Relief in Reverse

Artist: theyellowfury
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Relief in Reverse

Lets hear it for bass.
The most important and overlooked part of rock bands if they want to stand out from the crowd. Bass has only come into its own in the last 20 years or so with the electronic revolution. There is no analog instrument anywhere that can achieve bass as clean and booming as Elektrobank by The Chemical Bros.
I first noticed bass when I was young, pre-ten. I’m not really sure, but I was upstairs in the family home and knew what song was on the radio downstairs on a big old guffer of a Philips HiFi system but it was different to the song I was used to hearing downstairs. It was the bass getting through the floor without the melody. So I was aware of it. It was much later in life that I developed my taste for it though.

_{The title is kinda what I’ve done here. I work at it like etching but build up shapes instead of cut them away. I started with just the bass clef and added everything else in as I went along. I wanted a whooshy kind of buzz and took care that things are where applicable as close to perfect circles as I can draw and that the curves continue through the different elements. Its mostly freehand but I needed a small bit of help from the top off a can of WD-40 to get the two dots right.}

The oil lamp is to balance out the bottom right and because oil lamps are cool.

Pencil and PS

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JenniferB

What an ingenious idea! Your shapes and detail are so intricate, you must have a hell of a lot steadier hand than me! ha! Have you ever done tattoo work? I’ll bet you could ink some amazing skin art.
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Jennifer. I could I suppose but its a tough enough game to get into. And yes, thank god/genetics for my steady hand.
blamo

Brilliant ….............. zap bang Pow
theyellowfury replied

Hahahaha. Thanks dude.
mimi yoon

you are so right, simon… the lamp in the bottom right corner balances the composition… very clever… beautiful design and elegant curves… love how you sectioned to create the ridges and the shading in the main stem in the middle is gorgeous… what appears to be an erased area adds the magical touch… and all of the details inside of the circles and the bulbs are just perfect…

i hear music… : )
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Meemz. That erased area was a fighter, so I kept it.
sibergoth

you freakin nut!
:)

i’ve got one of them lamps at home..

gotta love them curves !
theyellowfury replied

Awwwww, thank you. Hang the lamp off a bass clef so like me.
Van Cordle

Excellent work!!
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Van.
mateusz

nice work…
theyellowfury replied

Thanks dood
bearpaw

awesome detail here, you absolutely rock!
theyellowfury replied

Thank you. Its lovely to see you again.
Antanas

Wonderful work
theyellowfury replied

Thanks. It was a lot of fun doing it.
aglaia b

wow, freehand circles, what’s gong on. lol that’s amazing. dare i say this is the prettiest base clef yf.
i agree with jb, you would be so good at inking skin. ;-) xox
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Aglaia. I wouldn’t mind getting into it actually but there’s a lot of training. Not with my life in its current configuration but you never know.
Mark Lyons

Awesome stuff dude
theyellowfury replied

Thanks ese. The bank holiday Monday helped.
Carmen Cilliers

Lovely, thanks for the closeups, they really help one get a full sense of the work and therefor a deeper sense of appreciation. Thank you for sharing.
theyellowfury replied

You’re very welcome and thank you.
valzart

O Wonderful mood’ you’ve created here sweetheART ;} hugglez
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Val, it was one of those obsessive curve excercises that I so dearly love.
linskudd

Thanks for your visit and fave’s. Hope you are keeping well. And, hope you have an enjoyable holiday period. Thanks also for your support over this past year.
theyellowfury replied

You’re very welcome and thanks.
valzart
theyellowfury replied

Thank you Val, and you.
MuscularTeeth

very beautiful
theyellowfury replied

Thanks. I was gonna move this down off the frontpage to show more popular stuff but I really liked doing it.
Kasey Cline

WOW This is amazing. I love this. The details are awesome and the lines are perfect! This is my favorite kind of art…Amazing…such talent!
theyellowfury replied

Thank you Kasey. Mine too, know what I mean?
Pat Yager

This is nothing short of spectacular, Simon! Your curves are amazing, drawn freehand! Your balance is wonderful, as the curves flow and flow. And the smaller circles add the note of repetition so very well. I think you would especially appreciate the art of elisabetta trevisan here on RB. Take a close look at her intricate patterning on sleeves, leaves, backgrounds, objects. She uses curves and colors like few artists I’ve ever seen, and I think you would really like what she does. Good job, my friend! – Pat
theyellowfury replied

oops,
theyellowfury about 1 hour ago

Cool, will do thanks.
Thanks a lot Lovely comment
theyellowfury

Cool, will do thanks.
Thanks a lot Lovely comment
Kasey Cline

Yup no exactly what you mean!!! To me this is true art. What I do is all done with a camera and sometimes I wonder how that can be considered art. But being able to draw now that my friend its “True” Talent!!!! My two cents for what its worth!
Norval Arbogast

I like, very calligraphic, you would make a very good hand lettering with a steady hand like that.
theyellowfury replied

Thank you very much, I can do lettering alright but am put off by stuff with symmetry like emms. Esses are no picnic either.