Art Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'In the Media' started by Tamstrong, Jan 13, 2011.

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  1. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Paintings by Dennis Wojtkiewicz

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    Tamstrong, Apr 17, 2015
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  2. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Pol Ledent

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    Tamstrong, Apr 17, 2015
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  3. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

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    Tamstrong, Apr 17, 2015
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  4. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Pendulum by Margarita Georgiadis

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    Tamstrong, Apr 17, 2015
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  5. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    J. Scott Campbell

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    Tamstrong, Apr 18, 2015
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  6. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Lost Sketches by J. Scott Campbell

    Jack
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    Desmond
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    Ben
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    Richard
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    Charlie
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    Sawyer
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    Locke
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    Sun & Jin
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    Sayid
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    Claire
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    Kate
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    Hurley
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    There are other characters I wish he'd done, but it looks like he only did the main ones, at least those are the only ones I've found so far.
     
    Tamstrong, Apr 18, 2015
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  7. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Breaking Bad Sketches by J. Scott Campbell

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    Tamstrong, Apr 18, 2015
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  8. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Michael Page

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    Tamstrong, May 25, 2015
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  9. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member

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    Ra, May 25, 2015
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  10. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Forgotten by ~Ellixus on deviantART

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    Tamstrong, Jun 6, 2015
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  11. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

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    Tamstrong, Jun 11, 2015
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  12. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    That's painted?:smt103 Thought it was a photo.
     
    Ra, Jun 12, 2015
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  13. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    At first glance I did too. It's stunning! I did a little digging and found the artist's profile on deviantart. The painting is "Raggiana Bird of Paradise"
    by ConceptualMachina (a.k.a. Al Dayan).


    I like this one too (I don't know what he called it though):

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    Tamstrong, Jun 12, 2015
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  14. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    Clearly a death themed piece based on the dark tone as well as the watch and I would assume raven skull symbolism.
     
    Ra, Jun 12, 2015
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  15. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, the face also looks like one of those old plague masks, but according to the artist it isn't quite what it seems.

    I found a couple of comments he made about this particular work:

    "Woah...i kinda forgot to upload this. did this a while ago between gigs. based on an old creature design i came up with in high school called the Lamp Lighter. was originally a pudgy Jabba the Hut character, but i decided to give it a more Keith Thompson vibe."

    In response to someone with similar thoughts to ours about the work: "Al Dayan cheers Blake. i can see why you'd say that actually, but this fella's meant to be a neutral/good dude. he just hops around and lights lamps for people along the way."

    Maybe the creepy look is just more suited to a night roaming character. That's what I like about art though; to the viewers it means whatever their response to it interprets it to be.
     
    Tamstrong, Jun 12, 2015
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  16. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    Hmm. Interesting. It does help when artists put down their thought process behind a particular work or just explain what the piece is. Especially if a piece isn't self explanatory from simple viewing.
     
    Ra, Jun 12, 2015
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  17. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Agreed. It's also interesting to get a glimpse of how the artist's mind works.
     
    Tamstrong, Jun 12, 2015
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  18. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    If you ask me, visual arts don't get enough love

    In school, it was always about who played the violin or the piano and how smart/bright they were

    The visual artists in the school didn't receive such positive stereotyping, even tho they could reproduce images in their mind with great fidelity
     
    pettyofficerj, Jun 12, 2015
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  19. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member



    Shit, at least you had visual arts in your school. They didn't even have basic drawing or even drafting classes of any kind back when I was in elementary through high school. People use to look at you as if you were an alien or something if you had any artistic talent whatsoever. People who liked or wrote poetry of any kind had it worse though. Especially any dudes. They would get stuck with those punk or sissy labels. SMH.
     
    Ra, Jun 12, 2015
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  20. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    Thats a shame

    Art can be fun but it's also a tried and true form of therapy
     
    pettyofficerj, Jun 12, 2015
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