Tom Waits Coffee and Cigarettes Portrait

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A portrait of Tom Waits I made completely out of coffee and cigarettes.

I would have used his music but i didn't want to have to deal with YouTube's copyright laws. Instead, enjoy my good friends In:Aviate.

All the beans provided by It's A Grind cofee house. My friends were nice enough to donate their precious cigarette butts for the brown.

-Mike Oncley

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• tom
• waits
• portrait
• coffee
• cigarettes
• mike
• onlcley
• art
• time
• lapse
• project
• smoke
• drink

[TyTeslaWarrior]

Artist could have used a Tom Waits song playing in the background, I am Tom Waits FAN - yet I think the art is being showcased beautifully and all Tom Waits fans can identify with coffee and cigarettes ! Think the artist created an amazing likeness of Tom Waits using only coffee and cigs!

Love it!!

[heyelefante]

@TyTeslaWarrior I would have loved to use his music, sadly they have strong copyright laws.

[Lowebrau]

Why didn't you use a Tom Waits song?

[heyelefante]

@Lowebrau Copyright issues

[treasureslip]

I think you are using a projector.... but any creativity is cool.

[heyelefante]

@treasureslip no projector here, just a quick sketch on the board originally

[Jcolinsol]

That probably smelled heavenly.

[shizoy]

I love tom waits, but what other smokers wish he hadn't glued the cigarettes to the board?

[honeyscolors]

Brilliant idea! Congrats on such a fantastic job. Love your artwork. ;D

[pileowow]

Good Morning! Nevermind the cup o' Joe, make mine a cup o' Tom.

Great Job.

[TheWitcherFanboy]

I'm not a fan of modern art, i think Andy Warhol's work was complete garbage, but this is brilliant, best of luck to you in your career.

[Lowebrau]

@heyelefante Right. Should try sending it to him, maybe he'll dig it and let you use some of his music!

[MrDoobie]

Did you at least use the brand he smokes?