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Far Away Trains Passing By   [2009]

Far Away Trains Passing By Released by :
skurwy

Release Date :
15 October 2009

Type :
C64 Graphics  (MultiColor)

AKA :
Junkyard Samurai Wannabe

Website :
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/47296.htm

User rating:********__  8.4/10 (20 votes)   See votestatistics
********__  8.3/10 (9 votes) - Public votes only.

Credits :
Graphics .... skurwy of Artstate, Avatar, svenonacid

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User Comment
Submitted by iLKke on 2 August 2012
Beautiful.
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Submitted by Burglar on 18 March 2010
I wish this was hires. It would've been just as good as Summer Leaves, or Autumn Falls.
User Comment
Submitted by Cobra/Samar on 18 March 2010
Super climate!
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Submitted by The Shadow on 17 October 2009
Excellent :)
User Comment
Submitted by Linus on 16 October 2009
What Sander said ... and the title <3 Great!
User Comment
Submitted by skurwy on 16 October 2009
thank you! really glad to hear that! :)

@JackAsser, this must be a coincidence; however another nice one is that the picture was loosely based on the old (50s-60s) sf book covers, especially this one (a book by the other Hamilton, Edmond). ive never even seen The Commonwealth before, but this is the one i would undoubtedly choose to serve as my inspiration.
User Comment
Submitted by Sander on 16 October 2009
Great work again :) And i'm drewling over the details, every pixel seems so well put! Quite rare..
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Submitted by JackAsser on 16 October 2009
"Far Away", "Trains", space etc. Inspired by The Commonwealth saga by Peter F. Hamilton? Or just a coincidence?
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Submitted by daison on 16 October 2009
Nice atmosphere in this one. I like it a lot.
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Submitted by skurwy on 16 October 2009
thank you very much!

@luca: yes! youre right. i like clear day way more though. i just thought the title will create some interesting impression -- you read it and you expect something totally different, then there comes the surprise.

@moloch: thank you! the hires piece is already done! :)

@conrad: thanks! sure, they rock! always had this little perversion. :)

@deev: i was trying to get rid of the clashes where possible and leave them only where they create a specific artistic device. still, there are places where i could have done it better, but the end is the end and im not touching it up any more. :)

@motion: youre right too! pixel-wise, helm is one of the artists i admire most, and the black star was my inspiration here as well. it has started as a doodle, at the beginning i had no idea of how to cope with the composition, which stylistic choices to apply. . . no strict sense whatsoever. . . im really glad you like it, btw: when we can expect something new from you mate? :)

@wile: carry on, it doesnt have to be amazing! theres something very rewarding in putting your mental images down to a sheet of paper, or a computer screen if thats the case. they evolve throughout the process, too. give it a try!

@jammer: haha
User Comment
Submitted by Luca on 15 October 2009
...citing Ulrich Schnauss?
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Submitted by Moloch on 15 October 2009
Followed this a bit over at Pixelation. Nicely done.

Can't wait to see the hires portrait finished.
User Comment
Submitted by Conrad on 15 October 2009
Nice cold-looking picture. Oldskool stars ftw!
User Comment
Submitted by Deev on 15 October 2009
pretty nice, but whilst you get away with clear boundries between the chars in hires mode (plus it looks good!), I'm not sure I like it as much in multicolour.
User Comment
Submitted by Motion on 15 October 2009
Reminds me of The Black Star. Both are pondering their existence... or just trains? :) Nice work as always, Johnny! Love the colour choice.
User Comment
Submitted by Jammer on 15 October 2009
i bet you could do it in hires :D
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