

She is SO adorable! I love the little story you included. Perhaps next time we have a rainy day, I'll go for a hike and see if I can find any of these FunGals. haha

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Thank you so much @offbeatbroad! If you do find them, i hope its the psychedelic ones :D

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offbeatbroad (61) · 7 years ago

LOL! I think it might be, if I do find them. ;)

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manchow (40) · 7 years ago

I'm glad that I stumbled upon this cryptozoo of yours . I really enjoyed reading it and I must say you have a nice way of playing with your words and yes , fungal did populate my imaginary gland and don't know if there is "muchRoom" left (tried some word play there 😬). I like the way you described your imagination as if you were the guide to this forest , a pseudoSafari in short . It was fun reading it and I liked the illustration of fungal . Wish you all the success . Steem on !!

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago (edited)

Aww thank you @manchow! I really appreciate that!
I like the "MuchRoom"! that was pretty clever! :D

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manchow (40) · 7 years ago

Hahahaha..I'm glad u liked it ..see , learning my way till here and posts like yours allow my imagination run wild and forces me to follow the principle of "whynotness"😁 . Following you for more .

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

thank you so much @manchow, its been a very inspiring experience for me so far (only 50 days in) and it is incredibly rewarding for me to get back to my passion for fantasy art thanks to Steemit. (i'm actually quite rusty... but i'm working on it). So just keep doing what you love, and its only a way up from here. Following you back.

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alcy (57) · 7 years ago

Woah that's a really nice painting !! Thanks for sharing ! I hope to have time to submit something as well it is a very nice theme ^^

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

thank you @alcy! I hope to see your submission too, this is definitely one of my favorite contest theme so far :)

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sunravelme (62) · 7 years ago

Hi @ankapolo! I know it's been a while since we discussed featuring your art with one of my poems, but I finally did it! I wanted to send you the link while I was thinking about it
https://steemit.com/poetry/@sunravelme/student-driver-original-poetry-featuring-the-art-of-ankapolo
Thank you!

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Thank you @sunravelme! <3

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mphil (44) · 7 years ago

Just beautiful artwork, @ankapolo

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

thank you @mphil

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sireh (62) · 7 years ago

The mushroom is so original...i like the colour that is striking and it really stands out.

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

Thank you so much!

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dsr-knowledge (29) · 7 years ago

Hmmm i bet the fun-guy enjoys recreational hallucinogens

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ankapolo (59) · 7 years ago

:)))

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alcy (57) · 7 years ago

Woah that's a really nice painting !! Thanks for sharing ! I hope to have time to submit something as well it is a very nice theme ^^

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