Heartstrings

ArtByDrew

Heartstrings

So many tugs on my heartstrings
I don’t know where to start
So try I will to list some things
These few I will impart

The thickest string that tugs each day
Stroked gently by my wife
With love and passion she does play
The key note in my life

Next comes the chord of parenthood
Three strings that harmonize
And since their birth I understood
Heaven’s not in the skies

The oldest strings played as a pair
By my dear Mum and Dad
Ring notes of hope when in despair
Since I was just a lad

So many other finer strings
Played by the world around
I hear with each new note it brings
Life’s song, the sweetest sound

This fractal artwork was inspired by the word ‘heartstrings’ that I have heard since I was a tot. I have attempted to give a new spin on this word in both the artwork and poem. I have been a guitarist since I was seven, and it is with that perspective I give this old word new meaning. Strings that play the score of love.

The fractal was created in Apophysis. The original is 6000×4800 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. The fractal gradient was created with ApoMap, a gradient editor commonly used with Apophysis. The gradient layer used as the background was created in Photoshop. Because the original is so large and difficult to see over the internet, I have included a couple of detail cutaways below.





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Heartstrings by ArtByDrew
  • Scott Bricker

    Scott Bricker

    absolutely superb! , the poem also! well done! congrats on the feature!

    don’t ya just hate that damn footer covering up the text…! I like the way you deal with it…I usually just add blank comments, them remove…

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, Scott! Your right about the footer, and I sure wish Redbubble would rewrite their stylesheet to keep it at the bottom where it belongs.

  • Shannon Donovan

    Shannon Donovan

    Congratulations!

  • ArtByDrew replied

    WOW!! Thank you, Shannon!!

  • Clare Colins

    Clare Colins

    well done on your feature…..a beautiful work

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Clare!

  • Zoraida Pesante

    Zoraida Pesante

    Congrats on your feature! Excellent image! Beautiful work!

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, Zoraida!

  • Colleen Milburn

    Colleen Milburn

    Beautiful work, drew… – well done :-D

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Colleen! :)

  • JenLand

    JenLand

    Drew this is amazing! And the perspective coming from a musician’s POV is really interesting. I have always played stringed instruments and they are very connected to my heart…........ beautiful work, beautiful words. :o)

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, JenLand! I just knew my fellow musicians would love this one :)

  • Debbie Sandersfeld

    Debbie Sanders...

    love this – beautiful

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, Gramia97!

  • AndreJ

    AndreJ

    amazing work drew . . . haven’t got a clue how you do it but it sure does rock

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Andre! I do it with the forty plus years in the graphics industry, the same experience that tells me how talented you are yourself! :)

  • sstarlightss

    sstarlightss

    Excellent work and the result is awesome! Congrats on your very well deserved feature!

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, sstarlightss!!

  • AndreJ

    AndreJ

    lol – I don’t have a graphic or technical bone in my body . . . maybe that explains it. . . my sons play photoshop and such programs like concert pianists while I tap out tunes with one tentative finger.

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Ahhh…. but therein lies the difference. Technology is but a tool to help express talent. All the technology in the world can not create talent!... and you have that talent, Andre, so keep at it!

  • janniev

    janniev

    This is awesomely beautiful and your poetry is equally beautiful. Each on it’s own is lovely but, together they are magnificent.

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, janniev! To have you see the artwork and the poetry together really makes me smile… :)

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    This is a beautiful work of fractal art, I love the soft colours and patterns. I invite you to add this to our Valentines and Hearts group.

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Sharon, for both your warm words on my artwork, and the invite to your Valentines and Hearts group. On my way to join the group now!

  • HenkStolk

    HenkStolk

    love your work

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Henk!

  • Purrnickerty

    Purrnickerty

    It’s beautiful :) You can lose yourself in it

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Purrnickerty! Just as you can lose yourself in love!

  • Ingrid77

    Ingrid77

    it’s so beautiful!! Many congrats on your feature :-))

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Ingrid!

  • Kaliquo

    Kaliquo

    Amazing image! Congrats on the feature :)

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Kaliquo!

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    Congratulations on your wonderful feature in Valentines and Hearts

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Sharon!

  • CanDuCreations

    CanDuCreations

    Awesome, very well executed work

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, CanDuCreations!

  • Ann Garrett

    Ann Garrett

    Brilliant

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Ann!

  • Junior Mclean

    Junior Mclean

    THIS ROCKS!!!

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you, Junior! Just took a quick peek at your gallery, and I can see that I’m gonna need to take time to pursue through it at length! Lov’n the artwork I see on your profile page. :)

  • nedesigns

    nedesigns

    This is so beautiful, an instant favorite! Congratulations on the feature.

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, Nan!

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea

    very beautiful digital art, hopefully it will win the challenge!

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, coffeetea! With so many enjoying the artwork, it has already won in my heart. :)

  • jewelskings

    jewelskings

    Your Host’s would like to Congratulate you on being featured in the Globes, Spheres and Curves Group! Yeah!

    02-20-09

  • ArtByDrew replied

    WOW!!! Awesome! Thank you so much, jewelskings! :)

  • Donna Adamski

    Donna Adamski


    3/24/09

  • ArtByDrew replied

    WOW!!! Thank you so much, Donna!

  • Maria Moro

    Maria Moro

    please consider one of your artworks for the challenge HEART Shapes

  • ArtByDrew replied

    Thank you so much, Maria! I missed the contest deadline to enter it, as I have been really busy this week and not on the bubble much. Oh well… you snooze, you lose! LMAO

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