My, what a lovely picture of Mega-Man...
It's rare that an artist's statement gives true value to otherwise easily forgotten work, but this clumsily wrought illustration of Mega-Man by ~eluted over at deviantART transcends mediocrity to masterpiece thanks to a twain of jotted-off, explanatory lines, written by the artist herself.
The first:
Tools of the Trade: menstrual fluid, ink
And then again on another page:
menstral fluid in sketchbook
Notice that a "pen" or any other drawing instrument is not mentioned as a tool having being employed in this artistic reproduction of one of 8-bit gaming's most cherished heroes. What we have here is a work of art that was literally birthed.
Update: The genesis of a masterpiece? Quoth the artist:
I painted it for my husband--it was a request.
megaman [deviantART via Crunchgear]
Scuba SM
1:07 PM December 1, 2008 – #1
Part of me wants to know how long it took her to draw/paint that. Part of me really doesn't.
Elvis Pelt
1:09 PM December 1, 2008 – #2
Women have all the fun.
Luminition
1:21 PM December 1, 2008 – #3
"I painted it for my husband--it was a request."
Now that's just creepy...
grimc
3:00 PM December 1, 2008 – #4
You going to do unicorn chasers or the like over here? Because now would be a good time.
A New Challenger
3:30 PM December 1, 2008 – #5
I wonder if Unity will feature this...
Also, Mega Man, rendered in feminine juices.
So this is a picture of him after his battle with Splash Woman?
More as I think of them.
SC_Wolf
7:50 PM December 1, 2008 – #6
It's a period piece.
Not a Doktor
3:16 AM December 2, 2008 – #7
How'd she get shades in there?
photoatomic
6:43 AM December 2, 2008 – #8
classic. leave it to Deviant Art to produce something this fantastic.
a_user
12:19 PM December 2, 2008 – #9
yes this is just so the internet on so many levels