For The People

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Came up with it during yet another of my sleepless nights. Was inspired by a song called, you guessed it, For The People. Its actually more of a techno song, but whatever, still inspired me. Some people may find the name of the piece stupid, or maybe find the piece itself stupid... but in my own eyes its art, and in my own eyes I see meaning.



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Ill post what I wanted to send in this piece, just because I really dont have anything to do...

<DIR>We are slowly destroying ourselves and everything around us.
The gas mask is there to show we protect ourself from our own kind, and from our own inventions. The people together (Which are people from different races and age) are accompanied by an illustration showing how to put a gas mask on. Its on the right side of the pic,
blended, id say 50% viewble. The fact its different races and ages is showing two things:
one is how even though we achieve great things, we lose them as well.
second is that it doesnt matter who you are, its effecting you.
that man screaming on the lower left corner is
showing rebellious movement, or people getting mad at others for doing all the horrible things they are; realizing whats happening.
I actually had another stock with a man with a gun pointing it at the guys face, but it made stuff too bright so i took it out.
That wouldve symbolized how companies and the government and stuff are trying to shut down those who are realizing whats happening.

name of the piece is for the people, basically trying to "wake" everybody up. On the top there is sort of an alternate name for the piece. In English, it means "Instructions on using gas mask, model number 4"
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there is no real focal point, and well... i have to strain my eyes to focus on something
 
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@ghostface: I didnt mean for there to be a certain focus point. Everything in my piece is important, everything in it is the focus. My piece is a whole. Atleast its what I was going for.
 
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i dont know why but my first look at it made me think about linkin park.
hybrid theory has a look a like cover.
i like it :)
 
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You should find a better way to blend the font (For the People with the white border) so that it actually fits. Because the way you have it now looks out of place.
 

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You could have added a focal point in there, the bottem side of the pic is the most interesting, I see you've thrown a lot of fonts in there, but only one has a meaning, and if you want to make a piece that has a deeper tought to it, that's a bad thing.

I also see barcodes, what is the meaning of that? What is the added value? Whats the meaning of the box with 3437 upside down? It seems like there are a lot of random brushes in there without any meaning.

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Well, he already gave his own interpetation and I wondered how it would fit in. And if it doesnt, remove them and add in things that do have a meaning.
 
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mhuaha whats going on?? every1 seems to be returning this month lol.. hey naz ;) btw ive seen that bg on your sig b4 lollllll

bout the peice it self, i find it a little dull, boring and random.. if you feel that every part of it is important try and express it a little more, its kinda hard to explain in words.. i do like the bottom right part tho ;)
 
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Thats Linkin Park right there, the text and the pics are from Linkin Park.
 
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@silent - nothings taken fom linkin park. I promise.

@Naz - yup, there are brushing in there that doesnt have any real meaning in the piece, but thats for giving the piece its grungy look. About the fonts, well, I dont really feel like going back and taking everything out and start it over so I will keep it in mind for my next piece. Thanks.

@OptimusPrime - I tried several blending techniques, to me that looked like the best one in this case. But thanks for your opinion :]

Thanks for everybody for their crits. They are appreciated :)
 
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when i look at it my eyes wander to the bottom right everytime where the gasmask is
 

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