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Astrobeecal — 80s Synthwave Background Attempt

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Published: 2017-05-31 00:25:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 9435; Favourites: 113; Downloads: 301
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Description I've been really into 80s cyberpunk synthwave stuff for the past few months and it doesn't look like this train of obsession is going to end any time soon, so why not try to make a background inspired by it? I love the cheesiness of 80s cyberpunk stuff and how it creates such a unique feeling!

For the picture, another deviant made an awesome background and I loved it, so I used it as a reference as practice It was fun to practice with the shading and perspectives with lines on this one.

If you want to get into synthwave music, I'd suggest to check out New Retro Wave on YouTube. Scandroid's premier album is what got me into the whole thing in the first place, so if you want a starting point, I suppose that could be one of many! Trevor Something's Trevor Something Does Not Exist album or Lazerhawk's Redline album are good, too!

If you have any tips or criticism on the drawing, please let me know, I'd love to hear it! Have a great day, wherever you are!

Ref pic: rafael-de-jongh.deviantart.com…
Deviant's main webpage: www.rafaeldejongh.com
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Comments: 11

tuppi15 [2020-08-17 13:28:46 +0000 UTC]

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Oldtown1983 [2019-01-17 17:27:23 +0000 UTC]

Attempt? Looks like you have nailed it! Love it <3

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Astrobeecal In reply to Oldtown1983 [2019-01-20 21:25:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! That means so much to me!   Also, welcome to Deviantart! I hope you enjoy what you'll find here!

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UrTwinFlame [2018-03-20 23:16:37 +0000 UTC]

Hi ! Can I use your background on youtube for my music ? Ofc I’ll mention you and put the link for your works

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Astrobeecal In reply to UrTwinFlame [2018-03-24 23:27:17 +0000 UTC]

Hey! For sure! Be sure to drop the link so I can check out your channel! Sounds pretty cool

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UrTwinFlame In reply to Astrobeecal [2018-03-26 15:56:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot dude, here it is ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUR56H…
Hope you'll like, I put some audio react VFX on it  

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Haematinon [2017-12-22 09:29:33 +0000 UTC]

I can relate to this! My team and I love so much the retro aesthetic and music that we developed a synthwave-retro-futuristic-80s anime style arcade game as a tribute to that decade We worked with a great Hungarian band called Retroxx. If you don't know them, you should pay immediately a visit to their account on SoundCloud. By the way, If you are curious about the game,  you can find it on Steam by the name of Nirvana Pilot Yume!

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Rafael-De-Jongh [2017-08-24 01:51:04 +0000 UTC]

Lovely work man!

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Astrobeecal In reply to Rafael-De-Jongh [2017-08-30 22:17:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!  That means so much! Thank you for letting me use your original picture as practice! Love it!

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HyperactiveLemon [2017-06-05 16:02:26 +0000 UTC]

Very cool!

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Astrobeecal In reply to HyperactiveLemon [2017-06-09 02:05:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!  

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