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Posted: 15-02-2013 23:23 Post subject:

Unlike most of you, Richard - aka Lord Mongrove - has actually travelled to these far-flung locations in search of such man beasts, from Russia to Sumatra.

I have never met Richard, but I would rather back his word than yours. Why? Because he has spoken firsthand to those who have seen such creatures.

To be honest, folks, grow up.

Posted: 17-02-2013 11:24 Post subject:

The figure on the cover may not be an accurate representation of either the shurale or yeti, but it looks cool. Wink

I love the work of the artists who have illustrated FT over the years, but I expect artists to interpret subjects in their own personal way, using lashings of artistic license, and I sort of think that's their job. It's what you want from them. I remember, a few years back, a representation of a chupacabra that in few ways resembled anything I'd previously heard of the cryptid, but my word it looked good. Very Happy

Posted: 19-02-2013 14:48 Post subject:

Posted: 19-02-2013 18:40 Post subject:

Maybe old Yeti are white?

Posted: 19-02-2013 20:54 Post subject:

Posted: 19-02-2013 21:54 Post subject:

And since we know `some` Bigfoot are light in colouration....

Posted: 19-02-2013 22:35 Post subject:

Aspirin are white, I want an Aspirin.

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Posted: 22-02-2013 12:35 Post subject:

As the perpetrator of the offending illustration I think I ought to clarify a few things.

The Russian Yeti on the cover of FT 298 is a reworking of my original yeti painting. http://alextomlinson.squarespace.com/portfolio/misc-monsters/14881117

I deliberately made the original a very generic ‘vanilla’ yeti as I wanted to be able to resell it as stock art.

Having lived and worked for some time in Nepal in my youth I was never lucky enough to see the yeti myself but on the rare occasions when it did come up in conversation all my local friends seemed to favour the ‘Hollywood’ white version rather than anything they may have been passed down by ancestor witnesses . They did all watch far too many dodgy videos though.

I was asked by FT to adapt my original yeti painting to better fit the Russian Yeti feature as there wasn’t much time or money to commission a new version from scratch.

Luckily as I work in many layers in Photoshop I was able to remove the Stupa and prayer flags fairly easily and replace them with some simple woods and a nice generic Siberian wooden church. I was also able to raid my old stash of rhino slides (yes, slides! That’s how long ago I was in Nepal) and find some decent reference for the horn. I always read the cover feature over and over before starting an illo and was uncomfortable with the Yeti being white but it would have taken too much time to change it, as it is I am quite pleased with the finished painting and think I prefer it over the original.

I have seen discussion about my version looking a lot like the Mogato fought by Kirk in Star Trek. It does quite a lot, but that’s just a coincidence and pretty much what you get when you stick a horn on top of a white gorilla that’s walking upright. I don’t remember having seen that particular episode but I am sad enough to admit that I cannot rule it out in which case it may have snuck into my subconscious.

Hmm, think that's everything, frankly I am just glad that people notice my covers at all Smile

Posted: 22-02-2013 14:10 Post subject:

Did somebody mention Star Trek?

Trek Trivia Time!

Posted: 22-02-2013 21:40 Post subject:

Posted: 23-02-2013 17:14 Post subject:

You say Mu-ga-to I say Mo-gat-o spelling not my strong point.

Cheers for the kind words Paul, wasn't fishing for compliments but it's still nice to catch one occasionally.

Kirk out.

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Posted: 24-02-2013 22:35 Post subject:

Ocelot velour.