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Chobek — Screaming Machine
Published: 2017-02-05 12:53:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1404; Favourites: 124; Downloads: 16
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This is an Open Collaboration with MateoGraphPlease see original piece... it is beautiful
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i was thinking of being cryptic about it... but it is called screaming machine because I kept thinking of a tragically sad automaton.... who, though upset, would show little sign of it.
... as a private joke I spelled out S.O.S. In dots and dashes in several areas.... it kind of became like a mantra.....
alternate version...playing with the filters on my iPad
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Very nice and I really like the amount of details you put in your part of the overall art
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Really cool as i like the style of how organic and computer circuit
in how they work in the same principle, the colours and details are great also
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Thank you. I like looking for organic qualities in the mechanical world
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I like a bit more space around the main figure, but it is a powerful piece.
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Thanks
I agree on the space... it feels crowded... I would like at least another .5" , especially on the top and left side.
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to be honest, that is ome of the great freedoms allowed by dawing with a PC - within limits, when you finish you can still seamlessly enlarge the canvas.
With traditional media, it is not so simple - though with paintings it can stlll be managed, with watercolours is a bit of a no-no, I think..
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I can't quite make the leap into digital, I wish I could.
.... I created this image by printing the original image on translucent vellum, then drawing on that print, and scanning the piece on top of different backgrounds...
the alternate versions are digital but not in a very controlled way...... more like I ran the image through multiple (free) apps on my iPad .... the results are fun, but I have a hard time taking them seriously because at times the results were more effects than specific artistic choices.
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To be honest, my leap into the digital ... whatever ... is a product of three (four) things.
I am an IT engineer (or, rather, I was...), so I understand my PC intimately (more than a woman).
I am very disorganized, but my PC keeps things in order for me (because I have programmed-scripted some "administrative ¡" tricks).
Where I live now, I had a hard time finding suppliers for my "traditional" medium of choice.
For a while, I simply had too much fun mixing old tablets with second hand screens, and once I assembled one of those,
it was like inking on magic paper.
Paper didn't stand a chance...
On the other side, I use very little filters or stuff like that. I love black and white inks, and for me going digital meant mainly having a "paper" that can withstand all my errors.
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Really super work Chobek,i like the alternative versions
thanks
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So very good. This piece definitely needs to be seen.
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well maybe if you get laser eyes.....
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Oooooooooooooooooooh. This looks really awesome.
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Very nice. You've incorporated that mechanical jaw, which was part of my original plan but I neglected it in the end.
Automaton sounds too crude for a being with such sophisticated circuitry . . . maybe a cyborg? :]
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He he he .....yeah I know what you mean.... I almost used robot.... then I kept thinking of the whole robot meaning slave thing.... and decided I liked the idea of it being trapped from within rather than without.... Cyborg makes the most sense because I had this transformation image in my head......but to be honest I couldn't shake the idea of Arnold.... So I was left with android or automaton.... I chose the latter for a silly reason........
you know that song Manah Manah.... I kept singing .... do do do do do au to ma tan do do do do ....
i should never explain my thoughts .... it makes me seem either crazy or simple
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I'm not sure what song you're singing, but I just came across this one :]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmlmOk…
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Hahaha, I remember that song. Don't think I've seen that performance, though :]
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It's so sensitively worked with both artists' work complementing the other. I really like your thoughts about it, too... reminded me of the tv series 'Westworld'.
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I did watch Westworld, and I have loved the original movie since I was a kid....
but I think this was also influenced by the movie Hugo .... a bunch of pod casts I have been listening to about the nature and dangers of AI going forward ... the movie Ex Machina..... and probably a life time worth of things like Twilight Zone
..... and Star Wars....
I was drawn to this collaboration initially because of the gear shape from the original drawing. My reaction was a sort of sadness. The kind of stripped away anatomical face mixed with the gear shape felt like a loss of humanity...Reminded me of how I felt corrupted by the industry of life..... A human being chewed up by an organized and cold machine. IT was striking to me because after so much was stripped away the gear had become integral..... and I disliked (but was fascinated by ) the idea that it could no longer be removed.....
i cant say a lot of that reaction came out in my contribution ... but it did push me to focus on the mechanical elements...... I think this could have worked a bit better if I had been better at drawing mechanical objects.... I like it seeming stuck in a grey area between organic and mechanical .... but I feel like I could have gotten the idea across better if I had more middle ground elements that supported the industrial side of things.
That said I'm pretty happy.... but I think the strength mainly comes from the original drawing
...anyway Thanks!
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What a fab reply, thank you! Those podcasts sound intriguing. Apparently, the emminent Stephen Hawking is not just cautious but warning us of it.
'The gear becoming integral...' Someone told me recently an amusing story about a man who rode his bike so much that he was part bike and the bike was part human. Got me thinking about all the things we habitually come into contact with...
It's fascinating to read your analysis of your drawing. What was so striking for me was that the mechanical elements were not you ie: your usual/expected, but in their execution were so very you!
Thank you again Chobek, I've really enjoyed talking with you. Thanks ever so for taking the time.
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I think this is one of the recent pod casts.....
youtu.be/vm9CwlBI8uA
but it is a subject I'm interested in so it really was a mix of things.
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Maybe in the future we could collaborate on something
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Yeah, that sounds great!
Let me know if you have a ny specific ideas.
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OK , yeah I'm not sure what yet but for sure I'll let you know!
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