Art

[Gotthammer]

Most of my art is videogame / TV / Movie art





Also want these badly (hell, [URL="http://www.stevethomasart.com/"]all his stuff is awesome[/URL]):



mind you I still need to get my [URL="http://www.ukiyoeheroes.com/"]Ukiyo-e Heroes[/URL] framed... also thinking about getting my Fallout New Vegas card deck framed too.

[Psychosplodge]

First off, two of my favorite words ... Callipygian and Callimastian. Gotta love the greek language.

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As for my taste in art, I tend to favor the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Examples of my favorites are:

I'm pretty sure that's hanging in the toilet at home

now when it comes to art




and then there's street art

[Mr Mystery]

In terms of street art....depends.

The majority of graffiti is terribad. However, some stuff, whether intentionally or not, I do consider genuine art.

Tagging - No. Afraid not. That's just a scrawl.
Banksy - Yes, yes, definitely Art.
Large murals - Even if I don't 'get' the message, yup. Canvas, paint, intent, message. Art in my book.

Though there is one tag I find particularly good. On the London Bridge-Hastings line, just inside London proper, there is a tag, on a bridge, which simply says 'anus'. Don't know why, but that tickles me!

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah most graffiti is just vandalism, not art.

A kid I went to school with has done some nice paintings.




And then of course there's photography, like this:


or this

[Kirsten]

personally I like Dali, Escher, Dadaist stuff, and would burn the Tate Modern to the ground.

[Psychosplodge]

also I adore stuff like this

[Necron2.0]

In terms of SciFi art, I'm a fan of Michael Whelan, Luis Royo, Boris Vallejo and of course Frank Frazetta.

I'm also a fan of [url=http://www.gourmetpapermache.com]Dan Reeder[/url], who makes fantastic ugly nasties out of paper mache and cloth. He has really raised it to something of a high art:

[eldargal]

That's very nifty, hmm, he takes commissions. I'm thinking fantasy creature trophy room. I love things like that which show that traditional artistic forms can be used in new and interesting ways without it all having to be conceptual bollocks or abstract.

[Brakkart]

I'll admit I'm not that knowledgeable on classic art and I just don't get modern art at all, but I do love fantasy art, in particular the works of such artists as Larry Elmore, Clyde Caldwell, Brom, Jeff Easley, Keith Parkinson and Wayne Reynolds. Some of my favourites are:

Urban Adventure by Wayne Reynolds


Gods of Lanhkmar by Keith Parkinson


Lord Soth's Charge by Keith Parkinson


The Big Red Dragon by Jeff Easley

[eldargal]

For Kirsten:

Sappho

Roman copy of 5th century BC original (Capitoline Museum, Rome)


Roman copy of Hellenistic original (Izmir, Turkey)


Random favourite:

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere, Edouard Manet (Courtauld Gallery, London)