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Published: 2004-06-13 00:28:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 53737; Favourites: 1558; Downloads: 4067
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This started as a commission from my cousin, who happens to play the violin. He had the idea of a violin with a heart and wanted me to make an illustration of it so he could put it on a shirt for personal use. The problem was that I couldn't draw a stick figure even if my life depended on it. I suggested a photo-manipulation instead. He agreed, and there never was a shirt.At the time of making this I had bought and was listening to King Diamond's The Puppet Master, which tells the story of a puppeteer who makes his puppets out of real people, the process being a rather brutal and gory one. I believe that, in a way, that influenced this image a lot.
My cousin provided a lot of violin pictures and I selected this one. The heart was from a public domain medical archive that I'm afraid is no longer online. Textures may be from here, devart, so if you see anything that looks familiar, let me know so I can give proper credit to its stock-makers.
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That's really Awesome
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I acctualy said 'wow' outloud when i saw this.
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this is so tragically beautiful...in a kinda morbid way. i think this is a truly great peice.
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I like it, no matter the gore, I think its pretty darn cool. I like to think that a musicians instrument is the life blood of that person. This is an excellent symbol of that for me.
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Just wondering, but have you seen the movie May?
It's about this girl who creates the ideal friend by using different body parts of people she knows... your description about the Puppet Master kind of reminded me of it.
This is amazing, truly.
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I can say that I have never seen anything quite like this (I saw it as a DD)...
Awesome work, the concept is a bit gory, but interesting nonetheless....I unfortunately have 0 musical talent but as an artist I can understand the concept.....
I leave you with a thought....
Artist tools with the same concept....
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It's an interesting concept.... having played the violin for awhile, you'd think I feel something with this peice... I don't know... Something about it just doesn't make a connection with me. It could be the strange objects holding the heart in place, or how you can't see the strings continue the whole way down. I dunno. *shrugs* It could just be me.
One the other hand, it really is a very outstanding peice. I do believe that musicians put their heart into their music (I know I do), but I've never seen it taken quite so literally! This is the first string related piece I've seen on DA, so it's going in my favorites. I have a soft spot for string intruments, no matter how they look.
Keep up the good work! ^^
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I think that the 'connection' is the most subjective thing when it comes to the relationship between a work and it's audience. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Is the artist to blame for not creating a special link? No. Is the viewer to blame for not getting something out of the piece? No. It's something that either happens, or doesn't. Like how some people are attracted to some music while others aren't. So it's all ok.
The strings are there, tho. Well, under the heart, which makes it difficult to be played. But hey, who said this was supposed to be a 100% accurate piece of realism? It's an abstract concept turned visual, not an actual design for an instrument
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Well, whatever it is, you've certainly done a good job! I wasn't trying to say I didn't like it, I just didn't feel the same way that others seemed to have been feeling when they saw this. Like I said, you've done an awesome job. Very nice. ^^
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This is cool and kinda disturbing... I LIKE it!
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You've definitely succeeded in conveying your concept.
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what are the metal things on the heart supposed to be?
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They're... uh... I don't know what they're called, but luthiers (the people who makes/repairs instruments) use those things to hold or put instruments together; either to shape them a bit or just to hold them as they work on another area.
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Ahhs, kind of like those clamp things that carpenters use?
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I've only seen one of those movies and I want to see more... it was scarey but great heh and I love this piece
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wow. this is amazing. whenever i see a deviation with a violin (or other string instruments) in it, i always try to look at it. this is definity the most surreal one that i've seen though. truely amazing.
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Nice! I'm a cellist, so this piece really caught my eye when I saw the DD. Just...wow. I would wear it on a shirt
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Disintegration,
As a violin player I can truly appreciate this peice. I was sort of shocked to see this peice as it seems very gory and at the same time beautiful. I love how you took the image of a heart and placed it with the violin making the violin seem alive. I applaud you on your art you are very creative and talented. 
MusicAngel
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i have a question you painted on the violin what type of paint did you use, because I have been commissed to paint a banjo and i have no idea what paint I should use. By the way your peice is outstanding i love the representation that it has it is very remarkable
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It's kinda graphic, but it gets the message across. This violinst gives it 2 thumbs up.
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A beautiful piece with an even more beautiful concept.
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Simply beautiful. That are not many ways to orally describe what this represents.
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Wow... How can i say... That's kinda disturbing at first... But this is bloody brillant ! 
"Clearly a piece for a musician who plays from the heart"
Actually well said
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That's so tragically beautiful...I simply had to add it to my fav's. You're an amazing artist. Perhaps it's you with the artistic pieces that come from the heart?
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Very nice, very gory
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I absolutely love this. It's VERY cool. I play cello myself, but hey, violins look close enough
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it looks like it was well used the violin played often near constantly i have a deep respect for violinists... a truely amaizing violinist can bring life back to the dead but it is amizing i love it much
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being a musician myself i would say; very cool
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its really quite impressive 
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Wow. That's gorgeous. I've been staring at it with this huge smile on my face for the past 15 minutes. XD I love it.
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eso es tan real
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En este caso en particular, el corazon no solo es el alma de la musica y principal expresor de emocion... tambien funciona como metronomo
Gracias por el comment
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Wow, this is amazing. There are no words. o_o
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i want my violin to look like that....
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Woo, that looks like a crazy violin that can control anyone that tries to play it, feeding off their blood and souls and then finally just killing them. Makes me kinda nervous to pick up my own violin.
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Awesome! being a violinist myself, I find this picture very interesting and thought provoking.
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Great work!
But the musician not always put the heart in what he is doing.
Well, it depend on the mood
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That is cool in the scariest of ways. I love the shot,
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I really like this! It looks very real! I like the idea too! Great job! *faves*
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Ooh, que cool! se ve muy realistico, de verla me da una sensacion, es que no tengo otra forma de como describirla, como si un angel me pateara en el estomago, o como si el ser mas hermoso del mundo me besara y no pudiese dejar de sangrar... se nota que me gusta lo morbido?
Esta fotomanipulacion esta como quiere.
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8 years of violin here. Still going on till I die.
And is that a wrist inside?
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Yay, it's about time you got a DD.
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if music doens't come straight from the heart why then even bother to try to become a musician...
great image! really! macabre... it could be the cover of an apocalyptica album
must
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