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"The person you love is 72.8% water." - Alan Fletcher

I PROMISE TO STOP USING THIS QUOTE NOW.
I made this for my Artists' Books class a couple months back. It was a quick one-week assignment that I kind of went overachievey on. It's an accordion book with vellum sections pamphlet-stitched into it to create three parts: one for each human, bird, and plant anatomy. All the imagery was scanned from library reference books, digitally colorized and arranged, and printed back out. I chose images that highlight the ambiguity between these three forms of life... The deeper you get into each section, the more the boundaries between things like veins and roots seem to disintegrate. It simply amazes me that when you examine everything very closely, you start to realize the extent to which we are made up of all the same bits and pieces as everything else.

I like the concept but the construction is a little iffy. I might redo it someday.

Also, I have a major issue with deviantART's categorical system, because artist books do not belong under 'crafts.'

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~anicake Nov 2, 2009, 5:38:44 PM
This is so cool. I love all the illustrations inside ... it looks like such a beautiful book and something I would purchase...

but is the title actually accurate? I hear lots of different percentages of how much water is in a human body.
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~psychoheidi Nov 2, 2009, 5:43:56 PM
Lovely book! And I haven't gotten tired of the quote yet, either. ;)
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~HitomiMelissa Nov 2, 2009, 5:44:15 PM
I love how you use this phrase

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The sunshine will blow my mind
And the wind blows my brain
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*lostsoulx44 Nov 2, 2009, 5:45:08 PM

i believe it varies from person to person. usually i hear it's a bit higher than 72%, actually. but i don't want to change the number because i'm quoting someone else's idea and using it as a conceptual framework, and i don't want to discredit the source. it's okay with me if it's not entirely accurate, i'm more concerned with the meaning behind it :]
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*nerdynotdirty Nov 2, 2009, 5:51:32 PM
can i please own everything you've ever created? thanks

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We all have eyes, but few can see.
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~electric-ace Nov 2, 2009, 6:13:09 PM
NOt only is this a phenomenal concept, but you actually put forth the effort into making it. Masterfully done and creative, I really love that you put all life forms in it; human, plant and animal. Beautiful, and you should totally market this to a company that can print it on recycled paper.

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:windows: RAVENCLAW PRIDE!! :nieman:
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~Ellesh Nov 2, 2009, 6:22:20 PM
agreed! I'm pretty much in love with everything that you make.

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~LostWithinDreams Nov 2, 2009, 6:33:15 PM
when i finished looking at your artbook, i said to myself: "what the hell? where can i buy this?"

and meant it.

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this is fabulous. great concept. <3

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~vas-is-nus Nov 2, 2009, 7:36:11 PM
Can I buy this?

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~nawafiai Nov 2, 2009, 7:50:48 PM
This is amazing!
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