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| Illustration Activity Series B #10; Surreal Self - Plus #9's Winner | |
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| Bussman | Nov 25 2005, 07:04 AM Post #76 |
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FLASH GENIUS (I wish...)
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it sorta looks like a bingbong . . . other than that, what are you showing in that portrait? |
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| Mathulus | Nov 25 2005, 08:52 AM Post #77 |
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Brackenwood Lightweight
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Yogy: The index finger needs to be twice as long. The top of the thumb has an strange angle. elephant: It looks good so far. Bussman: I think you shuld clean it upp a bit. |
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| KiWi | Nov 25 2005, 02:18 PM Post #78 |
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Mine is a bit serious, I cried while making it. My whole life has pretty much been a waste, my mom and dad have told me that. My dad has also told me I've been an accident. I picked up drugs and some alcohol for about a year. I've gotten into 42 fights in a school year. My "friend" tried to stab me. That is me being stabbed, and why I didn't do it myself.
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| Anghenfil | Nov 25 2005, 02:37 PM Post #79 |
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PELICAAAAAN
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Yikes. Undoubtedly art has the power to be a theraputic force in our lives. I don't believe that other people (even your parents) can decide whether you're a "failure" or not. Don't give up on yourself while you're still so young. For what the picture is, I quite like the attention to detail -- the blood oozing from the mouth, the smile, and the unfocused eyes. Try making your strokes bolder in future work, as the scratchy line quality gives the impression that you're being overly cautious. If your life is indeed as stressful as you say, you should probably try painting. It can be a very fierce and liberating medium. Try adding more meaningful symbolism... While the motif of death (in a metaphorical sense, as in rebirth) is important to you right now, are there any other influencing factors in your life? Are there other ways for you to represent death? Background? |
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| Deleted User | Nov 25 2005, 03:41 PM Post #80 |
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wats good for when ur sad as fuck? like i am today coz heaps of friends have left school today.... mainly why im sad is coz of this girl that left tho... Kiwi thats really f'kin good mate, i feel like doin that right now. ur picture has really good meaning to it man... Yoganimation - is ur picture about gettin stoned?? his eating pizza sloppily and that thing down the bottom looks likea bong. |
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| Yoganimation | Nov 25 2005, 04:13 PM Post #81 |
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yooginder!
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Thanks for the feed backs. Right now there really isnt to much meaning into this drawing, i will add it later. In this I am trying to show my royalty and goofyness. |
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| Deleted User | Nov 25 2005, 06:50 PM Post #82 |
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ahh ok.. i see, wats the bong for then? o well... heres my pic.... atm its jsut transparent (even tho its not on the website grr...).... representin everyone doesnt really take notice of me till they see how i really am and get to know me... |
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| KiWi | Nov 25 2005, 11:22 PM Post #83 |
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Exersise I would probably say. Don't resort to drugs and alcohol, it is a depresant, it will only dormant the "sadness" or "pain" |
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| elephant | Nov 26 2005, 04:10 AM Post #84 |
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the brackenwood piglet
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| KiWi | Nov 26 2005, 05:07 AM Post #85 |
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Those people were the drug dealers, that is me when I blew my first blunt. So the knife represents what is going to happen to me, the triangle between the girl and the boy equals the bond between them. Later on the girls die from an overdose shot of herione.
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| Espen | Nov 26 2005, 05:23 AM Post #86 |
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Never Disturb us!
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![]() 25 min later ![]() wip looking awzum bussman, vector , elephant and kiwi! |
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| Deleted User | Nov 26 2005, 10:34 AM Post #87 |
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Kiwi i think yours wil win easily color it in! wher do u live kiwi it sound like a very durggy place.. more so then where i live..
OH SHIT! lol i psoted this and didnt actually post my pic <_< here we go...
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| elephant | Nov 26 2005, 06:51 PM Post #88 |
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the brackenwood piglet
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Nice tommo, I like the hair; possibly because of the dark blue tint, which is caused by the transparency of your picture.
Keep it up, Espen, looking good so far..... ANyways, here's an update. caution! this one has a Wally in it. Praise encouraged, criticism appreciated.
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| Vector | Nov 26 2005, 06:57 PM Post #89 |
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hehe... that pig has a wang Looks good. A background would really add to it at this stage. I like the "stage" of the look right now, it's not too refined and it's not too scratchy. But if you wanna work it more I guess that would come out ok too
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| elephant | Nov 26 2005, 07:11 PM Post #90 |
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the brackenwood piglet
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Well, I wanted to do a background, but I didn't manage to make up something good. And if I added a background now, it'd be a mess, because of the lighting and stuff, but I'll try. Thanks
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| Vector | Nov 26 2005, 07:30 PM Post #91 |
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Update //![]() //Explanation I guess I'd better explain the symbolism and stuff in this pic. So, we have: -The robotic/wires arm, which represents a mesh between man and machine, ie the integration of myself and technology. -The picture being sideways, which shows my perspective of the world, ie I'm viewing the world from a different point of view -The leaves on the (dead) tree, showing that from death springs life, and --The bright and dark leaves representing good and bad choices -The light and dark sky representing the extremeties of the painting of (my life), eg everyone has good and bad, emotional ups and downs, etc. I think that's about it. Any C/C? |
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| Espen | Nov 26 2005, 07:52 PM Post #92 |
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Never Disturb us!
