Bi weekly challenge due may 11

Post by **PaulH** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:59 pm

I know, but I think a structure has much more atmosphere and foreboding if it looks like it might just possibly be something real. This is the problem I find with a lot of fantasy/sci fi is that some aspects are forced and exaggerated (ie axe blades bigger than the person wielding it etc) which makes them look more comical than anything else.

Now I am not saying that about Cows work: its definitley not over done and does have genuine atmospheric qualities especially combined with the rest of the pic. I'd like to see it finished. However it still has that hint of 'stereotypical fantasy' for the want of a better phase.

Post by **Lunever** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:50 am

PaulH: The unrealistic equipment issue in fantasy pictures are imho caused by the fact, that most fantasy artisans, now matter how skilled in their art per se, are not LARP players or re-enactors and thus never have used real, physical medieval or fantasy equipment and thus just can't imagine how an axe or warhammer actually have to be designed in order to allow them to be actually wielded efficiently.

I notice this very often in DnD illustrations - often good work from a painter's view, but completely unacceptable regarding equipment involved.

BTW I don't think that picture to be too stereotypical.

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:56 pm

except if you talk about john howe..

I think it was howe.. who had designed armour and weapons for LOTR.. having made armour for himself knew what was needed and what was realistic.

man.. I never knew I could draw so much controversy with a sketch

moo

Post by **Ameena** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:15 pm

No pun intended?

Post by **Lunever** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:45 pm

John Howe is a genius, I've been admiring his work years before anybody ever announced that there would be a LoR movie.

The strange thing is that albeit it's neigh to impossible John Howe among all those artists who created paintings about the LoR theme paints his pictures absolutely exactly like I've always been visually imagining LoR.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:56 pm

I know this is a bit late, but -you know how it is..
this is a schloss in Nurnberg.
http://www.ljplus.ru/img/b/a/baranchiki ... ie-198.jpg

Post by **PaulH** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:26 pm

Good pic Zoom. The towers look positively evil!

Post by **PaulH** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:47 pm

So, who won?!

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:08 pm

I dunno... was there supposed to be a winner? this is for photographers to get their practice at photographing, and artists to practice their artisting

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:58 pm

Actually, I did not take this photograph by myself! It was made by a friend of one of my friend's girlfriend who visited from moscow;
So much for practicing photographing

but it was very recently taken (3 Weeks approx).

Having a winner would be cool, but seeing the gloomy structures was "fun" nevertheless!

@PaulH
Today I wondered whether snails can on purpose "jump off" of a stick for example(or fall). So can they unleech themselves quickly from surfaces once they are attached? I guess no.
They do creep up on trees when it is raining, most likely because they want to eat rotten tree bark etc,and they don't get treaded down that way. I think they are quite intelligent, for they will remember the very salad they visited the day before - to protect their food supply maybe.

Post by **PaulH** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:31 pm

Challenge just conjured up images of competitions and winners!

Snails can eventually fall of things, but it takes time. They usually go up trees to shag other snails.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:43 pm

I watched this shag thing of snails recently on tv(accidentially). They form sort of a spiral - my memory has blanked out some bits but it was absolutely more than weird!!!!

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:57 pm

well, if you guys wanted to pick a winner.. I can't.. I made one of them

Post by **Sophia** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:01 am

I'll pick the winner, as I didn't enter.

Me! I win!

Ok, hope you all had fun, let's do this again.

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:04 am

rule number one.. never dissagree with a woman.

especially one with a carving knife.. not that she has one.. but you never can tell how quickly she might be able to grab one...

that is all...

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:56 am

PaulH, you mentioned three temples...
I am afraid they cannot lead you to victory anymore,
but nevertheless- and more importantly - regardless of that you can still post them here![:idea:]

I am eager to see those, so please post asap or btw.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:04 am

Lol, well, as I got a cool avatar I vote for Sophia too...

lol, Democracy: It Just Doesn't Work