the ART thread.

[doublesteveburger]

Walker is rad. Him and Todd over at Anti-hero had a group showing recently and the novelty items sold at the showing were priceless.


Here’s another cause it’s been a little while. Been in a slump lately.

[jtrpma]

I love the texture on that one!

[cucktard]

[animalflesh]

Everything on this page is so cool

I’ve gotta look back through this thread

Here’s a sharpie drawing I did of Dahmer

[goeatsomefriedbread]

Some clay bits I made recently

Walker is rad. Him and Todd over at Anti-hero had a group showing recently and the novelty items sold at the showing were priceless.


Here’s another cause it’s been a little while. Been in a slump lately.

Really nice!

[Anton]

[AssFea]

Everything on this page is so cool

I’ve gotta look back through this thread

Here’s a sharpie drawing I did of Dahmer

I thought that was Neen

[JohnnySaintLethal]

[SneakySecrets]

Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 the appeal of Mark Rothko’s “multiform” paintings?  The rectangle/square jawns.

I’m 100% willing to accept that I just don’t “get it”... but I’d like to.  Are they the kind of thing you have to see in person?

What am I supposed to be feeling when I look at this?:



Or is it one of those things that can’t be translated into words?

Or is it just a bunch of bullshit?

[Dr Dew]

 

Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 the appeal of Mark Rothko’s “multiform” paintings?  The rectangle/square jawns.

I’m 100% willing to accept that I just don’t “get it”... but I’d like to.  Are they the kind of thing you have to see in person?

What am I supposed to be feeling when I look at this?:



Or is it one of those things that can’t be translated into words?

Or is it just a bunch of bullshit?

It doesn’t work seeing the .jpg on your phone/computer screen. You have to be tripping balls walking through an art museum and then BAM it hits you like delfino slam. Massive canvas, overwhelming emotion and power on the paper staring u right in the face. You are confronted with a massive piece of work with no ties to reality, just pure feeling and energy

Or it’s used as a tax evasion scheme or some shit?

[shucknjive]

me

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[Matt]

Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 the appeal of Mark Rothko’s “multiform” paintings?  The rectangle/square jawns.

I’m 100% willing to accept that I just don’t “get it”... but I’d like to.  Are they the kind of thing you have to see in person?

What am I supposed to be feeling when I look at this?:



Or is it one of those things that can’t be translated into words?

Or is it just a bunch of bullshit?

Yeah you have to see them in person if you're going to get anything out of them. Some of them are pretty big and these types of paintings I think only really hit if you stare at them in person for a bit. But you sorta get what you put into them. If someone has the old "this is dumb, a kid could paint this" attitude then you won't get anything out of it. But standing in a quiet gallery staring at a field of colour can be an interesting and weird moment. But yeah, they're also bullshit.

[arrbee]

Anton I'm not a tattooer but paint flash for fun when I have time. What do you use for lining your sheets? I've tried pens, markers and nibs but can't find anything I like. Pens and markers bleed to much and nibs always turn out a bit rigid. Using Arches watercolor paper. Any tips would be appreciated

[doublesteveburger]

miss this thread, love everything in here

[cucktard]

Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 the appeal of Mark Rothko’s “multiform” paintings?  The rectangle/square jawns.

I’m 100% willing to accept that I just don’t “get it”... but I’d like to.  Are they the kind of thing you have to see in person?

What am I supposed to be feeling when I look at this?:



Or is it one of those things that can’t be translated into words?

Or is it just a bunch of bullshit?

What the other people said is valid. One other thing is that Rothko didn’t just think this would be a nice thing to paint.

It’s a response to art movements before it, and his part in a long conversation about what art, especially painting, is.

Ever since the start of the ‘modern’ period where artists started painting more and more abstractly, flattening the canvas, focusing on the paint rather than the details of a ‘picture’, and so on.

This is one of Rothko’s parts in deconstructing notions of what a painting is.

So it’s interesting if you know the history behind it.

But if it doesn’t do anything for you as a painting itself, that’s totally fine. You don’t have to get the nerdiness behind it.

[AssFlea]

via Imgflip Meme Generator

this is pretty old like 2002?

[AssFlea]

via Imgflip Meme Generator

this is made with fire

[behavioralguide]

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Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 the appeal of Mark Rothko’s “multiform” paintings?  The rectangle/square jawns.

I’m 100% willing to accept that I just don’t “get it”... but I’d like to.  Are they the kind of thing you have to see in person?

What am I supposed to be feeling when I look at this?:



Or is it one of those things that can’t be translated into words?

Or is it just a bunch of bullshit?

[close]

What the other people said is valid. One other thing is that Rothko didn’t just think this would be a nice thing to paint.

It’s a response to art movements before it, and his part in a long conversation about what art, especially painting, is.

Ever since the start of the ‘modern’ period where artists started painting more and more abstractly, flattening the canvas, focusing on the paint rather than the details of a ‘picture’, and so on.

This is one of Rothko’s parts in deconstructing notions of what a painting is.

So it’s interesting if you know the history behind it.

But if it doesn’t do anything for you as a painting itself, that’s totally fine. You don’t have to get the nerdiness behind it.

Not really a rothko fan but seeing them in person is definitely different/better, theyre quite big (read impressive)

[Anton]

Anton I'm not a tattooer but paint flash for fun when I have time. What do you use for lining your sheets? I've tried pens, markers and nibs but can't find anything I like. Pens and markers bleed to much and nibs always turn out a bit rigid. Using Arches watercolor paper. Any tips would be appreciated

sorry, I've missed your question! I mostly use good quality nibs, they are by far the best for watercolor paper, I also use arches and canson papers.

