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Description I drew this to one of my absolute favorite Kanno songs, hence the title. So it's DEPRESSING and WOEFUL and SAD ;A;

The significance of the gears-
Somebody brought this up in a comment, and since pretty much everything in Crow has to do with gears, or more specifically fantasy clockworks that are completely non-functional but cool looking, i'm gonna take some time and DRABBLE about it.

Basically, the theory behind the world of Crow is that everything is just one little piece of something bigger. from cells to people to populations to planets to universes, so on and so on. The final point that everything is expanding out toward is represented by a gigantic clock called Judgement, and within it's works you'll find earth and everything else ever ticking along in some unfathomably HUUUUGE continuous (though not undynamic) pattern. Hence all the gears everywhere, which can be seen/sensed by the crows.

Characters like Rain and Nobel are called crows. Crows are the gears, or were the gears, before they malfunctioned and were dropped from the system. Simply put, they woke up and got thrown away. Normally they just fade away, but sometimes they linger..

And yes I am trying to draw this as a comic X D;. But this month sucks for that.. so... next month i hope i can pounce on it more seriously. It won't be able to go very fast since I'm working all the time, but every little bit counts X D;;

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characters: Rain, Nobel, Florentine (white cat) - Mine <3 :
Tools - sketch, adobe photoshop 7.0, open canvas 4+
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Comments: 550

Icey2233 [2008-05-12 04:40:06 +0000 UTC]

So prettyful..... love the contrast! <3 the details and the coloring are amazingg!

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ShadowRayn [2008-05-12 04:39:14 +0000 UTC]

completely awesome. i love the two..views? lol idk. i'm tired, sorry! hope you got what i mean!
o_O

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reisconrad [2008-05-12 04:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Waw! It's very cool!

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PiltZ [2008-05-12 04:14:52 +0000 UTC]

You're a genius!

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JaredGrammer [2008-05-12 04:07:26 +0000 UTC]

The your comment, was beautiful well said.

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Snow-FireFlame [2008-05-12 04:03:03 +0000 UTC]

Amazing art, and awesome concepts!

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Androgene [2008-05-12 03:51:06 +0000 UTC]

This picture really drew my attention and i intend to fave it, but more importantly I'd like to know if any of the background/story for your Crow world is available on the net. The whole gear thing sounds pretty interesting, so I am curious about it.

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shirotsuki In reply to Androgene [2008-05-12 14:25:58 +0000 UTC]

not yet ^ ^. im probably going to keep things centered here as i get to working on it, but if/when i get a more personal homepage, i'll make sure it's easy to find through my gallery :3

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waterdancer [2008-05-12 03:41:20 +0000 UTC]

it is.... so very awesome. *drools*

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flashdancephotograph [2008-05-12 03:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, ok so I read the thing, and it really just confused me. But no worries because either way, it looks wicked! Major props!

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SpaceTurtleStudios [2008-05-12 03:20:54 +0000 UTC]

Awesome stuff. Speaking of comics, though... whatever happened to your previous comic? I was really enjoying that, and then it just disappeared. ):

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shirotsuki In reply to SpaceTurtleStudios [2008-05-12 14:24:16 +0000 UTC]

i killed it ; ;. it just got huge and tangly.. then i was like *face melts off*. i hope to untangle it better one day = =;;

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wyrdaslayer [2008-05-12 02:44:28 +0000 UTC]


thats such a sad picture, but i love the colours and the differnet sides, you did this so well! 0.0
what a cool story idea!! i love that.

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DancingSpacePotato [2008-05-12 02:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me a bit of an old story I was doing, before I grouped with some others and alot of stuff happened, but I love this piece. Great style and I see the harmony with your story.

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Gothghostgirl [2008-05-12 02:33:45 +0000 UTC]

very cool.

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heysawbones [2008-05-12 02:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Weird anatomy but super awesome design.

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Avanthar [2008-05-12 02:17:19 +0000 UTC]

great pic, nice work

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KoalaZel [2008-05-12 02:12:34 +0000 UTC]

That's so pretty and cool! The way they look so different but together... It's just amazing ^^

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cronomax [2008-05-12 02:05:23 +0000 UTC]

wow thats about sums up what i have to say. i really like this one the contrast in colour suggests that the gear world (on the right) is more vibrant. the tangled wings show that it is also confining. the guy looks depressed on the left but dead on the right. the cats are a nice addition. bravo.

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xPlutoniiumxStephx [2008-05-12 01:56:00 +0000 UTC]

Amazing storyline. *O* I would soo read it...

