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Dreamspirit β Mechanical Hummingbird Concept
Published: 2011-03-28 01:25:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 11211; Favourites: 139; Downloads: 116
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Completed on February 3rd, 2011Updated scan added on September 15th, 2012
A tiny sketch of one of my characters, a tiny clockwork hummingbird, and an early concept for a later piece.
Personal Art.
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Comments: 43
Wow. Your art is so pretty!!
Umm... I did use this as a reference for a picture I did for an art challenge. Is that alright? I can take it down if it is not. I did give you credit.
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All I ask is for credit, and seeing you already did that, you're golden! Β Thanks so much for sharing it with me! Your interpretation is gorgeous!
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Thanks 
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Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it.
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yup, kinda makes one want to get a tattoo from this
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if we could make machines as mechanically advanced as a hummingbird's body...well I am not sure what would happen. This drawing is really cool though.
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It would be a wonder of science, that's for sure!
Thanks for the compliment on my art! I appreciate it.
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You're very welcome. and yes it would be quite the engineering marvel!
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My sister hit a hummingbird, square on.
Not that that is relevant to the content of your image that is so eloquently done.... but it comes to mind every time I see a hummingbird.
FYI, she didn't MEAN to hit it, it flew up behind her and buzzed in her ear and she thought it was a wasp. She DOES feel guilty about it... and she DID put out some Humming bird food for it... but the mental image I get of her accidentally back-handing that little poof of feathers... kinda comical.
Anyhow, BUILD THIS THING. We can make an army of them... and we would be unstoppable.
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Haha! I can imagine that scene would definitely be fairly comical! I would think the buzz that close would be enough to make me swat as well.
Thanks for the comment on this piece! I want to build one too. ;_;
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I wanna to get this tattooed my on....its gorgeous. :0
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Thanks for the compliment!
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lovely piece! i love it, well done, i did the same thing!
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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Fantastic. I am thinking about getting a tattoo with a similar design.
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Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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Wow man all your hummingbirds drawing are insane.
Have a look and tell me what you think about mine to, since you are a pro in this bird
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Thank you so very much for your compliments! It looks like you've deactivated your account, so I can't see them.
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I love this one more than the colored one, the shape is more dynamic and the details...sigh
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(I hit "enter" too soon!)
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me feedback!
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Thank you! 
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Jolly good! Draw the schematics up and I'll buy one!
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Why thank you! I don't have any plans to draw up schematics at this point, but I do have prints of the full color painting I did concerning this concept available if you're interested.
Regardless: thanks for taking the time to comment!
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This is lovely. I want a pet mechanical hummingbird.
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I want one as well!
Keep your eye out for another clockwork/mechanical critter too! I'm hoping to have it completed within a week or so. ^_^
Thanks again for taking the time to comment!
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Thank you! Some of these early doodlings still make me cringe a bit since I can see so many gears I entirely faked (rather than "mostly" faked), but there is definitely a nice progression that happened after this early "building block."
Thanks for taking the time to comment! I only just returned to DA so I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things here.
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Faking complicated mechanical bits is a long-used and cherished technique in fantasy and scifi art. As far as I'm concerned as long as the mechanism doesn't appear to be falling apart or nonfunctional it's completely legit. 
I have a bad track record with comments on DA myself; I'm just starting to make more of an effort to reply to everyone I can.
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Very true about the mechanical bits.
And yeah, I hear you on the comments... I am still trying to work through the bulk of them from 2005 onward and the amount of time it's taking is ridiculous. >_<
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