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5. Science Machine
3 months ago
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1 year ago
The 21" x 13" print can be purchased at my new store! store.thebigpugh.com

This piece inspired the login illustration that vimeo commissioned from me for their redesign earlier this year; it is still in use throughout the site. The video is a condensed time lapse of screenshots over a several month period. Total physical drawing time is close to 40 hours and I'd add an equal amount of time for concept time and readying the print. A screenshot was taken every 5 seconds, which actually results in a full 18 minute video, but I shrunk it into a video under 7 minutes for entertainment's sake. The full video can be found here: vimeo.com/1015679

My life has changed a lot since i started this, so I thought it appropriate to include my friends, family and loved ones since they all were on my mind throughout the creative process. Enjoy!
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  • Michael Eades 3 months ago
    Mindblowing to say the least
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  • Ted Roden 3 months ago
    Amazing! Just ordered one.
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  • Andrew Pile 3 months ago
    I was gonna get one but you totally showed how to do it yourself.
  • Soxiam 3 months ago
    chad <3 microsoft paint
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  • Soxiam 3 months ago
    yes! chad, this is just so utterly ridiculous. i thought i knew that illustration but man was i wrong. i also thought i knew how crazy you are but i was off by few light years there as well.
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  • Nick Dunkman 3 months ago
    I'm a really big fan of the nature push.
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  • Casey Pugh 3 months ago
    I love watching the time on the bottom right pass by. Also love seeing you create different elements but then deciding to just trash them (like the hurricane/water spout at the end).
  • Mangrovehouse 3 months ago
    After several viewings, I finally found the hurricane. The creator changed his mind...thank goodness. He must of been raised in Florida. Now rules the Universe.
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  • Grimbil 3 months ago
    I feel like I know Jessamine intimately now. Thanks Chad.
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  • Kevin Sheurs 3 months ago
    wow thats so good! where do i enter my employee discount code? :)
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  • Patrick Moberg 3 months ago
    Yowza. Incredible.
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  • LW 3 months ago
    floored.
  • elclinto 3 months ago
    agreed.
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  • Julia Quinn 3 months ago
    dang. i want to be able to do that
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  • Adam C. 3 months ago
    awesome. you're a pretty cool dude
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  • Zach 'Iowa' Hoeken 3 months ago
    holy crap.
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  • Caroline Martin 3 months ago
    The part where you started making the little island right after you did the hair follicles blew me away. The entire universe is pure repetition and you really illustrated that in this. Amazing!
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  • Blake Whitman 3 months ago
    watching this process makes me feel all tingly inside.
  • Soxiam 3 months ago
    that's just your beard growing.
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  • Sam Purtill 3 months ago
    absolutely stunning
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  • Eric Anderson 3 months ago
    Holy monkey! This is sick.
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  • Victor Vasquez 3 months ago
    Beyond belief. Can't wait till I'm that fast :-P
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  • neil epstein 3 months ago
    holy fuck that was amazing. excuse me while I go wipe down my keyboard...

    (btw - nice use of portishead)
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  • Mason Poe 3 months ago
    love love love
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  • Ian Lucero 3 months ago
    So much tiny details. I loved seeing all of these worked on at such a large size and then to later see how tiny it ends up being. Like the woman and cat for instance.

    Gonna watch again.
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  • dbox 3 months ago
    ^5!
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  • Teem 3 months ago
    Very nice, I am inspired. Thank you for sharing.
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  • benfRank 3 months ago
    i no have with words the speaking less for awesomeness!
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  • Mark Edwards 3 months ago
    that was absolutely brilliant. may have to order a print
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  • Hushamush 3 months ago
    The best ever!!!
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  • Ben Millett 3 months ago
    Perfect music choice. This was really great.
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  • Josh Mohrer 3 months ago
    Please create/upload more videos like this. Definitely one of my favorite vimeos of all time.
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  • Joe Pfeister 3 months ago
    I now understand science! Thanks Chad.
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  • dalas verdugo 3 months ago
    Dude, they oughta call you piledriver.
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  • Chad Pugh 3 months ago
    Thanks Everybody! You're all being so nice!
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  • Centofante 3 months ago
    you win
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  • Kevin Mosley 3 months ago
    I thought that the "Science Machine" was going to be a new and exciting feature for Vimeo.

    Like "What the hell is the science machine going to do?"
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  • Phil Barbato 3 months ago
    holy crapalicious. That is freaking awesome.
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  • Obar 3 months ago
    i can feel my brain dripping out of my ears.
    thanks.
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  • Jim Renaud 3 months ago
    I am in love... In love with you, Chad. On every level, but most importantly on a superficial level.
  • Chad Pugh 3 months ago
    The feeling is mutual.
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  • Andres 3 months ago
    this is amazing!
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  • Sean 3 months ago
    Details details details. Incredible!
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  • Buck Flashroy 3 months ago
    Incredible! I can really appreciate dedication like that - Fantastic work!
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  • themarkpike 3 months ago
    I am having second thoughts about the tenets of Intelligent Design. I have seen my creator. Thy name is Chad Pugh. It's your universe. We are just living in it.
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  • Aziz K. 3 months ago
    Whoa! So much detail! Amazing work!

    notetoself: stop postponing learning illustrator!
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  • jeff chin 3 months ago
    I love watching the process. so awesome.
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  • Steve 3 months ago
    Is it possible to have too much talent?
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  • Be Well 3 months ago
    amazing :D
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  • Jeffrey Tierney 3 months ago
    I dont know what you guys are all talking about. I thought it sucked................................... just kidding. awesome work as usual, Chad
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  • williamcotton 3 months ago
    Where's the beef?
  • Chad Pugh 3 months ago
    It just posted a comment!
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  • Harriet Easton 3 months ago
    woah.
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  • pflynn02 3 months ago
    that is insanely badass
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  • Beep 3 months ago
    My head just sploded.

