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Published: 2008-05-24 00:14:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 22970; Favourites: 544; Downloads: 1
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I keep destroying the new pieces I am trying to complete, so until the gods of ink smile upon me again, I will release another oldie that was crucial to my artistic evolution.Piece begun in summer 2001, in Rome, completed in Sana'a, Yemen in early winter 2002. On this drawing I began migrating into using larger size rapidograph tips like the 0.3 and the 0.5, combining them with the 0.1; it's funny, but I was so attached to the 0.1 up to that point, that I had to force myself to try out the larger tips. This drawing perhaps reflects the different stages of human existence, symbolized by obvious devices such as the fetus, but also stranger images such as 'flayed' torso; and heraldic insects (death's head moth, and bee) and of course the labyrinth. The black backgrounds and part of the ouroboros are completely textured by rapidograph strokes, in a very laborious but meditative process.
0.1, 0.3, 0.5 rapidgraph, ink, two connected A3 bristol sheets
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Comments: 190
SolarStorm [2008-06-16 04:39:27 +0000 UTC]
!!! HOLY MUTHA FKN SH*T !!!! YEAHHHHHHH BRUDHA !!!!!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!
Your first, soon to be many DD's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WWOOOOHHHOOOOO !!!
Go-Jo-Go!!! Go-Jo-Go!!!
The most hardcore mutha fkn GENIUS of ah BEAST is startin' come down outa the High Mountain passes to scare the living daylights outa all us wanna-be "Artists"...
Congrats Mahn !!! I wish you all the Darkness, Dreams, Demons & Day Dreams that you could ever need or wish for.
Luv ya Brudha & you changed my little fkn Life FOREVER more that first fateful night, when you kinda snuk up to me at the Gallery when I was checking out one of your pieces & in that hella intense & borderline scary Joesph style & you jus kinda casually mentioned in my direction ...
"Sooooo ... ??? ... Wha'da think of this ??? 0_o ???"
Ya Pure, Uncut, Crazy Mutha Fkn Genius !!!
J. & The Great Grey Biscuit.
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Tsailanza [2008-06-16 02:18:08 +0000 UTC]
oh my god, the amount of ink that went into this.
And patience, I presume.
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labornthyn In reply to Tsailanza [2008-06-17 09:31:54 +0000 UTC]
The amount of ink could paint an entire wall, if it were somehow extracted from its nest in the bristol. This stuff is tough. I write about it in my journal, under Bristol of the Gods...
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Tsailanza In reply to labornthyn [2008-06-20 14:48:08 +0000 UTC]
I'll be sure to read into it then.
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labornthyn In reply to illusina [2008-06-17 09:32:25 +0000 UTC]
Ha! To the point! Thank you...
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snowlionsroar [2008-06-16 00:53:48 +0000 UTC]
I love this...please...feel free to just come by and put this stuff on my walls
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labornthyn In reply to snowlionsroar [2008-06-17 09:32:55 +0000 UTC]
I like the way you think...perhaps it will happen...
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snowlionsroar In reply to labornthyn [2008-06-19 17:20:10 +0000 UTC]
Sweet! Seriously, awesome work though
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labornthyn In reply to snowlionsroar [2008-06-20 18:13:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the comment!
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Shortkid [2008-06-15 21:44:45 +0000 UTC]
Indescribably amazing. I could stare at this forever and still find new things. Congrats on the DD, this is absolutely deserving of it.
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labornthyn In reply to Shortkid [2008-06-17 09:33:39 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for this most kind comment...it is the fulfillment of the circle for you to enjoy it in such a manner, and I am grateful...
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MissuhsBunneh [2008-06-15 21:34:52 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely amazing. It flows nicely together, and even the background has patterns on it! Very stunning.
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labornthyn In reply to MissuhsBunneh [2008-06-17 09:34:01 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, and I appreciate your closer inspection...
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MissuhsBunneh In reply to labornthyn [2008-06-18 01:12:38 +0000 UTC]
How...enthusiastic of you. I dunno. I guess you went the extra mile (in my book) with your drawing ^_^
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labornthyn In reply to Gudowski [2008-06-17 09:34:23 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for saying it...to the point!
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Yakubi-chan [2008-06-15 20:55:06 +0000 UTC]
O_O Oh my goodness... that is AMAZING looking. I think I've been staring at this for a good half hour. It's a very, very, VERY good piece of art.
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labornthyn In reply to Yakubi-chan [2008-06-17 09:35:01 +0000 UTC]
That means a lot to me. Thanks for leaving your words, and I am glad you get into it...
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Yakubi-chan In reply to labornthyn [2008-06-17 17:25:31 +0000 UTC]
No problem! Good art needs to be appreciated!
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Yakubi-chan In reply to Yakubi-chan [2008-06-15 21:13:23 +0000 UTC]
-smiles- How could you not like it? It's hypnotic!
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labornthyn In reply to Yakubi-chan [2008-06-15 21:10:19 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for looking at it! Very glad you enjoy it...
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labornthyn In reply to ErikShoemaker [2008-06-17 09:35:31 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, appreciate the comment...
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Superdemon-Inuyasha In reply to ??? [2008-06-15 18:48:52 +0000 UTC]
great detail! awesome job on this 8D
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labornthyn In reply to Superdemon-Inuyasha [2008-06-17 09:36:03 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for your comment and for checking it out...
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Superdemon-Inuyasha In reply to labornthyn [2008-06-18 23:12:25 +0000 UTC]
You are very welcome! 8D
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Anshiazhoriel [2008-06-15 18:01:39 +0000 UTC]
It's so amazingly detailed, you must have the patients of a saint!
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labornthyn In reply to Anshiazhoriel [2008-06-17 09:36:29 +0000 UTC]
Sometimes...heehehee...thanks for comment...
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labornthyn In reply to xCREATIVEx [2008-06-17 09:36:56 +0000 UTC]
Madness is the glory...and thank you for liking...
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indimew [2008-06-15 16:47:48 +0000 UTC]
Wow
What an amazing image! All the details and workmanship...wow. just...wow.
I'd hate to sound like I've nothing else to say but your work pushed all the words out of my head, soul, and throat.
Amazing
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labornthyn In reply to indimew [2008-06-17 09:37:37 +0000 UTC]
I very much appreciate your words here...and am very glad you enjoyed it...thank you.
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Aegis-Illustration [2008-06-15 16:35:21 +0000 UTC]
I love ouroboros, and in fact I want to get one tattooed sometime soon. I love to see how different people can give different plastic representations about it. Yours is truly marvelous and challenging
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labornthyn In reply to Aegis-Illustration [2008-06-17 09:40:04 +0000 UTC]
Cool...let me know how the tattoo goes...sounds interesting...
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dragofyre7 [2008-06-15 15:25:55 +0000 UTC]
This is my favorite of your gallery. The amount of detail is ASTOUNDING. Even in the black areas one can see the vast amount of detail in the texturing. Congrats!
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labornthyn In reply to dragofyre7 [2008-06-17 09:40:31 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for your comment, glad you appreciate the detail...
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Edobalor In reply to ??? [2008-06-15 15:13:03 +0000 UTC]
This is a truly stunning piece of art. I'm truly impressed, not just with the detail how carefully you drew this, but also with your patience!
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labornthyn In reply to Edobalor [2008-06-17 09:41:03 +0000 UTC]
More obsession than patience...thanks for you kind comment.
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Edobalor In reply to labornthyn [2008-06-17 10:08:57 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome. And without a touch of obsession the greatest works of this world wouldn't have been created.
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DeeRose [2008-06-15 12:55:55 +0000 UTC]
Amazing! The details are so wow, just awesome! Congrats!
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