Re: Artisitc Merits

by Mrs Figg Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:33 pm

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{I'm not qualified to comment on your theory Figg, though from what knowledge I do have n the matter it sounds a good theory to me.
But looking more a s layman and amateur artist some questions would arise if they are one painting- why does the line of the beach and sand along the bottom of the left hand picture not continue in the right? Also why do the flowers on the grass only appear in the right had a painting whilst the grass in the other is bare? why are the trees seemingly two different species with the leaf structure painted differently in each picture and the right being flower bearing ones when if one painting they would be the same grove?
And regarding the scaling of the paintings- are the two real paintings the same heights? Do they physically match up in the real world? }}}

I think the land is missing because it would be difficult to see Mercury against a dark background so just in that part its been lightened with lblue sky. The flowers on the ground only in the Primavera could be because in that part of the painting its the birth of Spring whereas in the birth of Venus Spring/Flora is already in full flower. so looking at it from right to left you get Zephyr the Wind god taking the nymph Chloris, she turns into Flora goddess of flowers, then Venus wearing the red mantle she was given at her birth. the grass is bare on the left because its not spring there. but its possible the paintings weren't actually physically attached, but hung next to each other on the wall.

by Mrs Figg Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:35 pm

azriel wrote:You are more knowledgeable than me Figgy but, is it significant that Flora is hitching up her dress to show the emblem of the pink flowers ?? She wants us to see them ?

This is interestingly exciting

I think its possible because she is goddess of flowers. flower

by Pettytyrant101 Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:42 pm

{{Just to be clear Figg- I like your theory, I just thought I would throw put the sort of questions I thought might be raised against it.
I find this very intriguing and interesting however. Nod

The transition line between them still seems to sharp to me, the cut off of the flowers, change in lighting, difference in tree types, change of land shape are all very stark if its meant as a whole, but thats not really quantifiable by me without having much better knowledge of the style of multiple panel pictures of the period, and if such a sharp disparity like that between them is common or not }}}

by Mrs Figg Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:50 pm

I am not an expert in Renaissance art but I know that each flower and tree has symbolic significance. Even small details have meaning every separate flower is symbolic of the Medici family. I know there are 500 different species of plant in the Primavera painting, all individually identifiable. its amazing.

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:07 pm

by azriel Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:17 pm

oooh, they are out to hunt you pale

by Mrs Figg Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:21 pm

I like the pearly pink world but I don't think its pink because its full of pink unicorns pale

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:15 pm

{{{Could be unicorns- as Pratchett pointed out when you get right down to it a unicorn is just a great brute of a horse with a huge lethal spear stuck to its head pale

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by Mrs Figg Fri Aug 12, 2016 11:58 pm

by David H Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:48 am

by Pettytyrant101 Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:35 pm

{{{Got my hands on Terragen 4 Beta, only for about 10 more days though when it explodes or something, or at least stops working. But one of its new features is basically an overall of the lighting system, including camera lens flare in the mix.
So I gave a test run, here's a short 8 second burst of it, fairly low quality render however as its just a test. Hoping before the time limit on the beta runs out to do something Fourmshire themed in it if I can}}}

by **Orwell** Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:12 pm

As usual, I'm impressed! You'll be making a proper adaptation of TH and LotR before you know it.

by azriel Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:34 am

Just imagine the fun you could have if you were in the studio of a top notch film like, Avatar or Inception Smile

by Mrs Figg Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:17 am

cant watch it, still getting 2001.

don't know how to fix it.

by Pettytyrant101 Sun Aug 14, 2016 4:18 pm

{{{Did you try reinstalling flash player? If not its worth a go to see if it fixes it- go here-

https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

But before you click on the big yellow 'install' button make sure you uncheck the two boxes in the middle section under 'optional offers'- you DO NOT want those- worse than spam and adware and spyware all combined in my view Mad

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by Norc Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:37 am

i am sooo pleased with how the newest paper turned out and i wanted to share it with you Smile

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link to PDF of the paper

all the other eiditions can be found here:

by Bluebottle Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:59 am

You're a proper illustrateur, you are. Thumbs Up

(Weird reading all this stuff about buddy week, as I was just a buddy. Razz

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by halfwise Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:03 pm

Looks very professional. Ha! Spotted your artwork! Razz

Glad to see students are still faddaruka-ing. Didn't get enough faddarukan' when I was in school. Don't know what that word means but it sure looks like something students would be doing.

by Bluebottle Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:14 pm

It's like a buddy week, just, being norwegian, with excessive amounts of alcohol and partying, seeing as norwegians on the whole are real retiering people when they don't drink. Nod

by Eldorion Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:10 pm

The paper looks great, Norc! It's very neat to see your artwork featured so prominently. Smile

by Pettytyrant101 Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:51 pm

{{{Didn't understand a word of course, what with it being written in heathen and all that, but loved your work as usual Norc Nod

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by azriel Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:18 pm

It still looked impressive tho Smile

by Norc Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:08 pm

thanks

drew like three things. did you spot the six-breasted pregnant bunny?

by halfwise Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:18 pm

I didn't but now I'll look!

(what the hell inspired that anyway?)

by Norc Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:13 pm

i snuck in another pair of testicles in the new one and also tits on the cover.
http://dusken.no/underdusken/2016/10/