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Tilted back amongst the reeds, the DAR Unit blinked. It was quiet. A deep vibration rippled through the water and ninety mechanical arms unfolded themselves from the unit pushing it toward these links. Pascal Campion – His illustrations are crisp, clean, and tell an entire story in a single image. Simply beautiful. Ramen Hack -…

The insipid clicking of the rattler faded into the gears crunching against one another. Could it truly be that nothing was there? No… It was there. The shadowed ease of its oily mass moved closer. Slowly, the blades emerged covered in the flames of these links. Balloontree – The art of Marcin Jakubowski. Beautiful, epic…

The papers and most of his arms were inked with the toenailed stains of the ages. Now, it was up to him alone to fracture the cusp of time, release the tendril sacks and shine the light upon the oozing follicles of these links. André Beato – Fabulously fabulous type design that twist letters into…

Balls of soap tumbled down the winding path. There, amongst the mounds rose the helfertrogls, one by one. The air grew thick. The rhythm of their lathered grunts grew louder, and from their nostrils erupted, these links. Glennray Tutor – Have you not always dreamt of drawing super-realistic images of marbles, toycars and pickled veggies?…

Deciphering the patterns of yellow flowers and whirring things was all but he he had known. On this day, however, he discovered, not a pattern, but power over the things which whir themselves. He discovered, these links. Ikaruga – The edges, sketch lines, shading and perspective are just a few aspects which make his style…

Once upon a dim lit night, when owl fowls hoot their silent flight. The children stomp in the land that sinks, telling tale upon tale bout the fate of these links. Maxim Revin – If I had one guess about someone who’s traveled to distant future planets, his name would be Maxim and he would…

The land lay fallow. Plagued by the whispy tinkering of ancient cycloid ratonechs and the pale, slightly aggressive land lashings of a pine-back platypus swarm, all seemed lost. Then hope. For from the ground, seen from a forgotten vantage point, rose, these link. Adrian Smith – Mr. Smith hails from the UK and he draws…

Determined to loosen the oily grip of the deepened people known as ‘The Mechanics’, he set out into a search of Darktrench. 10 years he wandered, then happened upon one silvering doom and whipped him with these links. Roman Jouandeau – There are some artists that make you feel like drawing and drawing and drawing.…

The wood pulp dripped from its teeth. Certainly, this was no ordinary beavoid. For on its tail were 10 foot spines and a gray mist rising from its underbelly with the pungency of these links. Tyler Stout – Dark lines and deep shading in a mish mash of illustrative style that’ll make you slap your…

Ropes hung in the late afternoon reflection of the window. By then, most of the otter zombies had returned to the nest, except for one. The one gnawing viciously on these links. Ed Lee – A mish-mash of ice caves and battles scenes, dino-mechs, forests and electric beams for your eclectic enjoyment. Why Chinese Mothers…

The gaff-rigged dory rocked calmly in the quiet waters, but the sound that came from the deep wasn’t familiar. Neither were the tentacles coming over the side. They were after one thing… a cod sandwich, wrapped in lettuce and smelling strongly of these links. Erik Desmazières – His surreal, geometric style print work is not…

He drifted along the rail, not realizing that eventually he would reach the drop-off. There he would find a melon, a melon the size of his head, spitting small seeds and these links at him. Jake Parker – His style is fresh. Illustration, character, and comics with heavy lines, adventure and more fun that you…

The pickles flew by as stood there, poised, ready to take on whatever came next, but little did I know it would be the juice of a thousand more pickles, mixed in the fire of five types of garlic and boiled in these links. Marek Okon – A handful of Marek’s amazing illustrations, some walkthroughs…

You could hear the crumble. Cracks wrapped their spreading fingers around the base of it’s entire length, then, suddenly, as if the gates blew off their hinges, these links came spilling forth. Dennis Zilber – Should I say it? I should. One of the best editorial graphic art and character artist ever. Natural Disaster Hot…

It was a slow journey into the unknown. There we stopped. The ground fleeders stopped trembling… dead, ear deafening quiet. Suddenly. the color peeled off the sky, raspberry tarts tasted like strawberry light beams, and a wide assortment of prairie dogs got up and threw these links. Pavel Elagin – Can I just make a…

It quickly became evident where it was hiding. Nothing makes a noise like that. Not unless it’s been sprayed with 5 kinds of soup, put into a deep metal dish and sprinkled with these links. Andreas Rocha – Slightly, just slightly epic in scale and composition.Wooded glens, mountainous landscapes and eerie environments. 17 Signs your…

Crunch. Crunch. Walking across the icy branches of dark Manitoban forest made the discomfort of the thumping unbearable. That is, until he realized this one thing. The thumping was he and the icy branches were these links. Giuseppe Severino – I love good air ship/space craft art. A few hatches, a few antennas and some…

