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November 18, 2011
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"Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation... tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation." ~Jean Arp

Since so many people have asked, the title is meant to have dual meaning. The one most commonly assumed is that "nature" means the natural world. There's another, deeper meaning to it, and it is the destruction of human nature.

The drive to distraction and noise, anything that will block meditation and contemplation of oneself, is so strong, that humans will destroy anything in their path to keep them alive.

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This was rendered with the intention of being viewed at 18x24.
20-40 hrs, aprox. No serious idea on time amount.
Wacom Tablet.
Photoshop CS5.

90% done using standard brushes (round brush, etc)
Rust was a splatter brush made from a free texture
5 or 6 of the spots were made with brushes, the rest painted with the round and fuzzy round brushes (including all of the ones with holes in the middle).
Gears made with shape vectors.
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=SilverVulpine 2 days ago  Hobbyist Photographer
Amazing work. :faint:
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Mood: Wow! ~LordStarscream89 3 days ago  Hobbyist Photographer
Woa this is incredible :wow:
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~FerrerTriple0 3 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
I agree so much with this concept. This is a beautiful work and a beautiful concept. It seems to me like the poor thing (a cheetah?) has been caught in some kind of mud that is dragging it down, destroying it. Is that what it is meant to be?
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:iconkishintora:
Stunning work, i'm just speechless !!!
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:icontankerfishygal:
Mood: Stunned ~TankerFishyGal May 3, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Ugh, god, the lighting, the texture, the expression, it all combines beautifully.
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:iconleon718:
epic picture
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~KilaWolfsblut Apr 26, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Amazing! This is so true and just wonderful! :heart:
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~TheThirdMoon36 Apr 22, 2013  Student Digital Artist
this...is just amazing. :iconcannotevenplz:
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~KRYPT06 Apr 21, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
superbe !!!!!!
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~beastwolfgirl Apr 13, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
very beautiful :3
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