Embryonic XXIV (1989) by Synapse

2D • Science Fiction • posted on Nov 17, 2006

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0.1mm technical pen, watercolour and white gouache on A5 cartridge paper, 1989. In late 2002 I began occasionally showing old untitled works of mine from way back in my life, with "embryonic" as a convenient series title. I hadn't uploaded any for a couple of years (although technically speaking my last upload "Acrylichaos" counts as one) but then I was going through some old things from the late 80s the other day and came across this - a kind of post-apocalyptic vision of Sydney Opera House! It's as crude as anything else I was doing at that time as I was but a beginner turning 15, but I still rather like the concept and the watercolour work isn't as atrocious as some other things from that period ;-) Thanks a lot for stopping by, it's much appreciated, as are your comments :-)

Comments (12)

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thecytron

1:25PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

Very interesting technique!

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ialora

1:25PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

A wonderful sketch! Nice detail and colortones.

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Gregor.Scharff

1:51PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

you know i l your art and always i see your work of the past it give me the hope of the future to see what you can create. you are a master and its really a gift to watch your history and what comes up in the future . hugs my fiend and know me always by your side. argfff soon buddy soon be shure !!! thanks for sharing and showing your art with us . your gregor

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erlandpil

1:57PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

It is good,i like it very mush erland

ARTWITHIN

2:58PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

Great sketch and watercolor. Jim, you always have a unique ingredients in your art, like the diagonal sky. Great colors. Architectural casual with some fine art overlay. LOL! Atrocious? Nah! x:)

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amirapsp

3:05PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

This is gorgeous pencil art...Just love it!

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Naichan

8:50PM | Fri, 17 November 2006

It's always interesting to see the early work of an artist I admire, as one can often find ideas developing over very long time periods. Australia was clearly an interest to you even then. Kudos to you for your precocious imagination, worthy of Ballard, and still admirable line art!

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crrunchyfrog

1:30AM | Sat, 18 November 2006

I think you can guess how much I love this! I can't believe you haven't uploaded this before, great image and especially at such a young age! Very post apocalyptic, I love how the AMP building has sunk, but the Opera House is floating, maybe ready to break from its moorings and sail off into the distance L. Quite a statement, especially at the moment when such a sight isn't far from our conscious here in Oz, the late snow didn't manage to extinguish the bushfires, so they are still burning a few hundred kilometers west of your scene. Thank you so much for sharing all that you do and sparking such thoughts in my head L big hugs

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CrimsonDesire

12:17PM | Sat, 18 November 2006

Great looking picture! ^^

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graemeb

4:26AM | Sat, 17 February 2007

Looks like global warming at about 3 meters rise in the ocean mate a bit of a premonition. I have found a site you may like which has a digital image section and the whole thing is for surreal work check it out. http://www.beinart.org/

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mysnapz

11:37AM | Thu, 08 March 2007

We dont seethis side of your art very often, you have a nice illustrative style very comic book. Did you see 30years of 2000AD last week had to get a copy, spot on.

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