Here is a Jesus flash I painted some of months ago

A classic dragon

Some weird anatomy flash

Robert Johnson flash

[shucknjive]

i wanted 2 b an ArTi$T so bad

[os89]

So much sick stuff in here, damn. This was a small series I did a good while ago. Please excuse the dusty shitty pictures.

[Uncle Flea]

So much sick stuff in here, damn. This was a small series I did a good while ago. Please excuse the dusty shitty pictures.

these are good.

[jtrpma]

I really like those too!

[os89]

these are good.

I really like those too!

Thanks guys!

edit: Ill throw these in here too. Used to make and sell shirts. Had a few bands wearing them for a minute, sent some to Health, these are powers, few others like thu tran, also sent some to Thomas Pridgen when he was the drummer for mars volta for a minute.

[flyingdepabrothers]

hi, long time lurker, newbie poster.
I wanted a honest critique of my drawings as I don't get much input on them.
I was also wondering if people consciously pick and stick to one style? I ask this cause I'm not sure if my drawings all emit one style or if its just all over the place...I tend to just draw how I feel at the time and not very conscious of how its being drawn.

[jtrpma]

Great Shit, I love it!

I can also never stick to a style or even medium. But that is what keeps it interesting to me.
I don’t strive to be recognized for a style that I then have to keep from developing not to loose fans, I do what I do for the process and enjoyment itself and if someone likes it I am flattered.

If you want to commercialize your work (and treat it as such) it helps to develop a certain consistency so people know what they’ll get. But I think you can call authenticity a style too.

I’ve had single people get etchings, jewelry, clothing and paintings, tattoos from me that had nothing in common and were (to me) all over the place, but they told me it is all unquestionably my style.

So yeah... wouldn’t stick to anything you don’t want to create.

[cricketclub]

hi, long time lurker, newbie poster.
I wanted a honest critique of my drawings as I don't get much input on them.
I was also wondering if people consciously pick and stick to one style? I ask this cause I'm not sure if my drawings all emit one style or if its just all over the place...I tend to just draw how I feel at the time and not very conscious of how its being drawn.

Great work! I love it. I would say that from the four you shared you have a definite artistic voice that is emitted from all of them. Obviously the still life is different in subject matter but I'm sure if you included a ton of your work we could see better how it fits into your oeuvre. Also the still life is awesome. The first three are reeaaally cool and I like the little details like the three handed man.

I've spent a lot of time making art and it has varied in style. Not being able to hone my energies into one specific style or method has frustrated me and contributed to my current hiatus. I want to get back into it. The past few days I have been going through my work to make a portfolio and I realized some ways in which the disparate styles are linked and the portfolio is looking pretty cohesive despite being a little all over the place. I want to get back in to art. It's a lot of work though and finding time when I work full time, have a wife, have pets, skate, and dj is almost impossible. I am glad I'm going back through my work though because it's making me think more creatively again.

[animalflesh]

Really enjoy that stuff ^^^

Haven’t really drawn anything in a while

Here’s an old one:

[FrenchFriedClownFingers]

collage i did with a book i picked up from the thrift store

[flyingdepabrothers]

Great Shit, I love it!

I can also never stick to a style or even medium. But that is what keeps it interesting to me.
I don’t strive to be recognized for a style that I then have to keep from developing not to loose fans, I do what I do for the process and enjoyment itself and if someone likes it I am flattered.

If you want to commercialize your work (and treat it as such) it helps to develop a certain consistency so people know what they’ll get. But I think you can call authenticity a style too.

I’ve had single people get etchings, jewelry, clothing and paintings, tattoos from me that had nothing in common and were (to me) all over the place, but they told me it is all unquestionably my style.

So yeah... wouldn’t stick to anything you don’t want to create.

Thanks! Yeah I was curious from a professional stand point, I've been told before that its important to have consistency but didn't understand to what extent that meant. But you're right, why make stuff you're not into.

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hi, long time lurker, newbie poster.
I wanted a honest critique of my drawings as I don't get much input on them.
I was also wondering if people consciously pick and stick to one style? I ask this cause I'm not sure if my drawings all emit one style or if its just all over the place...I tend to just draw how I feel at the time and not very conscious of how its being drawn.

[close]

Great work! I love it. I would say that from the four you shared you have a definite artistic voice that is emitted from all of them. Obviously the still life is different in subject matter but I'm sure if you included a ton of your work we could see better how it fits into your oeuvre. Also the still life is awesome. The first three are reeaaally cool and I like the little details like the three handed man.

I've spent a lot of time making art and it has varied in style. Not being able to hone my energies into one specific style or method has frustrated me and contributed to my current hiatus. I want to get back into it. The past few days I have been going through my work to make a portfolio and I realized some ways in which the disparate styles are linked and the portfolio is looking pretty cohesive despite being a little all over the place. I want to get back in to art. It's a lot of work though and finding time when I work full time, have a wife, have pets, skate, and dj is almost impossible. I am glad I'm going back through my work though because it's making me think more creatively again.

Thanks! Its reassuring to hear that theres a connecting style between the 4 drawings. Cool.

I understand your frustration, I stopped drawing too cause I've felt like I hit some kind of wall.
Thinking back I think I spent too much time thinking about the outcome more than the process, and overthinking
things overall (I still do but...). It always seems like working creatives know/pick a style and just go for it. 

I like your stuff. Especially the 4th drawing, are you using charcoal?
Your work definitely emits some sort of feeling.