when viewed in sunlight, each line is like a rainbow

I would like to get lost somewhere in the matrix

xoxo

Oye! Fantastic lines all through this. Beautiful work.

when viewed in sunlight, each line is like a rainbow by jdyf333.

scratched on CD with a sharp nail. (Berkeley, California. 2001)

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werls says:

wow!
great job! really impressive...
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks for the compliments! Really was a nail. I wedged the nail into the barrel of what had once been a metal ballpoint pen. i have scratched on several hundred CDs and only had to sharpen the nail 3 times. All done freehand, no straight edge.(For reasons unclear to me, it is very very easy to make straight lines when scratching on optical plastic.) I don't know if a print could be made from the CD, but probably one could. If I shine a small bright flashlight beam on the surface of the CD in a dark room, patterns are reflected on the ceiling, walls, etc. (It took a bit of experimentation before I got optimum effects.)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

mokelumne-kid says:

Holy smokes!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

DerrickT says:

Greatness!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, mokelumne-kid! and Thank You, DerrickT!! Y'all should try scratching a CD! It's really fun! And since CDs are waterproof, you can even make them at a bus-stop bench in the rain!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

_alia says:

neato!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

..ciah-ciah says:

re: artwork is mine :)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

stu27675 says:

Awesome work!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, alia, danny, ciah-ciah, collage*o*scope and stu27675 for the comments!! Thank you, gary, for favoriting this!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Uano púrpura says:

Very impressive... look`s so detailed... :D
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Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

gwernie says:

wow! the detail! and what a clever idea!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

KimboRock says:

This is just phenomenal. Just when I think you couldn't do anything else to blow me away, you do! :)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks for your kindness, quieneressss, Steve, genevieve, and Kim! Four big smiles you caused!!!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

SHANE McKENZIE says:

that is incredible!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

~ "╔╦╦╦╦╗"~ says:

you really got the scratch!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Shane! And thank you, Florian! And thank you, nonky, for favoriting this!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Hal0Hal0 says:

...i wonder a cd reader that can create impossible music out of your genius... i love it !!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Hal0Hal0 and studioodd! (...every time i give someone one of my trip- scratched cds so they can see if it is somehow readable, they never come back...its weird--maybe they get abducted by geometric beings from another dimension... )
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

insatiable pull says:

whoa, really creative, i love it.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, shutterpuppet. Doodles forever!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, ebiddotnet!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

artyfishal44 says:

i luv originality, and when its combinded {is that a word?} with doability, and talent its fantasticle!!!
luv this
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, artyfishal44! i like the poetry of your word-structures!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

flosinski says:

Great work :-) I like your flickr.
I made first movie about my stickers:
www.flickr.com/photos/flosinski/2224446978/
The biggest combo in my life:
www.flickr.com/photos/flosinski/2242323123/
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

silav says:

thats brilliant--and beautiful
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

faith goble says:

WOW!!! This is really gorgeous and such an original idea.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Silav! And thanks, Faith! Both of you make art that i REALLY LIKE!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

faith goble says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Luminosity and Light, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jesus_on_a_x says:

wow.. this is amazing.. i can't imagine myself takin the time to do sumtin like this.. but it's of the hook
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

msnyc111 says:

interesting
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

josh heilaman says:

this is super cool
;)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

EmergingArtist says:

Really cool.

--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

EmergingArtist says:

btw, what is the cd? ( What music/band/singer etc)

Just great.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Glad you like it, EmergingArtist! (it was one of those internet hook-up cds from a few years back)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Cometa Guavaberry says:

Ohhh
Amazing !!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Cometa Guavaberry! Drawing on the cd is like 'micro ice skating' on a perfect plastic lake!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Skesis says:

This is genius
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

VisualMom says:

Really interesting art object & technique here. You've done several hundred you say? Did you documented them all like this one?
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks for viewing the picture, VisualMom! Yes, there are more of these that I scanned in various stages of incompleteness.("scan 'em all!" I always say! Even the ones I don't like may have educational value...LOL) They are in my "sets". Unfortunately there is some duplication, etc. in my "sets" due to FlickrGlitches...
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

anne miek bibber says:

I am so delighted!
Amazing piece of art!
V~E~R~Y ~ B~E~A~U~T~I~F~U~L!

For over twenty yearsI have been making dry-point 'etchings' in about everything I could lay may hands on, all kinds of thin plastic and tin, and never ever I thougt of using a CD! I wish I had, I love circle-prints and it is very hard to make a real good circle from plastic materials...indeed straight scratching is much easier than writing or making round forms. I am sure a print can be made with an etching press!

Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Anne!!!!! These things are super-fun to make!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Brendan Biele says:

That is way too clever. I'd love to see the reflections when it reacts to light sources.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

pilnik99 says:

great job man !
really nicely done
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks Brendan! Thanks, pilnik99! And thanks, Kate--(It has taken me many years to make this intricate art. It has required insane dedication and a willingness to spend years as a homeless "loser" as people spit on me and curse me. I had thought that making art was an emotionally neutral activity, but after having observed many people become enraged (even to the point of physically attacking me] when they see me drawing ["QUIT DOODLING!! GET A JOB LIKE THE REST OF US!!] I now know better... To answer your question specifically, this cd art took me approximately 18 hours to complete.)
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Pri Grasso says:

????
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

umdee_umdeex says:

this is actually like the coolest thing ever!
kudos =]
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you all!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

tommy the pariah says:

well,this a super brilliant awesome idea ;).
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Tommaso! Glad you dig it!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Zonal1 says:

fun n funnie unique n interesting
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

dou_ble_you says:

this is exquisite! you are obviously an alien, no human can scratch so beautifully ;)

Hi, I'm an UFO observer for a group called New Directions, and we'd love to have this disk added to the group!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Zonal! And thank you, dou_ble_you! (Indeed, I very seriously believe it is possible that LSD is an alien life-form.)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

superstar journal online says:

this is the most wondrous thing i've seen all week. incredibly beautiful.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, superstar journal!! Beauty is a mirror...
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

cathie joy young says:

what can I say that has not already been said?
wow wow wooey!

