Dorsal by Synapse

2D • Surrealism • posted on Mar 25, 2005

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The product of several hours over the last couple of nights... initial image distortion using Photoshop from source image of myself, followed by lots of intricate blending (all over in fact) with Painter. Thank you for viewing and your feedback and critique are much appreciated :-)

Comments (25)

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visionart

6:05PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

This has a sculptured feel to this work of art.Magnificent creative touch as always Jim!

narcissus

6:11PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

It very interesting how you give quite clear the figure of a body without beeing representative at all!!!Fantastic artwork!

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FluffyAnna

6:15PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

Oooooooooooo Jim i love this!! this style of yours is so beautiful! mmmm I might have to buy another print from you soon...

conradslater

6:53PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

There is a genuine darkness to your work that is otherwise quite rare on Renderosity. And once again a certain magical "how do you do that?"

mind2mind

7:05PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

A very clear message that this disfigurement is to metaphor as presumed form is to unexpressed transition. After mentally processing the image, we (the audience) are left to pleasantly wonder what is the final stage and why this individual is so driven. It is unmistakeable that this transformation is self induced. I don't think I can critique this without attacking the vital ideas behind this. Adding texture would destroy the dolphin-like quality and more colors would disrupt it's unity. I am a bit bothered by the low position of the tail but it's just my preference.

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daeve

7:17PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

Fabulous!:-)

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pakled

7:19PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

it's a great pic, it just doesn't look like any of the Graehams (spelling) or other supersoldier clans..;)

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tibet2004uk

10:57PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

So soft, the textures! Great lighting and fascinating distortions! I see some kind of alien with wings here!

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Naichan

11:02PM | Fri, 25 March 2005

Your "metamorphosis" style often reminds me of Japanese comic book artist Hideshi Hino, who always favours deformed characters for one reason or another. Your style is more photographic and sculptural and less gory than Hino's, so I guess your motivations differ. Hino says: I tried to draw beauty out of deformity. I wanted to show how cruel and vulgar humans could be. My characters are ugly, but I wanted readers to understand that even these ugly characters have lives of their own... Anyway, returning to your pic, I do admire the lighting, always a strong point in your work, and the composition and muted colouration is perfect.

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bevchiron

1:20AM | Sat, 26 March 2005

I keep coming back to this & just staring at a loss for words! The sharp contrasts & edges against the muted colours & more subtle tonal range create such a vision of both the pain & beauty of self transformation to my eyes, your abstraction of the human form will never fail to fascinate me Jim & I really love this one!

cynlee

1:24AM | Sat, 26 March 2005

twisted phantasm of a beautiful mind!! :]

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saldegal

4:36AM | Sat, 26 March 2005

Love the sculptural quality of this, and the lighting and contrasts .. gorgeous, makes me think of life in motion rather than a snap shot, darker feelings ...

bern

4:39AM | Sat, 26 March 2005

Love it, excellent use of lighting :-)

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Euxeb007

12:31PM | Sat, 26 March 2005

Yes, excellent ! -V-

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SirJohn

4:10PM | Sat, 26 March 2005

I am deeply fascinated by the color scheme Jim. The overall quality of this composition is IMHO museum quality... like so very many other images of yours. Brilliant work once again man. Hats off to ya.

Jay7347

5:05PM | Sat, 26 March 2005

Shaking head in wonderment..."very cool!!!" Vote -jay

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crrunchyfrog

1:11AM | Sun, 27 March 2005

Mmmmm chemicals :D Whenever I look at this style of yours I find it simultaneously attractive and repulsive and this one inparticular is a new mutated species, its deformations' functions something to be studied and admired whilst my skin crawls shudders Great work my friend, I never ever tire of your unique style hugs

efry_e

8:18AM | Mon, 28 March 2005

very interesting image, my friend. The lighting is subtle and gives a somehow dimmed nice feeling. :D

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lumo

6:32AM | Thu, 31 March 2005

First bit I noticed was the horse's tail.. shivers Wonderful approach this time, Jim =)

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Synapse

1:29PM | Thu, 31 March 2005

Could be a horse's tail I guess... it reminded me of a fish's dorsal fin, hence the title ;-)

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cbender

2:22PM | Thu, 31 March 2005

hey - i missed that... how could that happen...?!? wonders that's well... missing words like there are missing "parts" in the pic... looks a bit like a statue... like some surrealistic existance... somwhere between transparency and melting... - i know i'm rambling around here... but - well - too many different thoughts in my mind while watching...

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Gregor.Scharff

4:57PM | Thu, 31 March 2005

YOU ARE A MASTERMIND OF ART & this is a wonderful work filled with the Power of ART. Sureal in many ways and at the same time so real with your view of thoughts. Thanks for this my dear friend . HUGEST HUGS filled with my thoughts to you Buddy :)

Balthaz@r

11:50AM | Fri, 01 April 2005

not bad m8, a bit to clean and white looks like you were having a gray day and could not escape your daily bonds. detail perfect as usual.:) lov&hugs xxx

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mysnapz

2:08PM | Mon, 25 April 2005

Catching up with your gallery Jim, I do like this the light is wonderful gives it a real sense of mood I also like the suggestion of skeleton in the arm in contrast to the softness in the rest of the image.

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