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Published: 2010-02-28 22:27:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1762; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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This is my third Digital Imaging project- we had to create a 9"x18" fantasy landscape using only Illustrator. I learned a LOT about the program while doing this, and needless to say, a lot of frustration happened in the process.I think it came out ok. The colors will probably look different than they were intended to look (this was made in CMYK, had to change it to RGB to upload to dA).
Lots of patterning. Nearly everything is pen tool- there are a few live traces (I HATE livetrace) and the clouds are blob brush. I also had to make a couple patterns, brushes, gradients, and transparencies as part of the assignment, so those are in there too.
Umm... yeah! Comment please!
...anyone recognize the powerpole?
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~30 hours
Adobe Illustrator CS4
9"x18" @ 300dpi
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Comments: 45
everything about this screams japanese influence
awesome work dude
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excellent work! love the textures and your paletteβand I'm sure its even stronger in the original colorspace!
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Thank you! I was trying to use all that texture without getting the image/composition to flatten, but I don't really think I pulled that off. P:
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ah. its only a little, and I only see it because you mentioned it. maybe a little atmospheric perspective? or depth of field rather..
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Yeah, bumping the foreground a bit would have helped. Or depth in the eyes. *shrug*
What's done is done, I guess.
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Nooo! Melted faces don't get to enjoy your awesome culinary creations! xAx;
...thanks. XD
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This is beautiful! Very interesting--full of things to look at and wonder about...
"Yamabito"... is that, by chance, "mountain people"?
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Thanks!
Yeah, you got it! XD
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Aha! Sweet! <3
What about that kanji in the lower right-hand corner? I can't quite make it out...
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That one's Chinese for skull/skeleton/bones, I think. :\
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Awesome! I like it so much! The colors look great (: And the patterns make it so interesting! *happy happy*
Shit, I've got nothing better to say D:
Allow the fav to speak for me!
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Haha, I'll take it!
Thanks~
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OH JESUS WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK WHAT
... WHAT?
I peed a little when I saw the thumbnail. I don't even really have anything to say here (obviously). This is soooooo fun to look at. I like all the words and patterns.
Ffffff this would look awesome on my wall *hint hint*
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Hahaha! I enjoy your spasticness.
Glad you like it! The more I look at it, the more I realize how flat it looks. Mneh.
Yes, I can make you one for your wall. Although if you want it at actual size, it's gonna cost about $20 just to print... I can actually make an 8"x16" one instead of 9"x18" about $18 cheaper on nicer paper. Go figure.
Roll printing is expensive...
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Flat? Well I mean yeah I noticed that, but... I thought it was purposeful, ahah! But I love it the way it is, you shouldn't change it.
Oh I'd totally pay for a print! C:
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Lol, well if you want the 8"x16" print I'll make you one for freez. P:
Provided I actually get to see you... >.>;
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For free? Cuz I would totally pay for it.
Either way, yes I want one. :U
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Yus for free. Durrhurr. It's like, $3.
C'mon, I'm not an ass.
We need to do another art trade, just btw. P:
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I HIT ENTER TOO SOON. AGAIN.
We do need to do another art trade, but not for a lonnnng time. I've got two things I was supposed to do for people like a year ago, and now two more Christmas presents for friends OH MY GOD TOO MUCH TOO MUCH
I'M SO BAD AT THIS
But when we do do a trade... osdmflkaj. It'll be epic. We'll have improved evem MORE
IT'S SO EXCITING
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GOD ARIEL you're such a fail. >:c
Shit, now I have like double the messages in my inbox. I mean, wtf.
...pff.
Ah, yeah. Feel you on the "wait a lil bit" thing. I have lots of pics to do for people too, but I'm just ignoring them. Like Jordan's gender-bender b-day pic. Details in person.
But yes! It will be more epic. I'll just have to get excited about getting better to alleviate the pain of waiting... >.>;
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I'm sorry, my fingers just.. s-slip... or something... Don't judge me!! 3:<
Gender-bender pic? Since you said "details in person," I will pretend it is super crazy and secretive or something exciting. Instead of, like, those man-self memes going around here, though I haven't seen woman-self memes?
Yesss... I've been ignoring things, too. Actually, I'm just forgetting them. Ex. One of my dA friends mailed me a narwhal she made out of clay that I can strap on my cell phone (coolest online friend EVER, right?) and I've been meaning to mail her thank-you art for over a year now... I feel like a jerk. And another dA friend finished his half of an art trade about half a year ago. I mean seriously I'm a douche. ;n;
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*judge, judge*
Hehe. Well, you may continue thinking that. >:3
It's not too crazy, but it's a lot to type about. I have a feeling you'll get excited about it once I tell you.
Ahh! Damn, yeah, do work for those people! D:
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Okay, I will wait in anticipation. Or something. I know when I'm laying in bed tonight, trying to fall asleep, I'm gonna come up with something really batshit crazy and then when you finally explain it, I'll be disappointed.
OR MAYBE NOT A;LSKD;SALKD;ASK
I keep meaning to, but there's just never a good time! I'll try and do an entire one tomorrow. Tomorrow, yes! D':
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Psh. Sure. Anything you think of while bored is probably gonna be tons cooler. :\
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Well. I mean.
Pffffft.
Thanks, Ian. c:
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Do this for TJ please? I'd pay for it + shipping maaaang.
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In what part of NC do you live again? D:
I may just try to meet up with yo punk ass sometime. :3
Might bring the Ashything as well. P:
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way in the east. Well, close enough that the beach is an hour away.
THOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO MEET UP WITH YOUS GAIZ. I have only seen ONE GSE person since we left and it's super lonely.
Should have got YO punk ass to the state fair last year. Perfect place to meet up, totally.
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GUH. IS FAR.
No matter, I shall traverse the treacherous lands of NC to reach... a slightly more western point. D:
*fail*
Are you planning on going to Animazement this year?
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That's in Raleigh, right? I wish I could, but without a ride I'd be unable. I would LOVE to go, though.
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Rah D:
Is there nobody in your area going?
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Hahahaha, you overestimate how many friends I have, young man.
I'll ask the one person I know if they're going. Don't hold your breath. XD
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Re-reading that, wow, how spastic am I today?
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Why you be hatin' on LiveTrace?
Excellent job, as always. I'm especially diggin' the texture on the rocks and ground.
Keep it up!
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Livetrace kills quality, yo!
If I had the time, I'd pen tool everything. P:
Thanks!
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Oh, oh, oh wow.
When I first looked at the thumbnail, I thought "hmm, can't see much other than some birds, the ground, and a power pole. It's very nice from far away, but there's got to be more to it than that ... what's that behind the pole?" So then I clicked it. And garsh, my mind could hardly wrap itself around all the detail!
I just now noticed that the wires from the pole are leading into the ground, almost like there's some sort of power source down there that we can't see into. It makes me wonder what could be down in those holes! I also really enjoy the color palette in this; something about it is really earthy and again makes me think about those strange holes. Now I'm starting to think that maybe there's a city down there, or on a more abstract level ... maybe even the human imagination. I don't know, but it's definitely making me think!
So uh, in conclusion, this is neat.
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Haha! I love hearing everyone's interpretations. It's so great! I bet if I painted bowls of fruit or landscapes I wouldn't get this kind of awesome interaction. :3
Subterranean cities would be sweet! I wasn't sure whether to put things in the holes or not... I guess they add a neat element of mystery to things.
Thanks!
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1. Powerpole = Chi?
2. Gawds, I happygasmed when I saw this. You have so fucking improved man. That's a GOOD THING. The textures and layers and the vectors and colors just screeeeam urban decay, whether you intended it or not. With the 'holes' at the bottom you can imagine this is a skull with a lightpost coming out of a hole in the top. The ONLY part of this picture I don't THOROUGHLY enjoy are the semi-formless birds. Seems like it was used to give a sense of distance, with fuzzier details, but they just look funky to me. XD
Honestly, it feels like this thing is BURSTING with meanings and messages, some of which are to be interpreted at face value and others which you rely on the interpretations of the viewers to give them meaning and for that I give you a zillion thumbs up.
3. When I saw this pieces name in my queue I imagined I saw the word 'Lachrymose' which is funny if you consider past DA conversations we've had. XD
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1. Yes. Lol, you of all people. I like to recycle things. P:
2. YAY.
I was totally going for what you said! Urban decay is pretty boss, and it's sorta hard to convey in something as clean as vectors. Only thing I wish I could have added (if I had a few more hours of time) is some vectorized graffiti. That would be boss.
I like the birds. Like you said, they add depth. Repeating figures at different sizes gives a pretty profound sense of perspective. What I don't like is how flat the skull looks, and how the entire thing is somewhat bisected at the horizon line. Idk, I'm not in the mood to try to fix it now.
Yep, there's meaning in there... if even from a surrealist perspective. The Japanese text reads "Yama-bito" (mountain demon) and "Industrial Revolution" respectively. The Chinese in the right simply reads "skeleton".
3. Lol. Nice.
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You did an A++++ job with urban decay. The picture OOZES it, man. I get so much meaning from this thing. The birds feel like something natural in a very unnatural landscape, a dead place. You have this huge skull, which is so DEAD it's hard to imagine it being deader (it's a word. :<) then these birds with their refreshing floral designs and the background, suggesting something better may be juuust over the horizon. The use of so many man-made symbols throughout the piece also suggests that this is a dead world brought upon by man, or that man's world is dead, which may be why it's a human skull. At the same time you have these power lines disappearing into the eye sockets, bringing the spark into the brain, perhaps? Or is the brain supplying the power for the city we don't see? THERE"S SO MUCH DAMNED STUFF THERE.
UGH, sell me a print, bra. I NEED IT.
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Haha, wow! You nearly hit it head-on. It's a little clichΓ©, I will admit, but I was hoping that the approach would be original enough. I came up with this by brainstorming a lot of things that weighed heavily on my mind at the time- mainly the human perception of biotic life. I'm working on a project now about the human interpretation of joy in other animals. And well, this kinda goes with that theme in the sense that "advancement" is really selfish and backward in a sense. Honestly, though, there's not much that we as a species are going to do about it, but it's something to be aware of. We're inevitably going to milk resources to the bone, and there will be a skeleton left, so that the natural looks unnatural in a sense. I sound like a major hippie after typing this, but this picture isn't so much about the decay and negativity of human impact on earth as it is about the way humans are interpreting their impact. Idk... I talk through pictures, not words. Sorry for my textvomit. P:
Do you really? D:
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I totally get it dude. Right ON! I think this picture totally shows your meaning and even lets people draw their own meanings, which is important in art, because I think nobody really knows what they're created until someone else tells them what they think.
Also, yes I do. I'd put that thing RIGHT ON MY WALL. >:U Where it would stay and I would appreciate it FOREVER.
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Lol, I know! Like, I think about those things consciously before and after, and not so much during. It definitely works its way in, though. I'm not sure how my mind works.
Well shat. Yayz. :3
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