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At least moderately.


Alright, it doesn't not really work as a triptych to be honest, because the center piece is the weakest of the three, in my opinion, but I couldn't really find a better name.

Anyway. This is a class assignment, a postcard project. We were given three themes, and three deadlines. What we had to do was make draw an image relating to each theme, onto a postcard, and post it anonymously to our teacher. The whole point was basically that a whole lot of different people would see the work (everyone involved in the post office, people at Uni walking by the postcards mounted on the wall, as well as the people from our own class, etc.) without knowing whose work they were looking at.
I guess that defeats the point of the exposure, but at the same time I really dug the concept, because it was definitely something new for me.

The first theme was Dreams, the second was Confessions, and the third one was Psychological Fears and I guess I did it backwards. I mean I submitted each postcard in the right order, but the actual order of viewing them is the opposite. Just for fun.
The back of the first one (aka the last one in this set) read "never underestimate a child's imagination". The back of the second read "at least 1000 skeletons in my closet, none of which are mine". And the third one will probably read "you can't stop time, the sooner you learn it the better", or something to that effect. The deadline for the third one hasn't arrived yet, but I figured I would make the card now, so I can get back to my other projects sooner.

Also, each of these cards had to have some kind of factor that linked them all together, and as you can probably see, I got multiple (also I was really pressed for time so I was happy to take some shortcuts).
And the character depicted in each card is the Chairman Badfunk, of Satellite Soda.

I think that covers all of the necessary information!

Software: Photoshop CS.

Lastly, I totally plan on making the one with the old Badfunk into a full blown painting. I hope I can find the time.
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Comments: 166

RavenOfBurden [2007-11-20 13:07:59 +0000 UTC]

holy F-BEEEP-

uh... yeah

but shouldn't trust be the "weakest" anyways?
and the brightness, simplicity make sit more, naive/innocent compared to the others

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Anceylee-Star [2007-11-20 01:09:55 +0000 UTC]

I just looked at it, at first, and I actually saw a 'speak no, hear no, see no evil' theme to them. And I absolutely loved the fact that it appears to be the same character, even down to the colors they wear. (though, now reading your description, I see why. :/ ) The atmosphere struck me as powerful, along with its possible hidden meanings.

and I continue to see odd little patterns when I look at it. I think this is one of my favorite images that I've seen lately. O__O Wonderful, skillful work. It's well designed and definitely seems thought out.

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FabianMonk In reply to Anceylee-Star [2007-11-20 01:31:21 +0000 UTC]

It is actually inspired by the speak no, hear no, see no evil. It's kind of reversed, since instead of covering up the individual part of the face, they are using it, respectively, but it stems from there.
Thanks a ton for the in depth comment! Very much appreciated!

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Anceylee-Star In reply to FabianMonk [2007-11-20 01:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, I can't believe I got it on the nose! You're very welcome. :3 I couldn't help myself but to really talk about what I saw it in.

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french-fry-faerie [2007-11-19 22:35:20 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing and very deep.

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JessicaMDouglas In reply to ??? [2007-11-19 18:09:30 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. Seriously.

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13ey0nd [2007-11-19 17:02:26 +0000 UTC]

damn dude.... that's amazing

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red-monkey [2007-11-19 15:57:08 +0000 UTC]

Fuck! Fuck! FUCK! Dude, this looks way too awesome.
Stop being awesome...
Do you want me to cry like a baby?
Do you?

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FabianMonk In reply to red-monkey [2007-11-19 18:21:57 +0000 UTC]

I want to visit you in Holland and party madscore with you is what I really want to do.

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red-monkey In reply to FabianMonk [2007-11-22 09:58:13 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like an awesome plan. Get your skinny but here, I'll fill ya up with liquor!

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scotthartwig [2007-11-19 15:28:18 +0000 UTC]

Good work!

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DjStayFresh In reply to ??? [2007-11-19 15:24:00 +0000 UTC]

this is f-ing cool man! the themes and art are perfect. good job saying a lot with different images. a lot!! peace bro.

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FabianMonk In reply to DjStayFresh [2007-11-19 18:22:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man, that in turn means a lot to me!

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LightningRyu In reply to ??? [2007-11-19 14:18:53 +0000 UTC]

seriously gorgeous work, man. i'm diggin all the wrinkles in the old man version

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FabianMonk In reply to LightningRyu [2007-11-19 18:22:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Glad you do, since I got bigger plans for that one.

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bloggelfish In reply to ??? [2007-11-19 12:25:24 +0000 UTC]

your best work till now. This shows you have matured artitically a lot mate

well done

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FabianMonk In reply to bloggelfish [2007-11-19 18:22:46 +0000 UTC]

That's a big compliment, thanks a lot!

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gellnerism [2007-11-19 10:58:10 +0000 UTC]

hey,
geiler style.

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no26 [2007-11-19 08:54:36 +0000 UTC]

awesome stuff man! love the kid badfunk, dunno why but I love how ya did his shirt! haha

only weakpoint is the typography imo, it seems kinda out of place, maybe u should try and "draw" the text in as well?

