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Full title: This Used to be A Painting, and Before That it was A Photograph

Oil on canvas, 40x30cm.

This started out as a photograph of two young women using some ancient minicomputer. I cropped a random part out of it, then printed it through a printer almost out of toner. I projected the resulting streaky, messed-up image onto canvas, and painted over it as realistically patiently, and carefully as I could. Then I scraped all the paint off with a knife. Hints of red, green, and blue have been added to refer back to the picture's origins.

It's all about image reproduction, traditional techniques, digital processing, and the unreliability of technology.

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:iconerikaelend:
strange but i like it!

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.we don't care anymore.
:iconkhazi:
awesome technique and idea ^^

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KHAZI
:iconmattkooliodude:
I think this would be awesome with a digital drawing over the top! Like a snow scene or something, but i love these abstract paintings anyway :D x

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To see more of my photography and for future uploads check my FLICKR, as I don't use dA as much.
:iconhidingbehindthelens:
Hooray for doing totally random things. Truely A.R.T. (Advanced Risk Taking)

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I'm constantly framing my life into little 35mm squares. :camera:
:icona-fg:
the title is really good. it sounds like you were supposed to paint something on it. and you were on rage. and made it into a abstract. nice nice. :+fav:

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lame....
:iconeleribeauty:
yes this is good i like it well done mate, a bit mind boggling
:iconabtg:
Great concept. Turned out well.

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October 29, 2007
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Canon
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
1/400 second
F/5.0
50 mm
400
Oct 29, 2007, 3:28:57 PM

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