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Brooks Salzwedel

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Discovered his work today...his style and technique is very unusual and I'd love to purchase one of his original pieces one day. Just thought some of you might be interested in his work:
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http://brookssalzwedel.com/
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Damn, i like that style.
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that is fking sexy.
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His work feels somewhere in between a very old photograph and a china plate painting.

Lol yeah, I thought you'd like it Shamori.
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DAT DEPTH.
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i want to mate with this man and absorb his powers.



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totally nailed it. :giveup:
I guess it's not so bad for 20 minutes.
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Not bad at all :sohappy:

What type of tablet do you use?

Btw, iirc, I saw on the descriptions for his works that he uses resin - among other things. Maybe that's the secret to his lens-blur-like depth in the paintings.
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Well, some of them are truly awesome!
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inky wrote:Not bad at all :sohappy:

What type of tablet do you use?

Btw, iirc, I saw on the descriptions for his works that he uses resin - among other things. Maybe that's the secret to his lens-blur-like depth in the paintings.

I use an Intuos4 small with a customized pressure curve. Sooo much more useable than the stock options they give you.



Resin ehh, that's pretty cool.
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My Bamboo is crap... lol. It works just fine and makes things easier and smoother when I do some retouches and when I need to use brushes on PS but as far as actually using it to do a digital painting, it's horrible.

By the way...I'm tempted to purchase this one as well but I really don't want to start spending my cash too fast. Already purchasing a Kawasaki Signed/Limited/Numbered print this week so as tempting as it is, I'll have to pass on this piece. In case you're interested on getting a signed/numbered/limited print from Salzwedel, I found a seller on ebay. His record seems legit =/

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brooks-Salzwedel-HE ... vi-content

note: they're prints. the original copies cost thousands of dollars.
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inky wrote:My Bamboo is crap... lol. It works just fine and makes things easier and smoother when I do some retouches and when I need to use brushes on PS but as far as actually using it to do a digital painting, it's horrible.

By the way...I'm tempted to purchase this one as well but I really don't want to start spending my cash too fast. Already purchasing a Kawasaki Signed/Limited/Numbered print this week so as tempting as it is, I'll have to pass on this piece. In case you're interested on getting a signed/numbered/limited print from Salzwedel, I found a seller on ebay. His record seems legit =/

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brooks-Salzwedel-HE ... vi-content

note: they're prints. the original copies cost thousands of dollars.

what print are you buying?


omgwant even if they are just prints. Unfortunately I'm not gonna fork out $120 at this moment.



Yeah my older bamboo really wasn't that great either. the positions of the buttons and touch wheel sucked and the button options were crap. starting pressure was annoying. The pressure curve was less than ideal too.
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The one I posted on the other thread, "Charlotte"
Gonna try to buy it as soon as the sale opens...hopefully get the #1 (it's a signed/numbered print).

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I saw one of my favorite Kawasaki prints for sale on ebay with a current bid of $1.1k but I'd rather buy it directly from her - it's hard to trust some random seller online. That and spending $1k+ at this moment would really set me back a lot, especially when I'm planning to move into an apartment with the girlfriend soon. :)

Some of her work are NSFW:
http://www.cgunit.net/search/label/Audrey%20Kawasaki (quick view)
http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/ (main website)
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damn mr.Money lol.
I'm guessing you're getting the special edition? looks awesome.





worked some more on the piece I posted earlier.

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Lol I've been a working student since my junior year in high school :P

Goddamn that looks hot. Simplicity always has a way of catching the eye with subtleties.
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inky wrote:Lol I've been a working student since my junior year in high school :P

damn that's the way to go.



finished if anybody wants to see:
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Distance/1966965
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Shomari wrote:finished if anybody wants to see:
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Distance/1966965


Real nice, i like it a lot.
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@Shamori:
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That's a pretty impressive gallery. I like this one and the atmosphere pieces a lot. You have a PSD uploaded for this piece? Pretty awesome work. Might I commission you one day to sell a print? :D
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I bought the Kawasaki print but 6 weeks until it arrives. Waited until 3AM EST to purchase it.
As for Salzwedel, I'll have to wait until a few months since I'm considering buying something else before it - for now it works perfectly as a wallpaper/screensaver for my Nook. :P
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inky wrote:@Shamori:
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That's a pretty impressive gallery. I like this one and the atmosphere pieces a lot. You have a PSD uploaded for this piece? Pretty awesome work. Might I commission you one day to sell a print? :D
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I bought the Kawasaki print but 6 weeks until it arrives. Waited until 3AM EST to purchase it.
As for Salzwedel, I'll have to wait until a few months since I'm considering buying something else before it - for now it works perfectly as a wallpaper/screensaver for my Nook. :P

damn I couldn't wait 6 weeks. too damn long.



thanks mate. and I would totally do a commission if you wanted. SRF discount haha.
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Hmm....$55 for a Salzwedel print. http://brookssalzwedel.bigcartel.com/

How tempting... =/

But I don't think it's signed/limited :(
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inky wrote:Hmm....$55 for a Salzwedel print. http://brookssalzwedel.bigcartel.com/

How tempting... =/

But I don't think it's signed/limited :(

it says
"Signed edition of 100"
but they're pretty small prints. only 11.5 x 6.5 inches.
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Fuck... that is really tempting.
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