Images you like

[gatochy]

Hi. I started this thread on the wrong section, but I was told I could continue it here.
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/forums//showthread.php?s=&threadid=12524
If anyone wants to post pics they like for some reason, go ahead!
Howard Day, Drunk Patrol:

[HammerandSickle]

http://www.aumania.it/fa/parkinson/033.jpg
By Keith Parkinson

http://www.aumania.it/fa/law/056.jpg
By Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

http://www.aumania.it/fa/bell/053.jpg
By Julie Bell

Most of my favourite art is surreal/fantasy art or sometimes 3D artwork.

*edit*
One of the 3D ones I like.
http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/6201.jpg
Fiddler by Konstantin Ivanov

[gatochy]

I especially like the one by Julie Bell! This is a weird, dreamy work by Domenico Gnoli, called "Modern Bestiary":

[QuasarEinstein]

I had this on my wall at home for years, and its followed me since. love it.

[gatochy]

Yeah, I like it too, it's peaceful.
This is "Dance of the Hours," by Gaetano Previati:

[donkey_pie]

I dont know whether this belongs here, but one of my favourite images is this picture by Escher.. of the eye with the skull in it. I really want a print of it, but I have no money :(

http://carmen.ajax.org/images/fine-art/escher,mauritus_cornelius--eye.jpg

[Snoon]

Well, I think this stoofo fits here, some of my favourite... Comics! \o/ All Daniel Clowes, my hero.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/clowes/clowes_spaceman_poster.gif
http://www.blackmailmag.com/images/FUMETTI/gw3.jpg
http://www.ryogasp.com/gally/BD/critiques/david_boring.jpg

[gatochy]

Constant Montald, The Garden of Paradise:

[gatochy]

Georgia O'Keeffe, White Trumpet Flower, 1932.
And these are a few art sites I like:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
http://www.artrenewal.com/
http://community.webshots.com/album/3088879JCpoNWWMhP
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives/photos_cityscape/030827_156.shtml

[jables]

ooo pretty:

http://www.yoxio.com/img/38831.jpg

[HammerandSickle]

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/dennis_hoppe1.jpg
Mechanical Scorpion by Dennis Hoppe

http://www.aumania.it/fa/cabral/082.jpg
By Ciruelo Cabral

[gatochy]

Fantastic scorpio!
This is me (I wish...)

[HammerandSickle]

Hehe :D
Me.
http://www.aumania.it/fa/gimenez/002.jpg
Aren't I manly and rugged?;)

[gatochy]

That's for sure:D
This guy does album covers for Santana, Andrew Gonzalez: Passion.

[HammerandSickle]

Some 3D pics I like:
http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/xavier_marquis2.jpg
Landing Force by Xavier Marquis

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/ian_blin1.jpg
No°45 by Ian Blin

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/amin_ladhani1.jpg
Fantastic Festival Cover by Amin Ladhani

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/gilles_tran2.jpg
The cool cows by Gilles Tran

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/enis_cisic1.jpg
Blob by Enis Cisic

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/moayad_fahmi1.jpg
Wahshe by Moayad Fahmi

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/gouta2.jpg
Armored roudou jet by Gouta Nanami

http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/gouta1.jpg
Armored roudou cyclops also by Gouta Nanami

Phew Lots!

[gatochy]

Oh, those were the best so far. I've loved Gilles Tran for years. The robot one is probably my favorite:)
Flying Fish:

[HammerandSickle]

Hmm Flying fishes eh?
http://raph.com/3dartists/artgallery/osvaldo1.jpg
Almost a flying fish :D

[queenofself]

there are some gooduns in this thread! ive had a little postcard of this by my bed for ages, i think its just called 'le lit' i love it. makes you feel like weekend lie-ins

[gatochy]

I don't know what that thing is!:D
And I love Lautrec, he's great.
David Brickley, Eagle:

[gatochy]

Here are a few more art sites:

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/
http://www.artfund.org/main_site/1_0home.asp
http://www.condenastart.com/
http://www.contemporaryposters.com/index.jsp
http://www.deviantart.com/

Fernand Khnopff, A Woman's Head, 1899

[queenofself]

she reminds me a little of a pre-raphaelite laydee, which reminds me of millais' ophelia, another one of my favourites

i was so annoyed i missed the pre-raphaelite exhibition at tate britain recently

[katox]

Ophelia is one of my favourite images too. Such a sad story, both the story of Ophelia and of the model.

