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Published: 2003-11-24 15:55:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 5475; Favourites: 129; Downloads: 1597
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The jets make it go faster.[EDIT - 20th November, 2006 - changed the background, got rid of text. Original here => [link] ]
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FULL VIEW for godssake!
Countless hours in Illustrator 10 / CS
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I'm still using that damn G4 -- five years later!
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That thing in your sig is the most hilarious thing I've seen all week. And I've seen some funny shit this week.
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Haha... really?
*is somewhat confused*
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ps
can we get some tutorials on how to make wings like that in the future?
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There's actually no trick to it -- I just drew them with a bunch of freakin' lines.
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woah ><
THAT must be time consuming.. but the result is amazing
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Nice!
Beautiful.
And classy.
I could easily see something like that blown up hanging up above a fireplace or something in some rich person's house, lol.
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Did you seriously draw all of those wing lines in Illustrator? Impressive and dedicated.
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This one, too. It's a work to delight the heart of a pilot.
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Delightful. Ok, the story. I flew US Army helicopters back in the 70's [link] . Ever since then dragonflies have been "helicopter bugs" for me (especially when they hover). And here you've gone and made it a jet! I suppose they could be twin turbines to drive the wings; then it would be a "turbine-powered helicopter bug".
Steve T
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i love dragonflies!!! you've done a great job on the wings! i don't like the head though.. it looks a lil weird..
anyways.. the wings are awesome! i admire your patience!
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Once again... some crazy work! I can't imagine how long it must have taken to get everything just right! Very nice pic!
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simple and original...details are just so..well executed!!
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LOL this is really good, and has such a strong sense of humour to it.
What makes this particularly funny is not only the jetpack (on an already flight-capable insect 
And I 'Ooh' and 'Ahh' at the minimalism of this, I love that style and this is just about the simplest picture I have seen in a while; and yet, contradicting that there are the dragonfly's unnnnnnbelievably detailed wings! 
And once again, you maniac, you have managed to create the mecha-organic hybrid! I salute you and your almighty skill!
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lol, and even with the warning, i am tempted to try. what a beatiful creation. i love it and its a +fav
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I can't imagine the patience this must have taken. You are mad. But it paid off. This is fantastic.
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Well, what did Elynne call it? "An elegant winged sex toy"? - Which nearly ruined it for everybody... nearly.
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I'd try to comment. I'd try to crit, but I can't find anything that needs improvement. You deserve a +fav, because of the shear amount of work that went into this. You deserve a +fav for the concept. You deserve a +fav for the detail and the typography. Okay, enough schmoozing. Take the +fav, already!
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That is just BLOODY amazing.
And Illustrator too... Very well pulled off.
I myself am a perfectionist and I cringe at the thought of doing all those uncanny, friggin little lines.
I love how intricate and delicate it looks. So beautifully fragile.
This is just B L O O D Y amazing.
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Thanks. My poor old G4 cringes at all the friggin little lines too.
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Wow, the detail on that is a-fucking-mazing, let alone the idea behind it. 
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Uh, thanks mookie... but the
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Hmm, I clicked it... dA must've had one of it's bad moments... let me try this again
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You did all the lines in those wings by hand?
You are some kind of miracle worker, that's insane (And very good too).
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very nice job, the wings are amzingly detailed, great vector!
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you are *CRAZY!* Utterly and completely crazy.
...And we love you all the more for it.
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that looks painstakingly difficult lol great job, it was worth the insanity.
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I'm in awe as well. Did you do one side and then just flip it? Or did you actually draw each individual wing? O>O
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I did two, then mirrored them. I'm not quite crazy enough to do all four. Well... maybe I am, but I didn't.
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That... that is awesome. I'm in awe of the detail on those wings.
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