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Published: 2006-04-14 16:40:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 41675; Favourites: 1173; Downloads: 4159
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Description For a friend
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We were just two souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year

OK, this is probably the most emotional piece i've ever done and probably will ever do, cus frankly its tearing my mind to shreds.

On this day (april 14th) exactly one year ago a very close friend of mine was found hanging from a tree in a nearby forest, he had decided the night before to take his own life. I found out about it two weeks later in a payphone on the other side of the world, Australia. It was quite a shock for me as you'd understand, since hes allways been a normal, happy and outgoing guy, he had all the friends you could ask for, a beautiful girlfriend, really good at sports and so on. He was comin down to australia to travel with me and everything seemed so good. But obviously everything wasn't as good as everybody thought.
It's quite hard to grasp what really has happened when you're so far away i guess. All the questions spinning around like a spiked mace inside my head was just horrible, but he had really made up his mind it seemed, since he did it in such a fatal way. If it had been pills for example it would be more of a cry for help, but hanging yourself, then you're pretty fucking set for what's gonna happen.
However I managed to pull through in my own way, and after comin home i've realized i did right in staying down there. This past year has been a black year for most of the people here at home, and it would probably have been for me too if i'd flew home earlier to visit the funeral and stuff.

Nowadays i'm pretty much fed up with all the depressing thoughts and shit, it's just not healthy. Besides hes motto in life was "life is a party", and im pretty sure he wouldn't want ppl to go around feelin sorry and depressed. Thoughts about stuff we used to do, and when we were younger still pops up almost everyday, and actually its not the least depressing, more like bittersweet, and that i can take.

Anyway, on this yearsday of his death i wanted to do something special for him and for myself. After all art is an great way of expressing ourselves.

Please note that critique is discouraged on this one for obvious enough reasons, so please be thoughtful of what you write.

for the good times! Shine on my friend..
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Comments: 320

fat3oydesign [2006-05-07 09:42:03 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work!

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ApoClassis [2006-05-01 17:16:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome man, dea, and the collors. Ai hadn't seen anything before. Graciuos

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Fuzzy-Wuz [2006-05-01 00:57:17 +0000 UTC]

dude holy...how...so emotional...i cant even find the right words...
thats amazing is all i am going to say.
wow.

Cheers

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teainjuly [2006-04-29 11:09:18 +0000 UTC]

incredible. and so emotional. all the best! ♥

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bloggelfish [2006-04-27 18:08:08 +0000 UTC]

very moving and straight from the hart. You honor the memory of your friend with this piece. However dont let it 'eat' you away, my friend. ( I ve been there too )

keep it up!

**CY**

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oCeyx In reply to ??? [2006-04-26 17:34:17 +0000 UTC]

I can relate; Same thing happened with my friend. 'Cept he was in a hotel when he did it. It left alot of people baffled because, like your friend, there were no indications of him ever considering doing such a thing. For all we knew, he had everything to live for. He was so supportive of my art because he came from the same thing. He'd be very proud to see where I've gotten with it.

But anyway, this is very illustrative. I can read it like a book. Then again, all of your work is like that. Great use of faintly morbid, reminiscent elements to convey feelings; Expectation, and disappointment are what I see. Nice work.

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moodSwing08 In reply to oCeyx [2006-04-26 21:25:57 +0000 UTC]

Hey man, sorry to hear about your friend, well.. 'i know how it feels'
Thanks for your words

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cleavage [2006-04-25 12:36:49 +0000 UTC]

quite beautiful .. a lovely tribute to your friend, im sure he would have liked it

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pwess [2006-04-24 14:29:52 +0000 UTC]

Mycket fint gjort. jag hade en vΓ€n som tog sitt liv i februari, gjorde ocksΓ₯ en bild tillΓ€gnad honom.

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moodSwing08 In reply to pwess [2006-04-24 18:06:56 +0000 UTC]

mm, de e sjukt hur lite man egentligen kΓ€nner vissa mΓ€nniskor, var det i februari i Γ₯r eller?

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lSpeeDl In reply to ??? [2006-04-24 09:59:55 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing, its fanominal, you can learn so much from it, like i got so much inspiration for a peice, i will try and let you no when i have done it and mention you on the peice, i love this


truely inspirational

well done

[}-+_KanE_+-{]

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miimii-cat [2006-04-24 05:44:13 +0000 UTC]

i added this a while ago...i really like it ^^*
sorry to hear about your friend, i have a friend who committed suicide just recently as well...it IS definitely hard to deal with...but i guess the period of depression just goes along with it...then we realize we HAVE to move on =/ but you're right, all the depressing thoughts really aren't healthy. but anyway, i'm sure he really would have appreciated this peice of work alot =]

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moodSwing08 In reply to miimii-cat [2006-04-25 03:38:47 +0000 UTC]

Sorry to hear that too, its something you wouldn't even wish for it to happend to yous worst enemy β–ˆ

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politeboy [2006-04-23 23:03:20 +0000 UTC]

I think he would defeneately like it... and so do I....... almost unbeliewable

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2two [2006-04-22 17:10:16 +0000 UTC]

iam sorry about your friend...

its great of you to do a painting for a lost friend...thats deep dude

this piece is brilliant!

i love your style this is beutiful

isnt that swedish krones??

peace!

