I hadn't ever really realized that there was quite a number of closet fans of my artwork that were belly dancers! It just never really seemed that anyone ever noticed much, and I just did them because I not only LOVE belly dance, love TO belly dance, but I also LOVE drawing and depicting ethnic, and exotic dancers (as well as Ravers or Go-go dancing).
But, when I did a search of "BlackUniGryphon" or "BlackUniGryphon" I found several dancers had made accounts on DeviantArt just to fav' my work, and ended up hooked on the art sharing site.
So, just a lil' bit about me:
Hi! I'm the artist alias "Black UniGryphon" (BlackUniGryphon).
My real name is:
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman
My legal name is:
Kadice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang
My Chinese name is: 任思麒 (Witten in mandarin Pinyin as: Ren Si-Qi) (Sounds like: Run Szzz Tchee)
This is how you write "Black UniGryphon" in Chinese: In Mainland People's Republic of China use Simplified Chinese like this: 乌独角兽
But, in other Chinese places on islands like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Macao, it's written in the Traditional old script like this: 烏獨角獸
And I would also use the Traditional way if I were to do something dealing with Japan, because I don't think they can read modern simplified Chinese.
I actually wrote the Chinese translation of "Black UniGryphon" to mean mean a type of magical or mythical unicorn, or 1-horned beast. It actually means "Darkish/Blackish Unicorn" because I didn't want to use the commonly used word for "Griffin" which is actually a VULTURE! I take offense to that. Griffins are pretty & graceful, as well as robust. Vultures are ugly & clumsy, and have bad taste in all things. I also didn't use the common word for "black", I used a more educated, and prettier & poetic sounding "wu" instead of "hei". "Wu" can also mean very dark, but not in a bad way.
Many people in Chinese will tell me that using 乌独角兽 sounds too manly, or masculine. But, I don't care. Even in Chinese culture they have a story of the Dragon Princess "Long Nü" which is a female character, even tho' "Long" (Dragon) is generally ONLY used for a man's name. In my culture, equines & unicorns have become more effeminate, even tho' they were originally masculine. (Look it up, it's true.)
"Black UniGryphon" is my Fursona which comes from the Furry Comunity.
NO, despite what rumors you MAY have heard from Vanity Fair, Episodes of X-Files, etc. I DO NOT GO TO SEX CLUBS DRESSED AS AN ANIMAL! That is TOTALLY FALSE! Most Furries don't do that! But, I did go to several conventions, namely Anthrocon. Often as a dealer, or as an artist, and was even published in their Convention book. And, yeah, I did wear either wings, or a tail. But, people bring kids, and there's no weird sex going on.
I have also been publishing my artwork online since 1999, under the aliases: ZBlackUnicorn, BlackUnicorn, or EbonyUnicorn
Anyways, dance & music have always been an important part of my life. When I was a kid, I could've become a musical prodigy, but instead I chose visual art, and my music teacher was furious. I used to play violin as a kid, the recorder, and even had to take guitar class in middle school, plus I used to be in chorus, and even stared in several talent shows as a singer. I often times regret having not done more with music. But, instead I went crazy with arts & sciences. (That's a long story.)
Dance, however, has helped my life very much. It helped me to deal with depression, once I'd realized that my artistic dreams, after graduating college and trying in vain to go back to school were crushed by the 777 stock market crash that caused the Bailouts and the "great recession" which I actually call "the economic melt down". So, my dreams of going to CAL-ARTS were crushed. I was devastated, and I would stay in bed crying for years.
What pulled me out of that was an interest in belly dance, which also got me back into Yoga. But, I've taken a few lasses by Zoe Jakes, and also Taiji Chuan (tai chi), Taiji Gungfu Shanzi (Tai chi Kungfu fan style), Taiji Jianzi (sword Tai chi) and a lil' bit of Qigung (Chigong). I'm not an expert in either of them, but I can dance improvisational belly dance not too bad, and I'm not perfect with yoga, but I can do some advanced poses with my likes like butterfly & lotus stuff.
So, naturally, my artwork began to reflect my interests.
Generally, when you see my artwork, you will notice that the human figure of a woman, is usually my character "Lively".
But, I have noticed that many of the dancer fans whom like my work, also like my Chinese inspired work (much of which I'd created when I lived in China), or my fantasy work as well like Unicorns.
