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Old money on an Ottoman Rug

Shine on you crazy diamonds.

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OH FOR PITY'S SAKE FULL VIEW OH GEEZ OH MAN

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Comments: 54

evilengine9 [2009-03-08 21:51:19 +0000 UTC]

This is the creepiest thing. I love the hell out of it.

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cinart [2007-08-16 11:23:23 +0000 UTC]

its the one i like the most in your galery, maybe because of the oriental carpet behind its familiar to me.
great job

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MarkShifrin [2007-07-30 17:39:40 +0000 UTC]

I think it could couse some confusion

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MarkShifrin [2007-07-30 17:34:29 +0000 UTC]

It's "I like subtle art" instead of "What like subtle art"

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MarkShifrin [2007-07-24 12:18:25 +0000 UTC]

The carpet is amazing. What like subtle art, I hate lots of things going on and a lot of bold colors
All of you're works have that
oh and I love patterns and shapes like these

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wise-son [2007-06-30 21:47:44 +0000 UTC]


WOW! just f**kin' WOW! you creative-artist-person you...

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kamizuki [2007-06-20 13:22:05 +0000 UTC]

love the design on the carpet/rug/tapestry (?) thing!!

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NDroid [2007-02-12 19:15:06 +0000 UTC]

very stylish.

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silvermegami [2006-11-15 04:38:29 +0000 UTC]

lol "OH GEEZ OH MAN"... Too cute. Seriously.

Anyways, I loove the picture... Of course if I ever stumbled upon the scene in real life, I'd probably run away screaming like the little girl I am.. but it's seriously awesome. ^__^;

>__> I know you're gonna get a lot of comments because of the DD, but I just wanted to give you props for your art in my own little way..

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nyctopterus In reply to silvermegami [2006-11-15 09:55:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks - I put a lot of work into this piece.

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Maggie-Bones [2006-11-11 14:20:59 +0000 UTC]

It's both creepy and awesome. <3

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Calabim [2006-11-10 18:49:32 +0000 UTC]

disturbingly haunting

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sirspy [2006-11-10 17:19:47 +0000 UTC]

\m/ pink floyd

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m00n-dust [2006-11-08 13:54:34 +0000 UTC]

I take this deviation to praise your work here on dA.

I think your style is unique and I love your work regarding
1. the details it always contains
2. the great ideas/ concepts
3. Your overall creativity

Plus, you are one of the few artists who permanently produce great art and whose reputation is not based on 'OneHitWonders'

You are truly one of the few artists I adore on dA.

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nyctopterus In reply to m00n-dust [2006-11-08 18:06:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm a three-hit wonder at least!

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m00n-dust In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-09 17:46:57 +0000 UTC]



You have even more than three hits.

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nyctopterus In reply to m00n-dust [2006-11-10 14:00:34 +0000 UTC]

What's that you say? More than three great tits? Thank you young man!

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GratefulHeartist [2006-11-08 07:38:12 +0000 UTC]

nicely done, eerie... but nicely done. Good job on the texture. You have a very specific style that I've noticed, a flat 2D flash look to your stuff and yet you add just enough depth to keep it very very interesting.

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nyctopterus In reply to GratefulHeartist [2006-11-08 18:07:51 +0000 UTC]

Teasy teasy with the old flaty depthy, that's how you keep the bastards looking.

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felixxkatt [2006-11-07 19:00:52 +0000 UTC]

eeerie. it brings to mind some kind of twisted conspiracy story about shiney aliens pretending to be humans in a huge smoke-an-mirrors-intrigue game... this is near the end of my imaginary movie when the good guys finally meet the freaky glowing-headed aliens in their gothic mansion out on the moors of scotland.

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nyctopterus In reply to felixxkatt [2006-11-08 18:09:03 +0000 UTC]

Och aye.

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JennyB [2006-11-07 17:45:38 +0000 UTC]

Amazing as always. The textures are excellent; I particularly like the woman's dress.

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jsmonzani [2006-11-07 11:29:30 +0000 UTC]

You've got a great eye for textures

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nyctopterus In reply to jsmonzani [2006-11-07 12:29:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it's something I've really been working at recently.

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RetinalMist [2006-11-07 08:54:41 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous...

