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Published: 2005-02-04 17:18:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1115; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 145
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Just a quick scratchboard from Art class from a photo reference.* Also, yes I took the picture from my trip to Italy (my most favorite place as of yet) several years ago. I did this scratchboard in art in high school. There was detail to be added, but it was much to my liking how it is now (besides, chiselling out all that sky for the lines took me enough time!).
EDIT: I resized the image to 1280x1024 so that people could use as a wallpaper without any quality loss... ya know, if you want.
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This is great indeed. Some other pictures-walls like this one would be really appreciated.
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Great picture, however... Not a print! Not an etching!
Etching is a process that involves burning an image into metal with acid and then printing it. To "etch" means to burn with acid.
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it's strange. I remember either seeing this or the photo a long time ago and really liking it
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whats the point of srcahboard if you ..make such flat areas of white nad blakc ...i alway thoought scrach board was butifl becoe of all the line taht make sattle tone
besides crach bard are so damn expensive
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Point taken... i was mostly just blocking in the piece so that I could go into detail later on... except that it was a project for class so I ran out of time and decided that it was just fine as it was. Besides... I didn't have to pay for it
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Really love the piece and how it's basic in contrast yet looks really cool. 
IMO, this would make a really sweet wallpaper!
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yea sure I can do that... check back soon and I'll replace the picture with a 1280x1024 one... it would be a nice wallpaper
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I love this there is sooooooo much Mood to this piece
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I was like .. photomanip ... then I read your description and came to the conclusion of "holy sh_t"
Wnderful usage of scrachboard ... the lack of massive detail, as in textures and shading or whatever, as well as the skyline makes this piece really interesting ...
so bravo
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I'm glad you put this up. I remember seeing this at a show last year and really liking it. It had to be absolutely painstaking to etch out all that white. Nicely done as always.
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It reminded me the cover of Ok, Computer, which I think is one of the best CD covers ever. Like the simple silhouette, but I know there must've been more details to it that you ignored just so you could do this. Scratchboard takes a shitload of time, so kudos for your patience. Dig those electric lines above, subtle yet those geometrical lines add more to the perspective (it's called linear perspective, I believe) Looks like your art class is making you produce some artworks, which makes me say 'told you so'. Hopefully we'll see some more.
Nice work.
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All of which you say is very true, though it was the high school class, not college (though I am starting to produce work for that also). The picture had extreme detail, but this piece (and my portfolio) was geared more towards 2d Design, not drawing, so I went more for the composition and shapes. OK Computer does indeed have some of the best artwork. All of Stanley Donwood's work is remarkably refreshing as far as design artwork goes.
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well done. very simple, but i like that sort of thing. did you take the picture? either way it's been manipulated rather nicely. again, very simple, but good balancing of b/w
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