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Description I drew this to one of my absolute favorite Kanno songs, hence the title. So it's DEPRESSING and WOEFUL and SAD ;A;

The significance of the gears-
Somebody brought this up in a comment, and since pretty much everything in Crow has to do with gears, or more specifically fantasy clockworks that are completely non-functional but cool looking, i'm gonna take some time and DRABBLE about it.

Basically, the theory behind the world of Crow is that everything is just one little piece of something bigger. from cells to people to populations to planets to universes, so on and so on. The final point that everything is expanding out toward is represented by a gigantic clock called Judgement, and within it's works you'll find earth and everything else ever ticking along in some unfathomably HUUUUGE continuous (though not undynamic) pattern. Hence all the gears everywhere, which can be seen/sensed by the crows.

Characters like Rain and Nobel are called crows. Crows are the gears, or were the gears, before they malfunctioned and were dropped from the system. Simply put, they woke up and got thrown away. Normally they just fade away, but sometimes they linger..

And yes I am trying to draw this as a comic X D;. But this month sucks for that.. so... next month i hope i can pounce on it more seriously. It won't be able to go very fast since I'm working all the time, but every little bit counts X D;;

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characters: Rain, Nobel, Florentine (white cat) - Mine <3 :
Tools - sketch, adobe photoshop 7.0, open canvas 4+
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Comments: 550

marcelobarco0 [2021-02-13 04:27:49 +0000 UTC]

iIs Anything real, or not?

None of this make sense to me...

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KeiraA333 [2014-05-13 09:00:34 +0000 UTC]

AHA! I saw this at AnimedeTour and have wanted to get it ever since! (but dumb enough not to check your older art folders ).
Is sooooooo gonna gonna get this now
(extremely happy over here )

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madanime963 [2012-04-07 22:09:11 +0000 UTC]

i love how there's not a defined line down the middle. Its just kinda flows~ I love it!

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narrendor [2012-01-07 03:06:29 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Kittygirl1001 [2011-12-24 02:15:43 +0000 UTC]

.... *faints from awesomeness*

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bassgeisha [2011-12-15 22:38:03 +0000 UTC]

wow, fantastic concept and very well executed +FAVE!!!!

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RosettaxDimitri777 [2011-07-20 06:36:36 +0000 UTC]

I loved this so much~! I'm happy I bought it at Tokyo in Tulsa >w<

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Kuroneko-No-Kaosu [2011-07-01 08:49:57 +0000 UTC]

Oh, this is wonderful <3 I'm so happy and honored I got to see this in person at A-kon. <3

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Ceress13 [2011-02-06 20:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Simply Beautiful

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kamikaze012 [2010-11-25 07:39:57 +0000 UTC]

I love this <3

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KneelingGlory [2010-11-25 01:39:34 +0000 UTC]

Hello

You've been featured in Faves from my Faves: Volume VI ! Please have a peek at the article and it if you like what you see.


Lili

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Cheruphim [2010-10-29 01:09:38 +0000 UTC]

Great inspiration, I love Yoko Kanno, and this art perfectly represents that! It's amazing!

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Mr-Imagine [2010-10-27 03:13:08 +0000 UTC]

WOW! I LOVE THIS~!

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xQueen-Sinesthesia [2010-10-11 16:26:50 +0000 UTC]

The gears and the rest of this design is just completely brilliant.
I love it. <3

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Nadeky [2010-06-06 15:32:56 +0000 UTC]

Los dibujos pueden ser impresionantes por si mismos, gracias a la mano del artista, y pueden atraer a mucha gente solo por la vista. ΒΏPero sabes cual es la diferencia entre los que se recuerdan y los que no, de la cantidad de imagenes que vemos? Aquellos que tras de si tienen un significado, o un pensamiento, porque aun sin saberlo, hay algo mas que nos llama la atencion. Y eso es el pensamiento del artista, que dejo impregnado el dibujo con algo mas que calidad artistica

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darkmagekari [2010-01-10 05:52:15 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely amazing. I love the story behind it as well and it's just mesmerizing to look at.

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mymilkiaen [2009-12-10 15:35:03 +0000 UTC]

Also,I really love the theory behind this too! 0w0

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mymilkiaen [2009-12-10 15:11:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow,that's really pretty.And really creepy!
I really like how delicate everything here seems almost as if everything is ready to just dissappear somewhere...

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BlitzHaigen [2009-11-12 05:06:38 +0000 UTC]

Nice, the highlights and absolute contrast totally call the eye to it from a mile away. Plus, I just love the way it looks. Digipaint?

