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ErikShoemaker — WAR by-nc-nd

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Description A matte painting collaboration done with my friend Gaétan Weltzer (~DesignSpartan ) for Slashthree's 20th exhibition "War": www.slashthree.com/exhibitions…


The scene depicts a classic dystopia: riots in a city of a totalitarian regime, a concept inspired by various media. 

I really hope you like this image as we had a lot of fun working on this scene. We did the first brainstorming and sketches in May and send the psd file back and forth for more than 4 months, so we spent quite some time on this image alltogether. It was a great pleasure to work with Gaétan!

His version:


The base plate and other stock images are from shutterstock.com, the model shown on the screens is `jademacalla .


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Comments: 194

CopyrightFreeSounds [2019-03-29 02:35:56 +0000 UTC]

Super

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ErikShoemaker In reply to CopyrightFreeSounds [2019-04-27 18:49:21 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Amanda-Kulp [2018-02-21 18:07:22 +0000 UTC]

 The alien walker things or the walking machines with tentacles in your piece completely makes me think of the movie Skyline. Great, great movie! This is a fantastic piece. 

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Amanda-Kulp [2018-02-22 17:07:38 +0000 UTC]

never seen that movie but sounds interesting! - I believe the image was inspired by stuff like War of the Worlds and Equilibrium.

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Amanda-Kulp In reply to ErikShoemaker [2018-02-22 18:07:33 +0000 UTC]

You know what, I was mistaken. The walking aliens I was thinking of were from War of Worlds, not Skyline!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Amanda-Kulp [2018-02-23 13:39:15 +0000 UTC]

I see! It's been a while that I watched any of those movies. I should rewatch them at some point.

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Amanda-Kulp In reply to ErikShoemaker [2018-02-23 15:29:44 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I have not seen War of Worlds since soon after it came out. It’s been awhile. You made me want to watch it again so I think I just might tonight. 🙂

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Amanda-Kulp In reply to ErikShoemaker [2018-02-22 18:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Skyline is a decent movie. I love Equilibrium and War of Worlds always scared the heck out of me - which I also love lol. This piece definitely reminds me of War of Worlds now that you mention it. 

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Redlager [2018-02-17 09:58:19 +0000 UTC]

Trump's America come 2020

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Redlager [2018-02-17 18:59:20 +0000 UTC]

let's hope not

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Mr-Ripley [2017-07-14 14:13:03 +0000 UTC]

Breathtaking scene! You are so talented.

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Mr-Ripley [2017-07-24 15:28:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for the nice compliment! It's not only me this time though

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phish100 [2017-01-23 11:10:49 +0000 UTC]

this is great - would you allow me to use this in a blog?

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paridhie [2016-11-07 10:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Hello. i am neither an artist nor in a position to critique your wonderful work. I am a student of designing who would like to learn from this. I will be obliged if you share the psd for people like us. thank you

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Mr-Xerty [2016-10-27 07:25:57 +0000 UTC]

Masterpiece!!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Mr-Xerty [2016-10-30 21:11:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks dude

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Rockdwarf [2016-09-08 20:42:20 +0000 UTC]

thats happening right now and its not being fun 

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KhanDR [2016-07-16 07:33:33 +0000 UTC]

This is hella cool wow

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ErikShoemaker In reply to KhanDR [2016-07-17 12:49:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot again! Glad you like it!

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KhanDR In reply to ErikShoemaker [2016-07-17 13:10:57 +0000 UTC]

You're mist welcome, Erik! And thanks for the Llama

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stefanie-saw [2016-04-16 07:49:49 +0000 UTC]

*jaw drops*

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ErikShoemaker In reply to stefanie-saw [2016-04-17 15:37:57 +0000 UTC]

haha well, thank you!

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LoneAzulian [2015-12-13 08:06:20 +0000 UTC]

Ohhh my god this incredible!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to LoneAzulian [2015-12-14 15:01:49 +0000 UTC]

haha thank you!

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animedrawren [2015-09-20 18:24:33 +0000 UTC]

oh, great ,i love it  

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ErikShoemaker In reply to animedrawren [2015-09-25 10:20:08 +0000 UTC]

glad you do!

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warcommanderfreak [2015-07-17 13:20:37 +0000 UTC]

Stunning! It freaked me out! really!!!
You keep impressing me with your sensational artworks

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ErikShoemaker In reply to warcommanderfreak [2015-07-19 16:15:35 +0000 UTC]

haha well thank you! I'm glad you like it!

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Block-Buster-17 [2015-06-17 14:57:58 +0000 UTC]

The color contrast between light and dark is truly captivating!   

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Block-Buster-17 [2015-07-09 19:42:34 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Gwendolyn1 [2015-05-17 10:22:25 +0000 UTC]

damn its amazing

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Gwendolyn1 [2015-05-19 18:38:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks again!

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Gwendolyn1 In reply to ErikShoemaker [2015-05-22 20:56:56 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure  

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nudagimo [2014-11-13 22:56:38 +0000 UTC]

Ausgezeichnete Arbeit! Am meisten gefällt mir die Kombination der Farben!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to nudagimo [2014-11-18 22:01:16 +0000 UTC]

dankeschön! Freut mich dass sie gefallen!

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nudagimo In reply to ErikShoemaker [2014-11-19 15:16:10 +0000 UTC]

Bitte, auf jeden Fall!

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RedLotus4 [2014-10-05 17:50:55 +0000 UTC]

This looks like 1984 meets War of the Worlds meets Total Recall.  Love it.

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ErikShoemaker In reply to RedLotus4 [2014-10-05 18:52:55 +0000 UTC]

yup all of these are inspirational! One of my main inspirations was probably the movie Equilibrium, and I think Gaétan was inspired a lot by Starcraft.

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KarahRobinson-Art [2014-09-18 21:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, Beautifully Done!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to KarahRobinson-Art [2014-09-22 20:01:32 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!

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Niponkarma [2014-08-23 11:23:14 +0000 UTC]

Amazing city !

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Niponkarma [2014-08-24 21:36:57 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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BeansB [2014-08-22 17:00:38 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!!!!  Was this, and all your other work, done in Photoshop?

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ErikShoemaker In reply to BeansB [2014-08-22 18:42:56 +0000 UTC]

jep it was! thanks!

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BeansB In reply to ErikShoemaker [2014-08-22 19:55:05 +0000 UTC]

Good job, you're welcome!!

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fiorinosulaco [2014-07-02 20:12:57 +0000 UTC]

 

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ErikShoemaker In reply to fiorinosulaco [2014-07-04 13:03:30 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Kexito [2014-06-30 20:25:42 +0000 UTC]

Just wow!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Kexito [2014-07-04 13:03:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot again!

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DeeMo247 [2014-04-21 16:53:38 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work! Great job Erik!

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