After The Storm by frogdot
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
I use to spend summers at my grandparents and one morning, after a storm kept me awake at night, my Grandfather came in, banging his cane. "Charlie!, Charlie! They're here! Wake up, Boy!!"
I had heard the story plenty of times and kind of believed it, but kind of not. As we got to the bluff over the shoreline, I saw them. The anvils had come in with the storm. The last time he had seen them, was back in the 20's when he was a little older than I was. he said it a good luck sign to see the anvils. Excitedly, I ran down to the water's edge, then lept and danced, in and out of all the huge anvils. As far as the eye could see, both north and south, the anvils lay about kind of sadly, like their journey was over. Waving to Granddad, who was making his way across the sand, I ran towards the point. Then suddenly, there it was. smaller than the others, but just sitting there, waiting. The Golden Anvil. I knew we were rich now and had all the good luck in the world.
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I was importing an anvil that I made and kept making adjustments in Amapi and then importing it into Bryce again. After I had about twelve anvils, I knew I had to make an image with them. I could tell, it was a sign.
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2D trees by oldworld, shoreline and waves are meshes made in Amapi

Comments (17)
I could use a golden anvil right now. Great beach texture is it a procedural?
really cooler story,, and nice image... i want the gold...excellent
Frogdot...I'm very worried about you. Great image, great idea, worrysome brain....
great surreal artwork
WOW!...your story telling and imaginative artwork go together soooo well!...Awesome image and story as always! "V"
Never read the words,but studied the pic,umbrella doesn't help here...some more destruction would have been nice,but,perhaps this was an isolated downburst!...another great one!
Great goofy stuff as usual, frogdot. :-) Nicely done!
Dude, them waves are sooo good. :)
One day I am going to find out why you are so good. This image really helped me figure something out.
neat idea and story :)
At first glance, I thought this was the sequel to "The Glaxtonbury Bridge". Another extraordinary image!
How many Bryce images have I seen with those realistic waves?? NONE. You finally did it (even though you used another program for it) still you did it, I like the trees too...
Somewhere out in the depths of the ocean, lay an Acme distribution vessel, void of the shipment of anvils...and appearently this is not the first shipment to lay waste on the beach...no wonder the coyote had to utilize boulders, though he was no better at tossing them than the anvils..but really..who knew? Fun stuff Dave, and artistically presented in both sight and story..(=
Always a delight to think on!
So very cool! I love the way your mind works! Your stories are as good as your images. My hat is off to you...
I should have known frogdot that yours would be different and outstanding..you never stop to amaze me.. great picture..
You better grab that golden anvil before the hords of volunteers get there to push them back into the sea :) What an imagination, thank you!