And you honor me with your gracious acceptance of the titles.Math Is Hard said:
Your enthusiasm is much appreciated, cyrus. Glad you like the Einstein! (Lemme cogitate on your offer and get back to you by PM. I want to get a couple more things up that Math told me I should post.)cyrusabdollahi said:
Glad you like those, Lisa!.Lisa! said:Wow, how did I miss this thread?
All of them look great, zooby!
( I like the colorful 1s more!)
That's a great honor, Evo, and I understand it to mean you expect the Teddy Ruxpin AND several pounds of chocolate.[/size]Evo said:
Thanks Gale. That means a lot since you're one of my favorite people around here. I'm really glad you like them.Gale said:
I used to sculpt in plastecine, (oil based clay) then make a flexible mold by painting on layers of liquid latex. You give the latex some body by adding cheese cloth to each layer. With a flexible mold you can make many copies without destroying the mold. The face in "Japan Ascending" was sculpted once, cast three times, and added to the background panels, each copy being painted differently.Gale said:
No, I don't think I'm very disciplined. That implies doing things that have to be done even when you don't feel like it. I did all this stuff cause I wanted to and was probably putting off a lot of stuff I should have been doing if I'd been disciplined. There's a lot of work in all these things, but it's fun work, something like it must be when you make one of your gingerbread villages.
Who is this Teddy Ruxpin charachter anyway?Zoobyshoe said:
Root System looks strikingly like a neuron to me -- the first time I saw it and still just now. I like the presence of the geometric patterns in 63; I think it makes for a great contrast. I just wish I could see Chopin's sadness. 
He looks creepy disturbed there; I picture him as more sad disturbed -- in fact, deeply sad, as in whatever else he is, it's really just because he's sad. You captured something in Wolf Robe that reminds me of my grandfather -- it makes me feel like I'm in the presence of a great man. Oh, I know -- it reminds me of this picture too: http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/f.douglas.jpg (And am I the only one who sees a resemblance between Beethoven and your avatar?)Hehehe. Glad you can separate one thing from the other.tribdog said:
I have tried paint, oil, water color, and acrylic, a few times and also suck at it. It's excruciatingly difficult for me to control. I don't have a paint temperment at all. If they didn't happen to make really excellent colored pencils I would probably not work in color at all.
Actually, I'm pretty sure the range and saturation of the Sanford Prismacolor colored pencils exceeds that of pastels, though I haven't experimented much with pastels. They have the disadvantage of being a medium at high risk for smudging. You have to treat your unfinished pastels with great care.
Total coincidence, though one other person whose seen them, (not a PF'er) has had the same reaction to some. I plagiarize various dynamics off of natural phenomena like patterns in animal fur, butterfly wings, plant and flower colorization, the patterns waves leave in the beach sand, the way different landscapes look in aerial shots, dripped or spilt things, swirly clouds and liquids, all that kind of cool stuff. The net result is that once in a while you end up with an inadvertantly sexual looking suggestion here or there. Since it's art, I suppose it's valid to wonder if that's intentional.
No, but I named a drawing after you. After I started this thread I finally finished a drawing I'd started 'bout a year ago and named it after you, but I don't have it photographed and web-ready yet: "Ivan Seeking Searches The Astral Lost And Found". One of my best titles yet. The drawing came out really well, too.Ivan Seeking said:
Now that you mention it, "root system" is extremely suggestive of a neuron, yes. Total coincidence, strangely enough.honestrosewater said:I like your work, zooby.
Yeah, I see it.
Yeah, the zoobies of his day frequently mistook him for a zoobie. He'd wander out of the town everyday into the countryside singing aloud to himself, his hair flying all over the place. Later in life he didn't bother to get dressed when alone at home, forgot about this and greeted visitors buck naked sometimes. He used to like to pour bowls of water over his head for some reason, and ruined a lot of floors. He holds some record for the number of times he was evicted. There's probably 50 addresses in Vienna that can authentically boast that Beethoven once lived there. He woulda been happier in a brush shelter.
zoobyshoe said:
It's a good one. (Remember, though, these drawing are just named after people, like memorial highways or navy ships. If you look at it and wonder what the heck it has to do with you, it doesn't.)Ivan Seeking said:I can't wait to see it...I think...
A studio, or did you mean a gallery? Either way, it's not a great city for art, being all military and high tech. I'm really only here for the weather.
zoobyshoe said:
Yes, the potter comes home covered in clay, and the pencilist come home covered in pencil shavings. I can tell by your mention of it you've been there.GregA said:Ah...the sheer amount of concentration, time, and pencil shavings it takes to render these type of illustrations...You have my complete and total respect Zoobyshoe. You can't beat the humble pencil and I always love to see the work of great artists...Top stuff
Thanks, Cosmina. I'm glad you like it, cause you're one of my favorite new people. I think I'm past the halfway mark of finished stuff that's worth posting, but there's still more.CosminaPrisma said:
oh, that reminds me.. Zooby, thanks for the Teddy Ruxpin you sent. He's soooo adorable!Evo said:MIH got two drawings named after her.
Math Is Hard said:oh, that reminds me.. Zooby, thanks for the Teddy Ruxpin you sent. He's soooo adorable!
heh hehe
She's not the only one. Einstein got two.Evo said:MIH got two drawings named after her.
That's an unbelievably sweet deal, and the guy probably is a super sculptor to have gotten it. The old patronage system for art still exists but instead of Lords and Princes people seek galleries as their protectors, I think.Ivan Seeking said:
zoobyshoe said:
Heheheheheheh! Yes, YOU, blonde princess of mischief! They should have had an award for Mischief Guru!Math Is Hard said:
Math Is Hard said:oh, that reminds me.. Zooby, thanks for the Teddy Ruxpin you sent. He's soooo adorable!heh hehe
Saved by the Hippos!Evo said:
But wait! What's this box? Why is there strange purple slime all over it?
:!) :!) The Valentine Hippos have arrived!:!) :!) :!) :!)
I LOVE THEM!:!) <snif> :!)
I'm naming the stuffed one zooby.
Awww, zooby, you're the best, these are the first Valentine's gifts I've ever gotten. <snif>
zoobyshoe said:OK, here it is:
"Ivan Seeking Searches The Astral Lost And Found"
Ivan Seeking said:
Thanks, Artman.Artman said:
Personal style, maybe, but that guy's got a sense of rhythm I envy.
