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damphyr — Crossroads and Hamburgers
Published: 2004-12-01 05:12:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 897; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 118
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This is what happens when anime, Bowie and Benadryl all invade my mind at once.I know this is very different from what I usually submit. Expect a lot more strange things here soon. I'm just on some weird kick. Lots of primative forms and light but vivid colors.
This is actually the second version of this particular image. I did one painting of it and was dissatisfied with it, so I repainted the whole thing. I'm much happier with this one. I did several rough, graphite and charcoal drawings of this, then lightly penciled in the shapes and watercolored it. ...I then threw that one away and did this one without any pencil lines, just closely referencing off my charcoal.
I'm still not very good with watercolor, and I do not paint in anything like the traditional way of watercoloring. But I do like the result of this. It's hard to see the cigarette in this smaller version, but I really like how the smoke came out.
Inspired by Ai No Kusabi, Bowie's Sweet Thing, and brought to you by Benadryl.
But if this trade is a curse, then I'll bless you and turn to the crossroads and... hamburgers.
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Comments: 39
I really liked it, even if at first glance it seemed to me just weird...you know modern art,just random things without any sense...But looking at it I felt like in front of a Dali' (he's one of my favourite
painters).
I like this work because it really suits the way people feel both the modern world and in the ai no kusabi's one
Congratulations.
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Refreshingly unqiue...
I lack food so just the mention of burger makes it all the better.
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Very dreamlike, damphyr, I like it. The way the ground and sky slowly dissolve in the middle really gives this effect. Also, I can't help but notice how the silhouetted man and the hamburger both stand out from the backgrounds. Makes one's eyes concentrate on those two precise features, giving them lots of importance.
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Yay for hamburgers in the sky
nay for smoking!
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Halleluja!
That's an.. interesting picture. 
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Cigarettes and hamburgers... damphyr lay off the drugs. 
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This makes me hungry for a burger in vegas. Great! Thanks alot! Now I have to go to Las Vegas to eat. Ya know how much thats gonna cost me?? Neither do I but I bet it's a shitload of cash.
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I agree, the smoke is pretty damn good. It's beautifully rendered. I like how the man is more of a shadow, kind of slipping through life. I really like the bleeding 'burger... could be a metaphor for many different things... The sky and the fields are a bit weak though, in my opinion. In an image like this they really could become a character of their own, but they're a bit flat and one-dimensional. All in all I love this piece for the symbolism you can draw from it... and it's all thanks to benedryll.
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I love this new side of teh `damphyr
The road rocks. I love how it leads me back into the hamburger, not only adding a sense of depth to the piece, but help keeping my eye within it as well.
The strange hamburger being upside down, makes the viewer sit back, and wonder what the heck the artist was thinking. Whether a statement about Burger King, or a mixture of Bowie and Benadryl.
The use of yellow really balances out the piece. From the yellow in the road, to the sand. But the cheese in the burger really is the key factor in this, it helps unite the whole piece, balancing the sky and ground.
Love the layout, with the longer size of the canvas. Too many piece stick to the regular 8.5 x 11, and this is a nice relief.
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I like this a lot. It's very different...unique.
Oh hah, I thought the hamburger was bleeding until I realized it was a road sign.
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Very unique and quite different from the usual, but nevertheless it's splendid. The hamburger certainly looks tasty!
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Like it. Reminds me of weekends on mushroom and the reason for the red sunsets in Egypt. Very nice. Love the colours and the way the road seems to go on forever.
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This is crazy indeed! But looks great, surrealism is always very captivating for me. You may not use a traditional watercoloring method, but I think whatever technique you use works.
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Are you having cravings for strange food? Very good job, i like your abstract mood
Don
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It reminds me of Dali's work where there is the vast landscape and dripping objects. I like the format of the piece.
Hehe...Ai no Kusabi? I've never seen the anime, but I heard of its reputation...and I'm curious to see how it influenced this piece.
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I was told to get it because the story line is incredible. And it is. ....I just wasn't informed of the.... *cough* 45 minutes of... yeah.... in it. But the art in it is just incredible. It is actually responsible for the figure and the cigarette.... there's one scene in it which I always think of whenever I hear Sweet Thing.
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I love this. It's very cool. One thing though. You know where it seems that road kinda moves off the ground? It's really bright in that area and it brings your eyes directly to there. Maybe dull the intensity to allow the eyes to rest on the other parts of the piece more, unless of course that was your intention. Other then that I like the feel of the piece alot and just well-done. <3.
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I want to eat a floating burger!! *is very hungry right now* Great job on this! I like the way this turned out, with the watercolor effects.
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I actually like how it's painted in no particular way. It makes it look really good. And I must agree, the smoke came out rather well. I like how it looks leaky [only upward], creates a cool effect. Very ncie painting.
...I crave a good hamburger now.
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Interesting image 
Keep it up Kay!
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::tilts head:: i think i like it.. but i don't realy know.. is that bad??? lol
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huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh oooooooooo.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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Hurray for trying new things! This is certainly refreshing
It's sureal, it's colour, it's making me hungry..WELL DONE!
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hmmm
very interesting
I wonder what it all means
but thats what happens when you mix paint with Benadryl.
is the red thing holding up the hamburger supposed to be phalic?
or is it just me
....
watercolors can be rather tricksy some times, and a pain if you screw up
or don't like the color you just layed down
like the tech you used for the smoke,
did a very admirable job
keep the cold and allergy medicine flowing
it seems to be working for you
Michael
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It's holding it up. 
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aha
I have pulled that number before
thats the bueaty of phalic shapes though,
if they are meant as that or just a happenstance thing
every one has to ask themselves
"is that a ___ or is it just me?"
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That is what I 's like to see now!! :drowl: nice idea and great colors.... You know how to watercolor
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o.~ Well. That is certainly a most wonderfully surreal piece. X3 The watercolors are quite rich, I really love how the cigarette smoke came out especially. 
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That made me hungry
This is really good! I like how it's all colorful and stuff
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Whoa, the water color's creating some nice affect onto the picture
Not perfect, but the colors blends in pretty well in the background.
The piece is quite surrealistical indeed.
So now whenever I see a crossroad, I'll have burgers embedded into my mind! *falls back*
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Said it before, and I'll say it again.
Your poor family.
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I...must...go...to the great Hamburger in the Sky... *falls dead*
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