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"Krill Coral Scene" by Martha Iserman
« Thread Started on Dec 22, 2007, 7:00pm »		[Quote]
Hello, and welcome to the public discussion forum of Fantastic Horror. The topic of this thread is "Krill Coral Scene" by Martha Iserman, featured in Issue #3.

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« Reply #1 on Dec 25, 2007, 12:45pm »		[Quote]
That's a very spooky picture-evocative.
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« Reply #2 on Jan 23, 2008, 11:37pm »		[Quote]
There is something compelling in your art, almost like a watercolor of a dream more than an illustration of nature

I've also incorporated marine biology into my art, especially my mythos inspired art because it is so other-worldly. The truth is much stranger than fiction the deeper you go. A couple fathoms down it gets real strange

My work has disturbed many but I have nothing on nature. Natural selection puts me to shame every time. In my defense, I haven't been at it as long as mother nature...

I wonder what the strangest beast in the ocean is, in your opinion
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« Reply #3 on Jan 24, 2008, 11:25am »		[Quote]
It is said that Lovecraft was forever changed by being lost in Providence as a child, and ending up in the wholesale fish market during squid jigging season.

Fang fish, gulper eels, hatchet fish, hammerhead sharks, all of these are beautiful and horrible at the same time.

Jellies and salps are the same, starfish, isopods, vampire squids-but my favorite is the chimera, a little thing that has been with us for epochs.

It looks so happy.
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« Reply #4 on Jan 26, 2008, 10:26am »		[Quote]
Thanks for the feedback guys. Honestly, to a certain degree, everything in the ocean creeps me out a bit. Wolf eels are pretty horrifying. Anything parasitic gets me. But really, nothing beats a good old shark fear. I've been terrified of/fascinated by sharks since I was very little. I must have seen Jaws too young or something.
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« Reply #5 on Jan 26, 2008, 5:04pm »		[Quote]
Truly, your talent as an illustrator honors us, you have a distinctive style, a fine eye for detail and an unusual way of rendering the subject.

For what it may be worth, I'm profoundly impressed by your work.

(woodja do the Colossal Squid, woodja, woodja?)
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Good picks
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Parasites? Now you're talking! Those things are always sinister looking... Form follows function, eh? Amusingly enough, I've been tooling up to do a series with a soul parasite. Who knows, perhaps it will have some Wolf eel in the visual ancestry

Colossal squid? They're useless; due to the ammonia content in their blood, they are not fit for human consumption. Sperm whales don't seem to mind
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« Reply #7 on Jan 29, 2008, 8:14pm »		[Quote]
Who wants to eat the Colossal Squid?

I want one for a pet!

(the ammonia content of the large squids was discovered when two ichthyologists were cooking calamari and drinking screw top wine, they got curious, and, having a few Giant Squid tissue samples on hand, put a few slices into the butter and garlic.
They noted the bitter taste, and next day, discovered the high ammonia content-which serves to maintain the animals buoyancy.)
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Re: "Krill Coral Scene" by Martha Iserman
« Reply #8 on Jan 30, 2008, 10:29pm »		[Quote]
I want to eat the Colossal Squid. And just about anything else that swims in the ocean. Sashimi style

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Who wants to eat the Colossal Squid?

Now everyone at the sushi bar thought I was ultra cool because I knew that Colossal Squids are inedible. But since you know the back story, you take the title
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