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Uploaded: 01/17/08 11:52 AM GMT
Diamond's Alley
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This one consists of three different images from my archives...The background is actually from a wigless mannequin image that was given a street mural flair and a brick texture...The newspaper dispenser image was re-colored and re-labeled with Artopolis' favorite news circulation, and the edition inside is from the earlier Artopolis Times - Belly Up...The name of the composition is derived from some alley in New York City where supposedly the first attempt to gun down the infamous Prohibition-Era gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond took place...He survived that one, along with quite a few others until eventually the mob caught up with him and succeeded...up the Hudson River, at his hideout, a rooming house in Albany ...sometime in the early 30s...

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::Dunstickin
01/17/08 12:03 AM GMT
Diamond's eh!...sent some ower here then, and I'll build you a huge golf coarse!!!...after all, they are a girl's best friend!!lol..

Excellent work as per your usual great stuff mate!..

well put together too
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::phasmid
01/17/08 1:03 PM GMT
Oh, Mr. Maniac...don't tell me it's come to this...I'll send you my little tin cup. You could set it down by the vendor and check it once a day just in case some kind-hearted soul decided to leave you an extra donation (well, that and nobody else would help themselves to your extra profit) ...there's a hoot!!....Watch out for the Gangstas with the "Albany or Bust" sign on the back of their vehicles :)

I hate to see you having to sell the last of the stock of the old back issues !! Save 'em. You never know what they'll be worth in the future!!

:0) PJ
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.0930_23
01/17/08 3:20 PM GMT
Great creation per usual and I like the added narrative. Love the colors. You do nice work for a golfer Ron

Tick toor
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.gonedigital
01/17/08 7:45 PM GMT
Help me out here Ron
At last I can buy a copy of the Artopolis Times :o) can you exchange some English coins for American currency please mate.
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I just hate dirty cutlery !! A mistreated dog should try to leave a deposit on their masters best carpet, after all it's important to establish who's boss..... My gallery is here.
.21citrouilles
01/18/08 2:44 AM GMT
I love your narrative and history of these fascinating times...I love movies about this era. Your composition has captured that haunting city feel, with that luminous face on the wall. I love how you colored and laid out the dispenser. Excellent work Ron. + faves
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.Michel_Lalonde
01/18/08 2:51 AM GMT
A 9 from me but would have been a 10 if it did not have your sign. 8-)
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::gabriela2006
01/19/08 7:05 PM GMT
nice work:)
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.blithe16
03/24/11 7:26 AM GMT
beautiful mannequin image and insightful creating with the brick texture
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how can one use letters, words or prose against its own institution? is it not to say that this accepted alphabet can portray intolerable thoughts against itself; the reflection of these words represent the meaning of ones mindless inquiry, generalizing became this text. . .read the marks behind a letter of assurance/ freedom is jailed within. . ." _ EaB

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