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Bleak world of absent law

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This artwork was created in response to the news that our government has lifted the moratorium on shale gas exploration in the Karoo. Yes there will be economic benefits from Fracking but what of the long term affects to the environment, ground water and the air quality? Should we taking such chances with our planet, with our very own lives? There's a fine line we, as the human race, stomp along everyday consuming vast amounts of our planets limited resources and these resources will one day be depleted leaving us the human race dead to our selfish deeds. Yes this is a bleak world of absent laws where many people cannot think further than themselves. We only have one planet to call home and we are destroying it.

Stock used:
- Model from !xx--s-t-a-c-e-y--xx [deactivated account]
- Rocks from ~Eris-stock [link]
- Sandstone texture from *bstocked [link]
- All other stock is from my own personal resources or otherwise created by myself.


This image has been featured in the Advanced Photoshop magazine Issue 102.




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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

The way the face is cracked and ruptured is a great way to show a sort of damage caused by age and weathering or by a single powerful blast. The texture gives it that, obviously, etched in stone feel, as if she was put in the stone to keep an eye out on something or for someone. I get this sense of almost desecration because this regal looking "sculpture" has been damaged and left to decay away. Also the type of stone and lighting that I'm seeing is like a sandstone which gives it a middle eastern feel. But what most sticks out to me is the eye that is hiding deep in the hole, as if there is something inside the wall. Overall, it's a marvelous piece, I love pictures of sculptures that are being destroyed, it makes a kind of cultural destruction impression