The easiest place to find my work is my gallery on Deviant Art:Here If you like dancers, you will want to check my "Maidens" sub gallery.
And, my Fantasy stuff is all over the place in there. It's mostly what I'm known for on the internet.
But, when I was a kid, I liked to draw American comics, and especially exotic beautiful ladies.
I still like those things. But, much of my Furry/Anthro audiance wasn't exactly happy with me when I switched back to drawing human figures again. But, I just CAN'T be stuck in being a Furries ONLY, or BEASTS/ANIMALS only artist.
As for my interests in dance, I do have a Pyrate Cosplay character that I dress up as:
Marshall Kändiß (Or Marshal Kandice)
Which I've mostly dressed up as in Philadelphia, but a tiny bit in Boston.
But, enough of me, I'm sure you're more interested in my art than my dancing.
;-P
Anyways, here are a few examples of my artwork, if it's dancers that you are looking for:
Well I guess I ought to blog a complete list of my dancer pieces.
I have so many, and many different kinds.
I notice belly dancers tend to like many styles of dance as well.
The sleeves are 2 unicorns, 1 black, and 1 white, with feathers as the main, reminds me of a popular design of sweaters my friends wore in the 80s & 90s, or figure skating.
I've seen theme costumes in bellydance often with the bellydance Super Stars, like Jillina, Sherri Wheatley, and also World Dance New York has produced several shows with bellydancers in fantasy theme costumes.
Ironically, the THEME for Tribal Fest this year (2012) is "The Year of The Unicorn".
FULL SCREEN HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION & PRINTS HERE:
Hand Painted By Black UniGryphon
(Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang)乌独角兽(烏獨角獸)任思麒
Windstone Editions is a company that produces limited amounts of sculptures made by master sculptor M. Peña. The sculptures are used to make molds, then those are used to make copies from the original. These sculptures are hand painted by a team of artists, usually with airbrushing. They are also very distinct by their glass eyes, and their fantasy, mythological, and whimsical themes, as well as the fact that they are all animal sculptures.
The figurines are very valuable, and often go up in value.
After a while, many artists began to crave blank sculptures, so they could paint their own, so the company began producing several lines of sculptures specifically JUST for artists to paint their own.
These Paint-Your-Owns (PYOs) were pretty expensive. So, I'd been wanting some for a LONG time.
I'd 1st heard about these PYOs from my online friend, Swandog, whom also got a rare limited edition version prototype of the "Kirin" (Japanese Dragonlike Deer-ish Unicorn) 烏獨角麒麟 which has an antler alicorn, instead of a regular horn alicorn.
So, for Christmas, I ended up getting 3 of them!
The 1 I wanted THE MOST was the Kirin (Japanese Unicorn). So, my spouse got it for me, for Christmas.
I also wanted a Unicorn (Western European) but THEY SOLD OUT LITERALLY the day, to the minuet, my friend was about to purchase it for me. So, he got me the Griffin instead.
You will noticed that I painted all of my figurines dark on a black base. Well I am Black UniGryphon. I also went with some Purplish colors as well, and painted my Kirin to be similar to a mother of pearl, but I hand painted it to appear that way, since I couldn't get the dark iridescent mother of pearl. I did, however, purchase REAL nacre which is REAL mother of pearl, made from real shells and pearls.I has some of that on the white parts.
Also, to note on the Kirin (unicorn) are the hooves.
When I was younger, my grandfather had a horse (named King) and his hooves were black. So, when I grew up drawing horses & unicorns, I always drew all horses and (white) unicorns with BLACK hooves (or since it was the 1980s, it was the popular Metallic GOLD).
But, when I was a teenager in High school, I found some artists which painted, or illustrated, unicorns that they would paint with ivory white hooves. So, when BLACK Unicorns became briefly popular in the mid 1990s, I ESPECIALLY liked the look of the WHITE alicorn (horn) with white hooves on the Black Unicorns. So, ever since, I do ALL unicorns with ivory white hooves (and alicorn/horn). It's kinda my signature.
When it came to doing the hooves on the Kirin, I actually redid them several times, so as to be PERFECT, since I was SO PICKY! I had to scrape them a number of times, to get the old paint off, then repaint several times.
Then, I got a Winged Wolf.
I was VERY tempted to paint my Wolf white-ish, but when I was lacquering my Griffin & my Kirin, I was so pleased with my results that, I painted the wolf dark also.
