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Published: 2005-09-10 19:25:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 2615; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 11463
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My admiration for =jwelliott 's surreal deviations made me want to do something in the style of Swiss dark surrealist HR Giger. This particular deviation is about violence and dehumanization, obviously.I had never done anything with an airbrush (real or virtual) before, and I very rarely draw or paint anything that dark and macabre, so I'm sure there are many aspects of this image that could be improved.
***Edited to make the black background really black.
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Great idea and concept, looks good! Well done.
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Thank you, and thanks for the comment!
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superbe dessin.... il t'a pri combien de temps?
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Oh je dirais que Γ§a m'a pris environ quatre heures.
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franchement, t'es douΓ©
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C'Γ©tait un coup de chance: de temps en temps, tout est facile pour moi, et Γ d'autres moments, je ne produis que des rΓ©sultats lamentables!
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pfff... no self esteem
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Giger... that's the first word that came to mind when I saw this. If this was your first outing with the airbrush, I can't wait to see what else you've done. (I got this via fresvik's journal, BTW.)
Violence and dehumanization, eh? (In so many words...) What I was thinking of while looking at this -- with regards to your description -- was the long-debated issue of tools and other such inventions being morally neutral in and of themselves. However, the invention, in my opinion, is imbued with the will and needs of the inventor. Especially apparent with such inventions as weapons, whose uses, though varied, arguable, and abused, are quite pointedly determined from the moment of their idea's conception. What do you think?
Oh, and another thing: It'd probably help out the meaning of the piece - not to mention its visual strength - by mirroring the humanoid "crani-gun" so that they're aiming at each other. Just a thought. It'd make a nice two-page spread in a book...
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Thank you for your suggestion, and thank you very much for sharing the thoughts that this deviation brought about. I don't think I've ever done anything else with the airbrush, to be honest.
When I was doing this, I didn't have any clear message in mind - I'd rather play with strong, symbolic content and let the different elements combine themselves in all kinds of different ways in the mind of the viewer. That being said, I think your interpretation is quite fascinating. Some people talk about weapons as if they were no different than any other tool. Sure, a shovel is just a tool - it's a digging tool. A gun is also a tool - it's a KILLING tool. Why some people want to put the emphasis on "tool" and ignore the "killing" part, I'll never understand.
Sure, a gun doesn't actually kill people by itself, thank God for small favors, but killing and hurting other people is its main purpose. Clearly, a civilization that feels it needs more weapons is willing to kill and hurt more and more people. All tools are an extension of the human hand, the hand is an extension of the mind, and the mind is an extension of our heart.
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brilliant work. i'm really glad you reminded me to look through your gallery, this is just fantastic
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Well, that was unabashed whoremongering on my part, and I'm sorry for that. But I'm really glad you like this!
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This is really well done...almost looks natural in an unnatual kind of way. like it belongs that way...know what I mean?
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Like it belongs? That's a creepy thought! 
Thank you very much for your kind words!
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oua! il est très cool celui-là ! bravo!
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haha thats a cool concept and execution
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Well, I don't use Photoshop, but yeah, I know what you're talking about. I might do a little touch-up with one of my old programes one of these days... Thanks for your comment!
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Thank you!
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absolutely amazing! this piece just totally clicks in place
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Thank you!
Actually, once you start wondering how this thing fits in three-dimensional space, it completely falls apart.
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thats so cool, i thougt about giger right away when i saw it, before i read your text, not in a bad way, i know that gigers work are different so this is nice and original.
But one of my favorite giger paintings is the "Birthmachine", this is not the one you thought about i think but it still envolves a gun hehe, i like the revolving cylinders in the eyesockets, real smart and nice looking.
Great work!
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Sure, I know "Birthmachine". It's true that I didn't have it in mind when I did this, but there's an obvious connection between the two.
Thank you!
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Looks great! I really like the colour's you've used to create a very dark feel to it, and how you've made the trigger of the gun into the hinge of the jaw 
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Thank you!
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Yeah the idea is excellent and very impressive.. i really like your work !
i have only one little suggestion : how about adding a background ?
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Yes, it's a good suggestion. But if you browse my gallery, you'll soon realize that my backgrounds suck. I wouldn't even know what to draw if I wanted to add a background to this image!
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hummm .. do you want a collab ?
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Quel genre de collab? Tu veux ajouter quelque chose Γ cette dΓ©viation? Si c'est le cas, sent-toi libre.
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hΓ© bien peut etre un fond ..
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Oui, excellente idΓ©e, si Γ§a te tente, change ou rajoute ce que tu veux, et met simplement un lien qui pointe vers la dΓ©viation originale.
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Parfait je vais attaquer Γ§a ce weekend
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Je me rΓ©jouis de voir Γ§a...
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wow yo, the texture is really nice and the concept is so cool
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You have a cool imagination! thats really ace, great concept
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Thank you! I'm not usually that macabre.
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Heh. Thanks!
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this is just great, I really like how you've used different colours like blue red green and yellow in it without it looking like a techno song. It's just a brilliant idea. "shoot!"
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Heh. "Some people take words as bullets", that's very interesting, because what I had in mind when I did this was the opposite: some people use bullets as words. I guess it works both ways.
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and some people use words as bullets too
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Don't we all? I mean, don't we all, from time to time?
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I know I do..! yeah, everyone does, I guess...
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