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marc_taro · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 5:54 pm

This is a bit of personal work you might be interested in - not really like what I do at work at all - kind of off topic for this forum, sorry, being that it's not digital..but what the hey -

any thoughts on the painting style? I'm kind of calling it "caligraphic" but I'm mostly making it up as I go along.

marc_taro

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Jezebel · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 6:49 pm

Lovely piece... I like this style a lot

Although I think the body of the centaur is a bit too long :>

Viridae · member Member # Joined: 26 Aug 2000 Posts: 73

That's a beautiful centaur. Do you mean that the brushstrokes are in a calligraphic appearance? I think they look very nice. Good job overall

timur · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 7:01 pm

nice stuff,Why did u avoid drawing the faces ?
http://plaza.powersurfr.com/marc_web/portfolio/centaur_01.jpg

zeebit · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 7:42 pm

yo.
just like to mention that the foot on the girl on the centaur is, i believe, the left foot, while the leg is the right.
i know that is dumb, but i just thought i would let you know. feel free to yell at me if i am wrong.
-pete

Ahcri · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 9:28 pm

Awesome. I love this style of painting. I also do chinese brush painting (kind of). It would be great if I can get some feedback from you.

Gordillo · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 7:09 am

Cool,nice linework and colors.

Rinaldo · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 7:29 am

very nice. I love this kind of energetic linework

MoleculeMan · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 8:21 am

I really like this work. It is very reminiscent of Rebecca Guay? i think thats the name. I love the posture of the lady on the centuar, but the centuar's chest is doin some wacky stuff.

janne · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 12:21 pm

i like this a lot. even though my eyes were bit lost deciphering the image at first it definitely has style that i enjoy. colors are working well too. from figures that female riding the centaur is especially nice. is centaur's horse part bit too long?

janne.

marc_taro · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 12:36 pm

Thanks for all the comments. Very interesting feeback. This drawing was done very quickly, and is quite big - so it was an experiment in being much looser. So yeah, everyones comments on the various anatomy - mannish figures, long centaur body, fool that looks backwards - yup, those are all pretty much correct - thanks all. It's kind of the thing I'm experimenting with - how little to draw, how much to just sketch in, and how much has to be 'correct'.

Timur - leaving out the faces is part of the story behind this pic, which is part of a series. Without boring you about being too arty-farty, it has to do with these people representing dead, or out-moded mythologies.

Molecule - do you have link for that R.Guay?

thx
marc_taro

Dropped by your site Ahcri will mail you off-line.
-mth

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dead · member Member # Joined: 18 Feb 2001 Posts: 489

Nice painting, however, I don't know if it's appropraite here because of it's explicit sexuall content.

burn0ut · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 1:04 pm

im calling it.. bad ass..
i love it...
something you might wanna fix.. if its not to late that is, is her foot, the big toe should be on the inside of her foot

Radiater · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 2:05 pm

Marc,

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy this piece. If burnout hadn't pointed out the foot, I might have set this as my wallpaper. Now, I find the foot too distracting. Post it again if you fix it.

Rad.

MoleculeMan · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 6:08 pm

This is the closest thing i could find. its not her official website, but here it is: Rebecca Guay Appreciation. This has some stuff on it. While she seems to do more water color, both you and her have a scetchy-loose style thats very lively i guess heh. Anyone else like her stuff cuz i sure do!

Tinusch · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2001 6:40 pm

If I lived in Mesquite, TX, I would spend my days eating BBQ potato chips