The artist in thee

[Di22y]

Okay, so with the Pictures thread running off the hook, I've decided to put up one for shameless egoism.

Feel free to post links or images of your artwork here. Literary works are also welcome.
(Note: for large images or stories put them in spoiler format please.)

So here are a few of mine:

Spoiler: Contentment

Spoiler: Warning: mature content. Probably not safe for work.

Spoiler: Closer to God

Spoiler: Contortionism 1

Spoiler: Warning: Mature content. Probably not safe for work.

Really connected with the closer to god image of yours. Have been in that position a few timesin my life. Does appear to be a re-work of other images I have seen but then again what isn't nowerdays. Will be posting a few of my own when I'm not mobile. Hopefully all original

 

[Duh]

So it's been a while. Here's my latest stumble into a realm of new creation.

Spoiler: Rose

Yet another year where I had no idea what to do for my mother's birthday.

The painting itself has oh.. 25 coats involved? Something like that anyway. It's about 2mm up off the page in places so the petals have a little more life.

i think that the problem there is that there is verry little variation of tone in the collour so it looks sort of flat, you should make things with at least 5 tones with reasonable contrast so it has more volume.


also tips on making observational paintings of only one object: you should have made the background a kind green (because it's the oposite of red so it'll create contrast adding extra "oomph" to it).
practicing this is important to learn how to work the collours

the outline is great but i see you didnt have much experience with collour when you did that

also what kind of painting is it? oil?

i paint watercolours but i dont have a working scanner or camera to show my paintings, but they are good, i tell ya.

 

[smithy1234]

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I'm being sucked into the vortex! AHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[Labyrinth]

i think that the problem there is that there is verry little variation of tone in the collour so it looks sort of flat, you should make things with at least 5 tones with reasonable contrast so it has more volume.


also tips on making observational paintings of only one object: you should have made the background a kind green (because it's the oposite of red so it'll create contrast adding extra "oomph" to it).
practicing this is important to learn how to work the collours

the outline is great but i see you didnt have much experience with collour when you did that

also what kind of painting is it? oil?

i paint watercolours but i dont have a working scanner or camera to show my paintings, but they are good, i tell ya.

To be fair, it's very difficult to get the full effect of a painting through a picture. Thankyou for the critique though, I'll be sure to look for that if I do something similar in the future. It's acrylic. As for the outline that was done in metallic gel ink.

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

Heres the main character from my project, Unrest. I introduce you to Ro, a young neonate who through a series of events finds himself restoring peace to the planet.

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Funny thing about Ro is I originally based him on Stitch, if he were a nicer and much more younger kinda guy, though I've always liked Deers which is basically what he became. Its interesting becuase Deers are pretty recurring in most religions and mythologies. Ears were last minute but I liked the idea of him tying them back.

 

[Duh]

To be fair, it's very difficult to get the full effect of a painting through a picture. Thankyou for the critique though, I'll be sure to look for that if I do something similar in the future. It's acrylic. As for the outline that was done in metallic gel ink.

acrylic was my first guess, but it's not a realy good way to start paiting because it's hard to manipulate the ink, it dries too fast

well, i know that the pictures dont get the painting right buti think that outlining in a realistic painting is wrong, i meant that the shape of the rose was right, it realy looks like you are used to drawing but have'nt had proper instructions on painting and how collors interact yet.

i hate not having a camera because i feel sort of an hypocrite for not showing my stuff, it feels like i am saying "this is why i'm hot" all the time.

 

[Radeonx]

I like to do signatures, so here are some of my better ones.

Link:

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Venom:
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Gundam:
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And finally, an Abstract piece:
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[The Salty Vulcan]

I like to do signatures, so here are some of my better ones.

Link:

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Venom:
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Gundam:
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And finally, an Abstract piece:
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That Venom peice is made of pure awesome sauce

 

[scotth266]

Spoiler: I made this little number in Paint just now. It's a step-by step process!

Spoiler: Step One: I made the basic head, hat, eyes, and mouth.

Spoiler: Step Two: I reshaped the face completely. Much more badass now.

Spoiler: Now I'm adding the body: the shoulders mainly.

Spoiler: Adding the arms...

Spoiler: Body structure completed!

Spoiler: Now for some color....

Spoiler: And the finished product!

I'm so proud of it, even though it looks terrible. It was inspired by The Scarecrow villain from the Batman comics. I've been rather obsessed with him lately, so I wanted to make him the focus. I was going to just put "SCARECROW" in there, but couldn't find a neat way to do it. Instead, I used a technique I did in a Jekyll/Hyde collage: using words that described him.

 

[zen5887]

Song I wrote for uni, its a hip hop song that sounds a lot better with the music behind it.. I promise..

