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a "Deutsche Bahn" ICE 3 at high speed.

Reference photo is by "Deutsche Bahn AG", since I can't provide a direct link to their database (www.bahnimbild.de), I hosted the image temporarily here:
http://www.freundt.org/florian/ice.jpeg

It's a little off my usual site images, but I like the result way better than the last one, the airplane.

Size is 1600x1200, as png because of the red color (jpg seems to scramble that).

Comments and ratings are as usual higly welcome!

Comments (48)

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geesh again? man you've gotta stop doing this hermik.. you put the rest of the us to shame when you create such wonders.

Sat, Apr 5th at 08:58am (6 years ago)
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Imrik says:

ok .. this time you kill me. BEAUTIFUL. THE BEST EVER BOAH Submission you ever did. just awesome. I LOVE YOU !!!!!!!! haha. yeah. it is. oh my.. time is running bye

Sat, Apr 5th at 04:14am (6 years ago)
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bluecube says:

Better and better. Cheers for letting us know of the reference shot.

Sat, Apr 5th at 05:32am (6 years ago)
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smoovy6 says:

DAMN! So slick and so smooth. Absolutely amazing. I love it! This has to be featured for all to see! : ]

Sat, Apr 5th at 06:45am (6 years ago)
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dephunked says:

awesome :) very very slick, imo better than the plane.

Sat, Apr 5th at 06:58am (6 years ago)
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very impressive.

Sat, Apr 5th at 08:07am (6 years ago)
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LTD says:

**shakes head** Yet again, yet again. Now, Hermik doesn't just capture the essence of colour, or design, but the essence of SPEED. I'd say you're definitely in line for an adminship :-)

Mad skillz . . . .

Sat, Apr 5th at 08:27am (6 years ago)
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SirWonkus says:

good to see you do something different

Sat, Apr 5th at 08:58am (6 years ago)
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liqachu says:

nice

Sat, Apr 5th at 10:55am (6 years ago)
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shocks says:

OMG.. THIS IS VERY VERY NICE..

Sat, Apr 5th at 11:08am (6 years ago)
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this is some damn nice work

Sat, Apr 5th at 11:17am (6 years ago)
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Sweet... damn good work. I don't know how you do it, but it is very sexy smooth. Customizable I'm sure.. dare I try it...

Sat, Apr 5th at 11:52am (6 years ago)
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mad skILLzZz ZEh zeh zEh zEh

Sat, Apr 5th at 11:54am (6 years ago)
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Top notch, just what to expect from you.

Sat, Apr 5th at 12:11pm (6 years ago)
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Anetalaya says:

=) Thanks!!! (even you already had it in mind). The sence of speed is just perfect.

Sat, Apr 5th at 12:55pm (6 years ago)
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Very good, very good

Sat, Apr 5th at 01:09pm (6 years ago)
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kick my ass

Sat, Apr 5th at 01:40pm (6 years ago)
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inphlict says:

Pretty sweet

Sat, Apr 5th at 03:26pm (6 years ago)
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my new wall

Sat, Apr 5th at 04:31pm (6 years ago)
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My favorite hermik piece to date

Sat, Apr 5th at 05:02pm (6 years ago)
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Wynton says:

I just want you to know that I am going to steal your artistic skills.

Sat, Apr 5th at 05:25pm (6 years ago)
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jsuh says:

-Sigh- I have fallen in love :o

Sat, Apr 5th at 06:18pm (6 years ago)
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Max says:

hermik is a beast in his designs

Sat, Apr 5th at 07:02pm (6 years ago)
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Nice sense of speed here...great subject. i was messing about in ps and I'm pretty close to figuring your style out.......w00t.
Repomonkey-If that's simple tracing filled with color, I'm a banana. Look at it. Very slight gradients and more detail than you could ever get by tracing. It's processed somehow, but with great detail, skill and editing. Almost like areas are thoughtfully selected, refined and filtered. Er. Why don't you tell me the proggie? ;-)

Sat, Apr 5th at 10:34pm (6 years ago)
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very clean-cut, well done :D functional, too...

