I'm not familiar with that one. It's like a dual reality. You have to wondere what he was trying to convey or maybe he just saw things differently then many people do as plenty of artists do see things in a different way.
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I'm not familiar with that one. It's like a dual reality. You have to wondere what he was trying to convey or maybe he just saw things differently then many people do as plenty of artists do see things in a different way.
He looks like a horse that would listen to emo music and smoke cigarettes in high school lol
Oh he was too refined for cigs. I'm thinking maybe those colts or fancy cigars? He has an interesting story. He was purchased for the woman's daughter who had real bad scoliosis and was in the process of having it straightened with surgery with the metal rods.
I have what I consider one of my favorite photos and it is one of her with Maverick. I'll post it later or tomorrow.
I had a friend with scoliosis. I'm glad they can straighten it out now. I'm sure if she knew, she would be relieved.
Maverick definitely is refined. A very beautiful horse, or should I say handsome. He just reminded me of someone who listened to The Cure with his black hair on top and pale white complexion.
We're artists and photographers, so we all see things very uniquely i'd say and might be able to see a lot of similar things as well.
I should also add that as far as I know, the original drawing was in black and white (and might be looked over when seen that way.)
When one sees this work in black and white, nothing about it really seems out of the ordinary.
But the shading, and especially adding blue to the water -- really makes it stand out as to what the artist is conveying -- a waterfall that somehow feeds itself, and leaves you wondering how it can do so without the elevation your eyes miss, but assume, and your brain is left grasping for.
That reminds me of those marble sets that they used to sell at swap meets in the 90's, where they get taken up a little track and then goes down a little slide; kind of like a mini roller coast or mine cart ride. i always wanted one but my parents never bought one for me.
My favorite artist of all time is Michelango, and my favorite period of art was the Italian High Renaissance. I love the paintings, but also loved the sculptures from that time. I love things that look like they are leaping right out of their mediums and pushing forward right into reality. I loved pieces that were interchangeable -- paintings that looked like 3-D sculptures, and sculptures that looked as if they were paintings.
Please forgive (and correct) me if I'm getting any of this wrong, but I'm going from memory of what I learned in an art class decades ago.
My other favorite artist from this time was Jan van Eyck. I glanced over his Wiki article and was dismayed to learn that he only lived to age 51 (why do so many artists die so soon?!!) And this was like in 1400... which makes his works all the more astonishing.
Mr. Van Eyck was known for his incredible attention to detail.
In this portrait of a married couple, the mirror in the middle features a full reflection of the room -- and, if I'm remembering correctly -- a self-portrait of the artist himself.
This is a close-up of the mirror in the painting above:
Many of the details later found in his paintings are so tiny, they had to be discovered with a magnifying glass -- and were painted with tools such as an individual animal hair (such as that of a horse or camel, if I remember right.)
Again, I'm working from memory here so I may be getting some of this wrong -- I didn't see this mentioned in the Wiki -- but I do believe I remember my art professor talking about this (and it was details like this that kept me going to class.)
Here are some other examples of Mr. Van Eyck's work:
While none of these are works I would probably choose to hang in my own home, what always keeps me fascinated is the level of skill God gave people like this. It genuinely seems other-wordly.
I try to appreciate art in many forms and from all kinds of backgrounds, but when I see "art" made of glued-together pieces of trash (that look like nothing more than glued-together pieces of trash) -- these are the kinds of works I keep as a mental benchmark and it's really, really hard to see most "modern art" as actually being artistic.
Please forgive (and correct) me if I'm getting any of this wrong, but I'm going from memory of what I learned in an art class decades ago.
My other favorite artist from this time was Jan van Eyck. I glanced over his Wiki article and was dismayed to learn that he only lived to age 51 (why do so many artists die so soon?!!) And this was like in 1400... which makes his works all the more astonishing.
Mr. Van Eyck was known for his incredible attention to detail.
In this portrait of a married couple, the mirror in the middle features a full reflection of the room -- and, if I'm remembering correctly -- a self-portrait of the artist himself.
This is a close-up of the mirror in the painting above:
Many of the details later found in his paintings are so tiny, they had to be discovered with a magnifying glass -- and were painted with tools such as an individual animal hair (such as that of a horse or camel, if I remember right.)
