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When I close my eyes

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This is about a little street cleaning robot who wants to be a sailor.

What programs or tools did you use?
Photoshop CS6 and a Wacom Bamboo tablet.

Where did you find your inspiration for your entry?
My friends and I are always talking about the technological singularity and all the exciting implications that would follow from such a crazy event. One of these is the possibility that robots may become complex/powerful enough to become curious - particularly about their existence and wonder about things outside the factory, or wherever it is they are confined to exist. These conversations, and my interest in the history of slavery (recently finished listening to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass on librivox) are tied into the inspiration behind this piece.

The short film "Rain Town" and the art of Goro Fujita are two of my favourite things lately, so they have also been a huge inspiration to me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLAfM1…
gorosart.deviantart.com/

How long did it take to complete?
I'm still in the steep part of learning to paint, so I'm pretty slow - the first painting took about 7.5 hours, the second, about 4 hours, and the final frame took about 5 hours.

Other notes:
The first frame (in full quality) is uploaded here:
josephrocca.deviantart.com/art…
Each frame was painted in the same resolution and then cropped and resized to fit the template. I will be uploading the others soon.
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1940x500px 957.79 KB
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coolcat378's avatar
Wow! This is great! Definitely worthy of some prize, I really like it.Heart