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DanGref — Pyramidal madness!

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Published: 2017-06-08 11:27:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 1226; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 3
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Guess who's back! Yes, it's me! Your great and awesome HTTYD (and not only) fan: dragon raiser and crazy artist!
Dan Gref himself!
But lets gentle this wild exhilaration. Being honest, I won't be so active at DA as before and it might happens that you won't see my new arts and comments for few months, so... in fact, there won't change much here. I just want to show you all - if anybody still remember me, at all; net has a short memory - "a sign of life"; that I'm OK, I'm alive and fine (generally...) and I'm still artistically-active. And that's all.

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So for this time, I would like to show something small, but also huge at once. Some time ago I have made a small gift for my new friend, who I'm met in my new home, where - as you might remember - I have moved almost 2 years ago. She made so much for me, and her private life was at that time very complicated and sad, so I've decided to give her a kid of amulet, which would put into her life a little bit of "positive energy". So I've decided to make a craft - miniature of The Cheops Pyramid from Giza. It had been made in scale 1:3600 from white limestone, polished at the... concrete paving slab. That work was long and very hard! I have to be very precise to keep all proportions at the scale. So, my pyramid is 40.7mm high, square base is 64mm long and the slope angel is, just like in original monument, almost 52°. I have painted it red to one-third of its height, cause original pyramid was covered in red granite to one-third of its height; rest was covered in white polished limestone, and the top - pyramidion (capstone) - was covered by gold sheet, so I've painted my "capstone" by gold paint. I have also add something from myself - at the one side, I've carver a hierogliphe: Eye of Ra.

It looks great and my friend was happy when she get it. And, by the way, it works! Her life changed for better, so maybe that "voodoo" is not so stupid?

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Zgadnijcie kto wrócił! Tak, to ja! Was wielki i wspaniały fan HTTYD (i nie tylko): hodowca smoka i szalony artysta! Dan Gref we własnej osobie! Ale poskromcie tę euforię. Szczerze mówiąc, nie będę już tak aktywny na DA jak niegdyś i będzie się zdarzać, że nie będziecie widzieć moich nowych prac i komentarzy przez kilka miesięcy, więc... po prawdzie, dużo się nie zmieni. Chce po prostu dać wam - jeśli jeszcze ktoś o mnie pamięta; sieć ma krótką pamięć - "znak życia"; że jestem OK, wciąż żyje i jest u mnie w porządku (generalnie...) no i wciąż jestem aktywny artystycznie. I tyle.

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A więc, tym razem chciałbym pokazać wam coś małego, ale również wielkiego, zarazem. Jakiś czas temu wykonałem mały prezent dla mojej nowej znajomej, która poznałem w nowym domu, gdzie - jak może pamiętacie - przeprowadziłem się niemal 2 lata temu. Zrobiła dla mnie tak wiele a jej życie osobiste w tamtym czasie był bardzo skomplikowane i smutne, więc zdecydowałem żeby dać jej rodzaj amuletu, który wprowadzi w jej życie odrobinę "dobrej energii". Zdecydowałem więc wykonać małą rzeźbę - miniaturę Wielkiej Piramidy Cheopsa z Gizy. Zrobiłem ją w skali 1:3600 z białego wapienia wypolerowanego na... betonowej płytce chodnikowej. Ta praca była bardzo długa i trudna. Musiałem być bardzo dokładny aby zachować wszystkie proporcje w skali. tak więc, moja piramidka ma 40,7mm wysokości, kwadratowa podstawa ma 64mm długości a kąt nachylenia ścian, tak jak w oryginalnym monumencie, ma prawie 52°. Pomalowałem ją na czerwono do jednej trzeciej wysokości, ponieważ oryginalnie piramida była obłożona czerwonym granitem do jednej trzeciej wysokości; resztę pokrywał polerowany, biały wapień, a wierzchołek - piramidion (kamień wieńcowy) - pokryty był złotą blachą, więc pomalowałem mój wierzchołek złotą farbą. Dodałem też coś od siebie - na jednej ze ścian wyryłem hieroglif: Oko Ra.