Again, I'm working from memory here so I may be getting some of this wrong -- I didn't see this mentioned in the Wiki -- but I do believe I remember my art professor talking about this (and it was details like this that kept me going to class.)
Here are some other examples of Mr. Van Eyck's work:
While none of these are works I would probably choose to hang in my own home, what always keeps me fascinated is the level of skill God gave people like this. It genuinely seems other-wordly.
I try to appreciate art in many forms and from all kinds of backgrounds, but when I see "art" made of glued-together pieces of trash (that look like nothing more than glued-together pieces of trash) -- these are the kinds of works I keep as a mental benchmark and it's really, really hard to see most "modern art" as actually being artistic.
I used to love those!!
We didn't have a fancy set but I think I remember some members of my family building and playing with them.
And, your avatar is awesome!!
Terminator 2 will always be one of my favorite movies of all time -- if I were artistic, I'd use that same effect on my own photos, lol.
I used to love those!!
We didn't have a fancy set but I think I remember some members of my family building and playing with them.
And, your avatar is awesome!!
Terminator 2 will always be one of my favorite movies of all time -- if I were artistic, I'd use that same effect on my own photos, lol.
With Grok AI, you just upload your photo, type: "make the woman in the photo be a 1988 cyborg" in the prompt. press enter, badabing badaboom, you're a cyborg.
And if you want a cyberpunk background, just type: "make background a cyber punk theme" in the prompt, after you've made your cyborg you; press enter. boopahdee bahpahdee, you're now a cyborg in a futuristic cyberpunk world.
Y'all reminded me of a job we did in a Great Orthodox Church.
The murals were painted somewhere in Eastern Europe and then shipped to us in the United States to install.
Sorry, I don't know any details. You'd think I would have asked questions.
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In this portrait of a married couple, the mirror in the middle features a full reflection of the room -- and, if I'm remembering correctly -- a self-portrait of the artist himself.
This is a close-up of the mirror in the painting above:
This painting causes me to wonder about the political climate of shotgun weddings in this era.
For a second there (while I was scrolling down) I thought it was an image making fun of how AI art originally was when it first came out but now i see that it was really well done, with real paints.
I never knew why I couldn't ever be a professional fine artist. i had the talent and everything but I never wanted to let go or sell my art. Even till this day, i regret some works I gave away. i like being able to have a copy, the original copy.
Love the pictures.
Maybe this is a small glimpse into why God, this all-powerful being who can do anything in the entire universe, never wants to let go of any of us -- His creations.
It boggles the mind as to how much God loves humanity and what He was willing to sacrifice to do what He could on His end to try to keep every one of us.
Maybe God is unwilling to let go of His "original copies" as well -- and only does so if they make the choice to go.
I love paint art. I am very curious about the scope and depth of where you have taken it. I've done several collaborations with artists that I think you'd appreciate. I even have a couple of videos of our installations.
I got ripped off by a couple of artists, and I was wondering about what you would think about how I believe A.I. can both hurt and help artists.
I don't want to monopolize this thread. I'm enjoying the conversation and don't want to make it about myself.
I was wondering if I might PM and show you a couple of things and see some of your work.
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It doesn't sound like you're monopolizing the conversation.
If you're comfortable with continuing the discussion here with people, I would enjoy reading along.
(But if you want to take it to PM, I completely understand.)
I'm weak, I can't help myself.
This is a couple of samples of a church installation we did of a youth center.
Over 40 murals the size of the top picture, and then the artist painted the stairwells on site.
That's my Mom. I had this vision of having murals be interactive and be photo ops for tourists to have a reason to stop in our small town.
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It doesn't sound like you're monopolizing the conversation.
If you're comfortable with continuing the discussion here with people, I would enjoy reading along.
(But if you want to take it to PM, I completely understand.)
I appreciate that. I'm an insecure kinda guy; I try to anticipate when I might be doing something objectionable.
I repent a lot. Even when I don't need to.
I do think some of these projects are definitely interesting, but not enough to start a thread.
I like to ride on others' efforts and successes.
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For years, I scanned electric wires hoping to reproduce one of my favorite comics IRL.
Finally I got one that I'm very happy with. So, not my caption, just photo.
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