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Unreal City II

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This is part of my collection of past digital art – deviations that I don't consider to be of significant artistic value, but are part of my journey as an artist.


Inspiration
What is the city over the mountains,
Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air,
Falling towers,
Jerusalem, Athens, Alexandria,
Vienna, London,
Unreal.


– What the Thunder Said, The Wasteland Part V, by T.S. Eliot

Technique
My friend, ~SafetyXPinXSurgery and I walked downtown with a camera, as we are wont do. Except instead of the usual wandering, we went straight to the far end of town, 'cause there was something we wanted to take pictures of. Beside the bridge of the highway, there's this totally overgrown swampy area that partially covers up the entrance to the underside of the bridge. I knew I wanted to go there because one time I was driving by and I saw this glimpse of colour. (Very intriguing, no?) Well anyways, to make a long story short, the concrete underneath the bridge is absolutely covered with graffiti. It's actually stunning. Some of it is just vandalism, but most of it is art. It's incredibly to look at, and most people don't even know it's there.

We'll go back eventually, when we have the time (and the courage – the whole time we were there, we thought we were going to be gang-beaten or else arrested :XD:).

The picture on the left was taken by ~SafetyXPinXSurgery, which is obvious because it's me, so I can't have taken it. I used a tool called 'threshold' to make these pictures purely black and white, and cropped them and put them together.


Special Mentions
~SafetyXPinXSurgery, although he's been mentioned already. :aww:

Other Deviations
Unreal City I



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