My completely narcissistic look-at-me how awesome am I art thread

[bitonti]

On 2/5/2022 at 11:18 PM, maury77 said:

Great work man! I'd post some of my house and techno tracks that I've produced, but aside from @bitonti I don't think the board has too many fans of the genre. 

dude! I'm you're  huckleberry 

I'm returning to the board by the way 

Jet Blue fired me for gross incompetence 

[RutgersJetFan]

On 2/5/2022 at 7:08 AM, freestater said:

I also make little 3x3 reproductions of many of my paintings (especially the ones I give away) and put magnets on them to populate my fridge door

This is actually pretty ******* awesome. Bravo.

[GangGreen Machine]

Okay, I’ll play! Landscape painter who’s main interest is western wildlife. 

[GangGreen Machine]

Most of my paintings originate from the Pacific Northwest… I know a lowly Jets fan out west… WTH?! 

[GangGreen Machine]

Ducks are one of my all time favorites to paint. Thanks for the OP @freestater your work is amazing! 

[maury77]

2 hours ago, bitonti said:

dude! I'm you're  huckleberry 

I'm returning to the board by the way 

Jet Blue fired me for gross incompetence 

I’ll post the track soon, I’m trying to get the kick drum right but the low end is thin.

[Dcat]

On 2/5/2022 at 10:08 AM, freestater said:

I also make little 3x3 reproductions of many of my paintings (especially the ones I give away) and put magnets on them to populate my fridge door

It's inexpensive to take these and get calendars printed.  (Great for little gifts).  My wife puts a calendar in with any original artwork purchase and people get all orgasmic over them. 

[freestater]

11 hours ago, GangGreen Machine said:

Okay, I’ll play! Landscape painter who’s main interest is western wildlife. 

Stunning, man. Fantastic work! 

[freestater]

Two of my latest. I'm going for a galactic look here

[bitonti]

On 2/9/2022 at 3:00 PM, maury77 said:

I’ll post the track soon, I’m trying to get the kick drum right but the low end is thin.

just done with the 2nd draft of my novel does that count as art? 

i'll show you mine etc 

[JustInFudge]

On 2/9/2022 at 12:52 PM, GangGreen Machine said:

Ducks are one of my all time favorites to paint. Thanks for the OP @freestater your work is amazing! 

dude, this is really good.  all of them have been but this is intricate

[HighPitch]

Very talented

especially with so many different styles. It looks like 10 different guys work. Are they all brushed or are some like digital computer stuff

[Peace Frog]

2 hours ago, freestater said:

Two of my latest. I'm going for a galactic look here

I want one.

Just commisioned an artist we met in Assisi who paints on glass to paint us a Pieta--1000 euro.  Just got it last week, gorgeous.  We have one of Montepulciano when we were there.  

https://www.cruciani.com/index.php

[GangGreen Machine]

2 hours ago, JiFapono said:

dude, this is really good.  all of them have been but this is intricate

Thanks man. One of my favorites 

[freestater]

1 hour ago, HighPitch said:

Very talented

especially with so many different styles. It looks like 10 different guys work. Are they all brushed or are some like digital computer stuff

Nope, nothing digital. I'm not that bright lol. 

All acrylic really.

[freestater]

[Peace Frog]

1 hour ago, freestater said:

Geezuz, beautiful colors.  

[freestater]

Here's a couple "swipes" I did...

 

 

[freestater]

[Green Ghost]

On 2/5/2022 at 3:14 PM, freestater said:

@freestater

I love them all, but this one… ?

Edit…. 30 seconds later ? I scrolled quickly after this one, I’ve got to tell you, your art is amazing. I could never just pick one!

I was offered a scholarship back in the 70’s to the School of Visual Arts, but I went away instead to play baseball. I haven’t picked up a brush in years, but if I did, I could only wish to do half as well as you.

I used to love to work with charcoal back in the day, especially when doing portraits. Have you ever given that a try?

[Peace Frog]

6 minutes ago, Green Ghost said:

I love them all, but this one… ?

That's my favorite too.  Can't decribe it.  Starts out like a wave, then nautilis shell, then a quartz-like element, then a cellular wall.  

[freestater]

13 minutes ago, Green Ghost said:

@freestater

I love them all, but this one… ?

Edit…. 30 seconds later ? I scrolled quickly after this one, I’ve got to tell you, your art is amazing. I could never just pick one!

I was offered a scholarship back in the 70’s to the School of Visual Arts, but I went away instead to play baseball. I haven’t picked up a brush in years, but if I did, I could only wish to do half as well as you.

I used to love to work with charcoal back in the day, especially when doing portraits. Have you ever given that a try?

Thank you so very much. 

I've done a lot of pencil drawings, haven't worked with charcoal since high school. Here are a couple pencil drawings I did based on a movie I helped make and served as a bad guy for...

 

[maury77]

On 2/8/2022 at 11:25 AM, JiFapono said:

Like actual movies?   There are very few and they all suck.  "North Shore" from the 80's is still the best one ever made and it's totally ridiculous and completely unbelievable, which makes it awesome.  Any 40+ year old surfer quotes that movie to this day.  lol  Big Wednesdy from the 70's was good back in the day, havent seen it in years.  Chasing Mavericks is cheesy but a great sad story.   Riding Giants was popular but dumb as sh*t.

The documentary game is very strong in the surfing world.  The obvious ones are Endless Summer I and II.  Both great to understand the culture and allure to the sport.  My favorite is one called "Kissed by God" it's a documentary about Andy Irons who was a tortured soul but one of the most gifted surfers of all time.  I really like 2 that are called "The September Sessions" and "Step into the Liquid".   There is pretty cool docu serious on HBO called the "100 Foot Wave" which has been interesting but really more focuses on the life Garret McNamarra who discovered what is now considered the biggest wave in the world.  "Searching for Tom Curren" and "Morning of Earth" and "Dog Town and Z-Boys" is a skate/surf cross but it's really good, IMO, Heath Ledger plays a major part. "Momentum Generation" is a great one. "Blood is thicker than Water" is a cool one about a surf gang.   And "Thicker than Water" was cool, and intro'd a lot of people to the music of Jack Johnson.

In addition, surfing has as sh*t ton of "videos" about specific surfers, surf teams, boards, styles of riding, etc. that are typically music driven with just hours of free surfing footage.  My favorite?  "Lost at Sea" but there are literally hundreds if not thousands of those types of videos produced all the time.

 

 

 

 

Does Point Break count?

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[Peace Frog]

On 2/14/2022 at 9:55 PM, freestater said:

Dude do you work? These are incredible. 

 

On 2/14/2022 at 9:53 PM, freestater said:

 

[freestater]

11 hours ago, Peace Frog said:

Dude do you work? These are incredible. 

 

 

As little as possible lol. 

Lots of them get done in the winter when I don't have work, tbh. 

[freestater]

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[32green]

Great stuff, much respect! Impressive. 

[Peace Frog]

3 hours ago, 32green said:

Great stuff, much respect! Impressive. 

You’re still around?!? Where you been? 
 

[freestater]

14 hours ago, 32green said:

Great stuff, much respect! Impressive. 

Nice to see ya, 32!

[freestater]

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