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Dodge Dart Inspired by You Contest

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Holy craps, =CrimsonMagpie entering a contest! :noes:

As I do whenever there's a community announcement, I had a look at the Inspired by You contest when it was announced. Browsing the entries I noticed that there were hardly any traditional ones, so I thought I'd have a shot at it. :la:

My idea was for something semi-abstract, distilling the aesthetic essences I perceived from the car and turning them into something between a depiction and a 2D design. This is all about angles and alignments, every edge following one or a handful of angles and many lining up with each other. I tried to capture the aggressive muscle-car feel that Dodge is famous for, and abstracting it to instill some of the sophistication their recent cars have. It's bigger than most of my paintings, as I wanted it to be theoretically suitably impressive when hung in a corporate lobby type environment. :meow:

I apologise for the quality of the image; it's a photograph rather than a scan. I'll be getting the original painting scanned later in the week.




Acrylics on paper, 41cm/16" x 81cm/32
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~draumstafur Jul 22, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
my god this is awesome as fuck
look at that headlight man. it's staring me right in the eyes with that epicness
also, that carbon grid looks awfully well done.
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`CrimsonMagpie Jul 24, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! :iconlaspinplz:

The grid probably took longer to paint than anything else on the car. =p
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~Backsackandjack Jun 11, 2012
Nicely done, gives it a much more aggressive and oppressive quality.
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`CrimsonMagpie Jun 25, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks dude, I'm glad the aggressiveness comes across. :la:
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Mood: Love ~Babbsie Jun 1, 2012
really enjoy this piece of art- it has a lot of stillness and is very dynamical at the same time, also a lot of shine but diving in the shadows . Very well balanced abstract work :))) succes
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`CrimsonMagpie Sep 18, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks, I tried to give some dynamism to an essentially static image, and I'm glad it works. :meow:
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=ZeroElements May 28, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is pretty fucking rad for an acrylic piece! Nice work bro!
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`CrimsonMagpie May 31, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Cheers dude, I'm glad you like it, and the judges seemed to also! :la:
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=ZeroElements May 31, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
goddammit... wrong button!! :iconnotimpressedplz:

let me repeat myself.....

Awesome!!!! :iconlachoirplz:
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=ZeroElements May 31, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Awesome!!!! :iconchoirlaplz:
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