Gatochy's most recent post reminds me of Art Nouveau more than PRB. Like a Klimt copy. :)

One of my favourite pictures, Flaming June by Lord Frederic Leighton :) -

http://members.lycos.co.uk/kissingkats/flamingjune.jpg

[gatochy]

I love the Pre-Raphaelites as well. I don't know if this one is Pre-Raphaelite, but I love it so much.
John Atkinson Grimshaw, Iris (not much of a reproduction, but it's the best one I've found so far on the Internet...):nana:

[queenofself]

Originally posted by katox
Like a Klimt copy. :)

this one?

blimey, they are similar!

[gatochy]

Wow, I had never noticed the similarity! It's definitely there.
Jesse Lefkowitz, Grandfather's Study:

[katox]

Originally posted by queenofself
this one?

blimey, they are similar!

Indeed. :) At that time they all adored red hair and there aren't that many natural redheads about so I think they used they just used same models. :P

Another one. Nude Woman in a Red Armchair by Picasso. I actually like all of his paintings of Marie-Thérèse Walter, just so voluptuous. I like my curvy women. -

http://members.lycos.co.uk/kissingkats/nudeinaredarmchair.jpg

[gatochy]

I quite like his series of drawings of Françoise Gilot. So much for asymmetry being unattractive...
Françoise, Head, 1946

[HammerandSickle]

Pictures I have on my site are here Click Here (http://community.webshots.com/user/geokinesis)
More Will be added as I only just started it.

http://www.aumania.it/fa/lee/045.jpg
By Alan Lee

[gatochy]

Signed your guestbook! This is my album, BTW:
http://community.webshots.com/user/gatochy
Lévy-Dhurmer, Eve, 1896

[HammerandSickle]

http://www.aumania.it/fa/keel/009.jpg
By Keel

[queenofself]

i always used to like this one in school, it reminded me of a boy i liked then

i still like the picture, but not the boy

[gatochy]

Lela Dowling, Flight of Fancy:
And Geo, the pic isn't showing :(
(edit) Oh, now it is.

[Dr-Electro]

Originally posted by donkey_pie
I dont know whether this belongs here, but one of my favourite images is this picture by Escher.. of the eye with the skull in it. I really want a print of it, but I have no money :(

http://carmen.ajax.org/images/fine-art/escher,mauritus_cornelius--eye.jpg

I have three Eschers in my office. I will try to find suitably sized copies to post here.

[Dr-Electro]

I apologize for multi-posting, but I wanted to show off my Eschers. I don't know any other way to do attachments.

This one is titled Bond

[Dr-Electro]

This one is called City

[Dr-Electro]

And the last of the three is Reptiles.

[gatochy]

James Warhola, Visitor's Night.
This one always reminds me of the bar full of aliens in the first Star Wars.

[TusksRUs]

But... Dr E what about that one I made you?

[gatochy]

Motohiko Tokuta, Lunapark

[gatochy]

Dr. Electro, if you like those images and those reproductions are the best ones you've got, I've got these better ones:
Bond of Union

[gatochy]

Convex and Concave

[jables]

Originally posted by gatochy
Convex and Concave

ooo very escher

[gatochy]

Roger Dean, Tales from Topographic Oceans (an album cover of a group called Yes.)

[jables]

well kinda a comic one but I kinda like it:

[gatochy]

Yeah, it's cool :D
Phil Broussard, Chroma 5

[jables]

Originally posted by gatochy
Yeah, it's cool :D
Phil Broussard, Chroma 5

is now jables desktop... my last one was this

[gatochy]

I'm so glad you liked it that much :D :)
Patrick Preston

[jables]

ooo I luvs all these surreal art! wheredyou get them from??

well another random pic from my wallpaper archive on my puter

[gatochy]

Originally posted by jables
ooo I luvs all these surreal art! wheredyou get them from??

well another random pic from my wallpaper archive on my puter

I may have got it here:
http://www.elfande.co.uk/Iweb/ppres/ppres.htm

Titian, Danae and the Shower of Gold, 1553

[plattbridger]

I tried extremely hard to find it over many months but I can't :( My favourite picture is one of Vesuvius erupting in the night by Thomas Jones. I saw it a few months back when it was on display in the Whitworth Art Gallery- dunno where it is now :(

http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/j/tjones2.jpg

That's another of his paintings though, one his classical ones.