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ltdalius [2009-10-07 21:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Wooow - this is really nice lookin' piece - with all the gears and two worlds concept - cool! ^____^

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kanekami [2009-10-01 00:20:09 +0000 UTC]

OMG nice!!!

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zoom-from-inside [2009-09-25 19:09:36 +0000 UTC]

it`s some kind of mystery !!!
little complicated !!!
great work

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Lovaxx [2009-09-18 16:00:39 +0000 UTC]

would love to see these characters in a manga, phenominal job i am speechless

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TehFLEA [2009-07-07 10:59:44 +0000 UTC]

woah coolio 8'D

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BuuWho [2009-06-15 02:33:22 +0000 UTC]

That's a beautiful song, and I think this image captures the emotion in it very well. I love the contrast~

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Slayer-1412 [2009-06-04 22:33:42 +0000 UTC]

the way everything fades into and out of existence is very well done!

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DarknessangelX [2009-06-04 11:14:58 +0000 UTC]

Featured in my news article: [link]

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Celestial-Gold [2009-05-23 04:15:09 +0000 UTC]

I love the duality of this! The poses and characters contrast, yet mirror one another. Great juxtaposition.
Wonderful work of art!

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Shadow-Fox-9 [2009-04-23 15:38:15 +0000 UTC]

very good art !
in many ways but to say it short...
i love it !^^

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daemonae [2009-04-21 05:54:14 +0000 UTC]

is it real?
i love it!!!

your color its just amazing

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lovely-able-heather [2009-04-17 18:30:37 +0000 UTC]

I love the contrast between the two sides.

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Yankash [2009-03-28 19:50:50 +0000 UTC]

I really like this piece because of the coloring and use of shapes. Everthing on the right is soft round while the right is very sharp. Although the splitting of a picture has been done before, this is one of the few that stands out as a new take on an old classic, well done. Definite fav.

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Jspx [2009-03-21 18:58:21 +0000 UTC]

This is so eerie, I love it!

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Fessel [2009-03-13 13:40:30 +0000 UTC]

An epitome of surrealism. N1 ^^

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latty-latte54 [2009-02-12 23:11:49 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely beautiful!

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Sojimne [2009-02-12 21:04:35 +0000 UTC]

This is one of my favorite drawing's of yours, i love the contrast of themes and ideas.

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Etna-Boogie [2009-02-01 17:28:09 +0000 UTC]

Holy craaaap~! This is awesome! The coloring is top notch, as usual, and the detailing of those gears is just...wow. *_* Also liking the almost monochrome look you went with each side.

Sounds like an interesting story too.

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AugustinPeter [2009-01-18 12:27:51 +0000 UTC]

I am interast

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policebonsai [2009-01-15 00:59:58 +0000 UTC]

O_O *stares*

awesome work you got there...

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Timcanpy-chi [2008-12-23 08:12:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow, to find someone on here who knows that song ;;A;;

It is a very sad song, and very slow might i add, but this piece works perfectly with it <3

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Veanar [2008-12-18 17:26:49 +0000 UTC]

I know you uploaded this like months ago, but I feel the need to comment on this anyway,

the story sounds amazing and really thought out, the drawing is awesome, I love the different backgrounds and how it splits in the middle.
I have to say that I don't know the song though..
:fav+:

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snapuswipe [2008-12-15 23:03:19 +0000 UTC]

I love it!

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Sesshofan [2008-12-15 16:55:59 +0000 UTC]

thats very cool looking.

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imapuddle [2008-12-13 20:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Just...completely beautiful. And what well thought out and awesome story concept.

I enjoy the cats immensely.

The color pallete of this is also very....ominous? I don't think that's the right word. More like...its a prelude to something.

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Toylands [2008-11-29 06:07:20 +0000 UTC]

EPIC WIN. I LOVE this picture.

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EllaryRose [2008-11-12 22:33:48 +0000 UTC]

You got me singing that song now... T_T I'm gonna be singing it all day now... ;

Great Job! >_<

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Purple-Fearie [2008-11-08 14:21:56 +0000 UTC]

that sounds like a really intiresting story/comic.

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tenko72 [2008-11-08 01:33:43 +0000 UTC]

I like the idea and how the two sides parallel eachother.

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Crystal-Master [2008-10-17 17:33:37 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing...
I love it!
Interesting history...

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Vivian16 [2008-10-14 21:31:53 +0000 UTC]

vary amazing!

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