The Photo-Inversion Flower

Artist: theyellowfury
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The Photo-Inversion Flower

Does what it says on the tin. The Photo-Inversion Flower grows nowhere on Earth.
But you never know.
Its translucent petals show anything behind it in negative. Possible causes for this are the presence of cyanoethyl cobaloxime complexes in the petals but sadly none have ever been recovered for study due to the very probable non-existence of it.
It is also commonly known as the Catarli flower, this is thought to be a reference to Ctrl + i*

It is pictured here on a wrought-iron gate (actually stainless steel) to show the effect, the design of which is mostly geometric and has a solid plate welded in behind the lightbulb which is a symbol for thought. The whole thing took about two weeks and I spent the first measuring out the gate and pillars meticulously. Then I put in the lightbulb and the flower. I spent as long rubbing stuff out as I did laying stuff down and left the patina on the lower end of the gate, that’s at least how dark the page would be if I hadn’t erased everything in the gaps around the different elements as I went along.
If anyone actually wants a copy let me know and I’ll go get it scanned properly. I only uploaded a small one here as the transfer was going so slowly at full size.
If anybody’s curious to know what’s beyond the gate the answer is a page

Pencil on A3 and PS
Original for sale

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Detail shot

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The Photo-Inversion Flower by theyellowfury

blamo

hits all the right buttons …............majic
theyellowfury replied

Thanks mate.
Ginger Barritt

LOL! Wonderful story…You are hilarious! Love your beautiful creation!
theyellowfury replied

Thank you on all counts then. Much appreciated
Girlsphotos

Magnificent !!

Jay xoxxoxoxo
theyellowfury replied

Thank you so much
Antanas

lovely work
theyellowfury replied

Thanks friend
valzart

Magic pure magic sweetheART love it! ;} happy hippy hugglez
theyellowfury replied

Thank you Val. See you in Core
Ushna Sardar

AWESOME WORK!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
theyellowfury replied

Thank you Ushna, I have waited for this day.
Ken Eccles

Great work Simon!

As usual, thought-provoking and stimulating. Congratulations on the feature and thanks for sharing it with us.
theyellowfury replied

Thank you and you’re very welcome.
SarahNiebank

absolutely stunning!
sarah
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Sarah, I’ll see you round.
Daniel Rayfield

Wow this is Fantastic!!!!!
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Dan. Good to hear from you.
Don Bailey

Really love your work … nice! :)

db
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theyellowfury replied

Thanks Don, much appreciated
Robert O'Neill

Excellent as always
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Rob. Hope you’re keeping well.
cathyjane

I’d love to see life through your eyes. I’d never be lost for painting subjects. You take the mundane and turn it into an adventure.
theyellowfury replied

Thanks cathyjane. The ideas are so hard to define in my head I have to draw them out over a long period of time without overthinking them.
bearpaw

you are awesomeness personified!
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Bearpaw. You are nice personified. Stay sharp.
bev langby

Wow heard u were having sod all traffic lol so thought id pop by , this rocks

hugz bev
theyellowfury replied

Actually its picking up a bit. Thank you and welcome.
aglaia b

beautiful, beautiful toning and detail.
i always enjoy your side notes too!
i could stare at this for ages. ;-) xox
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Aglaia. It wouldn’t be complete without a comment from you.
owlspook

love your imagination (big smile) nothing tickles my fancy more than a great image with a good story to go with it (big big smile) .. thank for sharing (big smile)
theyellowfury replied

Thank you, good to meet you.
Kasey Cline

WOW This is just amazing! I am so in aww of you work! I love this one. I could stare at this for hours. I absolutely love this! So talented!
theyellowfury replied

Thank you so much. What a lovely collection of things to say
linskudd

Amazing drawing. It is good to see the close-up on the right – intricate shading and details. Delicate translucent flower – appears like transparent stainless steel (if there was such a thing!)
(cyanoethyl cobaloxime = over my head!)
Anyway – the long and the short of it is – I like this. ;o))
theyellowfury replied

Thanks. I suppose if you stretched stainless steel thin enough you could see through it. They have transparent aluminium on star trek.
And I don’t really know what the cyanoethyl cobaloxime is either. I just pootled around the internet in the circles of something like what I was thinking of and found it, wagering that nobody else would know much about it either. It looks way better in person, I’m only ok with this one.
So to summarize: Thank you so much.
linaji

Simon you are a completely beautiful Artist and man with a mind from the stars.. What an amazing feeling piece!!! Love Love Love it!
theyellowfury replied

Awwwww shucks, thanks Lina. You should see it in person, looks way better on A3.
Gili Orr

Why not send it to ImageWriting? ;-)
theyellowfury replied

I’ll check them out and see are they bigger than my beloved ADAWG
embrace

beautiful work, simon, as usual.
embrace

and quite the history!
theyellowfury replied

Thanks Embrace, the stories really go down well with some people so I always do one.
Mary Ann Reilly

exquisite work.
theyellowfury replied

Thank you. I loved juggling all the details til they fit together properly
Ramasg

The tones on this are awesome…love the concept!
theyellowfury replied

Duh! I did it again, see reply below. And thanks
theyellowfury

Thank you so much
stuff

Its crap :|
theyellowfury replied

You have no front teeth
stuff

i’ll have you know i have 2 front teeth… as well as too eyes that can see it’s clearly not your best work… and thats by your standards :)
theyellowfury replied

I think its comparable to anything I’ve done before.
stuff

only joking :D
it really is good work, well done.
i’ll have to see the original when im down again…
theyellowfury replied

Good man yourself.
_{Shirley, cancel that last assasination, will you.}
IRISHPIX

What a beautiful scene,
wonderful photographed!!!

IrishpixGallery
theyellowfury replied

Thank you and ha?
TerraChild

wow this is gorgeous
theyellowfury replied

Thank you. Nice hair.
Kasey Cline

I have to tell you…That I think you are so damn talented…This one draws me in everytime I come to your bubble…I know I have commented on it before. But this piece speaks to me (silly I know) i LOVE THIS!!!!
theyellowfury replied

Wow Casey, thanks. That just put a big smile on my face. Its not silly either, come back anytime. And I’m very pleased with it too.
buzzy

so much to ponder and think..very interesting pattern.
Larasolnishko

you are stanning artist, bow with admiration to your wonderful talant!!!
theyellowfury replied

Thank you
Larasolnishko

The more I look at that piece, the more I feel it can be turned into beautiful stainglass panel…
theyellowfury replied

It probably could, thank you for the kind comments
Shoaib .

this is brilliant
theyellowfury replied

Thanks, I like it too