[a secret slut]

my fave pic, well one of them anyway, i have many, i just found this one first

[Chookmeister]

What in the name o' the wee man is that?!

[gatochy]

Originally posted by plattbridger
I tried extremely hard to find it over many months but I can't :( My favourite picture is one of Vesuvius erupting in the night by Thomas Jones. I saw it a few months back when it was on display in the Whitworth Art Gallery- dunno where it is now :(

http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/j/tjones2.jpg

That's another of his paintings though, one his classical ones.

Maybe you can find him here, it's worth a try:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/jones_thomas.html

[gatochy]

Aubrey Beardsley, Illustration to Siegfried, How King Arthur Saw the Questing Beast

[Dr-Electro]

Yes, Tusker, that is one of my faves, but I was posting from work and I didn't have that one on my work computer.

Gatochy, the prints on my walls are full size and much better than the "thumbnails" I posted as examples. I was just trying to show the rest of you what hangs in my office. I also have Van Gogh's "Lillies" but didn't go looking for a copy online. Our Professional library has huge tomes containg examples of hte complete works of Escher, Godot, Van Gogh, Rembrant and many others.

Having said that, where did you find the examples you posted? I like them.

[gatochy]

I wish I could help you there, but I can't remember, sorry.

Hans Hoffman, A Hare in the Forest, 1585:

[Dr-Electro]

Aaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww! It's a Bunny Wabbit!

That's ok. I will look more at another time. Yes, I am an Escher fan. Shame on me for not remembering the right titles, too.:o

[gatochy]

You may know already, but these are good places to look (maybe there should be a thread just for Escher fans:)

www.artrenewal.com
www.artcyclopedia.com

Adelaide Claxton, Wonderland:

[flan bandit]

a fairly interesting pic,

[gatochy]

Originally posted by flan bandit
a fairly interesting pic,

Yeah, it's cool.

Tamara de Lempicka, La Dormeuse

[Waffles]

mmmm.... Flaming June... *drools*

That's always been one of my favorite pics. This has always been another, 'tis called 'The Isle of the Dead,' by Arnold Bocklin (forgive the lack of umlaut.) Dunno where I first saw this pic, but its been one of my favorites ever since.

Another pic I really like, one that I'd love to post here if it were not for my astounding lack of knowledge of all things internet, is called 'The Nightmare,' by Henry Fuseli. Guess I just have some kind of attraction to swiss painters :)

[moog]

is this it?

[gatochy]

Yeah, The Nightmare is one of those paintings that, for some reason, once you've seen it you never forget it. This one is by Arthur Rackham, and it's called Freya.

[Waffles]

Yup thats it, I'll think of some way to thank you soon colonel ;)

Theories abound regarding what the image is supposed to represent, but the first time i saw it it just creeped the hell out of me and I've liked it ever since. Just thought 'Island of the Dead' was a bit more... I dunno, intense, in a way...

Id love to go see both of those works in a museum... alas for being destitute ;)

[gatochy]

Paul Allier,'Estampes Pour Votre Chambre,' L'Automne, 1925

[moog]

i'm a big fan of mark rothko. sometimes the simplest things can yield the best results. If you're in london take some time to visit the tate modern and check out his section.

[gatochy]

London...(sniff) :( Always wanted to go there, I still hope someday I will.

Arthur Hughes, The Property Room, 1879

[Schism]

ive been reading along, saving many pictures into my files, so thought it was time for a contrebution

http://www.splashchallenge.com/contest/free4all/flowhertz.jpg
its a crystal flower of sorts

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/aguado/Varda.jpg
varda of the silmarillion in master tolkiens books

http://toolshed.down.net/pix/greeneyeLP.jpg
fom tool's aenima which you have probably seen already

http://www.splashchallenge.com/contest/free4all/what_time_is_it.jpg
what time is it?

ive got MBs full of favorates so if you like thease ill post more

[gatochy]

Those are awsome, especially the drawing of the girl and the clocks - but the eye is horrendous, it scared me :(

These sites are great:
http://www.podgallery.com/
http://www.rogerdean.com/upclose/index.htm
http://www.photoblogs.org/
http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/paintings_20001.html