Wyszło świetnie i moja przyjaciółka była szczęśliwa gdy jej dałem tą piramidkę. I, tak na koniec, podziałało! jej życie zmieniło się na lepsze, więc może to "voodoo" nie jest takie głupie?

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Comments: 22

xerion567 [2017-07-14 23:49:32 +0000 UTC]

Hey there! Welcome back to the community!

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DanGref In reply to xerion567 [2017-07-17 12:31:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm happy to be here again too.

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DracoGale [2017-06-13 18:54:32 +0000 UTC]

Duuuude, this is amazing O_O

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DanGref In reply to DracoGale [2017-06-16 14:43:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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DracoGale In reply to DanGref [2017-06-25 19:35:19 +0000 UTC]

No prob!

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PGwainbenn [2017-06-10 16:14:20 +0000 UTC]

Great to know, that you are back and well!
And that's one nice present, you made for her! A lot of thought and work went into it and it looks beautifull!
Welcome back!

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DanGref In reply to PGwainbenn [2017-06-12 10:57:35 +0000 UTC]

I'm happy to be here again too. You know... I'm back only "formally"; I can not be so active as before now. But I'm glad that I would be able to watch your amazing arts again, my dear! So many thing have happened here since my last visit - there is what to watch!

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TheAdventureDragon [2017-06-09 15:30:26 +0000 UTC]

Hi Dan! I was thinking so many times about you when you were gone, I wondered what are you doing. And now you are back! I am really happy!

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DanGref In reply to TheAdventureDragon [2017-06-12 10:58:43 +0000 UTC]

I was thinking about you all, all the time! I'm back - that's true. But unfortunately I won't be co active as before. But be sure that I will watch your new arts with pleasure!

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TheAdventureDragon In reply to DanGref [2017-06-12 13:38:47 +0000 UTC]

I hope you like the arts I made while you were away. By the way, will you continue Dragonera soon?

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DanGref In reply to TheAdventureDragon [2017-06-16 14:48:20 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure I will love them! I just need a little bit of time to watch everything... I will think about Dragonera, but being honest I don't think so. Priorities have shifted...

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TheAdventureDragon In reply to DanGref [2017-06-16 18:41:30 +0000 UTC]

I understand.

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queenofeagles [2017-06-09 14:08:37 +0000 UTC]

YOU ARE ALIVE!!!! and wow, how did you keep the proportions of that pyramid so accurate? Sounds like a thing you would easily screw up. It looks great, a wonderful gift!

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DanGref In reply to queenofeagles [2017-06-12 11:00:59 +0000 UTC]

Yup! Still alive. And really happy that you still remember me I miss you and your arts!
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And that's true: it wasn't easy to keep all values right. But I'm surveyor so it was a great fun for me and not so difficult. Precision is my job!

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queenofeagles In reply to DanGref [2017-06-26 13:47:14 +0000 UTC]

Of course I remember you! You are pretty hard to erase from my memories, haha!

Ah, I see! Awesome. So next time I need to craft something, I should ask you for help (I really can't keep things symmetrical)

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DanGref In reply to queenofeagles [2017-07-11 11:28:15 +0000 UTC]

Good to know. Soon I will try to give you - and you all too - some new thinks to be remembered
I will help you with pleasure! Just ask - I'll do my best, my dear

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queenofeagles In reply to DanGref [2017-07-23 15:28:45 +0000 UTC]

You made me very curious now - and sorry for the late reply, I find it hard to keep up with my messages...

and thanks, that's awesome I have no crafting plans at the moment, but I'll keep it in mind

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Random-Derp [2017-06-08 15:12:35 +0000 UTC]

Miło cię widzieć z powrotem!

Świetny prezent i genialne wykonanie, brawo

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JagiTheSpaceGirl [2017-06-08 15:05:52 +0000 UTC]

welcome back.

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Avizo-23 [2017-06-08 13:59:19 +0000 UTC]

woooh! welcome back!

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DanGref In reply to Avizo-23 [2017-06-16 14:49:40 +0000 UTC]

Nice to see your arts again, my dear!

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BlueWarden17 [2017-06-08 12:20:13 +0000 UTC]

Welcome back! I can't wait to see more of your art!

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