Iris & The Monster by frogdot
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Everything shook when he lumbered across Iris's path. Eyeing her with contemplation, his mouth parted, showing rows of jagged teeth. Knowing how animals were always hungry, the girl looked at the fresh new peanut butter and jelly sandwich her Mom just made. She knew offering the monster just a piece of the sandwich would hardly make a difference, so Iris handed him the entire thing. With his teeny little arms, he couldn't very well hold it and eat, so she let him sniff the sandwich and then politely snatch it from her hand. She smiled seeing his apparent glee as the monster devoured the tasty sandwich, then licked his lips.
Of course, as with any stray, everywhere Iris went he tiptoed behind her trying to look smaller then he was, in hopes he might get another peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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As simple as this should have been, I rendered it four times and it stalled at 86% each time. Turning all but three lights and the shadows off, I finally got it and painted in the shadows.
Dinosaur by Dinoraul. Edited the color on the texture map

Comments (33)
LOL Fantastic concept!! Great lighting and pose!! Fantastic artwork
Cute :)
Btw - I think this little Dino would make a fine sandwich, too... Good image, eyecatching & self-explaing.
LOL sweeeeet work and I know all about render stalls but you did good on the shadows dude
ah bless her cotton socks!
Frogdot does it again. :) But now, you really should produce the rest of the book...
Wonderful, I love your story too.
Very pretty scene!
Nice one Dave!! Beautifully done :)
Did she count her fingers after feeding him? (Lol) Fun image and story Dave! Bravo and best wishes from Dave :^)
That is precious! And you know...only a child wouldn't have known to run and hide!
Great imagination with this image. very well thought out my friend.
I'll bet Iris's mother had a heart attack when she brought him home and asked to keep him. On the other hand, she might have thought saying no wouldn't be such a good idea!!!! Love what you did with the Dino's texture.
Super Sweet...!!
So sweet! Great and creative!
Simply fantastic...genlte and humerous!
Very cute. Stark composition, pared down to the essential bits. Nice.
glad you kept going, it's wonderful
Oh, now you've got me giggling. Amazingly cute scene with great poses, thanks for posting it. :)
Fantastic image and idea!! You did a great job on the shadows!
lol, this is so sweet! I love the "he followed her home" story! fantastic concept and render
like a scene right out of a storybook
Cute one!!!
Isn't that always the way?! The simple ones so often turn out to be real stinker to get to either render at all, or to look just right. Glad you prevailed - the result is fantastic.
Maybe she is secretly a magic girl and you know all magic girls have to have a magic talking animal mascot... Hehehe. I totally enjoyed this one. Very very cool image and story! ^.^
lol, that's so cute! and the story goes perfectly with the image - both convey the sense of innocence and knowing that he'll do nothing bad to her. :)
Xcellent modeling work! Great render!
Superb!! D
Excelente!
Cute ^_^ Very nice perspective!