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cynicaldesigner OP t1_jdwuxla wrote

Hello New Yorkers,

I'm an illustrator and artist based from Belfast in Ireland, and I visited your city a few weeks ago. I was able to access the crown platform inside the Statue of Liberty and I got this incredible view of lower Manhattan, Ellis Island, Brooklyn, and part of New Jersey. I had reference photos and a rough sketch, but it was a drawing I properly wanted to realise when I got back home and used Procreate on my iPad Pro. I finished this a few days ago. I enjoyed my time in your city and its people, I hope to get back soon in the near future.

If you like what I do I'm across the internet in different places, my instagram is jamesashestudio and website is https://jamesashestudio.com (I had difficulty setting a new account using my artist name, so using an old account 😑)

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seafoodgodddd t1_jdwx6oa wrote

>I was able to access the crown platform inside the Statue of Liberty

Good stuff, I keep telling people to book crown reserve tickets, super cool experience.

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Love this work btw! I'd love to see your take on the SummitOV deck one day :D

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cynicaldesigner OP t1_jdwzhqt wrote

Thank you, yeah I had to book a couple of months ahead of my visit in March. The statue itself; best viewed from a distance on the boats, but the crown platform is something special (and worth the exercise!). Ellis Island too was a worthwhile experience, visiting from Ireland the immigration history was very important to learn.

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Didn't get to do the SummitOV, but will likely do it on my next visit. However, I visited Top of the Rock. I've a sketchbook of rough ideas I did on my trip, I might do a series of NYC illustrations in my free time somewhere down the line.

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seafoodgodddd t1_jdx01ah wrote

Thanks for mentioning ellis island btw, that's a spot a lot of people just sail right by on the way back to manhattan but it's so packed with history that a LOT of us can directly trace our family trees through and it's quite eye opening to how different the world is now

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And I'd love to see what you make out of top of the rock! Your art style lends itself really well to high buildings it seems just based on this piece, it really captures that sense of vertigo I had up there

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Ancient_Return430 t1_jdz6ck3 wrote

Great job and thanks for enjoying your time here. QQ why was the view at a slammed angle? Thanks

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cynicaldesigner OP t1_je007xe wrote

Thanks. The illustration is actually based from a reference photo I photographed from my visit. The window was located on the left hand side of the platform, as you finish climbing the stairs. It gave me the best view of the city and the statue's tablet. Initially tried an early version with skyline sitting straight, but I didn't really like the composition.

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Ancient_Return430 t1_je20a79 wrote

Thanks for taking time to explain! Looks like this is just limitation of where you could see. Sometimes we just don’t have a choice! Beautiful hough

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