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Soryi-U [2006-04-22 02:17:02 +0000 UTC]

hey beautiful piece of art, and telling the emotion behind it makes it all the more powerful, you know a piece of art is good when you can feel the emotion by looking at it

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Deftil In reply to ??? [2006-04-21 20:42:00 +0000 UTC]

this is fantastic

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fotoman228 [2006-04-20 23:54:48 +0000 UTC]

beautiful. I like your style.

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zHx [2006-04-20 23:22:28 +0000 UTC]

love it , brilliant song too ;D

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creativeintrospect [2006-04-20 18:55:43 +0000 UTC]

incredibly moving. much espect to you and the departed.

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creativeintrospect In reply to creativeintrospect [2006-04-20 18:56:08 +0000 UTC]

respect... sorry

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leog [2006-04-20 16:04:09 +0000 UTC]

fantastic!!!

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Pelukini [2006-04-20 09:37:15 +0000 UTC]

nice, nice, nice, nice, niceee

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zxerokool [2006-04-20 04:36:09 +0000 UTC]

awesome piece of work. great immotional gravity 2.

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Acalanthis In reply to ??? [2006-04-19 22:46:12 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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c1p0 [2006-04-19 17:18:28 +0000 UTC]

I haven't seen anything like this before... respect...

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Axytrix [2006-04-19 09:07:21 +0000 UTC]

I’m attracted to the idea used within the photo. I believe it represents the main harmful addictions (alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, and money) that are seen today. I can really see how much emotion has been put into this and how much your friend means to you.

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Oyster-StarFish-Pup In reply to ??? [2006-04-19 00:33:48 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely beautiful. Lovely use on the details in the picture, and the story was wonderful. <3

+love, +fav

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RikART [2006-04-18 20:17:53 +0000 UTC]

great style..

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KugurumiFunk18 In reply to ??? [2006-04-18 07:55:36 +0000 UTC]

this is great! Fave!!!

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mz4design [2006-04-18 04:55:32 +0000 UTC]

Very touching my man, I'm very sorry for your loss. The piece is great as always, just with an extra portion of emotion.
This is no critique, don't get me wrong, but could it be that where it says "shine on" the font defaulted to courier by accident?

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nobhdy [2006-04-17 20:24:10 +0000 UTC]

i know exactly how you feel. a VERY good friend of mine took her life right in front of my eyes. there as nothing I could do.....its kinda complicated. i love your work and this will become one of my favorites. your work hit me square in my heart. thank you for reminding me.

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pathik [2006-04-17 18:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Wow I love it

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TheSohnly In reply to ??? [2006-04-17 12:46:26 +0000 UTC]

sweet!!

hey, didja know if you take a throwaway lighter like that one and throw it against the ground, it will explode?

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goodbyetoromance88 In reply to ??? [2006-04-17 01:02:16 +0000 UTC]

a most amazing piece of work. i'm sure your friend is proud.

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S0-Fresh [2006-04-16 22:34:01 +0000 UTC]

i like how its ALMOST monochrome but you left some warmth there

gj

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Ariel-G In reply to ??? [2006-04-16 21:06:12 +0000 UTC]

really sorry for you lost friend, I know it's hard to feel better after something like lost a friend. very good piece of art in their memory.

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Bodizo In reply to ??? [2006-04-16 18:21:21 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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MetaboliX In reply to ??? [2006-04-16 18:13:26 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful story and art.

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Ferax [2006-04-16 17:04:05 +0000 UTC]

stunning, and ill raise a glass for your friend.

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swallowedinthesea [2006-04-16 15:14:22 +0000 UTC]

hemskt att hΓΆra vad som hΓ€nde med honom ;___;
jΓ€ttevacker bild, verkligen.

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KevinSavonije [2006-04-16 13:47:01 +0000 UTC]

Just an amazing piece of art.....
Sorry about your lost my friend.

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manosA [2006-04-16 10:56:15 +0000 UTC]

just amazing....

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d1m In reply to ??? [2006-04-16 10:14:13 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work

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crapforge [2006-04-16 09:41:35 +0000 UTC]

Impressive.. nothing more to say..

My condolences

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i-04 [2006-04-16 08:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Woah man! Great piece. And I'm sorry for your lost man

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blackindustry [2006-04-16 07:51:10 +0000 UTC]

absolutely awesome!

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SirMaroc In reply to ??? [2006-04-16 04:53:37 +0000 UTC]

veryyie cool

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MinusDKP [2006-04-16 02:59:26 +0000 UTC]

this piece brings back memories of my friend. he went thru the same thing. i just told him "well if you do that. how am i gonna hug you? are you gonna write to me? oh wait you can't god won't make you a zombie". he laughed and came to my house and we just talked the whole night. he now has a family and a kid coming soon.

i hope the best for you. and don't get to drunk while raising the glass.

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moodSwing08 In reply to MinusDKP [2006-04-17 19:46:10 +0000 UTC]

Thats great man, for your friend i mean I think to open up is soo important, pride is such a waste =/

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