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ftgjcf · member Member # Joined: 13 Apr 2000 Posts: 184

Sorry, not very interactive this... Depending on you monitor resolution Try the small version first

The Kiss
Mother (Big ver.)
Mother (small ver.)
Sitting (Big ver.)
Sitting (Small ver.)

Hope no one is offended, there is no meaning behind those images..

oscar · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 3:29 am

Oscar's rating: 8.5/10

Whoa... That is so cool! Reminds me of Escher. I love the last one (sitting). How'd you get it to work out this way? And did you use photo reference for the feet, they look awesome mate! Thumbs up!

[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: oscar ]

shahar2k · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 3:34 am

EDIT: hey I thought I was first here!!?
hehe oscar looks like we posted at the same time

oh my, these are VERY beutifull, there are some abnormalities in anatomy, nothing I can point out exactly it just sometimes seems off, but given the complexity of making these... patterns... it's probably explainable.

out of the three I think "sitting" is the strongest followed by "mother" and finally "the kiss" mostly I say that because of the strong vertical seperation between tiling images in both "the kiss" and "mother", which gives them an unfinished quality.

"sitting" however is simply amazing, and looks like it belongs somewhere between H.R. Giger's fetus drawings, and M.C. Escher's tesselations (I think that's the term) anyways, these are awesome, finally they allso remind me of the beutifull Doom wall texture with the screeming faces melted together. great work

[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: shahar2k ]

ftgjcf · member Member # Joined: 13 Apr 2000 Posts: 184

heh this forum is fast! Thanks for the crits!
I used 3 ref pics:

last two for 'Mother'
_Some_ of the anatomy issues (in mother mostly) are made intentionally.. like too long arms to make the elbow meet the floor etc
Glad you like sitting =) Here is the sketch:
sitting sketch
I'm not too happy with the color of it and it would be cool if both the 'normal' and the 'upside down' version used the same lightsource (instead of the vertical flip)

jr · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 8:17 am

nerdrum's real popular in norway.

Weirdowe · member Member # Joined: 02 Mar 2001 Posts: 118

Awesome work, I'm just fuckin blown away.
The Kiss however I like the best
It's got a very nice use of dark space. and the idea is very "stimulating"

Looks a lot like Mr. Gigers work.

earth_complete · junior member Member # Joined: 22 Nov 2001 Posts: 9

these are fantastically creepy.

ps: there also very cool

[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: earth_complete ]

FireFry · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 10:55 am

Wow, yeah the sitting is definitly my favorite out of those three. All of them are incredible, especially how you did them as seamless backgrounds

I give him a 9.0/10

Tarandon · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 10:56 am

I dont understand how you're able to co-ordinatethe drawings into tile format like that. Mind boggling work.

I used kiss for my desktop! Thanks a bunch!

AliasMoze · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 1:01 pm

Wow, I don't post much anymore, but I had to say something. These are really nice and very inventive. I especially like "sitting", but they're all great. Also, the first reference pic has a certain appeal

Malachi Maloney · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 2:10 pm

I don't like the "the kiss" one much. =/ It makes me think of two kids with leukemia kissing. Which is fine and all, but it just leaves me kind of flat. When I first saw "the kiss", I was like "What's all the fuss about?".
Then I saw "mother". hehehe, I was delighted.

Great work. For some reason it reminds me of Dali's work. While Dali was the master of the odd and bizarre, you're at the very least, like the apprentice of the odd and bizarre.

I really enjoyed "mother".
However, sitting is a close runner up to mother. "Sitting" would actually make good wall paper.

Not for a desktop, but for like an office or art studio. (That would be way cool.)
Anyway,
Good stuff, can't wait to see more.

Malachi

geoman2k · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 2:21 pm

reminds me of HR Gieger. cool

Jezebel · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 2:36 pm

These are gorgeous! Beautiful and unique... I really love them. The first two especially. "The Kiss" has a lot of impact. Even if they were two kids with Leukemia kissing, it is very sweet... almost innocent. Yeah. Innocence. That's what it makes me think of. I love it

JeffTheKing · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 4:02 pm

Sorry Human Clay but thats not an option for MAC users.

nad yes, i know how to right click

-HoodZ- · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 4:17 pm

damn thats disturbing..but i like

DiXter · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2001 5:12 pm

Sweeet!! I love it!!

