Is it weird that I find the hell version very similar to the heaven version?
The first panel (ie the last one I posted) is representative of the first people, the second is representative of earth in all it's splendor, and the last is representative of hell. There is no heaven panel.
I guess I'll show off two of my favorite artists who are in similar veins-
Shirow Masamune- His art is typically built around machines and women as strong, intelligent, competent warriors- when he's not doing erotic art- his art also has a weird vaseline glow that really fits his style
If we're showing interesting artwork, I'm a bit of a fan of Kandinsky.
Sorry for the slightly larger than normal size.
It's fine. That picture can inhabit my slightly larger field of vision for as long as it likes.
Also, I am finding sound wave therapy and transcendental meditation to be refreshing. Try some Theta Wave Brain Synchronization. Get some good headphones out, plug them in, and take the plunge: http://gethighnow.com/theta-wave-brain-synchronization/
After that, try some of the other soundwaves and sound textures. They are very stimulating to your brain just like a drink of cold water: http://gethighnow.com/audio-highs/
And then we have Gustav Dore- he painted dark, frightening imagery that is gorgeous on levels I can't express-
Then on the pop culture side of things we have Simon Bisley- a brilliant artist who worked on the illustrious Heavy Metal magazine-
And finally, Junji Ito, who has created some of the most terrifying and horrific imagery I have ever seen. His work and stories make me cringe, which is exactly what horror should do, but he relies on atmosphere.
Ok, this thread has officially gotten a page four. This is a good thing. Sorry your signs thread didn't work out, Coolsome. Guess we both got shut down tonight. In any case, some Sartre quotes:
- A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
- For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
- Existence precedes and rules essence.
- Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.
- Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
...I still love top hats. I went and ate dinner when whatever happened to the other one, but I feel like reiterating the point that I do love top hats.
Ah. But is the tardis exploding everywhere at the same time?
Jeremy Bentham would say this is the time to get out a calculator and find out how beneficial it would be for the largest number of people for this to happen.
I've always preferred Origen's treatise on God's love to Augustine's. Of course, Augustine's highly pagan background that produced a somewhat scarred sexual view of the world probably influenced his much more stringent standards, but Origen's beautiful conception of the ideal church versus the celestial church, or the church of men versus the church of angels, produced a much more forgiving theology that accepted that human beings are inherently flawed at every turn despite their higher moral aspirations, and that's okay.
H.R. Giger is my favourite artist. His work is so dark and full of sexual imagery, I'm fascinated by it. I think the aspect I am most drawn towards though, is his bio-mechanical style and themes. All of my best drawings are similar in nature (if not execution), not because I'm trying to emulate his style; it's just what comes naturally when I draw.
Also, it hardly hurts that the creature from my favourite film of all time is based from one of his paintings (no, not Species) and was scultped by the great man himself, along with the exterior and interior of the derelict craft. For those who've been living under a rock; I'm referring to Ridley Scott's Alien.
Whilst on the subject of H.R. Giger; I keep meaning to check out the adventure games Darkseed and Darkseed II. Both heavily feature the art of H.R. Giger (who drew the background art for the alien world (no, not that Alien). Has anybody here played either game and if so, would you recommend them?
... as for Mr. Giger I wonder what his childhood was like....
All flowers and puppy dogs I'm sure.
I'm not knowledgeable about his childhood but I do know that he took opium as a young adult in order to "escape the terrifying imagery in his head"; which essentially confirms that he sees the world of his paintings whenever he shuts his eyes!
Came across Gustave Doré in the German book "Wilde Reise durch die Nacht". A contemporary author, Walter Moers, himself a rather impressive artist, fulfilled his wish of writing a Doré-illustrated book by digging through Dorés pictures and writing a story in which the chosen pictures fit. The story's hero even is a struggling young artist named Gustave... The result is a bit arbitrary (as most of this author's work is today), but it still makes for an exiting read thanks to Doré.
Simon Bisley, I recognized him immediately, what a unique style. I only bought "Heavy Metal Dredd" featuring his illustrations some 15+ (?) years ago (never researched his other illustrations), and although I hide it very deep in my bookshelf nowadays and would not dare to identify myself with his art, his striking dirty/gory/spontaneous style is definitely worth a look. But don't anyone post pictures from that book. It's just perverted.
Good ol' Hans Rudolf keeps shocking me until today. His gruesomely organic creations (which I wouldn't call "sexy" ) have haunted my dreams quite some in my youth. And there's one other thing that can be said about his art, which is that his work has inspired countless derivative work. Back in the early 90's, when I was ACTUALLY young, I painted a lot of Warhammer 40.000 miniatures. One of these races, the Tyranids, were mostly an HRG ripoff.
Might add my own heroes later on. I didn't start the fire.