If it was that large, you would have to strap more than the usual amount of spoons to your fists. However, you could alway flatten it out with a large bat and sprinkle it with these links. Silvio Aebischer – I could live is these environments, with these creatures. Definitely check out the mech section.…

It once tilted, down into the chasm where strange soups lie dormant, heated beneath a layer of membranous light, with nothing other than the blind, bearded settler to keep the roto-healm alive. It was quite there, and these links bubbled to the surface. Kekai Kotaki – If there was ever someone that could inspire you…

And then suddenly, without warning, five enormous insectoids entered the capsule. They breathed heavy and looked famished from a long day of harvesting dew droplets, weedlings and these links. Richard Anderson – If you blur your eyes fast enough, Anderson beautiful abstract style nearly moves right off the screen. A picky eater taxonomy – Personally,…

He slide the noodles off the window… slowly. Never had he seen a site as shocking, lighting the night sky beyond the pane of blurry glass, as he did that night. It reached the sky, towering over the city, tossing vegetable matter mixed with these links. Leo Snow – Wow, just wow. Sketches, illustration,characters and…

There, in the distance, then… suddenly. A ripple felt through the quaking air across everyone’s furrowed, skeptical brow. The pounders had escaped and each screeching moment that elapsed, brought them closer. Closer to these links. Ian McQue – Gunboats. That’s all you need to tell me. Airships of any style will do, especially the ones…

The small cichlid examined it’s surroundings. To it’s surprise there were sea berries to eat, plankton to befriend then devour and most of all, a link for every eyeball and fin. Toby Lewin – Wow. Wonderfully rich environments for the few that are there. Check out his blog for more work plus some 3D. Nacho…

They hung lazily, swinging in a light breeze – wind chimes singing randomly in the distance and the distinct cackle of hyenas as they finish their morning biscuits and gnaw on these links. Jon McCoy – He wraps deep perspective and rich colors around an environment scene like you wouldn’t believe. The Best Bathroom Sign…

I’d say you need to float at least two meters off the surface. Why? Let’s just say, teeth are not the only thing it uses. It has nine tentacles… and these links. Post apocalyptic Tokyo – Who doesn’t like a scene of desolation and plant overgrowth. TokyoGenso gives you the future. iPad apps for writers…

It’s all about absorbency. If you find one with six paws and an orange belly, you’ve got a keeper. But watch it! They’ll soak these links right out of your head. Alexandr Melentiev – Alexandr creates amazing world art.. amazing. Right-click, view image on his site to see large versions. If Historical Events had Facebook…

Once you’re able to buckle the bread ends down sufficiently, it’s all a matter of how you apply the jelly. In this case, you’ll need a shovel, a big one, and these links. Brent Nolasco – No portfolio, but his blog is filled with much of his amazing acrylic paintings and vinyl/resin customs. Linguistics puzzles…

That, my friend, is a mighty fine curd. May I ask, how does one mix breakbeats and bebop with coagulated milk? Ahhh, with two pointy nubs you say? and these links?! Brilliant! Pablo Vicentin – He’s got some 3D, but what’s exceptional is the characters and composition of his 2D work. Grahpic.ly – Comics where…

I use to say, “Toast it crispy and cover it with jam!” about everything. It got to be annoying to some. Why, one day I woke up toasted to a fine crisp, covered with jam, being nibbled on by these here links. Lake Hurwitz – Illustration and concept art with a knack for creature, tech…

Tumbled! I don’t like it! It reeks of peach juice and looks like a muffled badger strung out on battery acid. I’ll say it again! Spray it with chowder and give it these links! Nicolas Ferrand – What good is being a concept artist without drawing ships, bots, worlds and creatures. Ghosts of World War…

Now, when you find the bucket, you must do this. Jump in and out 5 times. At that moment, you’ll find yourself in a land of small shrubs, which smell of bread pudding and shoot these links into your eyebrows. Tyler Edlin Mr. Edlin creates worlds. Worlds that play hopscotch with your subconscious and then…

It was the pants. They were large, multi-colored and had the faces of a thousand furry yak babies. But, I’ll tell you this right now. They had enough snort juice to power these link and then some. Radoslav Zilinsky – If his name is any hint, you’ll know how rad 3D artwork and animations can…

In ancient times, the butter would be catapulted straight up into the air. All of it. If the boy caught it with his face, he was given these links. Jamshed Jurabaev – I don’t care. With a name like Jamshed and amazing ship scenes like this, you can do whatever you want. Bendy Bike -…

