Von as art......

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A very cool piece of art work featuring Von.

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The rest of the illustrations on this site are also very well done.
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Very nice that. Reminds me of The Sandman covers.
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... but is it art?
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Well done indeed. The rest is pretty cool too. A bit of Neil Gaiman, a bit of H.R. Giger, a bit of Cthulhu, a bit of SF... This dude's pretty talented IMHO. :notworthy:

Edit : I nearly missed this one. :eek:
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9while9 wrote:A very cool piece of art work featuring Von.

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The rest of the illustrations on this site are also very well done.
Worth a look > http://www.kyleanderson.com
That's really cool :D anyone got the original picture?
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Badlander wrote:Well done indeed. The rest is pretty cool too. A bit of Neil Gaiman, a bit of H.R. Giger, a bit of Cthulhu, a bit of SF... This dude's pretty talented IMHO. :notworthy:

Edit : I nearly missed this one. :eek:
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Absolutely VanFcukinTastic, IMO...... :notworthy:
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James Blast wrote:... but is it art?
What would you call it James? :?:
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9while9 wrote:
James Blast wrote:... but is it art?
What would you call it James? :?:
And who cares after all ? 8)
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I drew Eldritch and David Sylvian in my GCSE Art mock exam.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29511992/

The original images were the Stairway To Heaven boot CD and the back sleeve of the "Life In Tokyo (Special Remix)" 7" single. The bottom two were based on Head VI by Francis Bacon (incidentally, that was the basis for the Body Electric sleeve)
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http://yinepu.net/nicehair18.html

I guess that doesn't count :innocent:
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9while9 wrote:
James Blast wrote:... but is it art?
What would you call it James? :?:
Electronic manipulation, digital manipulation or commercial art.
Don't get me wrong, the pieces are very nice, I just don't think they're art.
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James Blast wrote:
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James Blast wrote:... but is it art?
What would you call it James? :?:
Electronic manipulation, digital manipulation or commercial art.
Don't get me wrong, the pieces are very nice, I just don't think they're art.
That's funny, they are done ( I believe traditionally )
with some digital manipulation.

Your view is kind of back words James Picasso Blast.

But I'll respect it.

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Very nice pieces indeed!!!! :notworthy:
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9while9 wrote:Next!
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I think Gaiman would absolutly love that
Nationalise the f**king lot.
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http://www.kyleanderson.com/images/temple_of_love.jpg

based on ToL?

I LOVE Tolkien Art, I'm really into it. And this is good quality origonal Tolkien interpritations.
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James Blast wrote:
9while9 wrote:
James Blast wrote:... but is it art?
What would you call it James? :?:
Electronic manipulation, digital manipulation or commercial art.
Don't get me wrong, the pieces are very nice, I just don't think they're art.
seconded. illustrative art maybe?
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How do you define art ?

NB This is an honest question. I'm not asking for an essay on art, but I still find the issue of some interest.
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Badlander wrote:How do you define art ?

NB This is an honest question. I'm not asking for an essay on art, but I still find the issue of some interest.
it's a tricky question and I dont feel competent to judge whether something is art or not.
Personally I have it hard to think of Photoshop-stuff as art, I just don't see a 'genuine artistic expression' in these pics. Nice illustrations and skilful work yes, but I dont see an Artist behind who expresses his own world view through his Art.

To exemplify my point: Some of you said about these pics, they were "well done" or "nice" or even "this dude is pretty talented".
Well, you wouldnt say any of that about a Van Gogh picture f.ex.
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Let's go a bit off topic...

it doesn't need to be 'art' but can be 'a piece of art'. There's nothing wrong with 'just a nice image'.

Aart is art if it's meant to be true art.

If someone made it to be concidered as art, it shelters somehow a vision or at least a statement, comment or emotion.

(It's tricky. Take my bike wheel and Duchamps wheel. Two almost similar objects, one is art and the other is trivia. Nice trivia, but still trivia.)

Sometimes, someone makes a photoshop image that contains Matrix elements, phantasy design and Sisters images. If we take a sneak at the rest of the work on the site it's hard to believe we see artist's work, but fantasy driven Tolkien photoshop action instead.

So:
It's not art.
But is it wrong? no. Is it tasteful? up to you.

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Vision Thing is art. A Counting Crows album isn't.
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I like the style. It reminds me of a grittier P. Craig Russell, which is a good thing. One thing, though. The way he disappears into a vapor below his torso makes me think that Eldritch is saying "You have freed me from my lamp. I grant you three wishes."
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James Blast wrote:Electronic manipulation, digital manipulation or commercial art.
Don't get me wrong, the pieces are very nice, I just don't think they're art.
That makes FGG 'NOT art' then as well ;)

On the matter, I only follow this statement:

"Good taste is the enemy of art -- T. Capote" :von:

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But at least FGG sounds interesting, sir. i like it.

probably because the music sounds cinematic and the voice is pretty ok. Reminds me of mr. Psychedelic Richard Butler on an industral opera trip.
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:eek:
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Gaiman isn't the artists on the Sandman covers.

Dave McKean is. Sheesh.

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http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/
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