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November 24, 2011
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This my tribute painting to the Occupy movement. :D I was really inspired by all the peaceful and creative ways the occupiers were making their opinions heard, especially when the police try to clear them out, they've found ways to return in the form of tent balloons, book tents, and chalk people.

Even if you don't agree with the Occupy movement, you have to admit that they have imagination :)

Everything seen in this painting is inspired by real events that I've either witnessed first hand at Occupy Berkeley or photos of other Occupies online. Here's the links to some of those inspiration:

Tent Balloons: [link]
Book Tents: [link]
Nyan Nyan Percent: [link]
Octopi Wall Street: [link]
Occupy Dog: [link]
Chalk people: [link]

For those of you who are not familiar with the movement, it first started because there is an increasing income gap between the extremely rich and the poor. The top 1% of Americans own 50% of the country's wealth because they are able to bribe the government into creating laws that will benefit them while making the poor even poorer. Examples include the Supreme court ruling corporations as people to give companies the same protection as people.

Since then, the movement has spread to encompass a wide variety of issues such as free education and racial equality. This doesn't make the occupiers disorganized and they haven't lost their original cause. It simply means that a lot of the issues such as rising education costs and racial segregation through income gap all have the same underlining cause due to the increasing corporate control of our government.

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:iconimogenedowne:
~ImogeneDowne 8 hours ago
is that orange book the silenced?
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~Jchanproductions Mar 13, 2012
NYAN CAT BALLOON :D

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Mood: Mortified ~ElliotGrey Mar 2, 2012  Student Writer
Bodies Upon the Gears! Viva Che!

This speaks to the revolutionary in all of us. :)

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~MimiGrey Feb 27, 2012  Student General Artist
lol, Nyan nyan percent and octopi everything are amazing. :D
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:iconsuzukiminori:
Mood: Optimism !SuzukiMinori Feb 26, 2012  New member Student Traditional Artist
You never fail to amaze me ^^

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*petedutro Feb 23, 2012  Professional General Artist
this is a great piece!
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~Abyss-of-Insanity Feb 22, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I saw a Harry Potter book in the Book Tents link D=, now no one will know why Voldemort has no nose...still really awesome; nice to see people fight in the net as well as the real world.

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*free2rocknroll Feb 15, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Love this!

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!TehYunYun Jan 27, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Amazing! I absolutely love your creativity!!
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Mood: Love ~Xxlama-chanxX Jan 24, 2012
LOL now i am wondering what kind of a world did u make in ur head i wouldnt mind living in it though XP
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