    Every second of that video is made of distilled liquid awesome.
  • Matthew Gagnon 3 months ago
    I concur...

    Now if only Chad would reveal the location of his Fountain of Awesome...
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  • Neva Brenneman 3 months ago
    That was amazing!
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  • Erick C. 3 months ago
    incredible chad. glad to see that faces take as long as they should. :)
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  • mike ambs 3 months ago
    Whoa... wow...
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  • pauline 3 months ago
    Awesome
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  • jimnellis 3 months ago
    stellar.
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  • Moayad Hassan 3 months ago
    - That was surprisingly entertaining!

    - You made me realise just how much I suck at illustrating!

    - I absolutely loved the cut-outs to the faces and eyes

    - 40 hours! I hope you were paid by the hour :p

    Wonderful job, keep it up :)
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  • Ayz Waraich 3 months ago
    insane.
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  • Brian Ostreicher 3 months ago
    That was Pughdiculous. Love it man.
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  • Kirsten Lepore 3 months ago
    that....was....amazing. beautiful image.
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  • Piers Warmers 3 months ago
    i'm stunned... awesome, just awesome. wow!!
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  • Patrick Satterfield 3 months ago
    Wow. Just…wow.

    …and thank you for sharing that!
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  • Bryan Pugh 3 months ago
    chaddy, you never cease to amaze me. you should not sleep more often.
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  • Bryan Pugh 3 months ago
    oh and putnam says, "you're funky fresh!"
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  • typenerd 3 months ago
    Chad, did you use an applescript to take your timelapse or a screen capture app? We're about to document an open-source art experiment (beyond this silly timelapse of our first attempt: flickr.com/photos/daverau/2400136065/) and I'm trying to find a good Mac solution.

    Awesome work and nice documentation!
  • Scott McLeod 3 months ago
    It's Vista, (unfortunately).

    I'd be using a quick applescript in combination with Grab. Probably really not too hard to set up... (considering "Capture Screen" is a keyboard shortcut I think?)
  • Alfonso Surroca 2 months ago
    I think Chad's video here clearly shows that it's all about talent, and not tools. Give him a computer from the Eighties and lock him alone with it for 40 hours, and I'm pretty sure he'll find a way to make something awesome. ;)
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  • wreckandsalvage 3 months ago
    Bookmarked that print for a later date when I have $45 I don't have earmarked for beans. And I will most definitely return and buy it then.

    Great video too.
    AQ
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  • Michelle Cassidy 3 months ago
    i spy a narwhal and phagocytosis

    absolutely mind-blowing!
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  • youdiejoe 3 months ago
    mad props!
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  • fabianocruz 3 months ago
    Incredible. Awesome work and great video. The best around. ;)
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  • Daniel Hurlburt 3 months ago
    great job.

    A++
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  • Teah 3 months ago
    Blew my mind!
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  • Slepoj Pju 3 months ago
    Gripping show. I Am a pity that so I am not able.
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  • Gen X 3 months ago
    Me gusta la ilustracion que hiciste para vimeo, la musica es muy buena. Muy buen video

    I like the illustration that you make for vimeo, the music is so good, nice video.
  • Chad Pugh 3 months ago
    ¡Gracias!
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  • Matthew Gagnon 3 months ago
    Holy Shit! That Picture is Amazing!

    If I had a spare 90 bucks I would *Purchase! Purchase! Purchase!* (-1 of 'em...Dang College coming up...)

    My Biology teacher would love one of these...
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  • Jackie Birov 3 months ago
    Incredible.
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  • xoozn 3 months ago
    :s
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  • Mark Jensen 3 months ago
    awesome!
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  • Scott McLeod 3 months ago
    What has science done?!?! (The answer is let you create awesomeness.)

    I want one of these prints so bad, but I don't have anywhere to put it right now! :-(
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  • Steve Beck 3 months ago
    That's an awesome video. Do you realise that shooting this video means that you were creating art WHILST you were creating art! That's DEEP, maaaaan *hippy mode*

    Serisouly though, that's an awesome pic
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  • moneydick 3 months ago
    this got me excited to go outside and look at things
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  • Heather R. 3 months ago
    chad, you rock. your work and your process are an inspiration. that's the straight up truth.
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  • haha holy shit chad wow.

    i love how much detail there is on everything even though it's so itty bitty.

    <3 ftw
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  • Nathan Clark 3 months ago
    So
    So
    Awesome.
    You should begin doing that for all projects starting now.
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  • Geoff A 3 months ago
    Great work. Thanks for sharing the process.
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  • Khamis Hammoudeh 3 months ago
    I have an abundance of white space on my bedroom walls!
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  • Bartosz Barlowski 3 months ago
    Great attention to detail man. Vector art is just amazing. You are a true inspiration for me!!!
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  • Jon Feldman 3 months ago
    Wow. That was too amazing for words.
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  • Victor Stuber 3 months ago
    what program did you use to capture your screen?
  • Chad Pugh 3 months ago
    TimeSnapper. I liked it because I could choose the resolution it saved the JPGs in.
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  • korymatthews 3 months ago
    Meh. Ok I guess.



    (; AMAZING!
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  • ellen january 3 months ago
    Very nice. Can't say much about the first section of music, but it all went together well. Good job. Now if I wasn't so dang lazy...
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  • Adam Holwerda 3 months ago
    I hate Illustrator. But I love you.
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