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Big mac meal (revisited)
Published: 2012-05-30 00:05:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 16979; Favourites: 439; Downloads: 136
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This is an older piece I have re-worked and added the abstract effect. I feel the piece has a lot more vitality now that the characters identity is hidden. Ideally at the time I created this piece in 2010 I wanted to depict someone without identity (just a consumer for McDonalds idea). However with this effect I have captured the ambiance of the McDonalds 'arena' I wanted originally back in 2010.. I am happy with it now
I am looking at the contrast between hyper-realism and complete abstract forms. The way the mind obtains visual information with faultless obedience at the same time can throw it into ignorance with the minds eye.
The subconscious vs the conscious on an intuitive level of the mind, to see a complete picture without incomprehension is unrealistic.
The aesthetic of my new work looks at the hand in hand projection of the minds thought process combined with the visualization gathered from the eye alone.
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Comments: 79
jajaja, at my first glance I thought "wtf is just a bad cellphone photo with some stains on it Β‘this doesn't belong in DA! wait, no... omg is a painting... woooow"
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i wonder if you made the color mix on the painting or if you are painting over another painting
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Well as others are saying it looks like a real photo until u look at the man closely amazing job!
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I don't know which is cooler, the fact that it took me the longest time to realize this was a painting, not a photograph (holy crap! that's crazy good! Mind Blown!!) or that McDonalds has Aero McFlurries! Yum!!
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I thought this was taken until someone pointed that out. xDDDDD
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WHOAAAAAAAAA i thought this was a photo
gj with the painting ~
and congrats on the DD ~!
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Cool. I like how you add a little abstract part into it!
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=O I thought it was a photograph, too. Holy wow.
...And where the heck do they have Aero McFlurries?! I MUST KNOW. >:3
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Ooooh, they are SO lucky. ._. I wish my brother's British friend could mail me one, lol. I was so thankful when Hershy introduced Air Delights...been craving aerated chocolate since my first Aero Bar 4-6 years ago. e__x
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wow thats a drawing?! D8
i could swear it was a picture,i had to look VERY closely to see it wasnt
very nicely fucking done
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When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought this was just a photograph. Then I saw the "Bacon"esque distortion of the face and realized this was a painting. Then I wondered if that was actually ketchup smeared all over. Then I questioned people's relationship to consumer goods and individual identity. Surrounded by so much mass produced signs and products, I long for a human connection. This is more pronounced once I am denied this satisfaction. A very successful painting.
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For a good while I thought someone vomited on you or you smeared something gross over a photo. Then I realized it was a painting. Amazing work man. I like how the smear was planned to show your self confidence. You knew this painting would look amazingly photo realistic so you deliberately planned to put that smear to throw off the viewer. Again, amazing work. This piece will be favorited for sure.
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I dun get what I'm lookin at. Nice painting though ; )
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For the longest time I thought this was a photo with a painting on top but after awhile I realized this was a painting. You have done an amazing job if this looks very realistic.
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Wait! His identity is obscured? I know plenty of people who look just like that.
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If you wanted to really cover the identity of this person, I would suggest covering the face entirely (all but the ears) with these blotches of paint because I'm still able to somewhat identify the subject. From my observation I can tell this man is an Asian, perhaps Chinese, so it seems. As it is now it couldn't be seen as just a McDonalds customer since the hairstyle and physique of the face does not meet that 'just any McDonalds customer' quality you were going for.
Despite that it's an interesting picture nonetheless.
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I didn't want to be so vehement in my approach to covering his face that directly. I want it to feel and act random like an outside source is invading the canvas. That is the reason why the spillage pursues down his jumper and into an unknown background space. It is supposed to avoid direct identity but at the same time not devoid from spontaneity and just make it look like I covered his face on purpose. It has to look like a accident and I feel I achieved this with this image.
Thanks for your comments
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The looking like an accident bit was not explained in your Artist's comment, which lead me to believe as stated in my previous comment, you were going for a more 'just any McDonalds' customer quality. Since you cleared this up it makes more sense now so I would say, yes, you achieved what you were going for.
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I was like wtf is this?
and then I was like OH MY HOLY FFF----!!!
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Thought it was just a photo. Started to read the comments, realized it was a painting.
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I was all like '>A> how the eff did he manage that effect...?'
Then all of a sudden I realised this was a painting.
All I could think of was:
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OH MY GOD. THIS IS A PAINTING?!?!?!!? Its so very detailed!
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The whole time I read the description I thought it was a photo. Then I saw what the featurer said and realized it was a painting!
I espicially like the window behind the man and the containers. The light and reality is amazing. Bravo!
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I thought it was just some guy holding a piece of plastic with red splotches on it but.. oh my god its a painting.
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Damn. At first glance I was like "what's on this photo (the red thing covering the guy's face)? How was it edited." etc. But then I was like "omg, it's a painting!" D:
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That's a PAINTING? How does one do this? You are amazing, my friend. No, amazing doesn't quite cut it. You are a GOD. Well deserved DD.
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My first thought when I thought this was a photo was, "How does one manage that!?"
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woah! i thought this was a photo!!!
you have some amazing skills!
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this is awesome, maybe 'awesome' doesn't do justice actually,, it's a piece of art that bonds together two totally deferent norms, realism and abstract , to support the great theme of the painting: glossy mass production in relation to loose identity. My congratulations for the DD
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Beautiful work! You depicted your idea very nicely! 
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From the thumb, I thought it was a photo of a guy getting food thrown in his face. That would of made a fun picture... but I like your concept a lot!
Damn good painting.
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WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW thought this was a photo!
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Beautiful work. Their fries are da bombbbbbb!
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WOW, impressive!! I thought this was a photograph with aptly placed smudges on it. I need more sleep.
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Congrats for the DD, you really deserve it, dear 
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OMG OMG It's PAINTED!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS AMAZING!!!!! *noob here*
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this is the first dd i have seen in a long time that i think really deserves it
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Oh my God.. I was like, "Hm, interesting photo.", but then I realized it was a drawing and I was like 
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I really thought this was a photo! Great job with the details
As for whatever it is that's covering his face, it kinda looks just a litttllleee like someone got angry & threw a burger in his face... Or maybe a soda.. Not quite sure what exactly you were going for there, but other than that I really like this
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I thought this was a photo.....
You had me fooled.
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Just admit it, you took a picture of your friend at McD and accidentally held it with ketchup/mayonnaise dirty fingers! >8O
Awesome job acrylics?
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