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11 YearsEleven years ago, in the shadows of 911, my mom and I landed in the plains of north Texas.
I had never seen anywhere so flat, coming from the rolling hills of Dalian, China. The roads were so wide. There were giant cattails planted in the median. In strange moments like this, you remember the weirdest things. The streets were spotlessly clean yet void of people. Having no concept of "suburb", for many days, we got up groggily from the foam mattress on the floor of our new and empty apartment, looked out to a quiet world with almost no pedestrians, wondering if somehow 911 scared everybody into hiding.
We brought a small pot with us. A friend drove us to grocery. We had our first meal of noodles, sitting on the floor. Everything seemed expensive in the grocery store, except for chicken legs, eggs, lettuce, and coca-cola.
The day we finally received our shipment of belongings from China, I felt like d

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Gladiators - stepsby ~Nightblue-art

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This is a new process for me, so I figure I'd record it. You can probably tell that it stemmed out of the lunch sketches last week.

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~Tokoldi Jul 6, 2012 Student

This is awesome. Great perspective, and the blur works really well to create motion. I am a fan

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~blackbicho Jun 26, 2012 Student Digital Artist

dark to light.. great one! you did it great!

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~Drunkfu Jun 26, 2012

Very super snazy.

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Great job.

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