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Shroud of Neukoelln
Published: 2009-02-12 14:29:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 15181; Favourites: 757; Downloads: 0
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Almost 100 monsters in the tentacles of one even bigger monster - a cross breeding of a jellyfish, candelabrum and a bunch of mushroom clouds ...Original size: 260 x 80 cm
First shown at the "Illustrative 08 ([link] )" in Zurich (Switzerland).
See every monster in detail by just clicking on it on Puttbills hompage: [link]
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My favorite is definitely the Ear Mouse, a real-life monster of SCIENCE! [link]
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DAMN.
If that were the right aspect ratio, I'd make that my desktop.
Nice work!
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They should create new computer screens!!
Thanks for your comment.
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You're most welcome, mate. ^^
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All in all about nine month - but this wasn't the only peace I was working on at this time.
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okay, anyway great job
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This is totally awesome 
Must be proud!
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Absolutely amazing!
Congratulations on being named in Daily Deviations.
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Wow....there's just so much in this picture, it's staggering. My head hurts from the sheer awesomeness D:
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Oh thanks a lot, spirrus. And I hope its kind of a sweet ache too!?
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nice!
haha kang and kodos
there is not Bender...
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No Bender is no real monster to me!!
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wow go pokemon..lol i see so much stuff in heer lol goood job my friend lmao well done
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Quite impressive...is that the jabberwocky I see in there?
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It is indeed. You can find out about every character on the clickabel shroud ...
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Quite an impressive piece, it'll take a while to spot everything xD
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Completely surreal. 
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Ok so you have more than a hundred comments, but I still want to add: how amazing all the background work you must've done, integrating here monsters from different cultures and even "current" ones like la Santa Muerte!! (she's very "in" right now)
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Thanks a lot - I'm glad you like it.
Is she!? But that was none of the criteria why I putted her in ... 
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Death is always in, but this figure, La Santa (a she) is kind of a pagan "saint" first adored by narcs, prostitutes, people in jail, i.e. peole who think they are already doomed and find no comfort or salvation in any Christian image. Her temple is in Tepito, a neighborhood which is heavy with informal market of stolen/piracy goods and (in)famous for the violence there.
So they adore it like a Christian saint and in Dia de Muertos (a couple of days after Halloween) they do ceremonies like masses for its adoration, even change her clothes (as many do with images of baby Jesus), they call it "La niΓ±a" (the child) and they do peregrinations with the image. I actually saw a full size image of it in downtown Mexico City. Heavy metal stuff
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I've been to Mexico myself ... so I stuck deep into this influence myself ... I did a book about the DΓa de Muertos - "Polvo - Day of the Dead" and I'm looking forward to get it publish this summer.
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wow, imagine that... did you investigate as much for the other monsters? I noticed some of them from art history, others I didnΒ΄t know from asian or european cultures. ThatΒ΄s liking monsters a lot ΒΏor are you a walking encyclopedia? just kidding, I wish I knew that much
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So many references.
@___@
-feels like such a nerd for recognizing the godzilla ones-
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amazing work. its so detailed and so finely drawn. great job.
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This reminds me of Richard Dadd.
Extra points for including Sendak at the bottom.
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Thanks a lot Per-Per.
It's great how everybody enjoying it, finding their own favourite character ...
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I wish I could recognize them all! Only about a half look familiar, and I'm barely able to name a few. Shameful...
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But its great to get to know some new monsters!? You can find all the names on my website.
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Can I ask - where'd you draw your inspiration from the top half of the drawing, devoid of monsters? Without the shape and arrangement of the monsters themselves to drive the composition (and you even managed to avoid putting one random monster at the top somewhere, like a lot of artists would in compositions like this), the top clearly had to survive on its own.
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Theres so much detail in every monster and it shows that you took your time with this piece. My favorite monster in this is the one from where the wild things are...
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Thanks a lot FantasiKurl. I recognize many knowing and enjoying the wild things.
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Is...That....The Sphinx's head...?
Fabulous, unbelievable detail. Seeing each of the monsters is almost like an adventure on its own, with what most of them are doing something odd. Most surely a favorite from me.
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Thanks a lot windchime.
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O.O OMFG I just noticed you put the Jabberwocky in! *favorite monster of ALL TIME*
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