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Published: 2012-02-21 21:13:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 5531; Favourites: 137; Downloads: 0
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Description an edit of my 'skull spiral' piece of work very much inspired by the sugar skulls that are made for 'day of the dead'

fractal manipulation created using fractals rendered using apophysis and edited together in photoshop - some of the detailing used in this can be found in my fractal stock folder

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Comments: 25

JoanmarieA [2012-07-18 18:20:19 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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rockgem In reply to JoanmarieA [2012-07-20 14:06:31 +0000 UTC]

thankyou kindly for the compliment

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JoanmarieA In reply to rockgem [2012-07-20 15:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Y you're welcome neighbor

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Rawglor [2012-05-06 20:27:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha, this is a cool edit. The flowers for their eyes is a nice touch. Nice job.

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rockgem In reply to Rawglor [2012-05-06 21:58:18 +0000 UTC]

thankyou i really ought have saved the originals skull added the details then made the spiral but nope. i ended up having to add all the details piece by piece to make this edit but it was well worth it - and in all fairness i had it printed up large scale (40cm by 40cm ) print for an exhibition of my works and really got to see the details a whole lot better than on the screen

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jagrier [2012-04-20 05:15:35 +0000 UTC]

This artwork now appears in the second of three art features promoting dA poetry in April (NaPoWriMo). Each poem was paired with visual art. [link] Please check out the first feature and [link] and look for the third on April 30!

And I just realized you are the only person who has both a poem and visual art in either feature. If I'm not 'watching' you, I clearly need to go do that

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rockgem In reply to jagrier [2012-04-20 10:31:37 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much for the feature of my work (both the poem and this fractal manipulation) & i shall be on the look out for the 3rd feature its always wonderful to see images paired with words.

ah yes - i seem to have fingers in many deviantART pies as it were- though mainly the fractal, literature and the stock ones ( with liberal dashings of photography)

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catelee2u [2012-02-22 17:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Really cool!!

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rockgem In reply to catelee2u [2012-02-23 01:57:11 +0000 UTC]

thankyou for the compliment on this one wasn't sure how well the pink would work but then i tried it in so many other shades then veered back to the pink cause it suited the sugary candy idea best

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PyroShadow18 [2012-02-22 04:16:29 +0000 UTC]

Gemmie!
This is really cool! ^^
Yes indeed! Very cool!
I like!

~Josh~

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rockgem In reply to PyroShadow18 [2012-02-22 12:47:40 +0000 UTC]

thankyou for the compliment on this one glad you like it

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PyroShadow18 In reply to rockgem [2012-02-22 21:50:52 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome GemmieGem!
It's really pretty! Gothic and sexy too! *Josh now has a thing for skulls!
And I already like flowers, so this was just perfect! <3

~Josh~

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rockgem In reply to PyroShadow18 [2012-02-23 11:41:47 +0000 UTC]


well you got the best of both worlds here then skulls and flowers - or should that be the best of three worlds cause i know you like pink and its pink as well

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PyroShadow18 In reply to rockgem [2012-02-23 15:19:06 +0000 UTC]

ooh yes!^_^

Pink is one of my favourite colours!^^
Thanks for sharing this Gemmie

~Josh~

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RoseGroheimer [2012-02-22 02:57:14 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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rockgem In reply to RoseGroheimer [2012-02-22 12:48:02 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much for the compliment it took an age to get all the little details right but its worth it

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RoseGroheimer In reply to rockgem [2012-02-22 14:00:24 +0000 UTC]

yes it was way worth it

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Undead-Academy [2012-02-21 21:36:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh , I so love this one

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rockgem In reply to Undead-Academy [2012-02-21 21:56:18 +0000 UTC]

i'm glad you do thankyou so much for the on it

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Undead-Academy In reply to rockgem [2012-02-21 22:27:58 +0000 UTC]

Very welcomed , I love the whole Dia de los muertos my pleasure .

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rockgem In reply to Undead-Academy [2012-02-21 23:38:50 +0000 UTC]

i love it too to be fair which is why i always wanted to make this piece of art its just been something that i literally had to postpone doing until now

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Undead-Academy In reply to rockgem [2012-02-21 23:45:53 +0000 UTC]

It was well worth the wait , awesome work .

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OpaquelyMysterious [2012-02-21 21:16:22 +0000 UTC]

wow.....this is....um....eccentric? now i've seen it all, even though i like the combination.

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rockgem In reply to OpaquelyMysterious [2012-02-21 21:19:38 +0000 UTC]

its something i was planning on working on for a while but it got put on hold for quite some time i've finally got round to finishing this off now it took quite some time to piece all the details together

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OpaquelyMysterious In reply to rockgem [2012-02-21 21:37:41 +0000 UTC]

i'm wowed.

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