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The symbolist in me loves bricked-in windows.
I'm not going to lie to you, I have no problem whatsoever drawing the same little thing over and over and over again until I fill the page. It's meditative. Half the time I don't wake up until I've covered half the desk.
It bothers me when illustrators draw patterns on their subject's clothes but instead of drawing a pattern that conforms to the shape and folds of the cloth, they just fill in the area with a two-dimensional pattern. So lazy. Cartoonists do it all the time.
By the way, this is what architecture is supposed to look like. Minimalism is a cop out. It's not better, it's easier. Four thousand years refining the art of geometry and proportion, and they take a freaking vacuum cleaner to it and call it the last word in style. Yeah, it's nothing, we get it. That's what we had before architecture. Nothing. We've spent the last four millennia working on something to fill in the empty spaces. Zero is a number, but not an interesting number.
I'm not sure what's going on here.
I'm not going to lie to you, I have no problem whatsoever drawing the same little thing over and over and over again until I fill the page. It's meditative. Half the time I don't wake up until I've covered half the desk.
It bothers me when illustrators draw patterns on their subject's clothes but instead of drawing a pattern that conforms to the shape and folds of the cloth, they just fill in the area with a two-dimensional pattern. So lazy. Cartoonists do it all the time.
By the way, this is what architecture is supposed to look like. Minimalism is a cop out. It's not better, it's easier. Four thousand years refining the art of geometry and proportion, and they take a freaking vacuum cleaner to it and call it the last word in style. Yeah, it's nothing, we get it. That's what we had before architecture. Nothing. We've spent the last four millennia working on something to fill in the empty spaces. Zero is a number, but not an interesting number.
I'm not sure what's going on here.
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In that case, it looks like you managed to strike up a healthy level of detail while keeping the time frame managable (I assume--for all I know, you've been working on this all year). Either way, the details are great.
Also, does that say MMVIII? Wouldn't that be next year? >.>?
Also, does that say MMVIII? Wouldn't that be next year? >.>?
As for me, I get a kick out of when the cartoon characters move and the pattern doesn't. I'm like, "I want clothes like that so I can blow minds!" And I like minimalism when it's in the spirit of conveying a feeling with as few strokes as possible. But in both cases, there's something more behind it than laziness to me - a laugh, or evocativeness. I'm not saying every instance of that is good, technique should not be tossed out the (non-bricked-in) window. More like, "learn the rules so you can break them artfully."
minimalism is not easier, not if you want good results. a lot of minimal stuff is really boring, but that's because it's badly done. when minimalism is done well, it speaks to your soul.
90% of all stuff is shit. this goes for all genres. when it comes to older stuff, it just seems like there's a higher signal to noise ratio, because the bad stuff has already been destroyed/forgotten.
90% of all stuff is shit. this goes for all genres. when it comes to older stuff, it just seems like there's a higher signal to noise ratio, because the bad stuff has already been destroyed/forgotten.
I know, there are some interesting Internationalist buildings from the forties around here. But they were still paying attention to proportion and geometry back then, tell an architect these days that invisible lines are what make things look good and he'll just laugh.
It does really peeve me when I see clothes full of wrinkles and folds, with a two dimensional, FLAT patter. The same with things like scale patterns I see all the time. Why even do all the work if your just going to ruin it with completely non believable components.
And it seems you have a tile fetish.
And it seems you have a tile fetish.
Thank you. I was going for leaded glass, actually. Depending upon what part of the country you're in you may never have seen them outside a church, but around here every house has got them. We also have a lot of those windows with the upper sash much smaller than the lower one.
It really is a beautiful window. I'm not just saying it. I honestly do have iron bars in all my windows (I salvaged them from an old condemned building downtown), and stained glass windows hung from chains in front of several of them as well. I love the architecture in this pic. It's right up my alley.
I think those two dudes are hiding out from the law in there, listening to an old radio broadcast of “The Shadow“, and waiting for the rest of the gang to show. They probably have a Model A Ford, riddled with bullet holes, hidden in the carriage barn 'round back.
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
I think those two dudes are hiding out from the law in there, listening to an old radio broadcast of “The Shadow“, and waiting for the rest of the gang to show. They probably have a Model A Ford, riddled with bullet holes, hidden in the carriage barn 'round back.
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
I'm jealous! I honestly dont have the patience. Although I have discovered that it is fun to draw buildings and cities in the backgrounds of comics, it isn't by far my favorite thing to draw for relaxation purposes. Nevertheless, I agree: The more intrincate you can afford to make a texture, the more vivid the illustration becomes. Maybe I am a cartoonist after all.
But awesome stuff as always RAR
But awesome stuff as always RAR
Seattle. We don't have the most fabulous architecture, but we've got our own kind of style. I walk around taking photographs, and bits of buildings that I like I remember and draw later. The weird vine pattern on the lintel, though, I'm not sure where that one came from. I've had it in my head for a while.
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The detail in this piece is so wonderful! I too love architecture of this style. Fancier the better ^_^
Also, I am a big collector of antique radios. I love the design of your radio!
Never has there been an asymmetrical design this nice. So often, when a radio was made asymmetrically, the design looked as if things were put on as an afterthought. Such as a dial over here.... a knob over there, with no attention to design.
Most likely it was function over form and during the depression, they cut corners to make a radio affordable, but geeze, take some pride in your creation :P
nevertheless, many many early radios have absolutely beautiful "architecture" in their designs! Such as this one I just bought recently ^_^
http://pics.livejournal.com/aerofox/pic/000ht926
I love your work!
Also, I am a big collector of antique radios. I love the design of your radio!
Never has there been an asymmetrical design this nice. So often, when a radio was made asymmetrically, the design looked as if things were put on as an afterthought. Such as a dial over here.... a knob over there, with no attention to design.
Most likely it was function over form and during the depression, they cut corners to make a radio affordable, but geeze, take some pride in your creation :P
nevertheless, many many early radios have absolutely beautiful "architecture" in their designs! Such as this one I just bought recently ^_^
http://pics.livejournal.com/aerofox/pic/000ht926
I love your work!
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