A Very Small Wizard

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

By Justin Gerard

A Very Small Wizard
Whom I offended when I met him on a path in the old forest. 
I kicked a stone at him and yelled, “stay out of my way! I’m a very important person with no time for little people who run about in their pajamas.”
He ducked the stone and mumbled a wild curse. Then disappeared among the leaves.  
When I got home I had a terrible case of poison ivy. 

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    awesome character Justin!!! 🙂

    Vanja

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    Great Job!!
    I'm currently working on a drawing with a young mage myself, but yours is much cuter and has a cooler staff 🙂

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    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this story is fabricated, but I believe the poison ivy part. Regardless, that drawing is great!

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    Haha! Great story! And a nice character design. You know what they say… “Pride goeth before a… case of poison ivy”!

    -Will

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    It does not like midnight snacks, and avoids getting wet when possible.

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    Hahaha he looks awesome! I like the backstory as well 😀

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    May that teach you an essential lesson- in our (RPG) world shoot on sight…talk later.If it's targetable it dies 😀 Nerdfest m/
    Great design btw + almost byblical expresion

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    fantastic little guy!
    story is great too! that explains how you never see the poison ivy, but it always get's ya…

    curious, about how much time did it take you to bust this little guy out? 🙂

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    What a fabulous little jewel!

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    LOL, it looks like a Gremlin indeed

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    Oh and by the way, congrats on your getting chosen as a Spectrum finalist! Good luck with that.

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    Why you always gotta call me out on my stories Brundage?

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    AHHHHH I was channelling my childhood again!

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    Video Game Logic is always the best logic.

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    Hmmm…. I wasn't keeping track of the exact hours, but I worked off and on for 2 days on it.

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    Very cute! Love the eyes, clothing, staff, general design but its the 'flattened' aspect of the tail that is best. Wonderful work!

    Vinegar is supposed to help with poison ivy 😉

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    Thanks man! I'm really honored to be in there.

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    i like this concept. Thanks for sharing this!
    cheers..

    look like little kung fu teacher/monk

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    He is wonderful! With the temper of a hobbit (imo)! Does he have a sidekick?

    And congrats on the Spectrum honour!

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    This is fantastic, I love the colors!