Spoiler: No September

There's been a few lessons that I've learnt about life tonight
like don't hold the blade edge of a knife to tight
and always glue your pieces back together before you forget
because its better to have things fixed then being broken forever

Regret, such an ugly word but its all that I've heard come out of my mouth
these past few weeks, its bleak and absurd.
I guess and obsess and smile less and less
Try to pick up the pieces of this heart, its a mess

Its more than "I miss you, I need you, to kiss you"
I love you, to much to, see you acting out this way
Although its not my place to say I need know you'll be okay
I'm worried, that one day, you'll go to far and end up astray

I'm feeling helpless, like a bird in a cage,
a beast in a rage, the coming of age
I'll let chiches fly, until the day I die
I'll sigh, and sway, and accept it as another page

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

How could you do this too me? I gave you all I could
I loved you more than anything, maybe more than I should
But its understood, your abandoning wasn't a misunderstanding
Its how I'm handling the world that makes me feel chaotic good.

I look back, and look at you now,
I see how much you've changed but for some reason and somehow,
I jumped right in when I know I couldn't swim
Then I guessed the worse, mixed up the verse and now I don't think I can win

I want to let you know, how much you mean to me
How different I would be, without you, its true
I grew, into, who I am today, its safe to say
With a smiling girl not far away,

now everyday, in disarray and disbelief
I lay in grief and try to remember last November
When the embers of our fires burned and the choirs turned for us
But this year, there will be no September, no September...

Chorus
Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart...

Mmm

 

[dunnace]

After rather foolishly making a topic for it, here is my sketch show made for Youtube. it's nothing too serious but if you like it, feel free to tell me, feedback keeps me strong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEvF7eiK1OY

 

[Fightgarr]

Song I wrote for uni, its a hip hop song that sounds a lot better with the music behind it.. I promise..

Spoiler: No September

There's been a few lessons that I've learnt about life tonight
like don't hold the blade edge of a knife to tight
and always glue your pieces back together before you forget
because its better to have things fixed then being broken forever

Regret, such an ugly word but its all that I've heard come out of my mouth
these past few weeks, its bleak and absurd.
I guess and obsess and smile less and less
Try to pick up the pieces of this heart, its a mess

Its more than "I miss you, I need you, to kiss you"
I love you, to much to, see you acting out this way
Although its not my place to say I need know you'll be okay
I'm worried, that one day, you'll go to far and end up astray

I'm feeling helpless, like a bird in a cage,
a beast in a rage, the coming of age
I'll let chiches fly, until the day I die
I'll sigh, and sway, and accept it as another page

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

How could you do this too me? I gave you all I could
I loved you more than anything, maybe more than I should
But its understood, your abandoning wasn't a misunderstanding
Its how I'm handling the world that makes me feel chaotic good.

I look back, and look at you now,
I see how much you've changed but for some reason and somehow,
I jumped right in when I know I couldn't swim
Then I guessed the worse, mixed up the verse and now I don't think I can win

I want to let you know, how much you mean to me
How different I would be, without you, its true
I grew, into, who I am today, its safe to say
With a smiling girl not far away,

now everyday, in disarray and disbelief
I lay in grief and try to remember last November
When the embers of our fires burned and the choirs turned for us
But this year, there will be no September, no September...

Chorus
Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart...

Mmm

I would like to hear it rapped/sung. Just trying to rap it to myself I'm having some rhythm issues. Maybe its just me being stupid, maybe there are actual issues with beat and meter. You tell me.

 

[zen5887]

Song I wrote for uni, its a hip hop song that sounds a lot better with the music behind it.. I promise..

Spoiler: No September

There's been a few lessons that I've learnt about life tonight
like don't hold the blade edge of a knife to tight
and always glue your pieces back together before you forget
because its better to have things fixed then being broken forever

Regret, such an ugly word but its all that I've heard come out of my mouth
these past few weeks, its bleak and absurd.
I guess and obsess and smile less and less
Try to pick up the pieces of this heart, its a mess

Its more than "I miss you, I need you, to kiss you"
I love you, to much to, see you acting out this way
Although its not my place to say I need know you'll be okay
I'm worried, that one day, you'll go to far and end up astray

I'm feeling helpless, like a bird in a cage,
a beast in a rage, the coming of age
I'll let chiches fly, until the day I die
I'll sigh, and sway, and accept it as another page

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

How could you do this too me? I gave you all I could
I loved you more than anything, maybe more than I should
But its understood, your abandoning wasn't a misunderstanding
Its how I'm handling the world that makes me feel chaotic good.

