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Scene from the Emperor chapter of OrphiCity (the plot development flows through the archetypes of the tarot). This sort of plotline is mapped as a Pi spiral-sequence, beginning with Chapter 0 in The Fool (the longest scenic part of the story) and magnifying in intensity as the [hi] story spirals further into the center culminating in the last (?) chapter of The Trans-Worldly Universe (the shortest). The Uni-verse, the one word that began the story setting the orphic fool on his quest... for that word which he thought was lost to him, but was with him all the time... love. As within, so without... as below, and so above and beyond... the Uni-Verse is imagined into being... One-Love.Anyway, in this scene our tragic hero is running from the inquisitory belief-system police force, the Myrmidons. He has been becoming acquainted with how the The City is structured and governed. The scales of conflict are becoming clear to him, and begins to choose courses of action... as the army ant Myrmidons close in on his heels.
In each scene there are (will be) elements (subtle and not so) that inform the viewer further into the angles of meaning perrtaining to what is going on. In this image, you can see I have some stuff scribbled on the posters for examples' sake, but are not what will be there in the final product as this sort of fine elaboration becomes clear to me as the
story does. The part of the concept here is that the archiTEXTure of civilization communicates certain corresponding knowledge unbeknownst to most of its denizens.
This one, along with the other OC images will be worked with further within the next year... so, critique and comment is especially appreciated.
Painter, Photoshop, watercolor, 9 hours
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Comments: 11
ddrkonamix655 [2006-02-02 21:02:13 +0000 UTC]
ive been looking through your work, and i like it a lot. you have a very interesting style.. it seems as if each piece of yours gives off a distinct mood (hopefully the mood you were going for) well done
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MJWilliam [2006-01-27 05:38:24 +0000 UTC]
This is a great series, creates wonderful atmosphere. Love it.
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SidharthChaturvedi [2005-04-23 22:13:18 +0000 UTC]
The colors in this bring out the mood perfectly, I love the details on the street and the surrounding buildings. Doesn't seem like a place I'd want to be in. Nice work on the lighting near the man as well.
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monkeyeye [2005-04-23 17:26:53 +0000 UTC]
J'adore. This is beautiful as hell, the emotion is enormous and the little details make this so real.. The lighting hitting the wet walls looks very real. i can't but stare in awe. o_o
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breakdancingcat [2005-04-23 13:36:07 +0000 UTC]
You've got a lot of things going on in this piece that are done very well. I love it. I love the Angle and the perspective. The buildings are awesome. The shading, colors, tone quality is to die for. The realism. I wish there was something I could point out to tell you to work on, but you've got this style down.
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faroresama [2005-04-21 02:37:54 +0000 UTC]
mmm...lovely colors on the buildings. Creates great tone.
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