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Published: 2006-09-28 08:24:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 4822; Favourites: 131; Downloads: 3
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Graphite on paperSlime molds are fascinating ... cooperative single-celled organisms that come together to move through the forest in search of food (rotting wood) and communicate to form fruiting bodies that distribute spores ... weird and wonderful ... not plant fungus or animal ...
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That fascinated me in Biology class! Nice interpretation.
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They are fascinating aren't they! Thank you!
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you know, even though I haven't seen this work for years it has been on my mind lately. Elementally it's that beautiful gradient you have in the background and the exciting textures (particularly in the left side of the image) coupled with the interesting context that you gave in your description. I apologise if this comment reads a little awkwardly-- I want to tell you that your drawing has worked its way into my memory.
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Thank you so much for this amazing comment ... it is the greatest compliment that I have ever had!
I do miss your artwork y'know ... I would love to see it again.
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you have an extremly amazing talent.
kudos.
how long did this take you to do.?
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Thank you!
It took a while ... can't really remember how long but it probably took about a month from start to finish.
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I am glad to see some of this older work..I have never seen it before!
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Thank you ... glad you like it!
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Wow! You're very skilled I love it! Such strange and innovative shapes...It's almost mesmerising! Great work!
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wow! ... some of these newer works are excellent * great stuff *
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i love this one. great imagination. when i look at it, i hear Tool's Latheralus
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this one is nice...reminds me of Bernard Dumaine's art...but yours are more free flowing...just magnificent!!!
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Ahhh Bernard is a master whereas I have a stylistic rut!
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but yours is original too....trust me on that!!!
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Wow. Very abstract in its own right. I really enjoy it. Great Job. =^.^=
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Thank you very much
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Incredibly smooth shading! This reminds me of an animated sequence from Pink Floyd The Wall
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Thanks! Hehehehe ... I remember that from years ago!
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Lush and mysterious; some of the most exquisitely subtle rendering I've ever seen...
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I love the soft glow that this work has. 
I was have seen some recent documentaries about slime moulds and also how slime moulds may evolve in millions of years. Supposedly they will become much more mobile and be able to imitate certain shapes. For example they form a shape of a fruit and some large creature eats the fruit, expelling it somewhere else. Thus the slime is able to travel greater distances.
Perhaps in the distant future they will even imitate humans to confuse predators or more plausibly to attract prey!
Beautiful work.
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Thank you 
I find them fascinating ... they've recently been used meshed with a robot control program [link] ... OK the robot went in search of a dark place ... but it does get you thinking of biomechanoids in the not so distant future ... ... and all the science fiction that could come true ... and the possible consequences ...
Given a few million years perhaps their communication systems could evolve and allow super-associations with huge distributed processing capabilities ... ahhh the possibilities seem endless
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That's a very interesting link.
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Ohhh, I like this one a lot. It has this soft textured quality to it that makes me want to reach out and run my hand across it. Great job.
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