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FabianMonk In reply to no26 [2007-11-19 18:24:42 +0000 UTC]

I disagree with it being out of place, at least in regards to the main one, the bigger one. Personally I think it fits.
I totally hear you on hand lettering though. I think I will seriously try that with the bigger painting of the Old Funk. I just didn't have the time to hand letter these, would have taken ages for that same kind of ornate type.

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Bayyari [2007-11-19 04:47:24 +0000 UTC]

awesome.... *envies*

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BioWorkZ [2007-11-19 04:11:02 +0000 UTC]

Fuckin' sweet piece man.

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monterae [2007-11-19 03:29:52 +0000 UTC]

this is so awesome.

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evilbutters [2007-11-19 02:02:59 +0000 UTC]

This is extremely cool. Very nice work, man.

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mojette [2007-11-19 01:55:43 +0000 UTC]

Superb! really great style and concept!!!

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E-9 [2007-11-19 01:14:49 +0000 UTC]

sick!! i hope you do more stuff like this.. very graphic design style style. and of course i love the grittiness! awesome work!

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FabianMonk In reply to E-9 [2007-11-19 18:25:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man, glad you like it! Yeah I'm really starting to get a lot more interested in graphic design, and I think I'll definitely incorporate more of it in my upcoming works.

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avychan [2007-11-19 00:43:19 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of the Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, and See No Evil concept.

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FabianMonk In reply to avychan [2007-11-19 02:13:39 +0000 UTC]

It is. :]
Well it's inspired by it.

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farfromreason [2007-11-18 23:48:16 +0000 UTC]

amazing. i could see this as an amazing cd booklet. you have any interest in doing work like that?

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FabianMonk In reply to farfromreason [2007-11-19 00:39:53 +0000 UTC]

If I get paid and have the time, yeah, haha.

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CoffeePowered [2007-11-18 23:39:00 +0000 UTC]

wow...

this amazingly beautiful work! i esp love the the font (custom?) and spiral/floral designs.

cheers. ^_^

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FabianMonk In reply to CoffeePowered [2007-11-20 13:31:22 +0000 UTC]

The font is called "Nasty", and I downloaded it off [link]

Thanks!

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bunnicustard [2007-11-18 22:33:49 +0000 UTC]

This is really fantastic looking, I love the design elements and the way each picture bleeds into the next. I think you did a fabulous job!

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FabianMonk In reply to bunnicustard [2007-11-20 13:30:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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soliton [2007-11-18 22:23:23 +0000 UTC]

wonderfulness.

i sense some Mignola. Solid blacks and the dull colors.

its a joy to look at.

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FabianMonk In reply to soliton [2007-11-20 13:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!
I can see what you mean about Mignola, although I actually don't look at a lot of his work. I think he's a ridiculously sick artist though, I should probably change that.

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KFoster [2007-11-18 21:56:09 +0000 UTC]

This came out pretty sweet.

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JohnPowell [2007-11-18 20:48:23 +0000 UTC]

Ohhhhhhhhh snap! This is nice... Great job with the text and those wonderful vector swirls(if those aren't vector you'll have to excuse me) Might be more dramatic if the outer characters were looking outward rather than back into the center. But knowing you, you most likely tried that angle and it didn't look as nice haha... This ones real killer monk!

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FabianMonk In reply to JohnPowell [2007-11-20 13:34:12 +0000 UTC]

Ah, no I actually never tried that. I thought about it, but I didn't seriously consider it. I thought the connection between the three would be stronger if everything was concentrated towards the center.
Cheers!

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-seed- [2007-11-18 19:38:34 +0000 UTC]

gefΓ€llt mir sehr gut! coole sache! HΓ€tte das muster echt auch in Illustrator gemacht, aber nur weil ich das im LEBEN nicht so sauber in photoshop hinbekommen hΓ€tte

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FabianMonk In reply to -seed- [2007-11-20 13:33:08 +0000 UTC]

Haha, ja, ich hab da auch ne ganze Weile fuer gebraucht... aber ich weiss einfach nicht wie man es anders macht, und noch macht es mir so Spass, also mal schauen.

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-seed- In reply to FabianMonk [2007-11-20 18:32:09 +0000 UTC]

jo, für die repro allgemein und insbesondere für grâßere drucke (oder offset wo du jede kante siehst) sind vektoren halt klasse. Die kannst du skalieren so groß du willst, vâllig ohne pixelbildung, weil die ja berechnet werden.

Aber schaut subbr aus, so lang man das so machen kann, mach es wie es dir am besten passt!

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mackiechan [2007-11-18 19:19:53 +0000 UTC]

Espectacular!

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LuciaRodriguez [2007-11-18 19:19:16 +0000 UTC]

COOL I really love it. ALL of it!
congrats

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deglis [2007-11-18 18:54:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I love the way you define your lights and shadows!

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rapxic [2007-11-18 18:51:51 +0000 UTC]

loving the style of your lighting, and these lines are clean and smooth. i like that fear concept alot

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headroom73 [2007-11-18 18:40:13 +0000 UTC]

please make a wallpaper from it

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FabianMonk In reply to headroom73 [2007-11-20 13:35:10 +0000 UTC]

Would be a bit wide for a wallpaper wouldn't it? Unless you don't mind it taking up only the middle portion of the screen, the rest filled with black.

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lassehalbstarkn In reply to ??? [2007-11-18 18:37:17 +0000 UTC]

really nice concept = )

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