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Title: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 15, 2018, 09:00:10 PM
New direction in my art this year.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: WOTR on July 16, 2018, 12:46:31 AM
I'll confess... It is kind of cool.  What was the old direction?
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 16, 2018, 01:26:51 AM
I'll confess... It is kind of cool.  What was the old direction?

Weird stuff, mostly.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: Dyna-X on July 16, 2018, 02:22:26 PM
New direction in my art this year.
Beautiful. I admire that you make art that is like what we would find in books growing up - with a character that you just don't get with digitally produced art. They all had a warmth to them.

Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: Metron on July 16, 2018, 02:33:33 PM
Really cool art - either direction! :)
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 16, 2018, 03:03:07 PM
Beautiful. I admire that you make art that is like what we would find in books growing up - with a character that you just don't get with digitally produced art. They all had a warmth to them.

Really appreciate that, thanks :) I generally agree, though there are occasional artists that manage to make the digital warm also, which I am unable to do.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 16, 2018, 03:03:45 PM
Really cool art - either direction! :)

Thanks, Metron!
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: WOTR on July 16, 2018, 07:07:04 PM
Weird stuff, mostly.
I kind of like Pandastein.   :)
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: ShayP on July 16, 2018, 08:38:16 PM
I am always fascinated by an artist's ability and interpretation.  It's true.  I struggled to draw a stick figure but wanted to do such things and couldn't.  Therefore I grew to appreciate it all.  Never ceases to amaze me...the talent.

Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: 21st Century Man on July 16, 2018, 08:52:13 PM
I am always fascinated by an artist's ability and interpretation.  It's true.  I struggled to draw a stick figure but wanted to do such things and couldn't.  Therefore I grew to appreciate it all.  Never ceases to amaze me...the talent.

I'm the same way.  I can't paint or draw worth a damn and artists make it look so easy.  I wrote and drew a Spider-man comic when I was in middle school. :-[  One of my best friends was an artist and he inked the thing and made it look half-ok.  His solo work was beautiful and intrinsic and  I knew after that one attempt that I should leave the drawing and painting to those who are gifted with that talent.  I certainly was not.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 20, 2018, 06:36:01 PM
I'm the same way.  I can't paint or draw worth a damn and artists make it look so easy.  I wrote and drew a Spider-man comic when I was in middle school. :-[  One of my best friends was an artist and he inked the thing and made it look half-ok.  His solo work was beautiful and intrinsic and  I knew after that one attempt that I should leave the drawing and painting to those who are gifted with that talent.  I certainly was not.

"Making it look easy" comes from failure after expensive failure. Expensive in terms of time wasted and materials lost, as well as in terms of losing a little bit of your pride/confidence/soul with every piece. You have no idea how much has been discarded in the lead up to the final simple piece. I used to sculpt bronze for a living many years ago but have since given it up. I have no energy left to try to explain the value of a piece of art anymore. Everything I do now is either given away immediately or traded with other artists for something else. I can't imagine trying to make a living as an artist these days when gratification is so immediate elsewhere.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: reginald on July 21, 2018, 11:25:20 AM
Weird stuff, mostly.

I love these. What is the actual size of them?
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: LittleChris on July 21, 2018, 12:16:42 PM
New direction in my art this year.

Awesome to have you here, a fellow tripper and artist. Post often.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 22, 2018, 05:09:43 PM
I love these. What is the actual size of them?

Thanks! The older ones shown are 8x10ish and the newer ones vary but up to twice the size.
Title: Re: Some recent artwork
Post by: TIHKAL on July 22, 2018, 05:11:23 PM
Awesome to have you here, a fellow tripper and artist. Post often.

Thanks, primarily a cactus guy, worth the patience it takes to grow them :P