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P.s. I love Escher's work, but my favorite remains Dali. ^^
The first panel (ie the last one I posted) is representative of the first people, the second is representative of earth in all it's splendor, and the last is representative of hell. There is no heaven panel.
Have we not been keeping it clean? I have only been posting some Bosch and Giger.
There was a man getting first base with an owl!
There's NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. Since when was it wrong to show an owl how awesome it is?
I..I don't know how to respond with out getting banned and I'm on sexy thin ice as it is.
Private message me your response. Cause now I gotta hear it!
I was just gonna say DA is the best place for your style of art then. But I decided to sex up a I can't respond reply.
I see.
Shirow Masamune- His art is typically built around machines and women as strong, intelligent, competent warriors- when he's not doing erotic art- his art also has a weird vaseline glow that really fits his style
Zdzislaw Beksinski - man, he's just brilliant
Really enjoying your Beksinski paintings.
Cut out all but my favorite of the bunch. Those are freaky and I love them. I have but one question, how would you go about pronouncing his name?
Sorry for the slightly larger than normal size.
Edit: Also, apparently, I hit 3,000 posts and didn't even notice.
I love the art done in Death Note manga. Especialy of L Light and the Shimigamis.
It's fine. That picture can inhabit my slightly larger field of vision for as long as it likes.
Also, I am finding sound wave therapy and transcendental meditation to be refreshing. Try some Theta Wave Brain Synchronization. Get some good headphones out, plug them in, and take the plunge: http://gethighnow.com/theta-wave-brain-synchronization/
After that, try some of the other soundwaves and sound textures. They are very stimulating to your brain just like a drink of cold water: http://gethighnow.com/audio-highs/
The artwork done for Death Note does look very good, but the Anime had better pacing.
Yeah, the shinigami were Beautiful in their own creepy way.
Then on the pop culture side of things we have Simon Bisley- a brilliant artist who worked on the illustrious Heavy Metal magazine-
And finally, Junji Ito, who has created some of the most terrifying and horrific imagery I have ever seen. His work and stories make me cringe, which is exactly what horror should do, but he relies on atmosphere.
- A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
- For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
- Existence precedes and rules essence.
- Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.
- Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
Kids ARE around the forum.
Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom by Ilya Repin.
Well, this is the mature thread, but yeah, I'll tone down the horror imagery.
Really, as long as this thread stays true to its intended purpose and doesn't devolve the way the last ones did, we're good with it.
coolsome just got banned. The revolt must begin. The revolution is a harsh mistress!!!
Related.
Somewhat related and less mature:
Ah. But is the tardis exploding everywhere at the same time?
Jeremy Bentham would say this is the time to get out a calculator and find out how beneficial it would be for the largest number of people for this to happen.
H.R. Giger is my favourite artist. His work is so dark and full of sexual imagery, I'm fascinated by it. I think the aspect I am most drawn towards though, is his bio-mechanical style and themes. All of my best drawings are similar in nature (if not execution), not because I'm trying to emulate his style; it's just what comes naturally when I draw.
Also, it hardly hurts that the creature from my favourite film of all time is based from one of his paintings (no, not Species) and was scultped by the great man himself, along with the exterior and interior of the derelict craft. For those who've been living under a rock; I'm referring to Ridley Scott's Alien.
Whilst on the subject of H.R. Giger; I keep meaning to check out the adventure games Darkseed and Darkseed II. Both heavily feature the art of H.R. Giger (who drew the background art for the alien world (no, not that Alien). Has anybody here played either game and if so, would you recommend them?
(I hope GOG manages to get them some day)
But as for Mr. Giger I wonder what his childhood was like....
All flowers and puppy dogs I'm sure.
I'm not knowledgeable about his childhood but I do know that he took opium as a young adult in order to "escape the terrifying imagery in his head"; which essentially confirms that he sees the world of his paintings whenever he shuts his eyes!
Came across Gustave Doré in the German book "Wilde Reise durch die Nacht". A contemporary author, Walter Moers, himself a rather impressive artist, fulfilled his wish of writing a Doré-illustrated book by digging through Dorés pictures and writing a story in which the chosen pictures fit. The story's hero even is a struggling young artist named Gustave... The result is a bit arbitrary (as most of this author's work is today), but it still makes for an exiting read thanks to Doré.
Simon Bisley, I recognized him immediately, what a unique style. I only bought "Heavy Metal Dredd" featuring his illustrations some 15+ (?) years ago (never researched his other illustrations), and although I hide it very deep in my bookshelf nowadays and would not dare to identify myself with his art, his striking dirty/gory/spontaneous style is definitely worth a look. But don't anyone post pictures from that book. It's just perverted.
Good ol' Hans Rudolf keeps shocking me until today. His gruesomely organic creations (which I wouldn't call "sexy"
Might add my own heroes later on. I didn't start the fire.