Evolution of the Deep Ones continues
Posted by Paul Carrick at 1/7/2010 12:29 PM 
Categories: Miniatures, Painting, H.P. Lovecraft, Sculpture
Categories: Miniatures, Painting, H.P. Lovecraft, Sculpture
Hello!
I'd like to thank everyone who has sent me comments about the Deep One designs, not only here but via email and other forums as well. My head began to swim a bit with all the comments, and I was challenged to come up with something that would meet expectations. The problem is, a lot of the great suggestions would take me in opposing directions (more fishy, more froggy, bigger, smaller, etc). Yet, as the conversations continued, I discovered that people in general are quite accepting to a slightly different take. Evidently, many people are more than willing to use miniatures from different manufacturers, and the variety doesn't bother them at all. I found this to be quite liberating, so I took the suggestions that resonated the strongest within me, and I ran... er... shambled with it.
The feet in particular remind me of a snapping turtle's feet, which I think would make sense. Ancient, aquatic, clawed, durable, formidable.
If this project expands beyond the one design, I certainly would like to explore variations on anatomy. Reading the texts, it's not hard to imagine quite a variety in size and shape. They take a long time to mutate from people, so factors like diet, habits and location over the decades and centuries could possibly reap diverse results. If your suggestions aren't seen in this current design, it may very well manifest on others. If I have the option to expand to older specimens, including priest-types, there will be quite a lot of interesting concepts to play with.
Delving further into the project, I was able to involve Deep Ones in an illustration for Sixtystone Press. I'd like to think that the design is better for me having done the painting (as a form of study), and the painting is better for my having so much planning under my belt due to the miniature project. The chapter is about psychic ability, it explains how certain species (such as Deep Ones) as well as the insane can communicate telepathically. This sparked my imagination, and I envisioned a break in at the Sanitarium...
It's acrylic, roughly 8-1/2x10", and I can't wait for the next one!
until next time....
~Paul
I'd like to thank everyone who has sent me comments about the Deep One designs, not only here but via email and other forums as well. My head began to swim a bit with all the comments, and I was challenged to come up with something that would meet expectations. The problem is, a lot of the great suggestions would take me in opposing directions (more fishy, more froggy, bigger, smaller, etc). Yet, as the conversations continued, I discovered that people in general are quite accepting to a slightly different take. Evidently, many people are more than willing to use miniatures from different manufacturers, and the variety doesn't bother them at all. I found this to be quite liberating, so I took the suggestions that resonated the strongest within me, and I ran... er... shambled with it.
The feet in particular remind me of a snapping turtle's feet, which I think would make sense. Ancient, aquatic, clawed, durable, formidable.
If this project expands beyond the one design, I certainly would like to explore variations on anatomy. Reading the texts, it's not hard to imagine quite a variety in size and shape. They take a long time to mutate from people, so factors like diet, habits and location over the decades and centuries could possibly reap diverse results. If your suggestions aren't seen in this current design, it may very well manifest on others. If I have the option to expand to older specimens, including priest-types, there will be quite a lot of interesting concepts to play with.
Delving further into the project, I was able to involve Deep Ones in an illustration for Sixtystone Press. I'd like to think that the design is better for me having done the painting (as a form of study), and the painting is better for my having so much planning under my belt due to the miniature project. The chapter is about psychic ability, it explains how certain species (such as Deep Ones) as well as the insane can communicate telepathically. This sparked my imagination, and I envisioned a break in at the Sanitarium...
It's acrylic, roughly 8-1/2x10", and I can't wait for the next one!
until next time....
~Paul
Awesome, Paul. I am really loving the new detailed sketch. Much fishier in the face and stance and the legs/hands look excellent with the turtle-y feel to them.
The painting is very cool. Interesting subject and the bug-eyed dude at the door is a really nice touch.
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Thanks, Rich! The bug eyed guy is commonly referred to as a Deep One hybrids- ones who have just started to show 'the Innsmouth look', beginning their transformation into the more familiar fish/frogman look.
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hey Paul happy new year! I'm working on a new deep one also!! same dreams!! yours is looking great!!
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Thanks, John! I'm looking forward to seeing your interpretation, no doubt it will be amazing.
For those of you who are unfamiliar, John is a very gifted sculptor and movie effects artist and has worked on quite a number of well known films. http://www.myspace.com/johncherevka
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I love the last painting, for it really looks like a Lovecraftian story... Looks like the man behind will turn crazy and explain what he saw, really like in one of the short stories of Lovecraft!
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