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Published: 2011-01-11 01:03:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 20163; Favourites: 850; Downloads: 1418
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Description Just read this short story, craaaazy good, so I had to paint it, plus its still good practice.
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Comments: 49

speakstofish [2018-01-12 17:10:30 +0000 UTC]

This is newly relevant! There's a fun book I'm reading called The City Of BrassΒ by S.A. Chakraborty inspired in part by the 1000 tales, and I was looking for inspiring images to feed my imagination.

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RBeaton14 [2015-10-07 08:42:13 +0000 UTC]

The mystical east. Unbelievable.

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paulbhartzog [2014-02-11 02:55:24 +0000 UTC]

love it!

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The-Patchman [2012-10-31 21:58:43 +0000 UTC]

I though about reading 1001 Nights and The City of Brass really intrigued me.

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LimVajja [2012-04-08 21:28:08 +0000 UTC]

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twistedangel0 [2011-12-31 10:55:44 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous.

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vandervals [2011-03-26 20:52:49 +0000 UTC]

This has been featured here: [link]
congrats for the great work!

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Tomatosoup [2011-03-16 12:31:00 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing! The colors and everything are just to die for! c:

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Onikaizer [2011-02-23 17:07:30 +0000 UTC]

i envy your atmospheric perspective skills

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Lemming-clone- [2011-02-05 15:20:59 +0000 UTC]

You know how to work with saturated palettes. That's crazy. Reminds me a little of Diablo II when you're first shown Lut Gholein

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ArtDoge In reply to Lemming-clone- [2011-02-05 17:34:16 +0000 UTC]

stay awhile and listen!

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M0AI [2011-02-04 23:01:25 +0000 UTC]

Awesome painting! Great rock shapes! I must know more about this story.

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energise [2011-01-27 01:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Great sense of depth! Good job

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Chaosdoughnut [2011-01-18 07:08:05 +0000 UTC]

I like the colors, especially the look of the rock formations against the sky, but it’s all good stuff here. Great work.

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angry-green-toast [2011-01-12 06:30:22 +0000 UTC]

great colors

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fenrysk-art [2011-01-11 22:32:07 +0000 UTC]

the colors just punched me in the face. this is awesome

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Mo-ninja [2011-01-11 21:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Great use of colour on this one!

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stevovo [2011-01-11 20:29:35 +0000 UTC]

Fuckin awesome, dali does the trek to the oriental city!

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Ragaru [2011-01-11 19:32:38 +0000 UTC]

Interesting color use and depth, still the contrast between warmth and cold seems slightly strange D:

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OliviaRampaige [2011-01-11 18:17:18 +0000 UTC]

I'm in love with you're use of atmospheric perspective. Like the rocky structures in the hazy background could be shrouded in a sandstorm for all we know. And the contrasting color use is amazing! Placing the orange and blue so directly next to each other makes them both intensify color-wise. Congrats! Such a beautiful work.

-Olivia

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ArtDoge In reply to OliviaRampaige [2011-01-11 22:33:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Olivia!

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Arkeyana [2011-01-11 16:51:24 +0000 UTC]

very awesome job~

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cartoonmaniack [2011-01-11 15:48:08 +0000 UTC]

Love the colors and the fairytale-like mood
*thumbsup* superb!!!

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dragonhatchling [2011-01-11 09:02:13 +0000 UTC]

I wish i could paint as lovely as u

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ArtDoge In reply to dragonhatchling [2011-01-11 14:17:32 +0000 UTC]

Practice and you will get there! : )

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aberry89 [2011-01-11 09:00:48 +0000 UTC]

This is sooo beautiful! I do a lot of illustration for biblical stories, and so, well, I draw a lot of desert so it is always inspiring to see a beautifully drawn desert landscape!

And is the title of this image the title of the short story? I would love to read it!

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ArtDoge In reply to aberry89 [2011-01-11 14:12:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Indeed desert scenes provide a great sense of colours and feel to them, pretty much like all great natrual open landscape environments.

You can find the short story from The Arabian Nights, it's just called The City of Brass : )

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aberry89 In reply to ArtDoge [2011-01-12 00:38:18 +0000 UTC]

Cool, thank you!

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Lord-of-the-Word [2011-01-11 06:37:22 +0000 UTC]

mind-thunderingly, stupefyingly masterful as always haha

what was the short story??

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ArtDoge In reply to Lord-of-the-Word [2011-01-11 14:14:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! They short story of The City of Brass is about 2 Travelers with their caravans who got lost in the desert looking for brass bottles that were used to trap jinns by King Solomon long ago, and on the way they meet up with fascinating ancient ruins and relics, and a city of brass which is a ghost city full of treasure and hidden secrets!

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MarieGrey [2011-01-11 05:36:34 +0000 UTC]

the illustration is love

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fresco-child [2011-01-11 05:35:45 +0000 UTC]

Stunning use of colour Jimmy. You generated a convincing environment for this caravan to pass through. Send me the short story if you're able!

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ArtDoge In reply to fresco-child [2011-01-11 14:19:39 +0000 UTC]

I can try to bring it to you sometime during school

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krazykrista [2011-01-11 05:28:43 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work--lovely use of color!

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Drangelu [2011-01-11 04:20:40 +0000 UTC]

I'm speechless!
Amazing artwork, its full of culture, the idea is great and love how you introduce the scene!

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KEiTa0108 [2011-01-11 02:31:50 +0000 UTC]

Shit, this is nice. You got some Justin Sweet thing going on.
I like the value composition but I would probably work out the saturation contrast. It could be stronger if the centre area was more saturated than others maybe?(in the other words, desaturate the other area)

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ArtDoge In reply to KEiTa0108 [2011-01-11 03:53:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Keita! I'll fix it right away! I'm thinking of adding just a bit more details to the buildings themselves!

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Kanta-Kun [2011-01-11 02:18:41 +0000 UTC]

I love that tone of blue sky in contrast with all the orange and brown. Comp is great too man.

(all this pictures make me want to go to these places :T , can't wait for the next one, it's like a mini-vacation)

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ArtDoge In reply to Kanta-Kun [2011-01-11 04:31:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Kanta! more stuff to come soon!

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Laserbot [2011-01-11 02:09:54 +0000 UTC]

oooo where can i read this? i love how you depict light in your paintings! nice sence of depth as well!

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ArtDoge In reply to Laserbot [2011-01-11 03:54:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

The City of Brass is a chapter from the Tales of 1001 Nights/ The Arabian Nights, you can find volumes from the store or select scripts from the internet!

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Maddas In reply to ArtDoge [2011-11-01 04:45:33 +0000 UTC]

Nice; that was my guess hehe. Did you get the whole collection? I'm waiting to get a good illustrated hardcopy.

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JessKat-art [2011-01-11 01:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Great colors! I think this is one of my favorite pics I've seen from you in a while.

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ArtDoge In reply to JessKat-art [2011-01-11 04:57:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Jess!

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BananaMan55 [2011-01-11 01:40:48 +0000 UTC]

Amazing, as usual.

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ArtDoge In reply to BananaMan55 [2011-01-11 14:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Aftertouch [2011-01-11 01:11:28 +0000 UTC]

really liking the simple color contrast you used here, it really adds to the depth!

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SiberiumAbyss [2011-01-11 01:11:18 +0000 UTC]

Geeze... As of now, I'm starting to doubt there's anything you can't draw, let alone with less success. XD You never cease to amaze me!!

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milo2 [2011-01-11 01:08:32 +0000 UTC]

such a beautiful landscape. wonderful painting, too! <3

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