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loungefrog [2006-11-07 08:37:39 +0000 UTC]

very interesting and creative

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Caethilia-Mordon [2006-11-07 06:54:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, full view is fantastic. Oh, man.... I would so buy a print of this.It's so fantastic. Wait, I already used that word. It's... awesome?

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nyctopterus In reply to Caethilia-Mordon [2006-11-07 12:34:22 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

(A print's on the way, but I won't hold you to your promise -- your first-born will do.)

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Caethilia-Mordon In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-08 08:36:50 +0000 UTC]

... Ew, babies. Want a ovary?

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nyctopterus In reply to Caethilia-Mordon [2006-11-08 18:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Yeah that'll do. Ship it over.

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Caethilia-Mordon In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-09 22:06:20 +0000 UTC]

Customs might have something to say about that...

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nyctopterus In reply to Caethilia-Mordon [2006-11-10 14:01:15 +0000 UTC]

There's a share in it for them.

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anomaly70 [2006-11-07 01:19:18 +0000 UTC]

The colors are excellent. Oh for a look behind the masks.

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nyctopterus In reply to anomaly70 [2006-11-07 12:30:19 +0000 UTC]

... or is there anything behind the masks?

I'm scared.

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anomaly70 In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-08 03:35:26 +0000 UTC]

Shine on..

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nyctopterus In reply to anomaly70 [2006-11-08 18:09:24 +0000 UTC]

... you crazy diamond...?

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anomaly70 In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-08 22:08:22 +0000 UTC]

Right on!

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Mollinda [2006-11-06 22:31:59 +0000 UTC]

no nono no this is so creepy and scary!!!!

I hate it!

(and I mean that in an entirely complementary way - it has to be good to scare me that much!)

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nyctopterus In reply to Mollinda [2006-11-07 12:35:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh noes, you hate my art! I so sad. I'm nevah drawing again!!!

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Mollinda In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-07 20:46:07 +0000 UTC]

No I didn't mean it like that! It's a great piece and so well done, I just HATE masks so it really scared me

And the fact it got such an emotional response from me is a good thing - trust me

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nyctopterus In reply to Mollinda [2006-11-08 18:08:31 +0000 UTC]

It's too late! You said it now, and now I'm scared for life.

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Mollinda In reply to nyctopterus [2006-11-08 18:38:41 +0000 UTC]

Torture me as you will, I am a bad, bad interweb person!

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caermorrigan [2006-11-06 20:58:32 +0000 UTC]

I really enjoy this piece. And really, you should call it "old money on an Ottoman rug"

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nyctopterus In reply to caermorrigan [2006-11-07 12:32:13 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you might be right. I did want "shiners" in the title though.

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nemo-ramjet [2006-11-06 20:39:08 +0000 UTC]

Damn, how did you do the carpet? top stuff!

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nyctopterus In reply to nemo-ramjet [2006-11-07 12:31:23 +0000 UTC]

Mirroring and perspective distortion. It still took me a couple of days to draw it though.

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GreenSprite [2006-11-06 19:21:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow. I love how the faces look almost 3D unlike everything else in the drawing. They almost seem like floating around in the air. The rays are also convincing. How did you do the carpet?

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nyctopterus In reply to GreenSprite [2006-11-07 12:33:22 +0000 UTC]

The carpet was a few patterns mirrored, and then I used a perspective distortion on both of them. Took me forever.

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LilRedAngel452 In reply to nyctopterus [2008-04-01 13:03:43 +0000 UTC]

their faces are wonderful!!! How did you get i to look like it really shine???Was it a thick pencil or ink? And another question is what is the concept???I think that the people "The Society Shiners" represents life and people but the background and their faces show how they are rich and the "The Society Shiners" got their name because of their wealth.So it shows what money can do to people. Can you tell me?Please.

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LilRedAngel452 In reply to nyctopterus [2008-03-31 22:52:10 +0000 UTC]

their faces are wonderful!!! How did you get i to look like it really shine???Was it a thick pencil or ink? And another question is what is the concept???I think that the people "The Society Shiners" represents life and people but the background and their faces show how they are rich and the "The Society Shiners" got their name because of their wealth.So it shows what money can do to people. Can you tell me?Please.

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