I painted the wings (on the wolf) to be inspired by a type of Song Bird called a "Starling" in North America. A favorite of mine. Unfortunately, the colors don't show on the camera like the human eye can see. (Plus, it's winter, and I live in the North, so, not enough sunlight at the time I shot the photos.) So, I might try to photograph these again, outside, in the summer.
NOTE:
Now, there's a special note to tell about my paint job. I wanted something totally unique, and close to my inner vision (within my creative mind) so, I began looking up lacquers, and I found a special lacquer from JAPAN by Tamiya Color, that shines purple and Green in different angles. I'd never done this before, and had never heard of anyone else doing this.
The lacquer was actually specially formulated for plastic hand modeled, remote control, hobby racing cars' body paint finish.
It was a REALLY good move on my part. I would also like to paint some 2nd versions of the same figurines, in white base colors in the future (if I can ever eventually get to afford doing that).
What's interesting about getting a Windstone Editions' PYO is the company's website, which allows you to upload photos of your painted figurine, for FREE.
What I also like about the website is that they often allow & encourage their staff artists to paint their own rare sculptures, and sell them on the site frequently.
It's a very lovely company.
If you're thinking about investing in the Windstone Editions PYOs, I would say it's definitely worth it. But, due to the high cost, I would recommend practicing on other figures 1st.
I actually practiced the entire Autumn on Dragons, to be confident enough, and sure enough, to paint my Windstone Editions PYO.
Yet to be finished Tribal Fusion Bellydancer Sketches
I was actually surprised at how much response I got over these, from the belly dance communities.
Altho', I DO have a gripe about 1/2 of the responses, since number of Bellydancers expect to be paid to dance, and make money doing so. However, those SAME dancers expected to just be able to USE my artwork FREE OF CHARGE or DEMAND me to:
A.) Do more for them FOR FREE, JUST BECAUSE THE LIKED IT.
B.) DO WHOLE ANIMATIONS FOR THEM FOR FREE, JUST BECAUSE THEY LIKED IT.
Drawing is NOT the SAME as dancing, let alone animation, FYI. It takes, practice, skills, and talent, especially if you like mine, that that would refer to MINE of the aforementioned.
Funny how YOU want to be paid, but REFUSE to pay for ME.
Since I was also depressed, I couldn't make myself finish them yet. But, also, because I am afraid of people stealing my artwork, AND MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT!
So, yes, I have mixed feelings, especially when the bellydance communities are usually very Hippy-ish, peace, love, community, helping each other out, looking out for the lil' guy, etc.
So, for this reason, I am forever more STICKING with my watermarks, logos, and GIANT CHINESE NAME STAMPS.
I understand that the whole concept of Chinese name stamps is a hard one to understand, even for me, because it's not based in Western logic, It's Chinese/Taoist stuff. They often use use HUGE stamps, often several, and it might not make any sense to a Westerner, in fact they don;t even need to fit with the layout of the picture. I've asked SOOOOOO many Chinese art Teachers, and Masters in China, and no one can explain it, they just say, it's a Chinese way, or it;s just Chinese stuff.
This was a popular Tribal Fusion costuming style a few years ago:
By 2011 the long hair, like Cabaret belly dance started to become popular, and bled through into the costuming fashion, where as before it was usually up-doos.
I have ALWAYS liked the Oriental, and exotic themed artwork, everything from Star Trek, to Gogo dancers, to night club & Ravers, or Gypsies, and fairies.
If you were to flip through my sketchbook from middle school, you would see the same theme. I just feel that women are beautiful.
A large influence for this was American Comic books, especially Marvel Comics, Disney, vintage Hollywood films, Science Fiction films & TV shows, most especially Star Wars & Star Trek (ALL OF THEM), but I also LOVED to watch Xena; Warrior Princess, and Hercules.
I also liked strange Hong Kong films, and even some Japanese cartoons. And, MTV too.
Here are just a few simple sketches I did a few years ago:
Exposé: Eric S. Sycz A.K.A. sycz33 FRAUD Hack "artist"
Intro:
I'm publishing this exposé to expose someone for the fraud, hack they truly are.
As an artist, I have spent my ENTIRE life since I was a child to develop my skills, work with my own natural talents, and I have worked VERY hard on many of my REAL artwork. I'm also a mentor, and a teacher, and I've created numerous tutorials and help materials since the internet became a popular mainstream household item in my own country, let alone the world. I have done countless good deeds, and charitable gestures for FREE, because I believe in the better side of humanity, art, science, education, philosophy, and more. And, I generally don't even ask for anything in return.