It’s just that. The sauce bottles dropped to the floor, it flared it’s jowls and that’s when I decided I would replace my interest in bar-b-que with these links. Jaime Jones – I’m loving this rough paint style. Jaime Jones has it going on with creatures, characters and more. Field- This CG animation by selfburning…

Oh, it was a dark and formidable time. There was the constant sound of gears churning in the distance, the laughter of bears jumping on trampolines, and these links popping you in the eye whenever you turned a corner. Dennis Allain – Fabutastically detailed architectural work. Be sure to check out the design process on…

Why I remember when we would empty that rusty container… so long ago. It smelled of butter and when you saw what crawled out… son, you’d throw these links right at’em. Dan Blomberg – This chunky, dark illustration style of Dan Blomberg pops of detail. Scenes, vehicles and fabulous buildings. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World…

We wrapped the entrance in meat and fear, but that didn’t stop them, no. We heard the foot-steps… tiny… peculiar… footsteps, and when we turned, our minds we’re frozen by… these links. Bradley W Schenck – The retro-future illustration of Mr. Schenck is a little bit Mucha, a little bit robot and a whole lot…

I tossed it in a bowl of cantankerous snails, but once you start pumpin’ those hydraulics, wooo boy! whatch out! There’s about nine other slime poppers that shoot out my pores and go straight after these links. Willy Verginer – Just wow. Willy creates sculptures out of wood. They are incredibly life-like with the perfect…

The stacks of statistical anomalies and stale bread substitutes towered ominously over the lush shrubberies of Canton Loopiecero. No one fathomed that weaved amidst the coiled succulents, lay the power of the fortress… these links. Rone Marshall – Abstraction and light are two of Rone’s specialties… he tosses them straight into your hippocampus. Iron Baby…

Oh, believe me, it won’t make bones shoot out your eyes… or eyes shoot out your eyes, although that would be downright impressive. What it will do is create a wave of screaming sack monkeys you can use for canning, Frisbee or viewing these links. Daryl Mandryk – Character concept and digital painting masterpieces filled…

You gotta learn to shoot tar out the back of the rig, not the front! You’ll get the spool drive clogged and they ALWAYS attack from the rear! Now finish mounting these links! Frank Frazetta – Good ol’ Franks dies this week, but his insane fantasy art will live on… probably. Imperial Walker Bunkbed -…

A blanket made of moles for pete’s sake! There’s just no need, it’s uncomfortable and the moles aren’t even alive… oh wait, that one is… that one might be… wait! They are! They are alive and they’re eating these links!! MegaMunden – Mega!!! Mega what? Mega cool tattoo illustration, rockin’ skullage and a mix of…

So we wrapped it with tarps and a fair amount of steel cord. But, what we saw next peeled three sleepless nights off our eyes. The plastic tore, the cables snapped and these links started singing. Jose Flores – Really, oil painting don’t get enough play. Jose mixes surreal and cool with just about anything…

We found out way, way too late… by  the time the splinters worked their way out, there were five more digging out of the ground, two at the door and seven disguised as… yes, as these links. Alexander Preuss – You may think, oh some little art, but then you view his work and your…

I tell you now, it made my stomach churn. When we reversed the polarity, it’s face jiggled, and poof, a pile of suds. Then, we reversed it again and ya know what? Cheese… covered in these links. Goro Fujita – The gallery of one of the best character animators ever. Plants, animals, robots… he does…

Ya know, once I unearthed the lower structure, it started going a lot easier. There was a cavern though, covered with the slime of a thousand slimy slime-slimes. I threw rocks at’em and these links ate my eyes. Geoffroy Thoorens – The name of a person that creates very intelligent illustration of massive scenes of…

I see ya got pore problems son. It’s not uncommon to hear an ooze and a pop, so in severe cases like this, I simply apply a few of these links to relieve the stinging. Joby Cummings – Insane. Awesome. Tattoo-style illustration. Lot’s of skulls, nice, thick lines and plenty of traditional inspiration to go…

It was a noise we hadn’t heard before. A dull whirring with giggly snaps. Then it stopped, we pealed the membrane off and all we saw were these links. Hodings – Hodong La’s has the best idea for a floating castle yet, plus more CG to become completely absorbed in. 13 Words not found in…

It’s the round about way they all bubble up at once, straight into your nose, out your eyelids and on to start families and businesses selling a wide assortment of pudding cakes, pudding cakes mixed with these links. Wei Ming! – Nope, I’m not related, but I do like his 3D work and his 2D…

I must say, each pastry you pull from your pocket is more delicious than the last… You have magic pastry pockets! Magic pastry pockets? YES, and they’re covered with these links!! Dylan Cole – Cities!? Vehicles!? yes, only the best for you and your crew. Mr. Cole means business. 25 3D Characters – AMAZING. Really,…