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"The magician… takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary."– The Prestige (2006)
A portrait on display at my cinema-inspired solo show MOMENTS , which opened June 7th at NYC's Bottleneck Gallery. (It was last Friday! The rain was TORRENTIAL, but thank you to everyone who braved the tropical storm and showed up anyway!)
This was inspired by Tesla's lightbulbs in Nolan's The Prestige. Not a big or important scene but somehow I remembered it the most - it was just an ethereal moment. Painted with a Cintiq 21UX tablet in Adobe Photoshop. Reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pX-p7… Used a texture from Sirius-sdz
STEP-BY-STEP PAINTING PROGRESS: soon | REBLOG ON TUMBLR: alicexz.tumblr.com/post/521950…
Artwork by Alice X. Zhang
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Comments: 178
I just saw the light bulbs in the snow and went, "Wait, isn't that from... IT IS!"
Gorgeous painting
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i recognized this immediately. absolutely love this movie.
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Ahh...a true genius!
A great scientist, a great man!
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This art really reminds me of The Human Abstract's album cover for their album "Midheaven". www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/…
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Great work! Have you ever heard of Project Wardenclyffe? Maybe it could inspire you...
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I LOVE THIS MOVIE BLARAGHRGAHGRHAGRHGAHRGHAGRHAGRHGAHRGAHGRHAGRHGARHGH
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It's the Prestige! Wow, this is so effective
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Featured in portuguese blog! Have a nice day!
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waw.... its perfecto ..!!! what media it is ??
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this is AMAZING! One of my favourite movies AND one of my favourite artists!
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This is one of my favorite movies from Nolan! It's so nice that you choose this scene, you made it incredibly beautiful!!
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This is one of my favorite movies, and I just love that you painted this scene because it's /not/ iconic and yet that makes it even more important. Wonderful job as always!
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Is this 'the pledge' or the 'the turn' on display here?? 
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Would it be too much to ask you to make this an iPod case? I'd like....die.
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Oh i love this scene. Has almost a 1940's feel to it but with a hint of fantasy. I like
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Oh my, this i truly fantastic.
I love this movie and you captured the feeling just right.
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The Prestige! I love this movie.
This is one of my favourite moments and you certainly did it justice. Simply beautiful.
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I recognised the scene straight away. You captured it perfectly
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Extraordinary painting of an equally extraordinary scene from an extraordinary movie.
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this is awesome, man. I love the colors, the darks n the lights n the ppl in the distance. This pic... *lost for words*
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This is one of my favourite movies of all time! I'm so glad you could portray it so genuinely!
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I loved this movie :3
I really like this work too
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The simple colour scheme and the effects of light in this are so, so gorgeous. I love the fuzzy halos around the lamps, the abstract shapes of people and the very, very vague background. It's dreamy and wonderful.
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This is beautiful! A bit eerie and mysterious, but so is the movie, which is one of my favourite movies.
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I love this so much
beautiful lighting and the figures in the background are perfect
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