First thing that popped up in my head was the name Giger. Thats not in a bad copyish kinda way. It's more lika a high quality, originality and wicked kinda way..

ohh I suck at english.. hope you understand what I mean.

great stuff!

JeffTheKing · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 12:13 am

just wicked... you earned that 5 * rating i just handed out

I love "sitting" as well.... could you possibly make a link to just an image so i could maybe use sitting as my background img. or if anyone knows how to get the image off those pages.

edit: oh wait i just figured it out..... view the source and it tells you what the name of the image was that makes up the background... gawd i should have know that being a design student. I just failed.

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pixelsoldier · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2001 12:50 am

Ermm.. or you could just right click and choose "Save Background As.."

ftgjcf · member Member # Joined: 13 Apr 2000 Posts: 184

:-) Thanks for the replies

jr: i dont understand what you mean... Yes Nerdrum is popular i norway. I hear he is popular in usa too. Yeah, I like his work ALOT, but I cant see how these 3 of my images resemble nerdrum's. (I've seen 90% of nerdrum's paintings so I know what I'm talking about)
I scanned some Nerdrum's from a book:

Some Nerdrum paintings

Poor scans I'm afraid.. too light and desaturated. I've seen some of his work 'live' and they had a knock out on me

His way of painting skin seem to actually emit light!

taff · member Member # Joined: 04 Nov 2001 Posts: 140

geelimp, i am surprised, it is something so different, something creative you did here. I like all of them. They have some kind of "Giger"-mood in it, which I usually do not like that much, but still it is done very good.

I hope to see more of that!

Anthony J · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2001 4:01 pm

man your work is cool
i think that the images do have a meaning
for sure they do !

I love the style, and your painting technique is great...i just checked out your website, and i remember that your the artist who painted the "evita"

man thats an awesome painting!
great work
keep posting

Red Leader · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2001 6:04 pm

Cool.

I really like the Escherian quality of your work on the Sitting piece especially, as it uses ALL of the available space.
In Mother, it would be cool to see that dark space around the figures (that you have as steps) used for another figure, or something else that could fill the void? It seems to be missing peices in the puzzle to me.

Just my opinion, it all looks really good already!

Dryfire · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2001 6:44 pm

awesome.. its just so terribly great!

pastaboy · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2001 6:53 pm

Very nice work, mayeb if you had some time let us know how you did some of it. Its very interesting.Keep up the good work, would love to see more.

synj · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2001 7:55 pm

my brain hurts after looking at this hehe very cool stuff!

eh, but, why do all you guys/girls post your reference so much now? lets just forget that part and enjoy the art. it lessens my liking for the pieces, honestly.

yeah bob · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2001 9:30 am

It's very disturbing and very original in same time...
You astonished us with succesfully!

greaT work! guy or girl?

SameOldShit · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2001 8:27 pm

geelimp...great work

I agree with all of thr Giger / Ecsher comparisons...Really great experimental stuff. I can't wait to see a more developed work. Here's a filter that I have found useful in making tileable images...chech it out!

ftgjcf · member Member # Joined: 13 Apr 2000 Posts: 184

thank you all for your comments :-)

I've never done anyting like these images before and its not exactly "my style". But they were cool to work with! ..some mention Giger and it surprise me a lot because I've never liked him much.. His Aliens are cool though!

hehe SameOldShit: Your post made me smile :-)I'm aware of those plugins but I think they are a 'fast and dirty' way to make tiles. Works good for 3d textures they do..
here is how i did it.. pretty simple:

Do the same to the sides to make an image tile in horizontal too.

early mother

synj: I kind of agree, but I know from myself that it sometimes can be interesting to see others reference. Next time I'll put them as a link so its optional :-)

yeah bob: thanks! I'm a guy (if thats what you mean)

Joshua Albers · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 7:39 am

If you have access to Photoshop 6, you can also use the offset tool (I think it's under filters) to move the seams of your image into the middle. Everything stays lined up, no copying or pasting required.

gekitsu · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 11:30 am

wow...
this is what i call innovation

great work and great idea!