I'm also usually very lenient on my fans. (And, sure, I've had some crazy mis fortunate interactions with some unhealthy fans in the past, but that's a whole other story.) But, I generally don't sue my fans.
Let's face it, there's always going to be fan kids that use my work for their RPGs, maybe even change the colors, or post 'em in their New Ager message boards... You know what, that's OK, I can let that slide. I'm NOT going to sue some kids. And, it's not like they're making money off of me without paying me, right? It's more like borrowing it because they loved my art... Yeah, I get that...
I also am pretty decent with my fans & admirers. I've often licensed my art/publishing for artists to use my line art to practice coloring, or I've even instructed people to try tracing a picture of mine a few times to help their brain understand it a little better.
You know, that's all fine. Education, and so on... That's what we call "Fair Use" it's legal, and I permit it. In fact, It makes me happy when people like my work. I worked so hard my whole life as an artist.
But, now, I'm going expose this person Eric S. Sycz A.K.A. sycz33 as the FRAUD he is!
This person, Eric S. Sycz likes to publish pictures, and claim he is the artist whom created them.
But, sad day for you, because I'm here to PROVE this guy is a Photoshop HACK!
This guy took clippings of my artwork, and NOT just ANY of my works, but from 1 of my MASTER PIECES of my ENTIRE LIFE'S WORK CAREER as an ARTIST, then did a Frankenstein hack job with MY ART, and spliced it all together in Photoshop and claimed it was HIS art!
It's My line art!
Not only this, but he might also be using other artists' work whom I don't even know about YET!
You know what? Eric, if you wanna claim "Artistic Interpretation" that's one thing, and yeah, it's legal... but, that's what "Pop Artists" and "Modern Artists" do. But, at least they own up to it, and tell everyone that's what they're doing! But, you went and claimed it was ALL YOU!
And, now, I shall proceed to rip you to shreds!
I got your name!
I got your E-bay Profile!
I got Your Flickr Profile!
I got your alias!
I got your stats!
And, now, I get to teach everyone, and all the people I've mentored about what NOT to do!
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Eric S. Sycz A.K.A. sycz33
It first came to my attention from a pretty nice friend of mine, someone I'd mentored since she was a young person whom I love dearly, that someone was using my art. Now, I get this sort of thing from concerned friends at least a few times a year. If it's someone selling my art, or claiming to be me but isn't, I snuff it out rather quickly, if it's fan kids (which are generally harmless) I just have a look into it, then I generally let it slide.
But, this was something altogether a whole other ballgame.
So, I'm gonna "Santorum" this guy! (If you know what I mean. If not, Google it.)
The first thing which I found was this link right HERE:
From HERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/sycz33/
It's from the Furry/Anthro (see anthropomorphic) Community. A website which gives a free internet publishing & socializing experience to people of the Furries Fandom.
(A Community of which I still very much love, referring to "Furries", and I've also done artwork of this type/style before, including as a dealer in the convention known as Anthoro Con)
But, that's the beginning of this guy's mistake. I'm still friends with lots & lots of Furries, and they're REAL artists like me too!
So, let's take a look at this guy's profile stats:
He has self professed to list his "Artist Type" as "Photographer"
See:
Artist Type: Photographer
A Photographer, huh? As in You know how to use Photoshop?
That's interesting!
Oh, and for "Mood" he's listed as "Grateful"
Really?
Could it be he's grateful he knows how to use Photoshop and dupe everyone into thinking He's a some really great artist?
Hmmm... Could be...
So, if you're a Photographer, then WHY all these sketches?
Now, let's look at the main image in question:
Now, doesn't THIS look somehow familiar to you somehow?
It looked pretty familiar to my friend... wonder why?
Well, not ONLY does it look familiar to her, but it looks familiar to ME!
That's 1 of my Master Pieces! 1 of my best Commissions I EVER worked on! It's sort of something I'm, oh what's the word...???? ....um... oh, yeah! It's kind of 1 of those things I'm famous for... (on the internet)
Yeah... a REALLY great Couple commissioned me to do a series of GRYPHON artwork for their soccer team (because they do coaching) and then they had BUS Decal Graphics MADE for the their team's bus!
