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The Hangin' Tree by *graver13:icongraver13:

Categories Traditional Art > Printing > Etching

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©2007-2009 *graver13
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Another etching from '04

Here I really went crazy using my fingerprints to help etch in the dark textures around the plate to form the hill the tree stands on and the strange sky without it seeming too thought out. Then i just went ocd on the tree. i really love sketching them out with their twisting gnarled branches winding and twisting their way up.

Again I used standard black printers ink with brunt umber oil paint mixed in for the pigment

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Given 2007-07-24

*graver13 brings us another beauty from the etchings gallery: The Hangin' Tree (Suggested by `youthculture and Featured by `JesusIV)

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*Drunkfu Jun 21, 2007, 5:48:08 PM
Wow, those fingerprints really make it stand out quite nicely. I very much like the texture it adds to the image... and I think I might want to try this now, after seeing alot of these older images you've posted. I really like this one, though the hanging baby head is rather oddly mixed in. It might have been a bit more disturbing if it were growing out of the tree. The branches and execution of all this is very impressive to me.
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*mcafee2000 Jun 22, 2007, 12:48:31 PM
wow love this one also

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~Larissa-Rasputin Jun 23, 2007, 3:27:32 AM
The fingerprints are a wonderful touch. Definitely digging hte texture here. The tree is nothing short of spectacular. I feel like I could stare it it for hours letting my eyes wander all over the bark and those lovely gnarled branches. :)

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*graver13 Jun 27, 2007, 6:39:42 AM
I love gnarled trees... i could lose my self in just making them ;)

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*graver13 Jun 27, 2007, 8:51:20 AM
you might be right... the head was almost an afterthought and it was more supposed to be a dolls head, but the print was a touch too small and the details got blurred. Glad I could inspire you to try something new :D

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~Girl-In-Glass Jul 23, 2007, 11:25:18 PM
I like it, a lot.

Congrats on the DD. =J

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=alucinogenos Jul 23, 2007, 11:31:13 PM
amazing

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~Pyrra Jul 23, 2007, 11:59:41 PM
I despise etchings. Not the finished product - I managed to end up with a respectable elephant with that technique - but the process is abysmal. At least it was with the ink I was using. Drying in a matter of seconds, and then whenever you go to press the damn thing, someone else has messed up the alignment of the press...

But lovely detail on the trunk! (Heh, the same could be said for my elephant. (would you believe I loathe puns?))

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~gucci-XD Jul 24, 2007, 2:16:29 AM
this is astonishing.
your style is really something. :thumbsup:

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