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No one likes us
I don't know why.
We may not be perfect,
But heaven knows we try.
But all around
even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one
And see what happens.

We give them money,
But are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful, and they're hateful.
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them.

Asia's crowded, Europe's too old,
Africa is far too hot, and Canada's too cold.
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one,
There'll be no one left to blame us.

We'll save Australia, don't want to hurt no kangaroos.
We'll build an American amusement park there,
They got surfin' too!

Boom! goes London, Boom! Paree
More room for you and more room for me.
And every city the whole world round,
Will just be another American town.

Oh, how peaceful it'll be!
We'll set everybody free!
You'll wear a Japanese kimono, baby
And there'll be Italian shoes for me!
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now,
Let's drop the big one now!

"Political Science", Randy Newman

1 comment – latest 1:

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 21, 2006)

my new favorite song

Public Boards/Advanced

Surf

Roytje (Mar 18, 2006)

6 comments – latest 4:

pandabarrie (Mar 19, 2006)

i am in love. i am so envious of how well you did your waves. my water never looks that good

davincipoppalag (Mar 19, 2006)

I'm glad you did another one of these. This has great movement and the wave is really good!

Miss_DJ (Mar 19, 2006)

yee haw! ride that wave surf cowboy! great movement and the water is super!

Roytje (Mar 21, 2006)

Thanks for the nice comments :)

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comd (Mar 19, 2006)

Trying some more in this very opaque, loose style from a photo of Tilda Swinton (very beautiful actress). I'm not sure I can pull it off this time.

- Couldn't really pull it off this time. I ended up repainting it with a focus on details instead and did a value study; pretty much a failure since I couldn't do it the way I intended.

11 comments – latest 4:

comd (edited Mar 20, 2006)

Thanks all for the comments. I have mixed feelings about this one - I don't completely dislike the end result (though I ran out of space before I got started on the hair again), but it was really a cop out as I reverted back to a style that was comfortable to me. I wanted to paint once again in the style of my earlier picture, and this time things just didn't seem to click like they did before. I think part of it is because I went even bolder this time with the contrast - the last time I built up more gradually with the tones. I also think it was a mistake to go with a celebrity before I had this technique down since I started becoming too concerned about having some sense of likeness (the last one doesn't resemble the person in the photo, but that didn't bother me since I didn't know who he was and didn't have a very good feel for how he looked). That also made me start thinking more about lines again which is something I wanted to avoid. The last one also had very prominent shadows and I could feel the form coming out of them even when I was just painting with two colors. I ended up redoing most of this picture and became a slave to the photo again. I'm going to have to keep trying harder before I can get this technique down.

Axil62 (Mar 20, 2006)

This dude is smart.

terracotta (Mar 21, 2006)

I keep coming back to this to look at the eyes. The whole thing works but I think the eyes are magnificent.

Axil62 (Mar 21, 2006)

Yes yes, quite so. I would most assuredly agree.

Specialty Boards/Elite Bastards

a background

staci (Mar 17, 2006)

so! what should be my foreground? :P

6 comments – latest 4:

Miss_DJ (Mar 17, 2006)

a hunky motorcyclist with a hot 2draw chick on the back...lol...sniffin the purple tangerines as they fly by..

DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Mar 17, 2006)

my mouth is watering for grape flavored tangerines in an orange orchard. I also see lots of Spanish moss hanging from the trees and an old Louisiana estate with white pilars and full of voodoo secrets at the end of the lane.

davincipoppalag (Mar 17, 2006)

A view of a 1950's Grand Prix auto race heading towards the distance.

fleeting_memory (Mar 20, 2006)

The cloud queen has returned to take her rightful seat on the throne

Public Boards/Beginner

The End

Noremac (Feb 18, 2006)

In Loving Memory
Noremac and his dear Emelia. may they both find comfort together wherever they are.

8 comments – latest 4:

woah_pockster (Feb 19, 2006)

<:000 omg >0<< cameronnn this is beautifull D: *cries* *hugs*

minion_master_tygita (Feb 22, 2006)

It's not an "amulet". most likely it's Emelia's Soulstone.

Noremac (Feb 22, 2006)

well looks like i dont need to explain anything. jesus.

Agoylis (Mar 20, 2006)

yes how may i help you cam?

Public Boards/Intermediate

Water Ghost, too

Airin (Mar 19, 2006)

Complete revision of Water Ghost, seeing as how I lost it and all, much happier with this version..

8 comments – latest 4:

davincipoppalag (Mar 19, 2006)

I love this one! It is better than the first, the water is way better

Kloxboy (Mar 19, 2006)

That's awesome. I love the illustration, excellent work. :)

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 19, 2006)

I really, really love these. When I buy my beach house I want to commission you to paint these on huge canvases. (dream on, Cindy)

HunterKiller_ (edited Mar 19, 2006)

This is truly wonderful, absolutely beautiful. However, i have a nitpick, =P I think the circle of background showing through should be a tad darker to give more depth and contrast.

EDIT: But now i look at it again, it's probably not a good idea as it would draw too much attention away from the foreground. =]

poor boy

Axil62 (Mar 17, 2006)

Jimmy joined the army �cause he had no place to go
There ain�t nobody hirin�
�round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he�d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he�s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin� into Baghdad wonderin� how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man�s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he�s still there
Chasin� ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man�s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin� ourselves we�re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain�t nothin� else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin� �bout livin� in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man�s war

4 comments – latest 4:

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 17, 2006)

this picture combined with those lyrics made me feel "weepy"

friend (Mar 17, 2006)

Wow this is terrible. Poor boy.

DoOp (Mar 17, 2006)

urh, this put me in a wondrous mood :\

the art is lovely as always :)

patienceisoverrated (edited Mar 19, 2006)

This makes me sad. You know how sometimes, things are so sad they are beautiful, and you want to cry, but it's just so perfectly beautifuly real and truthful you can't?.... I'm not sure what I'm trying to say. I like this a lot.