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Nigmby ~Sir-Pumpkinhead

Traditional Art / Paintings / Illustration / Conceptual

¿Who is Nigm? ¿Why does he appear out of nowhere? ¿What does he do hidden between ancient tomes and papers?...
This are some of the many, many questions of which we will never know the answers.

In Spanish, we use the signs at both beginning and ending of the sentence* So, while I was pondering about certain things, I was recipient of an epiphany; why not make characters that are living sentences? They should have symbols around them and possess characteristics of what they represent

I wanted to show that sentences can go beyond their "idea" boundaries and transform into beings, hence I thought about doing a series of characters with this premise. The four I conceptualized were: "apostrophe", ¿question?, ¡exclamation! and (parenthesis).

I present here the question mark personage, Nigm. It is the most mysterious of the four, always speaks in questions and never gives out answers (just replies with another question, which by the way is impolite and frustrating). It is friend of philosophers, scientists, scholars and anyone that asks or doubts. However, it prefers to live in old libraries and dark, forgotten places, making it too, the most elusive of the mark characters.

I believe that asking a good question is better than giving answer. Something interesting to note, is, that perhaps people don't ask the right questions to get the answers they need, so if one doesn't know how to ask the correct question one will never find the real answer or solution.

It is said that Nigm holds all the questions of the universe, though it doesn't have the answers...

*Spanish, I believe is one of the two languages that has it.

Changed my usual colorful mood for a somber one; made with Acrylics and colored pencils.

I had the fortune of working on three more of these characters with

and

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They each did a sign character

do visit them to see it and the rest of their galleries, their work is gorgeous ^_^

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~dkstelo Dec 27, 2007 Professional Digital Artist

yo tuve una idea en ese trip hace un tiempo, la mia diferia en k los personajes eran solo tipograficos... pero esto se ve genial. tanto la definicion del concepto como la realizacion. congrats!

~Sir-Pumpkinhead Jan 2, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

¡Que bien!

somos hermanos de ideas entonces

Muchas gracias mi estimado

me alegra saber que te hayan gustado ambos puntos; concepto-imagen. Un placer para mi compartir ^_^

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!Diascope Nov 21, 2007

WHY HAVENT I SEEN YOUR LATEST STUFF
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This is win.

~Sir-Pumpkinhead Nov 22, 2007 Hobbyist General Artist

thank you Diascope ^__^ Glad you liked it

I haven't done much, hence you haven't lost much

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it

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~PorcelainFawn Nov 14, 2007

interesting concept. you've illustrated it wonderfully.
he looks very ominous. as do the hovering question marks.
also, the textures in this piece are brilliant.

~Sir-Pumpkinhead Nov 14, 2007 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you Porcelain

Such comment is very appreciated by yours truly

And much more coming from a talented young artist like yourself

The textures were thanks to the paper, I only let the pigment flow and stain the surface

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts

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