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"Vodyanoi" by Nicholas William Kole

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Vodyanoi by Nicholas William Kole

Another China Mieville inspired piece. This is a sketch of his amphibious race called Vodyanoi. This was just to get the concept of the race down visually. The challenge was getting the right mix of frog and man. Some of my sketches just looked like anthropomorphic toads and some just looked like buggy-eyed fat guys. This comes closest to how I envisioned the Vodyanoi...again, I hope to do more with the race later.

Date	Name	Comment
4 Jan 2005	Jason 'sickleclaws' Robicheaux	Loading... Dude, that is kewl lookin'. Ive tried to conceptualizeFrog anthromorphs before, but it never came out right. You did it, tho. Kudos.
5 Jan 2005	Danie	Loading... Ah, Nick... If you wanted to know what something between a frog and a human looks like, you should just draw a portrait of me in the morning. Only I'd be wearing a shirt too, and fuzzy tiger slippers. Are you going to photograph The Rupert for this? And are you writing forms for your entire exhibit? Because that's a crazy amount of them...If so, it was nice knowing you. P.S. I think one day I'm going to circle your eyebrows in every single picture you draw. Do you have pictures of when they shaved them off? That would cheer me out of my miserable life as an IB-drone.;P
23 Apr 2005	Vincent	Loading... Very nice pic, the eyes are espeacially reminicent of an amphibious creature, big and slightly bulgling.
8 May 2005	Awnuk	Loading... OMG!! Mieville inspired art!! ;_____; <-tears of joy!! It's really great, it's just as I pictured vodyanoi. I love his expression - so froggish . Excellent work, keep it up!
27 May 2005	Zachariah Campbell	Loading... Whoah. Nice beastie. I love the shading... the body is really well formed. Inspires me to work on my pencil skills.
19 Aug 2005	Myles	Loading... Dude! I gotta give it to you. As a new meiville reader you hit the freakin nail sqaure on the head with my vision of the vodyanoi. I'd like to see some other meiville work when you get to it.
15 Sep 2005	Anonymous	Loading... You've demonstrated great expression in your drawings - I do hope you have a chance to find future venues and ventures. (Heck, I'll admit that using some gaming venue would be a perfect opportunity, but you have the talent to contribute in any venue.) One quick comment regaring the vodyanoi - I always pictured them as being spindly - bloated abdomen and head, but skinny arms and legs. (Of course, that's just my view - check with their descriptions in the book to get the right feel.) All the best.
26 Oct 2005	Anonymous	Loading... Oo ... Squishy! pokes it
25 Sep 2006	Ele 'Beruthiel' J.	Loading... Mmm, I like it! Although I'd always pictured the vodyanoi as squatter... and the way they stand more toad-like. BUT, that's just me. And I really like the face! If you do a "final" version of this guy, I'd love to see it... maybe you could draw one of their water-sculptures. I'm afraid I forget what Meiville called those... "makings"? Oh dear...
16 Jan 2011	Guest	Loading... great work... just one little piece of criticism. Being born out of an egg, the vodyanoi wouldnt have a bellybutton...
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'Vodyanoi':

• Created by:

Nicholas William Kole
• Copyright: ©Nicholas William Kole. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Amphibious, China, Frog, Man, Mieville, Toad
• Categories: Lycanthrope, Were-folk, etc, Book Illustration
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Erasers
• Inspirations: Other Author
• Submitted: 2004-12-18 14:43:30
• Views: 3196
• Resolution: 512x700