Decaying London by Tanglimara

2D • Urban/Cityscape • posted on Jul 29, 2008

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I must say a huge thanks again to everyone who favourited my last image 'Tranquil Evening' as it got me to 20th in this weeks 'Favourites Image' Art Chart ... so THANK YOU !!!! Todays upload is something new for me as everything was done in Photoshop. It is made up of parts of 14 different photographs, 38 layers and took me 3 days to complete. I did this after seeing some fantastic 2D artwork on 3dtotal.com. The idea behind this one was to take an image of the inside of the busy London Museum and to place it in the future after all human life has ceased. There are a couple of images on 3dtotal.com that used the same base image for a competition and is also where my inspiration came from. I removed all the people and displays from the museum via the 'eraser' and 'clone stamp' tools, demolished some of the walls, windows and roof, again via the 'eraser' tool as well as manually painting in the cracks to the structure and ageing the brickwork. I applied the same technique to the cathedral in the background and also added Big Ben. Next up was to take a picture of a London bus, remove the driver, passengers, roof and some of the windows as well as smashing the remaining windows and aging the paintwork. The same was done with the abandoned car which I flipped onto its roof and part buried in some rubble. The sky was created by cloning and overlaying parts of some photographs of mine and fiddling with the brightness and saturation levels. Foliage was then added by cloning plants, branches and a tree from numerous other photographs. Every layer was then transformed and skewed in order to get the overall perspective correct. Finally I rendered the lighting on everything to throw light onto the far end of the museum. Enjoy ... Tony :-)

Comments (184)

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ladyduece

12:07PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Almost can't find the words for this one. Simply amazing work! Hopefully we'll see you on the top charts more, very well deserved spot for talent like yours.

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DarkStormCrow

12:10PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Very cool work, outstanding, well done...

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ThetaLov

12:12PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Wow... just utterly wow. Simply amazing. Reminds me of something I saw either on the the History or Discovery Channel (don't remember which); they did a special on what would happen to the planet if humans just disappeared. This picture is a dead ringer for the images they used, heck even better ;P The lighting gives it a very ominous kind of feel to it. Very well done - FAVORITE'D!

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e-brink

12:15PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Very nice photo-composite, Tony. Well done.

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YourFantasyDream

12:26PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!! thats alot of work that you put into this image....Must have taken alot of patience. EXCELLENT~~

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debz

12:29PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Fantastic image and excellently pulled together! It is certainly worth your perservance! Everything about it is just brilliant! Looking forward to seeing more images like this!

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beachzz

12:34PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

OMG, there aren't enough words to tell you how truly awesome this is--takes my breath away, Tony!!!

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SIGMAWORLD

12:36PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Wonderful picture! Excellent work!

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carlx

12:38PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Superb composition, Tony!!! More please!!! :)

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3Dpixi

12:44PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Wow... Wonderful ruin cathedral... Excelent enviroment and atmosphere... Big complements Tony!!

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allnaydi

12:45PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Fantastic scene and atmosphere - worth every minute and effort you put into it. Absolutely fabulous work Tony.

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kelvinhughes

12:47PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

most exccellent Tony well done

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doridori

12:50PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

outstanding Image ,fantastic Scene , Light and Work Tony!!!

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emmecielle

12:51PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

you did a splendid work! :)

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erlandpil

12:54PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Hi Very good image again erland

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Staticon

1:11PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

This is stunning.

Trollmac

1:14PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Very nice, excellent mood, dark and slightly grim, I like!

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ariaans

1:17PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

BEAUTIFUL work!! I even felt a little disappointed that I couldn't see a big sized version :) Love the atmosphere!! VERY well done!!

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hipps13

1:19PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

awsome work, Tony I like the explanation was interesting to read made me think and smile too sweet sunshine to you warm hug, Linda

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dbrv6

1:21PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Brilliant! I read through what all you did with a bit of amazment since I can mess up adding my signature to an image no less doing more. Well done well done.

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felinx

1:24PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Superbe resultat mon ami, un travail magnifique :)

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rj2650

1:36PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

This is unbelievable. The sky, the lighting, the POV are all incredibe. You did a wonderful job on the building and the landscape also.

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Bossie_Boots

1:39PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Omg this is outstanding hugs lou x

gizmee

1:50PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Fantastic work!!

AngelWeb58

1:52PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Remarkable scene

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brycek

1:54PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Magnificent..great job!!

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photostar

2:00PM | Tue, 29 July 2008

Oh my,...all of your hard work and time on this was well-spemt, Tony. Your work is definitely becoming 'showcase' quality, indeed. This is simply awesome...especially with the foliage now encroaching on the structures as all human life is gone. Fantastic imagery and narrative. Congrats, again, on your work making the Art Charts, as well. You deserve it, my friend.

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