The Artist Thread #1

[RJDiogenes]

In this thread we can post the artwork that we have created-- sketches, paintings, collages, CGI, butt photocopies-- nothing is off the table.

We'll start with this:



A Bridge Too Far by me.

[Lupine]

^Impressive.

I need to dig through my old stuff.

[scottydog]

Very cool. How did you do that? What inspired you?

[Lupine]

Not on the same scale but here's a painting I did back in high school.

[RJDiogenes]

^^ Wow, that's great. What else have you got? Have you thought about painting your own covers for your books?

Very cool. How did you do that? What inspired you?

When it comes to art, I just get a lot of imagery in my head, most of which would be beyond my ability to create. The golden color scheme is something I see a fair amount in imagery and dreams. In this case, I sketched out the basics and then elaborated on them with a painting program until I got it as good as I could. The two figures are imported from my vast collection of Roaring 20s artistic nudes-- that required a lot of detail work to isolate them from the backgrounds and touch them up and so forth.

[Lupine]

^^ Wow, that's great. What else have you got? Have you thought about painting your own covers for your books?

I'd have to get paint and get back into practice.

[RJDiogenes]

I sense a lack of desire. If you have a tablet, there are free paint programs that use a stylus.

[RJDiogenes]

Here's another one that I think I'm done with. Of course, Arthur C Clarke once said that no work of art is ever completed, only abandoned.



Actually, I do need a better name, so there's that.