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javanicus — The Gate of 2nd Heaven
Published: 2004-10-16 02:30:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1483; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 136
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This is also a dream redrawn (it was much more beautiful in the dream, of course). I tried to remember and translate it as far as i could into drawing. Pencil on paper, 2H to 6B range. Ended up in fixative spray. Hope you like my translated dream
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Wow... this is awesome. I really like the perspective of this drawing and the shading is awesome.
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this is absolutely awesome, love the angle and composition. great job
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wow your shadings are fantastic. this is a really beautiful piece!!
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Thanks 
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I like ut very much!
looks so real
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glad you like it !
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This is amazing. Very simple, yet very powerful. Stunning.
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blimey. this is really amazing. incredible texture, sunlight and shadow effects - and all with pencils.
*impressed mightily*
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thanks a lot, mate!
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no problem. been checking out your photogrppahy too...nice work!
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Fantastic, I really love the detail, shading and scale of this, I would image footsteps would echo loudly
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AMAZING use of perspective...AMAZING rendering...nice work!
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I happily found this while poking through the forums. This is beautiful work, the blocks are are nice and even and have real weight to them, and the graceful curve of the arch really makes you think of the spiritual. Nice work.
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Great work, the sading, lighting, contrast, detail is beautiful. I did full view beacuse I wanted to see your technic with graphite. For a dream that is very detailed, but i cant help to notice that the ark is out of porportion. It seems flipped compared to the perspective of the building.
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My god, you're so talented, I wish I was half as good as you! You pay so much attention to detail, and it pays off beautifully in this! It looks amazingly real, as if it's a photo, yet it still retains that look, the almost rough look.
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Very pretty, very detailed! I like you graphite work, keep up on it. Good shading, too
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Wow, this is a lovely drawing, The way you make the light fade into the foreground is magnificent.
Great job!
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wow..... that is awsome, I love the lighting in this, great job
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Why were you looking at the "second" heaven? I don't understand the "2nd" part, and I'm very curious. Wonderful picture, here.
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well, you see... i think is full of symbolic meaning in asian religions. I don't know if this will make you bored or not, by i'll tell you anyway
In my dream there are seven levels of heaven, in each levels there is a gate. The higher the level, the gate gets bigger and a lot more beautiful. The old man that taking me there, he lives in the fifth. And the place is more and more beautiful.. more and more brighter. That's the moment when i was passing the second gate. The other higher gate is impossible to draw by pencil, i think (or maybe i haven't got idea how to draw it). It's too beautiful... and there is nothing like it i've ever seen in this life, so i don't know how to draw it.
That's the story.. in this picture [link] i have no idea how to draw the dream either, but i tried anyway..
Thanks!
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Boring? Not at all! In fact, I'd be quite interested to know more! What religion are you speaking of specifically?
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Islam, but in the more esoteric way, mystical way. In US they say it as 'sufism', the esoteric way of islam. But the 7-level-of heaven thing you'll find it also in buddhism and hinduism, i think. Mostly as a symbol of your spiritual level.
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I'd like to look in to that. I'll do some searhing on the net, but do you know of any links you would personally recommend that give an accurate view on what you're talking about? Thanks.
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hi. i'm very sorry for my very late response.
About sufism, maybe you want to read some of BMF publication [link] , or these autralian sufism site: [link] and [link] . Two of my favorite books about sufism is
[link]
and
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hope that helps. Please let me know if there's more i can do for you about this. Thanks
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Great shading! The atmosphere is dreamlike in it's hugeness, what waits for us beyond the columns? Wonders I
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thanks 4 such a nice comment!
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its amazing!! when i saw it in the thumbnail, i thought it was a photo!! im definatly gonna fav this!
may i ask what the dream was about?
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Ohh dat is sooo beautiful!! Soo kewl how to saw it in ur dream!i absolubte love it! The detail, the composition, the content! It's fantastic! must
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I love this! Very beautiful!
Also, you've got some great stuff in your gallery! Very cool!
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You're very welcome! ^_0
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