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Published: 2006-03-01 13:06:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 78296; Favourites: 1896; Downloads: 3197
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3 on ZeroPencil on hot press water color paper
30” x 22”
Although tightly observed shards of three broken light bulbs scattered on a metal ring, the whole composition and focus of this drawing is a nod to my love of abstraction. Even the category I am submitting in is abstraction although it’s a still-life as well.
Two of the bulbs had a white powder in them, when they shatter the white powder scratches off in strange and wonderful patterns. One of the bulbs was clear; it was quite a test to draw the complex transparencies of hundreds of shards with their distortion and complex values. My main challenge was dealing with the extreme low angle of light and shadow. I set this up on the floor of my studio and worked from a combination of photos and the real pieces of glass. It certainly took much longer then expected but what else is new. Now it’s off to a rare commission…
Thanks for looking
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I have included this work as a feature for "Traditional Surrealist Treasures of 2006"...do come and see it...and dont forget to fav the News so that we will get our much deserved exposure...click and fav on this link---->[link]
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amazing.
everything you draw looks so SO real.
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thats insane. i would like to do something like this one day
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I thought cameras could do this only! Im shocked! congrat!!
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Such an incredible job on an insanely detailed and tough-to-convey image. Rendering glass is always difficult, but doing it so well with all of the broken edges and pieces seen thru it is just mindblowing. Masterful work.!
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Amazing Armin, I have worked with Pencils for about 40 Years and I must say I don't think any of My work Compares. What type of Pencils do you use? And Where Can I get them? And if its not too much trouble why the Circlular Shape? Best Wishes - Gerald
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At first I thought this was a photo. It literally made my jaw drop. I'm very impressed.
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Your skill exceeds everyone here on the site. Man!
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Very well done. I like your choice to do an abstract image from a still life. It worked out well.
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i like your brain storming drawings than your portraits.. because these kind of works make us to "think".. thank u..
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woa scheiße!!! toll! der wahnsinn... kann gar nich aufhören draufzustarren.... oO
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Very nice.
Reminds me of Nick Bantock somewhat.
Which is definetely a good thing.
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ahhh it hurts, it's so good. great composition and subject~
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Armin Sir, I wil, I swear I will, I will try to work a large scale of drawing in the future!!!! just because of you!!!
Paul
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Paul bigger isn’t always better you know that! Hehehehehe
Saying that I am going to do a 6foot bulb drawing next winter the scale interests me, so what’s up with East/West I am waiting to come to Hong Kong.
Armin
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hey Armin,
Once again wonderful work. I can never get enough of this type of drawings. hehe...been away from DA for a few months, now I'm officially back.
Now I can harrass you anytime (even if you don't post), can't get rid of me.
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If I didn't love your work so much I might hate you for the amount of talent that has been imbued within your human shell...
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Wow.. you are a genius. I always love your artworks.. and this is something awesome. I wish I have a talent like this to draw like this. 
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this deserves to be a daily deviation... if i were a dA staff, i would do it immediately..
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Thanks Man I appreciate it!
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very nice, its interesting to me in the fact that, as an artist myself, or perhaps just an observant human, I want to try to make out figures in the reflections. Cool stuff as always, keep it up.
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Quite possibly better than a photo. Highly impressive!!!
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Shadows and shadows and shadows! Wonderfully complicated and executed....the patience that I am so limited on! With all that definition of parts, the one thing that must ring true is the printing on the light bulb and that would be the daunting thing if I had your talent
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Holy shit. This is incredible. I thought it was a photo when I first saw it. This is awesome man.
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As i pencil artist i am very curious as to why you use hot press watercolor paper. If you could maybe explain to me why that would be awesome. Id would like to try it but to get some requires a lot of work and if there is really no difference between that and the hot press board i am using then i dont want to bother.
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I've never seen such a realistic and perplex deviation! Amazing! I was shure that it was photo, unbelievable!
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Beautiful. . . Your compositions are so thoughtfully and carefully arranged. It is easy to see you put so much care and effort into your work. I love your recent journal entry as well! It made me feel a lot better about career choices that I have made that were needed to reinvigorate my love of my art. If you have any time I would love to hear what you think of my new work!
May the Forest be with you!
Caleb
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excellent idea and excellent performing. You are amazingly patient!!!
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As always, incredible work.
I've been wondering: Does it get tedious to draw with such detail? I can't imagine that it doesn't wear you down after a while, but these drawings don't show any loss of focus. How do you keep your head fresh while you work?
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Good questions, its all about challenging myself which may or may not be noticed by the viewer. For instance overlapping glass, clear glass over powdered glass, here you have the long shadows and that’s new to me. I have to make sure there are enough challenges and different approaches technique and conceptually to make it fresh. Some say gee Armin another broken light bulb, well yes and no, it a light bulb yes but loads of differences.
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i sit in awe, i am so consumed by the brilliance of this piece, its truely awe inspiring. Your talent is justly proclaimed as genious and i cant place words to even assume the role of worthy merit, as this piece is in the bluntest term "fucking mind blowing!"
-thank you, you have made my day!
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this is just incredibly amazing *-*, so well done, the shadows/lights are perfect....
seems like time stopted for a second...
kickass! xD
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