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photoshop cs3 + wacom intuos35 - 6 hours
thanks to =aeromachia
for jumpstarting the inspiration.
MR. CRANE SAYS SELECTION TOOL IS GOD. <3
i like this very much.
hopefully you do too.
probably not though, since it's deeper than pretty emo boys kissing and swirly designy things and such.
whatever.
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I am very fond of this. Probably because I've spent countless hours folding those cranes and other random novel origami things in various science classes over the years. But those days are long gone... Ah, to reminisce.
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The hair movement in the first half really makes this for me. Also the way you rendered the eye is top notch. The hatching on the crane also adds really interesting texture to the values, I like it very much.
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this is amazing i love the red string on the grey scale.
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This is completely amazing. I've been so behind on looking at your art-I apologize. Your works always have a meaning behind them, maybe something different for everybody. I'm glad that you can share this with the world.
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You know, this piece is.. it is so good it scares me. maybe cause it makes me imagine threads in my eye..
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XD yikes. yeah, when i first finished the threads and zoomed out, i was kinda creeped out myself.
but thanks!
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i don't blame you at all xD
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Oh my God!
This is so beautiful. This is your best. no doubt.
For one thing, the details on the eyeball are so amazing they can only be matched by the strokes made by the eyebrow and strands on the far left... so beautiful!
I also like the concept with the paper folding on the right. Really cool. You're a fantastic artist
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thank you, i really appreciate it. <3 put a lot of my heart into this one. i'm glad it shows.
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this is amazing! it hould go on daily deviations!
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aw, thanks! 
it's a nice dream, but it won't happen. lol.
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i hope it will happen!
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That crane looks amazing.
Did you base it off anything, or are you just godly at spacial perceptive tasks?
I really dig the eyebrow also.
x.
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yeah, i had references for the crane, and to sketch the eye out.
haha i had so much fun with the eyebrow. and the hair.
thanks a lot!
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not a clue, frankly.
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Interesting piece. The shading on both parts is incredible! Also, nice attention to detail!
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I always love it when you use red lines, for some reason x)
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i love this. the eye is gorgeous. and the paper crane looks so real. i love the lines and the red. <3
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thanks so much
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That paper crane is something else. It very closely resembles a photograph, that's how intensely real it looks. The shading in this piece is to die for.
I've always loved pictures with red strings attaching objects or people, and I really enjoy the way the string here is looped so delicately and naturally. The eye too looks fantastic; so much shine and so well done, even zoomed in like that.
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thanks, Nate.
this tablet is so kickass. i was pathetic in digital before, by comparison. XD
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i would imagine so.
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Oh look at that! Absolutely amazing. I am so pleased to have inspired you <3
The loops of string look so natural (shadows are perfect) and the way they criss-cross the two images and overlap the border is just lovely. The red-on-monochrome is also really effective, is it an intentional reference to the notion of the "red strings of fate"? Either way it works beautifully! I love those paper cranes, though I have always failed at origami XD
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thanks a lot!
yeah, i was introduced to the concept through Gina Biggs' webcomic Red String when i was like, 15; so i love using red string in my pieces
oh, me too, a good friend of mine makes me paper cranes every once in a while whenever we're bored in class.
i haven't tried to do it myself quite yet, though
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