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deathbstrd — Recurring Nightmare
Published: 2007-01-29 18:03:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 1763; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 20
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This is a painting of a recurring nightmare I have- looking out at Boston and seeing an atomic bomb going off. This was done in artrage2 and photoshop, total time on this one was about an hour. This was based off an earlier piece I did sometime last year. The skyline is Boston as seen from the Cambridge side of the Charles river, near MIT.Landscapes and scenery probably isn't the best fit for this pic, but I'm not sure where to put it.
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This is beautiful. I love the roughness and the texture. <3
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this totally reminds me of the heroes painting the comic artist did!
but it's a great piece no doubt.
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I hope not! Thanks for the fav
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I really like how you managed to make something digital look like a tradtional painting. It's cool. Good effect with the mushroom cloud too, that's hard to pull off.
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You should think about submitting that here [link]
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good use of colors expressing the fear and anger on atomic bombs
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... you did this in photoshop? do you have a different, more special version than me? i mean, wow. this is astounding. 
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Most of the paint-like stuff was done in artrage2 free edition, I just did some color changes and some blurring in Photoshop 7. ArtRage is a pretty awesome little program, it's sort of like a stripped down version of Corel Painter, and they have an almost fully functional free version, here's a link to their site [link] You can do cool paintings in photoshop, too, it just takes longer.
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thank you for the advice! i shall have to try out the program. :]
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Yep, that show probably had an influence on this one. Good show, Heroes.
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Or somehow you had an influence on the show?...
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Everyone loves explosions! Great work with the airbrushing here. It's very vibrant
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Aw, man. I kinda liked that place. When you've described that dream to me, I've always pictured the event from the top of Waitt's Mount. Good stuff--scary.
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Thanks, yo. Yeah, the location where I can see the city isn't always the same.
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Hey... are you aware of the Mooninite thing that happened two days after you posted this??
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Yeah, that was pretty insane. I turn on the TV at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and it's all over the news that 'suspicious packages' were being found all over the city, and they were showing footage of people being evacuated out of the subways. I'll take Mooninites over nuclear bombs anyday, heheh
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Cool. It reminds me of the alternative ending of Appocalypse Now. Really effective colors!
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freaky
yea reminds me of Heroes too
nice to see some brush strokes in there even though done on computer
gives it that neat textural feel
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Ah, the pillar of light, yea i'd be scared if nuke went off where I lived too.
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Yeah, I'm sure it wouldn't be the best of days
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Hmm... I really like that show 
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its a realy good painting.my 1980`s neuclear paranoia childhood nightmare in paint.
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Thanks! I have the nightmare much less often than when I was a kid, but every once in a while - Bam! It still freaks me out. Growing up in the 80's, knowing that there were thousands of missiles on the other side of the planet tipped with nuclear warheads ready to turn myself and everyone I knew into radioactive dust on a moments notice left a bit of a lasting impression
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its not fair,just getting over the neuclear thing and were straight into global warming.lets hope thats a load of mass media bs too
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Global warming is going to be a lot slower end-of-the-world than being vaporized
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Thx for cheering me up with this m8
Seriously, good strong imagery. Really feels nasty. Top marks.
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Nothing cheers me up more than the thought of a nuclear Armageddon, and I'm always happy to spread the good times
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Very Nice my friend. Wonderful and very strong in color and values.
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