Veggie Tribe

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Jun 15th 2009

Tags:: fire tomato tribal tribe vegetables veggies
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Yes, there is a photograph in there, but the original picture was all pencil before I edited it, so I submitted it to traditional art.

This was something that turned out completely unexpected... The mouth of the carrot (left) was originally the beginnings of a head, but I lost interest, so I turned it into a big, goofy mouth. Then, for no reason, and suspecting that it would turn out horribly, I just started turning it into a vegetable, and viola... the theme was created.

The story is that a tribe of roots and vegetables recently found out that the tomato was a fruit (I didn't know until sixth grade). Outraged, they sacrifice him to the fire god while chanting and dancing around the fire. Can you spot the other fruit in the picture? The veggies haven't found him out yet, but when they do...

I left this as B&W trying to capture a horror mood, but I don't know whether it would look better with color or not... Let me know what you think!

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Time: Approx 2 weeks
Medium: Pencils on Paper + Photoshop
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Comments

Synth Says:

The detail in this is awesome, AND THOSE FACES ARE AMAZING.

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Jinn Says:

I...I have no idea what is going on here...

but I love it..

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mktranma Says:

Little fact: The Tomato was always known as a fruit, but because of American's import/export list and in order to keep taxes balanced on each, it was classified as a vegetable for that reason only.

Or so I heard.

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pur plec loud Says:

This needs moar comments. I love the concept and the faces are fantastic...not to mention the lighting is phenomenal. Particularly on the broccoli--incidentally my favorite veggie :3.

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WCP Says:

I see you used a picture of the moon up there... but is the leafy head of the broccoli also a picture of something? Or is that one of the things that took a lot of your time whilst drawing?