Old City Kuwait by Iscariath

Kuwait, 2013. Team effort with Justin Gordon.

Daily Deviation

Given 2014-04-12

From suggester: "Breathtaking sculpture made entirely of sand! The effort given on this piece is phenomenal! Old City Kuwait by Iscariath ( Suggested by Minato-Kushina and Featured by The-Build )

ChalkArtist1216 Featured By Owner Mar 21, 2015 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Holy crap, dude! AWESOME!!

Angie-Pictures Featured By Owner Apr 19, 2014

Beautiful work! Congratulations on the DD!

RadiantSky Featured By Owner Apr 14, 2014 Digital Artist

This is amazing

erco71 Featured By Owner Apr 14, 2014 Hobbyist Writer

wow!!

Minato-Kushina Featured By Owner Apr 14, 2014

Many warm congratulations! Hug

You totally deserve this DD! It's a really amazing, wonderful sculpture! Love

Keep up your talented job! Party

Destiny3000 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Writer

Blooming awesome! It looks like the real thing!

It's such a shame such pieces of art don't last for long.

amirabd2130 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Digital Artist

really awesome job

TheGalleryOfEve Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Digital Artist

Congratulations on your well-deserved DD!!!

I’m very happy for you!!!

LinkIlvien Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Digital Artist

Wow!, this is, out"sand"ing XD

Fuienu-chan Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Digital Artist

Is it sad that you (and your friend) can do this and I can't even do one of those upside down buckets without it falling over??

Sand is not my friend.. But it loves you (and your friend).
Good Lordy, does it love you...like wow.
This is so, soooo good.
*Looks through the rest of your gallery. Oh yeah, Sand loves you. Wow*

Crystal-Skull Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Artist

awesome!!!

Creamcheeselouise Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist

Amazing work! Wow!

LadyMonoceros Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Are you a wizard? D:
jk Awesome job! Sand sculptures like this make my brain explode. lol

DJMadameNoir Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Digital Artist

wow!

segura2112 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Student Digital Artist

*STANDING OVATION* BRAVO!! BRAVO!!! Thank You and congrats on the DD.

SynCallio Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

icks jaw up off the floor: WOW.

Doctorwholovesthe80s Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Writer

the part that really blows my mind is how the door is slightly ajar. How does that work?!?

I see sand sculpture like this and my mind can't understand how you make it work!

Iscariath Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2014 Professional Artist

Well, this sand is pretty amazing with how much shearness it can get when properly compacted. The trick is also to use shadows to make it look like its free-standing when it actually got support.

Doctorwholovesthe80s Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2014 Hobbyist Writer

Mind still blown.

ninjawerr Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Writer

Not sure if really good picture of said location or really good imitation of said location.

(Reads description)

Oh.

Phillipzu Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Student Digital Artist

Wow! O_O

seffykoepsel Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

bloody brilliant!

WillemSvdMerwe Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Wow, what a lot of work went into this - fantastic! Congrats on the DD.

Lageveen Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Could you pls tell what materials you use making this kind of scuptures, I really love them

Iscariath Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2014 Professional Artist

Fine sand with "square" or "flat" grain (when look under the microscope) with lots of clay content will get you the best results. Usually lake bed, river or quarry sand will have those properties.

Lageveen Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks

TomRedlion Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Photographer

Now THAT is a sand castle!
Awesome catch. Congrats on the DD!

ShaneProcrastinates Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Student General Artist

Holy bajingos, sand!??!?11one

That is awesome! How long did it take to individually craft everything O_O.
What happens if it rains? Do you put covers and stuff over it?

That is one amazing achievement, I hope you guys win something

Keep up the good work and have a nice day!

(Gratz on the DD too! Let the winning begin!)

$:iconfractaldragon:$

Fractaldragon Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Artisan Crafter

It is amazing to think that this sort of thing can be done in sand! I am impressed, and I have seen some good sand sculptures. Congrats on the DD!

FriendOwlDesign Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Omg I thought it was just a building in the thumbnail and kinda skipped over it, when I looked again I realized it was sand D: such talent and patience great job both of you!

aegiandyad Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Totally believable.

coriolanu Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Fabulous!

richardcgreen Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

WOW, you are simply amazing. I have followed much of your work and
cannot believe the patience ~ and the sadness when all is washed away, as
we all will be someday... Congrats on the DD, too!
Regards: Richard

FiestaFacelift Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

what the fuck.

sevenofeleven Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Amazing.

Schneefuechsin Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Harrisons-Forge Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional General Artist

Now thats a proper sand castle

Congratulations on the DD

FantasyWench Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

O_____O I am BEYOND impressed! I had only heard of sand castle sculptures in the last couple of years and this is one of the most impressive ones I have seen. A very hearty congrats!

HimitsuUK Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Photographer

So good you want to see it in person!

kuzy62 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

GravityShock Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Digital Artist

great work, cant even say is it real or not

bottled-mermaid Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Well, this is a real miracle of art...amazing!
Congratulations on the DD!

monkeypoke Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist Artist

damn, that is amazing. . .

mea00 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Nice! Congrats on the DD

AnastasiyaKosenko Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014 Professional Traditional Artist

Damn... I looove this so much!)

JohnK222 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

Now THAT's a work of art! Really amazing, and so realistic. Well, it is real, but it looks like what it's portraying.

CMoretzfan19 Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

awesome job I love sand sculptures

sev3ndev1ls Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2014

wow that's really good :3 I love how you guys put an actual lock on the door, amazing job

Deviatealittle Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2013

Jeez that is freaking impressive... You must have to spray the sand with a fixative, there's just no way it maintains that kind of structural integrity. Incredible work. You also must have the patience of a saint.

Iscariath Featured By Owner Oct 13, 2013 Professional Artist

The sand will stand by itself. We will spray a mixture of water and white glue to it to protect it from the rain, wind, sun, but it's not what it make the sand stand. This sculpture probably weight over 50 tons, so no amount of glue will make it stand if it decide to collapse. Sharp grains and natural clay content will help the sand compact in such a way that you can get such height.