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Why the caged bird sings
Why the caged bird sings
My wife convinced me that this was worth posting. Three different layers of the cut-out dome were merged to create the cage. I changed the big cat's eyes and thought the composition suported the theme.






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TofuTheGreat TofuTheGreat
I'd be nervous if I was that bird. the cage looks like it's made of paper.
nyxxie nyxxie
nice!
AlmostPerfect AlmostPerfect
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jerry717 jerry717
A little sharpness on the dome element would be very helpful here because it appears that the bird and the cat are more focused which throws off the depth perception in the image as a whole. Very nice concept though.
billtvshow billtvshow
nice effort
OneChiefRocker OneChiefRocker
cool
TheShaman TheShaman
dig it Patre, what happened to the birds left wing though?
jefflang007 jefflang007
the depth and focus of the cage work well regadless of the construction. could have worked better as a domestic pet situation.
Eve Eve
good one, Pat. Very creative!
Vlad Vlad
Tough one to pull off Patre. Good job.
Goat1981 Goat1981
Cool!
jcfreak63 jcfreak63
If the bird and cat are in focus,and they are, then the cage SHOULD be,and is, out of focus.
timwilder timwilder
I like this. I like it that the cage looks somewhat flimsy. It adds to the tenuousness of the situation at hand.
Chukn8r Chukn8r
:)
babydolll babydolll
good idea!
blue_lurker blue_lurker
Nice work and looks like a loot of work as well Pat. I like the theme, and the cat looks like it's ready for some "Squab"
Synthvet Synthvet
very good
16ozBud 16ozBud
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Serps Serps
:)
Wett Wett
neat composition
<senzotaku> <senzotaku>
this must be some kindah effort job, well done :)
marcoballistic marcoballistic
nice one Pat
mikey mikey
Great job!!
bumperskittles bumperskittles
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Lord David Lord David
HA!
karell karell
good idea :)
Lrossa Lrossa
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Claf Claf
Nice! :)
YerPalAl YerPalAl
Lot of work vote
cafn8d cafn8d
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deshone deshone
;]
gravyboat gravyboat
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Comments

Patre Patre
Thanks for the tip, Jerry. All the layers and the bird were merged. but I sharpened them anyway. Maybe some slight improvement.
Patre Patre
All the cage layers and the bird were merged.
Patre Patre
Thanks Tofu for your vote and comment under today's pic. I was concerned that the cage might appear too flimsy, and I spent some time trying to alter it to get a color that would work to "toughen" it. I also thought about a different texture,but I
Patre Patre
was worried that with a different texture the source "dome" could not be identified. So I went with the original source texture and hoped the idea would carry the weight of theme. All the best, Pat(Patre) :)
Patre Patre
Shaman, the left wing is subtle , but does appear on my monitor. It might just be a question of individual monitor's gamma settings.
TheShaman TheShaman
maybe, being a graphic designer, my monitor is calibrated weekly, so i dunno. just looks like the wing had been erased, but still i dig the overall picture, the wing doesnt take away from anything, i was just curious
TheShaman TheShaman
by left wing i mean the birds left too, not by our perspective ;)
Patre Patre
Yes, the bird's left wing was what I was referring to..
TheShaman TheShaman
ok! ::beer:: just making sure we're talking about the same thing
TofuTheGreat TofuTheGreat
Patre: I like the that the cage looks like paper. That's what sells the story to me. I wouldn't change a thing about the cage.



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 Why the caged bird sings
by Patre
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Created September 09, 2005
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