Charles Hoffbauer, Wintery Evening in Times Square, 1927

[Schism]

the pod gallery reminds me of a 1950s time capsel (not sure why)

heres another one of my favorates

http://www.jimparshall.net/images/lady-of-shallot.jpg
the lady of shallot (from the poem, the lady of shallot)

sorry im too stupid to just put the images on here, i have em all saved, but my computer is stubborn, and technology in general is not my strongsuit

[gatochy]

When you're posting, at the bottom you can read "attach file." That's what I use. You click on "browse," select the pic you want and then click open. The pic you use can't exceed 204.800 bytes.

http://www.artophile.com/home.asp
http://www.raph.com/3dartists/
www.oyonale.com
http://www.dlc.fi/~hurmari/preraph.htm

Harriet Backer, The Library of Thorval Boeck.

[Wolverine]

Ok- this is a bit different than your pictures....but- heres Homestar Cobain!

[gatochy]

I don't see anything when I click on it - just a white square :confused:
Anyway, a few more art sites:

http://www.artmagick.com/default.aspx
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/illustrators/clarke.html
http://www.grandmasgraphics.com/index.htm

Judson Huss, Winds from the East

[Wolverine]

here-

[gatochy]

Oh I remember that site, it's brilliant :D

Christian Scheurer, 2.30 A.M.

[BooBooKittyFuck]

Premonitions of civil war - Salvador Dali

[gatochy]

One of my favorite painters, Niagara, "You Don't Know What Bad Habits Are" :D
www.niagaradetroit.com

[moog]

that reminds me of roy lichtenstein's work; art nuouveau pop culture-y kind of stuff. excellent imho

[gatochy]

Monika Livingstone

[Leonidas]

Jack Vettriano

[Leonidas]

Andy Warhol

[Leonidas]

This amusses me greatly.

[Leonidas]

The Greatest.

[gatochy]

Yeah, Warhol's great. This is by Steve Rude, Spectrum:

[moog]

Leonidas, please stop triple/quadruple posting. one post at a time will do

[Schism]

since im an abid tolkien reader....i give you earendil's voyage

i love the way the water is done in this picture

[gatochy]

Neat. I loved Tolkien's books - but don't shoot me guys, the only thing I really liked about the movies was Gollum (cowers in fear.)
This one is by an artist called Dusso :)

[Schism]

dont worry. the movies were kind of a let down to me too. but since ive got loads of great tolkien art, heres another

Turin Turambar (means "master of doom" in quenya-sindarian)

[gatochy]

If we're talking about Tolkien art, then we have to show this drawing by John Howe. It's a classic. The original was stolen from the author once, when he was someplace giving autographs or something, and it never reappeared.

Gandalf The Grey, 1991

[Captain Mark]

Jack Vettriano

http://www.nvo.com/slurry/nss-folder/publicfolder/images/thesingingbutlercropped2.jpg

[Schism]

hands down, that is the best of tolkien art. i hadnt posted it becuase i see it everywhere on the interweb, but im glad its here. definately in the category of "pictures i like". woo woo

i put this in the "post yer desktop" thread, but i think it desurves to be in here also (if not, please dont kill me)

[Schism]

oops, forgot to put pic. sorry.

[gatochy]

That has been posted before on this thred. If you submit a post and forget to put in the pic, just delete your post and write it again, with the pic included this time. :)
3D sites:
http://www.reiv.fr.st/
http://www.secondreality.ch/
Alexander Hupperich, great 3D artist.
http://www.hugh-p-rich.com/

Mr Joshua, MA2 Lone Wolf

[gatochy]

A Dali site:
http://www.dali-gallery.com/html/dali1024.php
This guy's a neat 3D and 2D artist:
http://www.boydlake.com/
http://www.xcomicx.com/

Marcin Nikiforuk (Crazybread) Amber Forest 2004

[kyrillion]

http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW348.jpg
By my favourite artist, M.C. Escher.

[gatochy]

I think this is something M.C. Escher would appreciate.
Dragos Jieanu, The Cube

[freddiestarfish]

I like this image, its so woo, it's a photo midway through a loop.

[gatochy]

Woo indeed.
ConcreteDonkey, Emotional Android 2004

[gatochy]

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