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Published: 2005-05-20 09:16:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1833; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 113
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Description A4
Bic ball point pen on paper.

The idea was to create a spiral by having the bottom right hand corner replicated in the top left.
Done on the fly with no real planning.
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Comments: 32

LostIdentity1110 [2011-01-06 13:46:06 +0000 UTC]

this is simply awesome!!

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jubata [2009-08-23 09:56:56 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant!

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nyappy-cafekkos [2009-03-04 19:54:38 +0000 UTC]

oh! this is reallly good and really inspiring for me. I never realized you can do such drawings with ballpoint it's just so amazing!

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k-x-m [2008-12-22 20:43:40 +0000 UTC]

Really nice. I am seeing a lot of bodies in this one.

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janellemckain [2008-10-04 20:30:00 +0000 UTC]

This is a beautiful flowing piece.... so organic and rich, amazing that it is done in ballpoint pen.... wonderful!!!

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penngregory [2008-05-04 21:17:06 +0000 UTC]

like a stream of consciousness. Love it. Genius!

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SalHunter [2007-01-08 23:23:45 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful flowing lines and forms ... and in biro too ... great job!

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TheEngine [2006-08-28 02:51:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Ballpoint is easier to work with than you might think. You just need to remember that every mistake is a new addition.

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YoungGod [2006-08-26 19:03:41 +0000 UTC]

incredible - even moreso because it's done with a ballpoint!

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aimiyi [2005-09-16 03:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Damn, that's fucking awesome and creepy. It kind of reminds me of the pictures I've seen of open Holocaust mass graves and Dali's Cannibalism in autumn painting. Very nice work--I like the texture and especially admire how you did this spontaneously.

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TheEngine In reply to aimiyi [2005-09-16 04:08:36 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou deeply for taking the time to comment and including my pic in your favorites. I don't know about holocaust mass graves but Dali is deffinately one source of inspiration for me (and I guess every other surrealist on the planet).

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sowhatifimcrazy [2005-09-07 20:52:02 +0000 UTC]

reminds me of hexus in fern gully for some strange reason
still, amazing, a lot of emotion is displayed through the simple lines, muy bien.

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TheEngine In reply to sowhatifimcrazy [2005-09-08 03:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou kindly.

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sowhatifimcrazy [2005-09-07 20:51:43 +0000 UTC]

reminds me of hexus in fern gully for some strange reason
still, amazing, a lot of emotion is displayed through the simple likes, muy bien.

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zsaie [2005-09-07 19:02:35 +0000 UTC]

like this work
it looks really cool

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yakiroba [2005-08-05 18:08:02 +0000 UTC]

wow right on! I really like the shading and the attention to detail! very fine work!

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blueoptimist [2005-06-13 04:33:24 +0000 UTC]

very giger-esque, but it still has your own unique style to it - looks wicked man

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Bernardumaine [2005-06-11 09:43:49 +0000 UTC]

Excellent work

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kfire68 [2005-05-27 14:36:08 +0000 UTC]

whooooooow that is insane what were you on man!

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sub7th [2005-05-24 17:14:03 +0000 UTC]

Well done!
For a ball point pen the shading is great.

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pseuDOVAgrant [2005-05-21 16:50:00 +0000 UTC]

holy crap.
talk about surreal.
this kind of reminds me of giger.
have you seen giger's work?
this is a lot less sexual. but still...
this is fucking awesome.
i love the chaos it provokes.

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TheEngine In reply to pseuDOVAgrant [2005-05-22 02:09:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again.
Yes pseuDOVAgrant I am familiar with gigers work (I think in this piece it's damn obvious I know his work ) However, it is a lot less sexual. I prefer to deal with feelings of isolation, lonliness and the chaos that rouses itself in the mind as a result of these feelings. This piece, to me, is more about the person in the glass sphere; as the chaos spirals around them, they can only watch.

Its funny how everyones supprised its in pen; Isn't this what pens are made for?

Thanks again everyone for the praise.

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FreaksFlockTogether [2005-05-21 04:53:58 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing, you did the whole thing with a pen??? that's crazy

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LucyInTheSly [2005-05-21 04:48:25 +0000 UTC]

gosh thats stunning...i really like how they look like arms

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TheEngine [2005-05-21 02:27:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks everyone for being so positive. Theres plenty more to come.

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drkelement [2005-05-20 22:06:48 +0000 UTC]

I really like the clawed foot...o.o. Real nice flow to it for being done off the fly.

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mulletrat [2005-05-20 19:16:33 +0000 UTC]

i love the style. its intence

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ShamanMagic [2005-05-20 18:40:13 +0000 UTC]

Now that's just HOT !!!

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xandrique [2005-05-20 18:33:44 +0000 UTC]

The texture of this seems photographic, like you have captured a strange and tormented being that shouldn't have existed! The results of radiation on the fetus!

This is absolutely amazing!

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GHAP [2005-05-20 13:46:05 +0000 UTC]

Magnificent... Simply magnificent! I try to criticize people wit good and bad things, but your picture is really beyound me! Its like one of those artworks that you look at and see genius! I you can stop by and Check out my stuff!

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GeeWiz [2005-05-20 10:24:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh my... that is amazing. Beutiful work... awesome skill. I love it

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RivenRaven [2005-05-20 09:18:33 +0000 UTC]

hehe I love it, awesome idea

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