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Submitted: November 18, 2011
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Destruction of Natureby *akeli

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Animals

"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.

Oil in the Amazon: [link]

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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~BornFreak 7 hours ago

Amazing!

~Vaporeon0274 9 hours ago Student General Artist

I got chills...

~XXStigerstar 17 hours ago Student Traditional Artist

its so perfect........

~HelenQuarter 2 days ago Hobbyist General Artist

This has got to be one of my favorites of yours. It's absolutely fantastic. There is so much beauty and emotion in this piece. It evokes and instantaneous response.

*ChristianKolle 3 days ago Professional General Artist

how can I not add this to my Favorites, and not say anything, beside i am curious as what lays beyond that door.

struggle with thoughts of mans actions, is not a silent mind. it takes a quiet mind to paint even though a loud mind is what makes us want to paint. the statement

I thought more so was that this animal does not exist without the ink that drew it. though it being digital the only ink is via the print.

I at this time do not drive, and have not for 8 years. it still requires all of it for my basic existence. I plant trees in the desert and I hope they grow.

~Lirfant 3 days ago

The composition and colors are brutal. The expression is well achieved. I like the style of fur.

I'm going to have a look through your gallery...

Good work!

Greetings!

=SilverVulpine 6 days ago Hobbyist Photographer

Amazing work.

~LordStarscream89 6 days ago Hobbyist Photographer

Woa this is incredible

~FerrerTriple0 6 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?

~Kishintora May 6, 2013

Stunning work, i'm just speechless !!!

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