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SadnessAndSorrow1313 [2008-05-12 01:51:00 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing <333333333

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Sea-of-Ice [2008-05-12 01:48:16 +0000 UTC]

Shirotsuki...one of my favorites from you! Just so powerful...amazing. Love it. I want to buy it HUGE!

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DemetriTheGreek [2008-05-12 01:42:51 +0000 UTC]

simply amazing!

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ccccantide [2008-05-12 01:30:53 +0000 UTC]

this is so fuckin hot

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HybridDemon22 [2008-05-12 01:28:37 +0000 UTC]

This is very cool... I really like the surrealism and the questioning of what is real.

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KatGrl [2008-05-12 01:17:14 +0000 UTC]

dude! that is so cool! awsome job!!!

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PhantomRaven [2008-05-12 01:15:15 +0000 UTC]

Lovely drawing...I especially love the opposing sides in this particular drawing...very lovely!

-Le Phantom

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Yumaii-Arume [2008-05-12 01:10:15 +0000 UTC]

Goregeous I love hte theme!

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hooligans87 [2008-05-12 01:04:48 +0000 UTC]

Holy crud; this is amazing!

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xxXmuahahaXxx [2008-05-12 01:02:09 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is marvelous!

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ThievingHopper [2008-05-12 00:49:39 +0000 UTC]

I was just passing by and saw this picture. It looks like you put much effort into this! I really like this. It makes me think there really is a parallel world sometimes. I love the white cat in the right side of the picture. The theory behind Crow is AMAZING!!!

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michiyo-fujiwara [2008-05-12 00:46:09 +0000 UTC]

amasin !!!

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TJDavis [2008-05-12 00:34:24 +0000 UTC]

If one of the characters had been a girl would have been an almost perfiect image of my poem "the leap". check it out to see what I mean.

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ayuICHI [2008-05-12 00:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Woah, freaky cool and awesome. I'm very impressed. *0*

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s0ulsurvivor [2008-05-12 00:06:00 +0000 UTC]

Lost in the sea of comments, but nonetheless I have to say it, very intense concept executed perfectly!

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Kiji-Chibi [2008-05-11 23:56:28 +0000 UTC]

VERY cool! I love the gears and futuristic (right) side, it was obviously done VERY well, you're the kind of artist I look up to hehe ^_^

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PsycoArsonistArtist [2008-05-11 23:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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Luna--Eriks [2008-05-11 23:51:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure what exactly about this piece it is I love, but this is awesome! I love the colouring and the idea behind it is really deep (for lack of a better word)

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kawaiicraze [2008-05-11 23:42:25 +0000 UTC]

gaah, i love your style! its so soft looking, but so realistic and detailed. the right leg (from my point of view) looks so realistic. the perspective looks awesome.
<3
the idea sounds so cool. wait, are you making a comic? if you do, i want to see ittt. >w<

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KittoKawaii [2008-05-11 23:40:49 +0000 UTC]

That is a sad story, but the concept seems to be very well thought-out. I can't wait to read your comic. Good luck!

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misterFisk [2008-05-11 23:21:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh my Oddity, this is outstanding. Great one. Respect!

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Kaze-Uriel [2008-05-11 22:44:24 +0000 UTC]

Good to know I'm not the only one who has put some thought into the workings of the Universe. :3

I've always found it peculiar that the working of atoms reflects the workings of a solar system. Makes you wonder if we're just an Electron forming some cell on the body of something in a much larger universe...or even a clock! I can't wait for you to start this comic up Shiroooo~ ^^

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shirotsuki In reply to Kaze-Uriel [2008-05-12 14:22:10 +0000 UTC]

exactly! i feel like no matter what it is, you can find the same pattern happening on a smaller scale, and vise versa. the idea just sticks to my brain > <;;

and thanks, me too. i have a whole TWO pages drawn right now : D : D : D : D (lol, stupid convention planning.. hahaha )

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kumori13 [2008-05-11 22:36:44 +0000 UTC]

That's a rather eerie idea. But...ooh, it's so intriguing, xD Sounds interesting, I must see more...xD

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EminA-SakurA-17 [2008-05-11 22:33:04 +0000 UTC]

COOL~!

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The-Romanticist [2008-05-11 22:17:14 +0000 UTC]

Youre style still baffles me: so soft yet amazingly detailed.

Awesome XD

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Julayyy [2008-05-11 22:11:10 +0000 UTC]

amazing!

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LuciferTheImp [2008-05-11 21:48:06 +0000 UTC]

:]

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NimElf [2008-05-11 21:38:39 +0000 UTC]

whoa

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emre3joan [2008-05-11 20:56:48 +0000 UTC]

great work.

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