They also still own the originals, and I still reserve my right to publish & sell prints of it.
Now, hold on now... Let's examine & scrutinize this a bit further...
When you look at the wings, compared to the body, doesn't the linework look different? You know what it looks like to me? It looks like my line art! But, Photoshopped!
It also looks like other pieces of art hacked up and reassembled Frankenstein style in Photoshop! Maybe, that's because it probably is!
Fascinating! It says HERE that Eric DOES use Photoshop! It also lists his name "Eric" his alias "Sycz33", his birth date. (apparently he's older than I am... so wouldn't he know better? One might assume so...)
Not ONLY does he use Photoshop, but he uses CGI POSER! You know why????
Because he's a HACK!
(Oh, I'm sorry... for those whom never studied computer animation, "Poser" is a 3D/CGI Animation Program which already has pre-modeled figures, that you really don't so much "animate" as much as you "choreograph" when you're a SHITTY ARTIST and couldn't be bothered to actually model your own animated characters! Then, the program & the computer does all the work for you... except it also LOOKS shitty, fake, and everyone will laugh about you behind your back whom can actually use a 3D program. Yeah, so Poser user = Hack)
Now, when it comes to art, it's normal for an artist to be "inspired by" another artist, another artists' work, and so on. That's normal, and that's fine. There's also when you like someone's style and try to learn how to draw the way they do... you know, education!
But, something you NEVER want to do is take credit for someone else's work. This is how you get yourself black listed.
In Journalism, you are supposed to cite your references, and we have such things as bibliographies, references, and so on. Otherwise we get into something known as plagiarism. That's why you should always cite your sources. (That's ALSO why there's SO many friggin' credits at the end of films!) It just correct.
And, hey, I'm all for "remixing" and "re-imagining", and creating new content from old content... but, you still gotta list the credit for your sources, your references, and so on. It also helps alot more when you ask permission...
That's what I do. I even credit people whom just slightly inspire me. I've even credited things that inspired me even when my new work is nothing at all like the things which inspired me.
But, do you see ANYWHERE on here where he cites me? He never mentions me, he never cites me, no links, no credits, NOTHING!
If you go to Google and type in "Dynamic Wings" Guess who comes up!
ME! "Black UniGrphon"! That's ME!
Front page!
In fact, if you type in "Gryphon" into Google klick "search" then klick on "Images" My exact SOCCER Gryphon comes up in the TOP searches! It's #18 on the 3rd row, in the 1st search!
Not only THAT but the original images I made of these, including the W.I.P.s have my NAME & Alias ALL OVER THEM! So, you can;t claim you forgot the name (mine) and lost it somehow... it's deliberate! Deliberate 'cause you're a hack!
Funny how you like to just disregard that...
Now, lets look at the description he wrote:
"Polar Bear God God of all Bears
I made this one with a 75 years old drawing Leads from 1935
My" GOD i Love my Art work!
P.s for all my Watchers you are going to love the next one i am doing.
But, it gets even better! I'm not even done yet!"
Oh??? So it's antique "leads", huh? As in Graphites?
Funny thing about Graphite is that THOSE are kinda blackish... but, THIS is Brown! It's FUNNY because it's PHOTOSHOP!!!!
Then he goes on to say ,to God, how he LOVES his ARTWORK! No, I think you LOVE Photoshop! And, those wings are MINE! You didn't even bother to change them!
Not only that, but their proportions and angles don't even match the figure! YOU FAIL!
Then, finally, he tells his "watchers" that if they like this one that they'll LOVE the next one!
Oh, yeah, dude! I am SOOOOOO going to LOVE THIS! (In fact I've seen "the next one"!)
What I love the MOST about it is how I get to rip you to shreds with my Gryphon talons, online for all to see! FOREVER!
If you klick on his gallery you can find OTHER images he "created".
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/sycz33/
You can also find images of his pet dogs.
And, when you look at the different images, you can kind of start to notice there's no 1 particular style... I honestly wonder whether they're all some sort of hack-job of so many other artists' work, then slapped into this gallery and he sits back and claims it's all him who did it... I actually can notice there's some pictures that remind me of other artists, one I know, and it really vexes me!
(Keep in mind, this guy isn't even claiming to be a Pop Artist, or a Modern Artist. that's what those kinds of artists do. It's also legal. But, they own up to it... this guy still is claiming it's all him!)