Sat, Apr 5th at 11:07pm (6 years ago)
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Here's the proof:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/custo/th
e_art_of_tracing.jpg
- try it yourself. Update: lol @ those who say this isn't a trace. What you're saying is that Hermik can replicate a photo, pixel for pixel freehand - fuck me, even Michelangelo would have been impressed with that. You can drop the wallpaper over the top of the original photo and they PERFECTLY match. Why is that so hard to understand? Why is it such a problem? Does it make it a bad wallpaper - no! Does it mean it requires less artistic talent than someone who *does* draw freehand - yes! He used Photoshop, or Illustrator or Freehand and traced around the image with the pen tool - that's the only way they'd match up. Oh and hey people - here's another newsflash - the world is not flat as we thought, but is in fact round... it's true.. the earth is a globe.

Sun, Apr 6th at 03:17am (6 years ago)
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StarForge says:

Awesome! Its going onto one of my desktops right now!

Sun, Apr 6th at 03:57am (6 years ago)
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hermik says:

thanks a lot people! Colossus, show me =) RepoMonkey... no comment any more. thanks for the secons featured Max! I was a little disoriented when I got to custo this morning.. ;)

Sun, Apr 6th at 04:00am (6 years ago)
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dougp says:

it is perfecter then usual

Sun, Apr 6th at 04:15am (6 years ago)
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The Autobahn in the background of the original photo would have fitted into the wall. but nevertheless I like the ICE (intercity express) wallpaper. It's already the second wall of hermik that imresses me a lot. Thank you!

Sun, Apr 6th at 04:31am (6 years ago)
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macdude says:

pure beauty. Regardless of what repomonkey says, it is definately not a trace. Very well done, hermilk. I aspire to become that good.

Great, great wallpaper; very usable in my opinion. Definately deserves the 90+ ratings it has been getting.

Sun, Apr 6th at 01:22pm (6 years ago)
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sweet dude.. very very sweet.. im not gonna rate this with high numbers as you've got enuff of those already... anyways great work.. its guys like you that keep me comin back to custo...

Sun, Apr 6th at 03:21pm (6 years ago)
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Gearman says:

RepoMonkey: if it's as easy as you say, then please show us yours.
hermik: Your best piece of work yet. Excellent depth, color, and control. Everything is top-notch as we expect from you. Excellent work.

Sun, Apr 6th at 06:42pm (6 years ago)
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Royal says:

Very nice.

Sun, Apr 6th at 07:35pm (6 years ago)
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azra3l says:

amazing. how do u vector this well? what program did you use?

Sun, Apr 6th at 08:29pm (6 years ago)
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Epilsion says:

Very neat. Simple but stunning. I love your work. Keep it up :)

Sun, Apr 6th at 09:18pm (6 years ago)
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fazukin says:

hermik never ceases to amaze me....

Mon, Apr 7th at 02:27am (6 years ago)
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mockba says:

wow. wow :sighs

Thu, Apr 10th at 06:10pm (6 years ago)
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Isn't it great how people hold grudges against you if you give them a poor rating?

Tue, Apr 29th at 09:10am (6 years ago)
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sweet.
like the thumb better than the wall.

Thu, May 22nd at 12:03am (6 years ago)
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i loved this so much I have the print at home

Thu, Jan 8th at 06:45pm (5 years ago)
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evilbadz says:

I think it looks great, as for the people claiming it's not a trace, I wonder if they even looked at the original image. I like it, but I guess I'm not enough of a fanboy to say "omg thats so not a trace because I said so." The proof is kinda there out in the open :\

Fri, Jan 9th at 04:04am (5 years ago)
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phootek says:

Good Job! Woaw, very impressive... :-)

Fri, Jan 9th at 05:34am (5 years ago)
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molestme says:

HAHHAHAHHAHA REPO MONKEY BURNED ALL U PUNKS HAHAHAHA GOOD WORK MONKEY..

in MY OPINION i do not want a train on my screen ,i think its lame a good idea for like a painting but not a desk

Fri, Jan 9th at 05:55am (5 years ago)
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kjeksen says:

That's pretty crazy stuff there!!! Don't know what it is, but it's something that's missing....but a really god damn nice picture...just got to have it man! ;)

Fri, Jan 9th at 02:20pm (5 years ago)
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I think its a little over rated

Mon, Feb 23rd at 12:23pm (5 years ago)
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That's lovely. Truly a work of art.

Wed, Jul 20th at 11:31am (4 years ago)


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