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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create."

~ Albert Einstein



For the love of books, and the power of the human mind.




Photoshop CS
+ close-ups: one | two | three | four | five
+ open book sketches by Leonardo DaVinci
+ the book titles in the foreground are some of my favourites
+ that's 156 books in the background... I was mad enough to count them.



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Reference photo courtesy of the lovely and amazingly talented Patricia Chica.

Model: Francisco Randez



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[ Print released with permission ]


Daily Deviation

Given 2009-08-31

A Beautiful Mind by `nykolai (Suggested by *Shirabelle and Featured by ^JunkbyJen)

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:iconinfz:
...I love you for making this. Everything about it is stunning and amazing and yeah I'll shut up now.

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I take large pleasure knowing to speak two languages. Comme ça, je peut faire des erreurs avec ma langue maternelle en disant que "English/le Français is not my native tongue!"
:iconanivorysoul:
awesome!!!!

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My english is...disgusting, sorry ç_____ç
:iconacidcryst:
I agree with INFZ.

It is amazing. All the detail is fabulous, and there are hardly any words I can think of to describe the great feeling I get from just seeing this.

You did an exceptional job.

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Well I carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let it you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me
I’d serve you drugs on a silver plate
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me
:iconmonicabritto:
gorgeus!!!!!
i loved your words, are so true!!!!!
:iconmizzdraconia:
I love it!
I am a huge bookreader myself :aww: :love:

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:iconlamour13:
I wish I was in his place, with so many interesting books to read :drool: Just a little flaw here - the fabric, laying on the ground, where folds are as if concentrated. This detail to me seems to be a bit flat and with not enough shadows casted upon it. But I can`t deny the very homely and friendly atmosphere being so attractive in this painting. Warm and welcoming.

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Artist is a person who has realized they can create whole worlds and universes with the power of their imagination :heart:
Excuse me for my bad English, please! :blushes:
:iconalkaline00:
Amazing concept and execution, I love both art and books, and you did a great job melding the two together.

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"As artists, we are the engineers of human souls"
:iconhomebird:
something sexy about a man who reads
:iconazurelle:
Wheee! You're finished! :)

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"The devil's best trick was making the world believe that he never existed."
:iconlouly:
Le Parfum, one of my favourite books :) Looks wonderful, I like this real life situation and I love books too. Beautifully done, he looks fantastic. Funny how Patricia Chica is one of 10 best Montreal filmmakers and I never heard of her before you mentioned her, being in Québec myself... Can't find the photos you're using as reference either.

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