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Syd: Piper,Poet,Legend,Martyr, Lost Soul

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This is a first drawing, done at the computer,because, my printer won't print, of Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. It started as a portrait, then during the beginning I found out the piece I was working from was 3 dimensional, so I started drawing 3-D, giving him depth. To give him depth, I alternated between graphite pencil, charcoal, and pink and white crayons. Pink Floyd after Syd, infused insanity,darkness, into their work, this can be seen in Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Careful with that Axe Eugene, One of these Days, and the albums, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and the Wall. As I finished, I noticed the picture I was working off of was missing an ear, so I drew him as missing an ear. It has been said that the eyes are the window to a person's soul, and Syd had black eyes, and he was known to consume lots of LSD, which brought about his mental breakdown, so I tried to project darkness. Everything about him is black, lost hipster, the clothing, the eyes, the hair, and having the benefit of history, Syd Barrentt becomes this Romantic figure, hence the title.
Image size
4000x3000px 2.46 MB
Make
NIKON
Model
COOLPIX S9100
Shutter Speed
1/30 second
Aperture
F/3.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
180
Date Taken
Nov 30, 1999, 12:00:00 AM
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