OMG
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Cathie!!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Tim in Australia!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Night-thing says:

Wow, so unique and creative! All that detail, it's just extraordinary. Are you an alien? ;-)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Justina! I seriously suspect it is possible that I have been the "host" for an alien life-form known as LSD... :-))
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Filfunk says:

really interesting idea :)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

pablo pamplona says:

what about photographing it by sunshine? let us have this pleasure :)
great work!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

alfelf says:

I used to paint on CDs, but this is SPECTACULAR!!! I wish you all the best, all the recognization your Art deserve! (by the way, do you know italian artist Capogrossi? you'll love him) :)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Nina! And thank you, lumaxart! Thanks also to Filipe, Pablo, and Adriano!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

diana_11_6 says:

This is amazing! Would be cool to find a way to ink this and do prints. I wonder....
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

GasBombGirl says:

The detail on this is so precise, it looks like it was done by a machine, not a person, you must have one steady hand fella! Legendary! =)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Diana! And thanks, Sandy! (My hand got so steady that my brain began to tremble...:-))
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

zoniazonia says:

man, what am i doind in this world? this is great, do u have any photos of the light effect?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Marwert says:

Awesome- An amazingly PRECISE chaos! Would love to see the rainbow effect as well!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

gingerblah justin says:

this is really awesome! do you do more of these? also, i think we have a similar drawing style.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Justin! Yeah, many more CDs may be found in my "sets", in various states of completion, few finished...Indeed our style is similar--many people have described my doodle as "city plans" or urban aerial maps, etc. My favorite description, from more than one person, is "channelled alien computer circuitry" :-)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

NicholasGuarino says:

wow. beyond amazing! Would love to see it in person!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Colonel Flick says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called R.O.C.K. in the ASA, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Colonel Flick says:

I have two suggestions. I think poeple would like your Artwork scratched onto their IPODs. I also think this would look good scratched on the Bridge Plate of a Fender Telecaster. Very cool indeed.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

peteherb says:

freaking awesome! and yes, this idea has so much potential!! wow!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Nicholas! Thanks, Colonel Flick! Yeah--the IPOD & Fender idea is a good one! Thank you, Pete! Indeed, hope is still alive in a world that shows such amazing enthusiasm for this kind of thing!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

__jessica says:

way too cool. I wish I could get the full effect of seeing it in person =[
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Jessie!! ...:-)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

strange_wax says:

This is really amazing!! :)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you so much, Paulo!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

shaire productions says:

Beautiful work!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Sherrie!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

modowd says:

This is outstanding!
Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing!
You're incredibly talented.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you, Mike!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

urbanwoodswalker says:

Outstanding beyond words. Yes, you could make prints from these with very basic materials...a cosmetic sponge from drug store, water colors, and some "Wondra" flour in a can from the grocery store plus a drop or 2 of dish washing detergent.
Or the more traditional way of printing inks,and a brayer from art supply store.

However I could see a gallery installation of the CDs with lights shining the images on walls.

I feel so badly that people treat you like that. Your work should be sold...have you looked into etsy.com? Its free to have a shop, but Iyou need a credit card.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

urbanwoodswalker says:

You could also find someone who prints up photographic prints (maybe an art or photography student from a college?)...they could shine a bright light on photo paper to get a print that way maybe.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, urbanwoodswalker! Yes! I hadn't thought of shining the reflections on photo paper!! Great idea! (It is difficult for me to capture the (moving) rainbow effect with a camera or scanner.)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

enolamagnolia says:

your work is amazing!!!!
i love it!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Fanny Betemps says:

wow great job! congratulation!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

seattlerayhutch45 says:

Amazing! Your intricate craftsmanship is both a playful delight and an impressive new art media innovation!
Please forgive the gluttony of my voracious viual appetite here, but I couldn't help but think about how doubly (trippily?) sweet it would be to see a hanging mobile sculpture constructed of these discs. Of course, the label side of the discs would look even better with your pen-&-ink work printed and pasted on them!
Don't even get me started on how much I'd love to see your work on textiles! Great (and time-less) stuff!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

waqcku says:

fascinating
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thanks, Enolamagnolia, Fanny Betemps, Ray, televivart, and all you fine viewers!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

wassias [deleted] says:

great picture i love it
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

dentist_tx says:

woah super cool idea. I don't think i've seen anything like this before
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

KillTaupe says:

I know everybody already said it... but damn is that cool!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

LavaMel* says:

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jdyf333 says:

Thank you to Vasilis, dentist_tx, Jason, and especially Mel!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Pam Yla says:

Beautiful!! Wow so artistic!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Felipe Lopez says:

wow, nice ideia!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

conceptual says:

Not much else to add, but I really dig this
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

szc says:

I don't have time to read all of the other comments so I hope I'm not repeting things that have been said a hundred times but -

first of all this is amazing. secondly - please take a picture of it in the sun! thirdly - would be cool to make a type of "etching" out of it with a thin paper and pencil, please try if you want and upload.

<3
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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