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Published: 2009-01-16 06:59:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2033; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Description so there's like 20 tower cranes in this city right now. i saw this exact scene one day coming in on the highway. all the cranes pointed at each other with a huge flock of birds in the middle. pretty awe inspiring. ink with a photo background.
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spysays [2009-04-25 17:44:22 +0000 UTC]

very cleverly done, I too have an attraction to how cranes hang in the sky's of cities.

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to spysays [2009-05-13 05:37:46 +0000 UTC]

they seem so impossible and appear extremely important. but no one seems to acknowledge them. like an elephant in the room.

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spysays In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2010-05-06 16:53:54 +0000 UTC]

the birds also add to it!

(sorry been off here for too long!)

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to spysays [2010-05-16 05:28:49 +0000 UTC]

for sure. the birds were what made me take notice.
ya i take breaks too. no worries man, it's good to hear you!

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spysays In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2010-06-02 08:15:16 +0000 UTC]

haha, nice one. Yeah man, good to, er, see? you too.

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taylorw [2009-03-06 03:32:47 +0000 UTC]

When I first saw this I thought it was entirely a photograph. Then I read your artist's comment, and had to look again. I love the way you layer drawings on top of photos. Seriously awesome.

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to taylorw [2009-04-04 22:48:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much. it's really simple and works pretty well with the right subject. need to know how? :]

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taylorw In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-04-05 08:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Do you just use something like photoshop to layer images? I don't remember how to isolate line art anymore, but I used to know.

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to taylorw [2009-04-05 16:20:48 +0000 UTC]

the magic wand tool is the best. select the empty space around your subject and delete it. for this i was able to use the blending option 'multiply'. so that all the white in my drawing disappears and leaves the dark lines. no deleting required. there are more tricks that i have learned. but that's the basic idea.

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taylorw In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-04-05 20:30:30 +0000 UTC]

Cool. I'll have to find my copy of photoshop some time, haha. Thanks!

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to taylorw [2009-05-10 19:50:08 +0000 UTC]

anytime.

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FoApple [2009-01-17 19:39:54 +0000 UTC]

amazing work nick 0_0! blew me away

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to FoApple [2009-01-19 04:44:48 +0000 UTC]

glad you like it

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TickTockMan92 [2009-01-17 00:52:13 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap, I thought this was like an actual photo at first!

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to TickTockMan92 [2009-01-19 04:44:00 +0000 UTC]

well, half of it is. thanks.

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ModalMechanica [2009-01-16 20:33:10 +0000 UTC]

Thats so awesome

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to ModalMechanica [2009-01-19 04:43:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you.

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ModalMechanica In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-01-19 05:15:57 +0000 UTC]

yup ^ ^

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NDean [2009-01-16 18:57:19 +0000 UTC]

well taken shot, and well spotted

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to NDean [2009-01-19 04:38:03 +0000 UTC]

thanks. i wish i had had a camera with me at that exact moment. but drawing it was more fun.

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NDean In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-01-20 14:16:53 +0000 UTC]

O_O

It looked like a photo *face palm*
I'll just wander off embarrassed now... for my previous comment and the fact I typed face palm

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to NDean [2009-02-02 02:46:59 +0000 UTC]

haha it happens.

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iStrife [2009-01-16 15:26:56 +0000 UTC]

Surreal......i like!

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to iStrife [2009-01-19 04:33:38 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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iStrife In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-01-19 16:34:40 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome.

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Snifbask [2009-01-16 14:56:57 +0000 UTC]

It's a sign!

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to Snifbask [2009-01-19 04:33:20 +0000 UTC]

...that you won't be able to see the sky soon.

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Snifbask In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-01-19 08:41:35 +0000 UTC]

Or possibly of something even weirder... like that birds have the ability to fly! Or that cranes exist!

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to Snifbask [2009-01-19 08:47:51 +0000 UTC]

nah man, you're crazy. cranes aren't real.

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Snifbask In reply to nicktheartisticfreak [2009-01-19 09:28:17 +0000 UTC]

What!?!? Was it all in my head all along O_o??

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devolutionoftim [2009-01-16 12:37:25 +0000 UTC]

awesome! this is like all I see when I'm downtown now-a-days. Perfectly rendered, I thought it was a photo from the thumbnail

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to devolutionoftim [2009-01-19 04:29:38 +0000 UTC]

i know the feeling. thanks bud.

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LongSinceLost [2009-01-16 09:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely gorgeous ink work, hun.

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to LongSinceLost [2009-01-19 04:26:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you.

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ZodiacT [2009-01-16 08:14:40 +0000 UTC]

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to ZodiacT [2009-01-19 04:06:52 +0000 UTC]

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RougeWaveform [2009-01-16 07:17:10 +0000 UTC]

I think the birds really add something interesting to this photo. What's that all the way in the background though, a mountain?
It's a really lovely photo.

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to RougeWaveform [2009-01-19 04:06:27 +0000 UTC]

yeah the photo portion is actually stretched out a bit. but a very similar sky to the scene that inspired the drawing. thank you.

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xXxGenasai [2009-01-16 07:03:37 +0000 UTC]

very simbolic :3

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nicktheartisticfreak In reply to xXxGenasai [2009-01-19 04:03:00 +0000 UTC]

must be.

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