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Teeth (self portrait)16" x 20"
acrylic on panel
Rue Morgue magazine asked me to to be a part of their 100th anniversary issue, where they commissioned 16 of their favorite horror artists to paint an original piece that exemplifies a personal nightmare.
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This painting speaks of a recurring nightmare I have where my teeth crunch and crack and fall out. I did some research, and apparently I fear the loss of something "permanent" in my life. Hmmm.
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Holy moly:0
Its really cool looking, great job mah dude
PS: tell the toothfairy i said hi;'
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Ouch. Β When this pic came on the screen, I wasn't expecting it, so I'm in a bit of shock.
Great job!
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Great work! I'll be featuring this piece today across my platforms.
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i have to go this afternoon to the dentist... but after seen your artwork..Β Β ik think...Β no no no...
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holy fuck, i can relate to that: i've got 3 broken stumps of teeth right on my grill:i look like some backwoods meth head crep, and i've never evene seen the stuff: i just have naturally brittle teeth--some fucked up British genetic mutation: but i'm lucky: my gums are healthy: i've seen pictures of folks with that awful "gum disease"--or worse: NOMA: these Africans with their entire faces eaten away, only to reveal perfect, gleaming white teeth under the festering meat... the wotrld is a strange and fucked up place... i been thinking of writing a story where a guy with my problem goes into a dentists's office and forces the golfing asshole to fix all of his teeth, for free...
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Haha, I have the same kind of nightmare. It starts with the feeling a few teeth are loose, when i take a look in the bathroom mirror most of them are eroded and "rotten". When I touch them they simly drop out. And they just keep comming an comming, hundreds of em, spitting them out until I cant hold them in my cupped hands...crazy. Ive heard its symbolizes bad self esteem, but I dunno....im pretty confident.
Anyways, cool painting
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I find those dreams annoying, but that's an awesome way of portraying the vision.
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"Hey kids! This is what happens when you don't take care of your teeth!"
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whoa...
besides ur dream, does lady gaga have anything to do w/ this?......XD
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I have the same dream. My mouth gets tense and the more I try to open it the more my teeth crack up. It always ends with my teeth exploding...
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Bravo! 
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It's all about choice, really. It's like when you choose to make a piece high or low contrast. Whatever moves you. sometimes cool shadows against warm light adds color contrast. Sometimes you can use warm shadows to keep the colors closer together. I usually do opposites. Cool light, warm shadows, and vice versa. A great book is color and Light by James Gurney. It's full of technical instruction that should help you.
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Thanks for taking the time to reply. Color and Light is on the way by mail! I actually just started a big portrait of a friend of mine. I`ts of him holding another smaller portrait of himself. Was planning on making the bigger one cold and the smaller one warm, so this will be a good painting to experiment with.
If I could ask you one more thing, how do you digitalize your paintings? The quality is amazing, brightness etc. I use a camera I just bought but cant seem to get it right. If u use a camera, do you do any post rendering? Do you get it professionaly scanned?
Sorry for the 20 questions
Appreciate it!
humble painter striving to improve
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I scan my own pieces. I own an Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner (Epson's are great, but they might make a new model to replace this one, as it's a couple years old). It's 8.5" x 11", and the lid comes off, so I can scan large pieces in multiple parts, and piece it together in Photoshop. AFTER piecing it back together, adjust contrast and color balance, so it matches the original and/or improves on the original.
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I have this dream also! very vivid might I ad! great work btw.... looks awesome!
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freeekin awesome!~ love the flying teeth debris
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I used to have dreams like that. I had a dream once that I bit a bit of gummie bear and my teeth shattered. It felt so real. When I woke up, I was saying, "Oh thank you!"
This is a very nice work of art and you know it.
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Thanks so much!
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wow hahahahahaha this made my day. thanks very very very much for creating such a piece. dman you are so good
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Excellent painting! And I have that dream too! I've had it a few times and I woke up freaked out making sure my teeth were still there!
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This is a great portrait!
I've had that dream so many times, and each time it's frightening to me.
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Featured in a news story [link] on beautiful and creative works currently on display in the various Ugly Mug Portraits galleries!
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Thanks for the love!
J
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totally disturbing. teeth falling out is one of the few things that can freak me out. i've had nightmares about that, as well.
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Pretty common one I hear!
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