I look back, and look at you now,
I see how much you've changed but for some reason and somehow,
I jumped right in when I know I couldn't swim
Then I guessed the worse, mixed up the verse and now I don't think I can win

I want to let you know, how much you mean to me
How different I would be, without you, its true
I grew, into, who I am today, its safe to say
With a smiling girl not far away,

now everyday, in disarray and disbelief
I lay in grief and try to remember last November
When the embers of our fires burned and the choirs turned for us
But this year, there will be no September, no September...

Chorus
Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart of me

Now you're gone, Its time, its time to move on.
You will always be apart, apart...

Mmm

I would like to hear it rapped/sung. Just trying to rap it to myself I'm having some rhythm issues. Maybe its just me being stupid, maybe there are actual issues with beat and meter. You tell me.

It all fits, there are just some weird parts in there

"I grew, into, who I am today, its safe to say" for example is pretty syncopated. I never got around to recording it and I don't think I will but if you really want I've got the vocal part that I handed in for the assignment laying around, I can send you that.

 

[Fightgarr]

It all fits, there are just some weird parts in there

"I grew, into, who I am today, its safe to say" for example is pretty syncopated. I never got around to recording it and I don't think I will but if you really want I've got the vocal part that I handed in for the assignment laying around, I can send you that.

If you're willing to share then I'm willing to hear it. That's what this thread should be about methinks. Judging by your many contributions to the forum related to music, I'm interested to hear something you've created.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Spoiler

 

[zen5887]

It all fits, there are just some weird parts in there

"I grew, into, who I am today, its safe to say" for example is pretty syncopated. I never got around to recording it and I don't think I will but if you really want I've got the vocal part that I handed in for the assignment laying around, I can send you that.

If you're willing to share then I'm willing to hear it. That's what this thread should be about methinks. Judging by your many contributions to the forum related to music, I'm interested to hear something you've created.

Watch this space - as soon as I figure out how to upload the MIDI I'll do that. That way you can sing along haha..

 

[zen5887]

Here is the midi (in MP3 format for some reason...) the 'trumpet' part is the vocal line. There are a few rough harmonies which I should of fixed up but I didn't, whoops.

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=ZaOade

This is the MP3 of the original song that I did, before I decided to put lyrics to it. Made in Reason 4 in about 5ish hours

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=PXVOLE

While I am here I may as well upload some of my other stuff. For some reason I have gravitated to writing Trance, I'm not sure why but I have a lot of fun with it.

This song called "Valentines Day" and is pretty by-numbers. Is a 9 hour effort once again for uni, I did it the day before an assignment was due so it was pretty rough. Once I had time I fixed it up (but its far from perfect). The vocals were done by a girl at uni after I remembered the songs had to include vocals. I threw the lyrics together in about 10 minutes (it shows huh) and get her to sing, she made up the melody as she went along (it also shows) and as soon as I have the time I will re do them.

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=8ELGZg

This one is my newest. Called "Tell me where our time went" and is once again, pretty stock standard. I am a lot happier with some of the sounds in this one and I enjoy the vibe of this more one as well (but yeah, far from perfect). I'm not even sure if I'm finished with it yet, I know it needs more but I just can't think of anything..

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=DXW6fy

This one is my lame attempt at Hardstyle.. Hah I tried and I failed.. Ahh well, get your shuffle on!

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=09kITy

This is my also lame attempt at Breakcore (I think?). The fact that I don't really know what it is kinda means I failed.. I do like the drum sound tho!

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=gb4l76

When I look at these songs, I can see my biggest problems being my lack of keyboard ability (most of them are in C or Am because I can't use black keys yet...) my lack of program knowledge, like any instrument, Reason takes time to learn and the fact I don't don't really know the stylistic characteristics of the stuff I am writing, this comes from not listening to that much Trance and the more I listen to it the more I will get it.

Wow.. This has taken me a lot to summon up the courage to put this stuff out.. I hope you like it =D

PS: Any problems with the upload let me know, I'm not sure if that site is any good..

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

Spoiler

A little more refinement for Ro. Ive also incorporated some rabbit and monkey elements into his design again recurring animals in Eastern mythologies.

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Thats pretty good. What did you use?

 

[Fightgarr]

Wow.. This has taken me a lot to summon up the courage to put this stuff out.. I hope you like it =D

Cool beans man, I'm glad you did put it up. Now, not having any kind of substantial musical knowledge I can't give an in depth critique. Some of it is simple, but its catchy and sometimes that's all you need. The one for the rap itself is definitely the one I enjoyed the most. I wasn't singing along out loud, but listening to it while reading the lyrics was helpful for me to get how it was supposed to go. I myself enjoy writing raps here and there. Most of it is just me and my buddy dicking around, but some of it we're using in our music/comic book read-along project.

It's nice to see people posting music, its a healthy change from drawings and prose.