Post by Rǽdmund on Mar 23, 2015 17:34:10 GMT
Sorry it took me this long to reply - I moved out of Tornio for good and that, as well as finishing up the more urgent elements of my school backlog, have been real timesinks these last few weeks.
Your dedication is impressive. I have my doubts as to whether I could work on such a picture for such a long time. The all too slow progress would probably drive me insane.
Well, admittedly most of the work was done in the first week. By then I had already grown tired of the painting and distracted myself with the others, making little additions to that particular one every now and then. I find it hard to concentrate on just one thing for more than a few days at a time, even more so if I've already spent a long time working on it.
Your dedication is impressive. I have my doubts as to whether I could work on such a picture for such a long time. The all too slow progress would probably drive me insane.
Well, admittedly most of the work was done in the first week. By then I had already grown tired of the painting and distracted myself with the others, making little additions to that particular one every now and then. I find it hard to concentrate on just one thing for more than a few days at a time, even more so if I've already spent a long time working on it.
Admittedly, on the whole the figure does not look much like a Warp Spider. However, what struck me and reminded me of one was its stoop and its overall bulky appearance. The rune and the massive firearm increased the impression. To be honest, the red robe actually made me think of the red wizard from Magicka. I reckon what keeps me from associating it with a member of the Adeptus Mechanicus is apart from its posture the lack of appendages. His weapon would certainly need to be more spiky for me to draw a connection to Tyranids.
What I keep pondering is what he might be doing there seemingly alone in this wasteland. I am under the impression that he is cleansing the area from something rather thoroughly. Maybe he is there to make sure that this world is void of absolutely any form of life.
I was originally going for a more clearly mechanical monster, but in the end my patience ran out and I settled for the red robe that conveniently covers up all the possible details of the creature.
I also wanted to include some silhouettes of his victims trying to escape the gas, but I couldn't finish them in time. As it stands, him sanitizing the world of any pesky lifeforms is a good explanation for his presence.
Very interesting! When painting the creature I had a Tzeentchian horror as a starting point. It quickly took on a life of its own, though, and I think the end result looks like some bizarre cross between a Khornate and a Tzeentchian demon. The glowing sphere I envisioned as his eye, with a trail of black oily 'tears' running down the face. The texture of his face I wanted to resemble a coat of all-too-lively fur.
Well, I try my best.
I suppose the phrase The devil is in the details applies here.
But as I said, I've moved back home and thought I'd photograph some of those tiny paintings I've been working on. I was, however, wondering whether it'd be proper to post them here, given that they have nothing to do with our collective areas of interest as fyrnings (not that these paintings I already posted here would, but I felt entitled to an exception due to my graduation! ). What do you people reckon?
What I keep pondering is what he might be doing there seemingly alone in this wasteland. I am under the impression that he is cleansing the area from something rather thoroughly. Maybe he is there to make sure that this world is void of absolutely any form of life.
I was originally going for a more clearly mechanical monster, but in the end my patience ran out and I settled for the red robe that conveniently covers up all the possible details of the creature.
I also wanted to include some silhouettes of his victims trying to escape the gas, but I couldn't finish them in time. As it stands, him sanitizing the world of any pesky lifeforms is a good explanation for his presence.
The person I see in this picture is standing in a way that the observer looks at his back and left side. He is standing still but has his left arm raised a little bit lower than shoulder height and looking at the central manifestation. However, there is not really a head to recognise. Where it should be the person is visually connected to the appearance in front of him.
The head I am recognising is the glowing black sphere in the centre of the image. It is attached to an extremely long neck and belongs to a thoroughly bizarre creature. Left and right to where the neck is dissolving there are large wings or claws that reach out of what looks like something organic like a throat or an intestine. The spiky tentacles add to the sensation that this red entity is in fact alive or at least moving. The way it strecthes it gives the impression of a tunnel while by being open towards the person and the observer it also looks like a giant wave about to break.
All together this invokes the idea of the person being about to be overwhelmed, even taken away. In front of him there is a creature reaching for him from a rampant space which is ready to suck him in as a devouring tunnel or engulfing him as a sprawling wave and it looks as if it has already managed to seize his head. There is some contrast added to the whole scenery by the tranquility of the person himself. Despite this nightmarish appearance and seeming imminent danger he stays there calm and upright, awaiting his fate.
Having said all this, I am sure there is a lot more left to see in the picture.
The head I am recognising is the glowing black sphere in the centre of the image. It is attached to an extremely long neck and belongs to a thoroughly bizarre creature. Left and right to where the neck is dissolving there are large wings or claws that reach out of what looks like something organic like a throat or an intestine. The spiky tentacles add to the sensation that this red entity is in fact alive or at least moving. The way it strecthes it gives the impression of a tunnel while by being open towards the person and the observer it also looks like a giant wave about to break.
All together this invokes the idea of the person being about to be overwhelmed, even taken away. In front of him there is a creature reaching for him from a rampant space which is ready to suck him in as a devouring tunnel or engulfing him as a sprawling wave and it looks as if it has already managed to seize his head. There is some contrast added to the whole scenery by the tranquility of the person himself. Despite this nightmarish appearance and seeming imminent danger he stays there calm and upright, awaiting his fate.
Having said all this, I am sure there is a lot more left to see in the picture.
Very interesting! When painting the creature I had a Tzeentchian horror as a starting point. It quickly took on a life of its own, though, and I think the end result looks like some bizarre cross between a Khornate and a Tzeentchian demon. The glowing sphere I envisioned as his eye, with a trail of black oily 'tears' running down the face. The texture of his face I wanted to resemble a coat of all-too-lively fur.
One of the to me more plausible definitions of good art I know is the ability of an artist to transfer a certain notion through his work to the observer. According to this definition you are apparently a skilled artist then.
Well, I try my best.
I reckon what enables me to see so many things in certain works is my ability to, as the Germans say, go from the hundreth to the thousandth. In other words the ability to go from general to particular. At times it is a blessing at other times it is a curse. For instance when I describe something, I tend to go into detail very much, sometimes to the point of shifting focus too far away from what is actually important. That is probably also the reason why I easily lose track of what I am saying when talking to people. While speaking about certain topics my mind keeps coming up with new aspects to talk about so I quickly start going astray if I do not watch out.
I suppose the phrase The devil is in the details applies here.
But as I said, I've moved back home and thought I'd photograph some of those tiny paintings I've been working on. I was, however, wondering whether it'd be proper to post them here, given that they have nothing to do with our collective areas of interest as fyrnings (not that these paintings I already posted here would, but I felt entitled to an exception due to my graduation! ). What do you people reckon?