john bunsenburner wrote:I am into modern art (mainly because i make random objects and say: Another work of art finished)
How odd. That's the
exact same reason I don't take parts of modern art seriously.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are some forms of modern art which are fine, but it's the ones which are something like a paperclip stuck in half an eraser that take the biscuit.
In my opinion, if it could have been done by a toddler group, it's status as art is in very real doubt.
Actually, I recall a TV program that did just that - took the work of a toddler group and showed it to modern art "experts". Responses were frequently along the lines of "Well, it appears to be a lesser known artist, but they know what they're doing and it could make a good price at auction."
Now seriously: Your work is amazing, Rag!
Well then, you obviously hold a higher opinion of my work than I do. To be quite honest, I'm usually mediocre at best.
I get occasional strikes of
relative (and certainly not flawless) brilliance like
"Excessive Force" and
"Not to her liking", but mostly, it's nothing special.
I am not really into the whole modernly drawn action figures (and find your relationship with them disturbing on a whole new level) but you're doing a good job at it.
I don't quite see how I'm managing to be quite so disturbing that I need a level all to myself, but... well, I'm an author as much as (if not more than) an artist and so I develop my characters' personalities and background in depth.
Yes, I know I "interact" with them... but let's be honest, you could make a very good guess how a conversation/other interaction with someone you know well is going to go. Any character I've created (particularly Silva, the cyborg girl), I know well enough to do that kind of thing.
The only odd thing really is that I
choose to interact with them - and well, I don't think anyone who's been around this site for very long maintains any pretence that I'm normal, save for
appearing human. For me, that's actually one of my lesser diversions from the norm
Try something classical someday, landscape or a interior.
That rather depends what you mean by classical. I have done a number of things which aren't action figures kicking the snot out of each other if that's what you mean.
Still, the thing is, I use my character's personalities to drive concepts, ideas and as a motivation.
In other words, it's interesting for me to draw one of my characters, because it helps tell a part of their story. Scenery or static objects with no story don't elicit that same interest, which is why I don't normally bother.
"Not to her liking" (currently the most popular of my pictures on Deviantart) only exists because of the character's personality.
However, I suspect it's popularity may possibly have less to do with that than the fact it depicts a cyborg girl in a corset.
But it did extract a couple of "LOL, funny" responses here, so I suppose it is possible that the 4th wall breaking humour has something to do with it.
Keeping with tradition, my current WIP is... more of the action figures.
Part way through sketching basic forms.
Yeah, I know there are a couple of small tweaks that are needed, but I'll deal with those as I go.
Really keeping with tradition, it's got Silva in it, albeit with some adjustments, namely more muscle and redesigned bionics - the last set, although alright, were designed on the fly and couldn't reasonably be drawn in certain positions, so needed changing.
I didn't particularly want break from the character's traditions, but then again, it was needed, they'll not be a total change... and let's be honest, a lot of the rest of the character has changed fairly heavily since the start. A different shorter hair style; a change of hair colour (becoming auburn rather than dark brown); down a couple of cup sizes; custom trousers; her grenade pin necklace... the list goes on.
Seriously, compare
Excessive Force and
the third ever drawing of her. Although you can tell it's the same character (mostly because of the consistency in the bionics), it's still a vast difference.
Now I think about it, the reason I'm concerned is that this is a revision that's changing (even if not too major) one of the character's two most obvious traits, the bionics.
The other obvious trait is of course her gender, but that, like her left handedness, heterochromia and strong personality, isn't ever going to change.
mark.f wrote:They were as funny as hell (at least to people who got the inside jokes), but the figures were crudely drawn box people.
Hey, don't knock it. It works for xkcd. :tongue3: