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©2004-2009 ~WannabeSpiderMan
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As you can tell, it's an old drawing from high school and the graphite is fading BAD. You can see my actual pencil strokes....yeesh. ;)

There was an contest on MTV about making the cover for Korn's "Issues" album. the winner would get $10,000 and a chance to meet the band. I found out two weeks before the contest was over and I really loved 'em, so I worked hard on this.

I put a kid in an obviously bad situation, which was kind of a theme Korn had back then. I put signs of and the means of abuse, and even put the icon of their record label on the fast-food bag on the bed. I was done 2 days before the deadline and I left it for my mother to Fed-Ex it overnight while I went to work...well, I guess you know how the story ends. My heart broke when I got home late that night and it was still there on the table...*sigh*
People from all different backgrounds have really loved this, which surprises me. They've all told me that I should just send it to Korn anyways, but after all this time I feel I could really do better just re-drawing it first, and I'm not gonna do that. ;)
Also, note how there is a torn teddy bear.... a frustrating-beyond-all-belief coincidence for that's what ended up winning the contest. A pic of a torn bear, though in color.

Size: 13x13
Media: Ebony pencil, 0.5 mechanical pencil

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:iconcrushedovernight:
this is very nice. sorry about the contest...things like that blow!

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:matteo:!
:iconryamcshme:
neat.. I love the wall.

I remember that contest, I entered it :p

Too bad yours didn't get sent, its really awesome, you may have won something ^_^

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RMcS
:iconleenawolfmoon:
I would send it in. It's beautifully done, and the emotions pouring out of it is powerful. There's nothing bad that could come out of sending it. So, go for it.
:iconsazzahi:
This picture is amazing. I love it. It's expressive and impressive.
:iconnirej:
korn rocks!

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I wanna see your pussy show it to me. Let me see your pussy show it to me. Show me your pussy show it to me. I wanna pet your pussy show it to me:kitty:
:iconteho:
Wow, I'da picked th is over a couple others they chose. Its pretty good. Way better than I coulda done. I didnt even attempt to draw anything for it. But then again Im kinda hard on myself IM told. Anywho, love it.

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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he did not exist

~Kevin Spacy, Usual Suspects
:iconbratchny:
Ohh I remember that contest! Damn man...you should of won. :(
Poor little boy. That's very extreme, a homeless young boy, sucking his thumb...with all that shit around him. KoRn would of loved this. :clap: :thumbsup:

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:| wtf :|
:icondiamondscan:
Aww, that is so sad! :petting: I think this had really good shot at winning too. It's rendered perfectly and the scene has great elements in it. I especially like the bands name on the wall. Maybe you should send it in to them, if you could. You deserve some recognition!

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"If you inherit a lot of money you should save it or buy cameras." :greetings:

My tiny print collection. :shrug:
:iconodyssey01:
Well, I'm really impressed with this picture as well and would definitely support the idea of sending the picture (or a copy of it) to Korn. How could they not like it? :)
:iconagutrot:
You would probably had won! This is awsome :+fav:

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"`I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of this world."

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