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Published: 2008-03-27 23:35:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 36573; Favourites: 1271; Downloads: 352
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.***Please follow me on Instagram instagram.com/ballistyc/ for new work***
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Is birth the first day of your life,
or the first day of your death???
I like the idea of things being cyclical...
made with super sculpey
colours enhanced in photoshop
I had trouble deciding on the title. I went through a few;
- Suffer the little children to come unto Me
- Gently Weeps (Beatles reference...)
- Cain and Abel
I decided on calling it "Infected" as a reference to a term I hear being used quite often in science fiction movies to describe non-humans or the diseased. Although either of those Biblical titles would have been great too.
CLICK HERE and GO HERE for drawings I later made
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Update (02/04/09)
I took some new photos of this piece at a better resolution and I also entered it into the Spectrum 16 book. www.spectrumfantasticart.com/
Hopefully it'll get selected.....
here's how it looked before cghub.com/files/Image/2389/larβ¦
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Comments: 463
This is strange but amazing..
I don't even know what to think .3.
Just.. strange and amazing.
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Thanks! All thoughts are valid...so not knowing what to think is fine..ha
Sorry about my really late reply
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...um...thanks....I think...
...haha
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It kind of makes me think of abortions... is that weird...?
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...nah...that's not weird...
Is it weird that I don't think it's weird?
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Thank you! I appreciate the comment.
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Hey, just curious, but how large is this?
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It's 6 inches.....15 cm.
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Thanks man (:
Must be tough to sculpt such details on something that small. You rock!
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Awesomely disturbing! Great sculpture.
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Oh thank you!
You have a fantastic gallery by the way.
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I'm sure there are some surgical tools that could help you out with that problem...haha
Thanks!
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...of course you would like it,
with a user name like yours...haha
Thanks!
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You kind of contradicted yourself there...but it's all good...ha
Thanks! I'm glad it makes you feel that way.
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Hahaha you're totally right, same to you 
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haha...thank you!
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by the way your gallery is really nice!
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This is awesome! I love your work man!
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Oh thanks!
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thanks!
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paaslkaksakksaks
AWESOME! O____O can't avoid to stare
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Oh I'm glad it holds your attention.
I hope it forever stays in your mind as well...haha
...I don't know what "paaslkaksakksaks" means though,
but thanks!
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lol, the sound that came out of me due the astonishment!
like, wordless 
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I usually try and say WHY I like something when I fave it. This is super original. I love how it's kinda creepy/grungy looking and I love the subject matter. Did it get selected for Spectrum 16? I've been an avid collector of those books for years, I have them all. Wonderful collection, I sincerely hope to see your work in there someday.
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Wow, thanks!
Sadly this wasn't accepted into Spectrum 16. I'm not sure if it was result
them not liking the piece, or if it was because the image I sent was too
small, or maybe because if never arrived on time...anyway my point is
I wish I could've known the reason. However I did get accepted into
Spectrum 17. If you've got that copy mine is the sculpture entitled 'The Martyr'.
It was my take on Humpty Dumpty....the piece is also in my gallery if you're
interested.
I'm actually working on a sequel to this piece at this moment.
I'm hoping it'll be as memorable as this piece...
I'll also be submitting it this year into Spectrum...
....and I'm aiming for that Gold Award...haha
Thanks again for the favourite!
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I've been following the Spectrum books since I discovered issue 7 in high school, though I've caught up on all of them. It's a shame they don't tell you why you weren't accepted, that might at least make your chances better for next year. Sounds like they took the money and ran. One day, maybe next year, I'll submit something. I don't think I'm good enough yet, though I've been studying anatomy and perspective pretty hardcore lately and I think it shows in my more recent sketches. I've been inspired by a few other artist friends of mine to start putting more emotion in my work like I used to, rather than just, "Eh, cute pin up." I'd also need a cooler concept than just a pin up, something more original and thought provoking or quirky, and I think I have a few good ideas for that too...
I did see Martyr in 17. When I first saw it, I thought it was weird that he had no face. I thought the artist might be lazy, or didn't know how to sculpt faces (but had no problem sculpting the male body!). Then I thought maybe it wass supposed to be a reference to a man who didn't know who he was. Then I read the title and realized it was supposed to be Humpty Dumpty and it all made perfect sense. Why didn't you make him sitting on a wall, if you don't mind my asking? Or with a crack in his head and egg yolk coming out? That might have made the Humpty Dumpty reference a bit more obvious... maybe more obvious than what you wanted. Forgive my ramblings.
I can't wait to see what you do as a sequel to Iinfect. Is it another two fetus style thing? A baby fetus ouroboros would rock. The skeleton swallowing the legs of the fleshy baby and the fleshy baby eating the bones of the skeleton baby in a semi-circle thing. The bony baby can have something coming out of it's torso... a snake binding them together. A noose. A little warm glowing orange light. Make that a nightlight. You could do a series..... I dunno, I have a lot of ideas lately, I don't know how big you make these things or what's possible. I'm a 2D artist, I don't know anything about sculpture and I'm no good at it.
But I did doodle a pretty cool fetus ouroboros with a gas mask I'm gonna tattoo on my elbow one day. (If you're interested
I saw Your Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum sculpture too, that's amazing. I love the details, the veins running down the leg and the twisted positions. Alice in Wonderland has always been one of my favorite stories, since I was a little girl. I have a tattoo sleeve started of my version of the characters... it's been a work in progress for around 4 years now. (When you work 60-70 hours a week in a tattoo shop, you don't want to stay on your own time and get tattooed.) Anyway, I really look forward to seeing what else you do in your Wonderland series. I love seeing different people's versions of the characters, especially when the characters are creepy.
Hope the week finds you relaxed and creative...
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That's pretty brutal....
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um...thanks?...I think...ha
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I signed up for dA just so I could comment on this peice of artwork. There are some very shocking images in this sculpture, all of which I am sure ou're aware of. The shock is what caught my attention. Your sculpture represents more than what you've put in your description.
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I certainly didn't want to have this be a passive experience.
I wanted to create imagery that would stay with people...
...be unforgettable....that's always my goal.
I'm glad it was enough to cause you to join and comment.
That's never happened before, and I feel quite honoured
that you would go through all that trouble...
thank you!
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well the short answer is I used my hands...
...I'm not sure what you were expecting me to say...
...Magic perhaps...haha
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Oh much appreciated!
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...I'm so scared that the poop in my pants went back into my butt.
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I just pooped a little...
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Possibly the most disturbing and original sculpture I have see as of yet. I love it. Sculpt on Brother.
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Oh wow, thanks a lot, man!
...and thanks also for favouriting this piece.
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I should have had faith in your skill baahahaha.
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Your welcome, and don't worry my computer is a good driver.
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