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this is (for now) imho a solid state for this picture :)
drawn with ballpen in ~17 months on A3.
(started in december 2003/3169...finished 17 months later)

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:icongreyraven:
Beautiful, complex, and deeply disturbing. One could get lost in the maelstrom of architecture. Reminds of of H. R. Giger in tone. Good stuff!

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John Pickman.

Fantasy. Horror. Celtic Knotwork.
Art. Commissions Welcome.
E-mail at: john.pickman@(remove this caption)gmail.com
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:iconpsilovibe:
Awwwesome. I still love this drawing.

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ºexistence(+/-)destruction
:iconinmyhead:
I mentioned something about the bar in the middle. :ashamed: I take that back.
Same comments apply here.

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This is your pilot speaking. It appears I have lied to you.
:iconsya:
INCREDIBLE DETAIL! Fascinating imagery! Oh yeah, this must go in my favs!!! I only wish that the top left were not crinkled!

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"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite." -William Blake
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hm.i didn't mind the crinkled upper left @ any time :)
also the dirt of my fingers "coloured" the sides in the middle :D
but all scars like these happen simply by the way of how i behave during the build process
so i dont mind them :)
one picture i lost while beeing too drunk.3 days and nights it was laying folded on a busy street in the rain.
but fortunately ballpen isnt affected by water and a good friend found it then.
[can be seen here: [link] ]

another accident [or "crime"] was @ a party where someone stepped by,watched me a few minutes and then ripped out
a quarter of the paper.
it was luck that it was only the white part.

ant to mention the crinkled upper left again: for carrying a paper sized A3 around[from work to parties etc.]
over a timespan of 17months...it's in a good shape :)

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TV FUCKS UR SOUL :crash:
my dnb mixes
the world is what you think it is
:iconsya:
Oh, believe me, I can understand how a piece can get this way. and if you don't mind it, I guess that's fine, but think about the future of your art and the people who might want to buy it someday. I would suggest getting some sort of folder or notebook to keep your work in while you are in the process of inking it. It will help keep it clean and protect it from getting wrinkled. Your work is very wonderful and imaginative! I just don't want to see it lose value because of carelessness.

You should be proud of your work! It's amazing!

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"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite." -William Blake
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thanx :)

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TV FUCKS UR SOUL :crash:
my dnb mixes
the world is what you think it is
:icondiamondie:
It's weird to see this posted to ~ critiqueme, since someone just pasted me a link to your gallery on IRC a few days ago and I paid attention to this drawing, but never commented on it for some reason.

I have to say I can't critique the drawing at all, I think it's a fantastic display of an original, eccentric style and I can only admire your patience to spend over a year drawing one piece. It's surreal but it still looks realistic and very three-dimensional, reminds me of a weird dream or a vision.

My only critiques would be related to technical issues. The picture is in PNG format and takes up a whopping 5.6 megabytes, which means it takes a long time to load even for us broadbanders and much longer for those using a dialup. I suggest you use JPEG, you could get the image size down to perhaps 20% of that without any noticeable loss in quality.

I wonder if the paper you are using is yellowish (or turned yellowish during the drawing process) or whether it's just your scanner making it seem like that. Even if it's not intentional I think it gives a nice, warm tone to the picture, balancing the creepiness that reminds me of Hieronymus Bosch. But I think that the crease in the paper is a bit distractive, you could blend it away in an image editor quite easily.
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the yellow parts on the sides come from my oh so clean fingers :)
the load-time is indeed a "good" point.
perhaps i should make the preview jpg in a viewable size ..then ppl. with a good connection can still have fun with a hi-res jpeg.
[i unfortunately saved lots of my pics as jpgs earlier,which actually crippled a lot of detail and colourshemes D:]
&thanx for this l0ng comment

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TV FUCKS UR SOUL :crash:
my dnb mixes
the world is what you think it is

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