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aaaaaaaaawwwwwwzzzzzummmm! damn your gonna win this one boy! |
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| Colesif | Nov 27 2005, 05:25 AM Post #93 |
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wow dan, im reallllly impressed, that came out great. the only thing that came out a little fuzzy in my perspective was the mechanical wires, they dont looks to mechanical to me, they kinda looks more like a petrefied vine. thats really al i see, all in all, very very nice man kiwi, it looks more like a scene of your life, rather than a surreal portrait of you, try using different objects to convey your idea. for example, the tree in vectors painting. maybe you could turn those drug dealers into a certain kind of animal that you thinks defines them, like a wolf, or if they were positive (which i couldnt imagine that they were) something like a dove. make sense? |
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| Yoganimation | Nov 27 2005, 01:54 PM Post #94 |
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yooginder!
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vector, yourz is amazing. Here is an update on mine.
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| Deleted User | Nov 27 2005, 05:20 PM Post #95 |
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umm isnt it supposed to be of you??? yoga. not someone else.. oh yeh and incompleted isnt a word... ok i really dont have any more ideas of what to do about myself lol but this is: sippy cup - im still a kid but should be more grown up and the blending in with the background - most people dont even notice me... ![]() oh yeh and vector thats really cool but only one crit i can see is they dont look like wires at all, i thought it was tree branches. Maybe do some little red green and blue ones and then bigger black ones... |
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| Yoganimation | Nov 27 2005, 06:18 PM Post #96 |
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yooginder!
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ummm the art is of me
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| Divine_Walrus | Nov 27 2005, 11:20 PM Post #97 |
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Got a question about the forum? PM me! :)
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Awesome stuff everybody. Finally got a sketch to show y'all
I went through quite a few other concepts, which all had lots of symbols in them, but they were just small parts of my life. This one represents one thing, but it's something that's I feel strongly about. I think even if I can't get it done in time for the comp, I'll still paint it.![]() I am climbing a cliff, the cliff represent life. I am carrying a large sack on my back. Sand is seeping out of the hands into the bag, filling it up. The hands represent people in my life. The sand represents their problems and relationships. As the bag becomes heavier, weighed down by the sand, it becomes harder and harder for me to climb. The more other people fill up my sack, the more I struggle to climb. Eventually the sack will become too heavy for me to support, and I will fall off the cliff face. When I colour it, the arms will be grey at the base, and gradually brighten till they are skin coloured at the hand. This is because as other people pour sand into my sack, their lives become easier. Now I'll explain why I drew that: I drew that because of something very real which hapens in my life. If you ask people who I talk to alot on msn, you'll find that it's not uncommon for me to say "brb, someone's whining" or "bbl, gotta help someone with something." This is because alot of my friends see me as calm rational Dave the problem solver. I've done day-long mediations on weekends between my friends to settle disputes and mend relationships. I like helping my friends, but it is a double edged sword. Sometimes it becomes overwhelming, too many people are coming to me with their problems, expecting me to fix it for them. It's like they rely on my to mend the problems in their lives and it's incredibly daunting at times. When I was asking someone what they thought of the picture they said the hands didn't suit it, that I should perhaps have a floating bucket pouring sand into the sack. I told them that wouldn't suit it, because it's not alot of pressure coming from on source, but rather little bits from many different sources gradually building up. To sum it all up: Sometimes I just feel like the sack is too heavy for me to carry. Now that I've finished depressing all of you, you can get back to your lives I usually don't whine to people on the net about my problems, but this exercise really is something that can bring out things you feel passionately about, as we've seen from not just me in this thread.Edit: Btw, this is just a SKETCH! Rack off people on im's saying it sucks
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| hoffie_hoff | Nov 28 2005, 05:08 AM Post #98 |
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![]() Heres a sketch of mine, I've got a few questions though, like what color should the white part behind me be? Because I doesn't seem like it should be white, unless the light is on a solid surface (which it isn't) the light beam would not act that way... any ideas? crits? |
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| Bobly | Nov 28 2005, 07:53 AM Post #99 |
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The Bracken-Bobly
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What would best represent you? A bright lively colour or a dark one? |
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| elephant | Nov 28 2005, 08:07 AM Post #100 |
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the brackenwood piglet
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the same old pig, now with a background! Hm. The piece lacks symbolism and the legs look awful. I don't know if I'll make it and Vector has a winner-piece anyway; the explanation really clears things up and makes the picture more fascinating. Maybe I'll get the pencil next time..... |
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