But, also you can find yet ANOTHER series of W.I.P.s of a NEW hack-job he's doing, again with my wings!
This time, you can CLEARLY see he used tracing paper! (Yes, I know how to use tracing paper, I'm a traditional animator, and I know what it looks like when it's transferred onto paper which it clearly has been done HERE! I also HATE tracing paper! I like doing REAL art, because it looks BETTER!)
But, what's this??? The SAME BEAR HEAD! Exactly THE SAME!
Look, you're REALLY making yourself look BAD! It's all you!
OK, here! Let me show you something interesting!
In his NEWEST hack job using yet again MY WINGS, and Not crediting me, and also using tracing paper, he's also using THE EXACT SAME BEAR HEAD! THE SAME HEAD! And, THE SAME Mistake on THE WINGS!
You can find the W.I.P.s here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5602132/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5590108/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5584665/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5574124/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5568719/
Oh! AND, WHO WANTS TO TAKE A WILD GUESS IF HE CITES OR CREDITS ME FOR anything?
HOW 'BOUT SOME CREDIT FOR MAYBE ANOTHER ARTIST? MAYBE???
UM... THAT'LL BE A NO!
Now, let's move on to some more digging I did.
Turns out he's ALSO got a new account on Deviant Art!
Wow! Guess what Eric! That's my turf! I'm all up in there! And, so are my friends! Real artists, and Real Photographers!
Oh, check it out!
http://ericbear.deviantart.com/
( See also: http://sycz33.deviantart.com/ )
So, remember those dogs in his gallery? You know, the photos!
Yeah! Found this guy on Flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20669440@N02/
You can see more photos of his dogs, and you can also find figures of BEARS on a table, or framed art of BEARS on the walls...
So you're "type" of artist is a "Photographer"..... but you're shooting on an HP PhotoSmart R607??? Are you kidding me???
Honestly, I think you're Photography is so-so... But, I'm no Pro... yet, I'm sure I know at least a few things....
Hmmmm..... I'm wondering if MAYBE you might not be a Photographer either.... You just really like the Photoshop...
Now, here's the BEST part!
Eric! I found your E-Bay account... inactive as it is... But, quite an interesting bit of data we have here!
Well, scroll through this guy's stats! You can see that he QUITE often not only sold things, but also BOUGHT things! Over a period from 2005-2007.
So, you don't have a problem paying people for goods, or services then, do you Eric? Well, you didn't seem to have a problem with it back then... (The economy wasn't so great back then either... so, what made you stop?)
Hey, I'm not asking for money or anything... but, I find that SOOOOO very INTERESTING that you're willing to actually pay for things, and even sell things yourself... but, when it comes to art... you not only won't pay, but Steal it, then claim it as ALL YOU! Couldn't even pay me my due by mentioning me in the credits... oh no...
That's OK, because you're PAYING FOR IT NOW!
See, there's this little thing called Credibility, and I'm kinda funny about that! Turns out most people are!
I wonder how many OTHER artists you did a Frankenstein hack-job with! {:-? Well, I guess they're all about to find out, NOW! Won't they?
Good luck getting a job someday! You know when Employers are hiring, they search your name on Google....
I wonder what they'll find....
Hmmmmm....
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Conclusion:
Now, I hope that all of those whom I have mentored, and my mutual artists friends will learn about what NOT to do, if they don't already know.
The moral of the story is: DON'T be an Eric S. Sycz33!
Thank you to all of my fellow artist friends for all your support!
And, I hope you guys have as much fun with this guy, and passing this around as I am!
}:-)
My ART is MY WORLD! And, in MY WORLD I am King Odysseus!
And, I have appeared to restring my bow and smite you with my arrows of Truth!
(Referring to: "The Odyssey" A famous Ancient Epic written by Homer in Ancient Greece.)
You can lie all you want, and pretend all you want. But deep down inside you will always know YOU will NEVER be ME!
ONLY I Am The Black UniGryphon!
And, now so many artists emulate MY style since I started publishing it (and my gryphons) from 1999 on! No one can ever touch that, nor take that from me! I challenge my own limits, and I helped people/artists to challenge theirs. You just took what was mine, hacked it up and tried to be me!
You are just a donkey in a Bear skin.
But I am the reality...
Ok, the Goddess of Disillusionment has left the building...
Whoah!
Generally, when you see my artwork, you will notice that the human figure of a woman, is usually my character "Lively".
