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meluseena — A rat in Rabat
Published: 2007-03-26 16:08:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 3367; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 0
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Description
This is an illustration I was commissioned to make for an ABC book, that needs to go with this poem:A rat in Rabat stole the bishop's hat,
hitchhiked to Sliema and sold it to a cat.
With the money that he earned
he bought a ticket and returned,
several hours later, to Rabat.
Rabat is a place in Malta, so is Sliema.
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Technique:
This was created using digital collage technique that involves the layering of many photos and textures and much brushing over, to create a new unique image. Essentially its like good old fashioned collage... only it's done in photoshop, and extensively repainted.
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Comments: 26
i wish more people would exaplin the technical aspects regarding how they created their pieces.. thanks for that
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Since I want to differentiate this style from photomanipulation, I went ahead and gave it a name 'digital collage' hoping it will catch on 
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yes it's definately intrigued me to want tohave a go at it sometime
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that cat scares the shit out of me!!!
brilliant work brilliant work brilliant work!!!
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very nice!! and funny!!! collage, painting, photoshop??
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That cat is too cool.
I love how it looks like malta - with the bus stop and the house, but they're all kinda askew and it's like some wierd fantasy malta from another dimension
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funny i love the asociations there are in this pic.
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it's a wonderful work! i love the character's expressions, the blue and yellow on the background...
love it
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Fun and funny! And there's the bus stop sign, too! Love the shifty eye of the rat.
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yep, that's a maltese bus stop sign.
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This is brilliant!
I love the mouse's moustache and the cat's wrinkly suit. I like how the mouse-thief is being paid in euros and that the cat is wearing aviator shades. I also like how the mouse is impatiently looking at the bus stop, eager to get back to Rabat and how the cat is looking at the viewer knowlingly, like he got a really good bargain on the bishop's hat and is thus very pleased with himself.
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heheh! The ABC book is europe-focused, with countries from Europe mentioned throughout etc. Hence the Euro sign. In Malta, people will be using Euros in 2008, which is when the book will be published (I'd have used euros anyways - I wouldn't want the picture to date!)
5 euros for a bishop's hat, that is certainly a bargain
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i really like the idea 
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This is awesome! Btw, they're already using euros hihihihi
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hahah tassew diga bl-euro daw
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it's going to be printed in 2008
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ahhh so.. it all makes sense now
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