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Love that song and love this picture Miss Donna. On one hand it looks like a geod (spelled right?) with the colorful crystals that glimmer and on another it's a mountain with a hidden blue treasure of crystal water. I'm glad I'm here to see your pieces.

"In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the cells are made of tin, and you can walk right out again as soon as you are in...."

Noremac (Mar 25, 2006)

"the jails*" JAILS WOMAN JAAAAIIILS! not cells pshaw~ sing it right if you're gunna sing it at all :D

brenndurdrykkur (Mar 25, 2006)

you've developed an amazing technique

Miss_DJ (Mar 25, 2006)

thank you so much! it's like 'sculpting' a draw..I'm havin too much fun!

Friends

comd (Mar 21, 2006)

Just a basic portrait from a picture of some people I know.

12 comments – latest 4:

Miss_DJ (Mar 22, 2006)

very pretty! you caught the mood so nicely, and the colors are perfect.

Kloxboy (Mar 22, 2006)

That's excellent. I really like the style and the polish, well done. Looking through the versions was a pleasure, I love process. :)

JoeNobody (Mar 25, 2006)

this is very nice, is the gal on the left the same one from your piece "123"?

comd (Mar 25, 2006)

Thanks all. :) JoeNobody: no, she's someone else, but you know what they say about Asians! [JK - I'm part Asian myself] On the right is my sister and on the left is her friend in this picture.

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Back Study

terracotta (Mar 17, 2006)

Wanted to play with using a different tool than usual. This is all done with the pen tool on one setting (except for a plain fill BG and some airbrush to shade the stool). Trying for a pencil sketch look.

35 comments – latest 4:

nobody (edited Mar 22, 2006)

axil, i specifically said, that i was not making a comment toward you, your marriage, or your cartoon. in fact, i mentioned abuse only in the instance that the advance was unwelcome. to accuse me of insulting her culture seems harsh, but i'll take it. wasn't intended as such. zack, i agree. my comment was a general reaction to the statement, despite the fact i knew it wasn't intended in that way.

i apologize for any harm done by my only semi-related thought.

Axil62 (Mar 22, 2006)

Oh ok, well that's fine then. :)

Gigandas (edited Mar 24, 2006)

"I like how the right side looks like she has a man back with a big dent in it! Like her man back side was in a big bar fight one night because this one guy took all the pretzels and one thing lead to another and ole' half man back thought she should get up and do something about it but then the other guy had a friend who usually doesn't come to that bar, no he usually goes to the 4 U lounge, but he went there this time and when ole' half man back stood up he knew he had to have his buddy's back... his buddy was a man so his whole back was a man back, not like this lady's back, but anyway, so he saw ole' half man back get up to do something about something an he slammed her upper right shoulder area with an extra 4 inch lead pipe he happened to be carrying around, not his good one that he had in his coat pocket for something else, but his extra one. So that's what I like about this picture when I look at it."

I'd just like to ask Zack one last question here. Is this what you call, 'formal criticism'? Of course, you could be referring to criticism given to terracotta by people besides Axil. But I'm pretty sure terracotta's posts were in response to Axil. Although, I haven't had 50 yrs of experience myself, I've never heard of giving criticism in 'tell-a-funny-story' form in any of my classes. And I can assure you, if that were the case, I wouldn't waste my money or time on such an unprofessional school.

Zack (Mar 24, 2006)

No. What I was agreeing with Axil about was the issue of sexual abuse re: his cartoon. His critique was informal and absurd. I do not consider the issue of the picture being finished relevant to an analysis of the motivation behind any critique, formal or informal, since critiques on finished pictures are just as legitimate as critiques on works-in-progress.

The absurdity of Axil's comment speaks for itself, and to imply that he was being meanspirited for pointing out flaws in a finished picture demonstrates to me a lack of understanding of the nature of artistic critique in a learning environment. That is to say, Axil may have been meanspirited in his comment (I can't tell), but that has nothing to do with the fact that he was criticizing a finished picture.

Public Boards/Intermediate

'eat fish' opera singer

vapor (Mar 23, 2006)

from the idea box.

3 comments – latest 3:

darkwings45 (Mar 24, 2006)

hahaha i <3 it

Axil62 (Mar 24, 2006)

Great lines

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 24, 2006)

ewwwwww (but funny)

Jack Squat

Axil62 (Mar 23, 2006)

RIP

9 comments – latest 4:

Nightmare (Mar 23, 2006)

I'd love to have that on a T-shirt.

Iron-on printout?

staci (Mar 23, 2006)

my favorite episode or skit or time that he did this skit was when christina applegate and david spade were the 'kids' and homg they were trying so hard not to pee themselves while he was spitting out "...IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER!!..". good times man, good times.

Noremac (Mar 24, 2006)

i feel like i inspired something :D

Axil62 (Mar 24, 2006)

Most certainly

Axil62 (Sep 15, 2005)

16 comments – latest 4:

HunterKiller_ (Sep 17, 2005)

The more i look at it, it more it looks like a hand holding a lemon/potato. =]

Orkdoop (Sep 24, 2005)

well, I hardly comment on your stuff because I think its strange to comment on my own dads work, but I really think this one is amazing. ^_^

marcello (Sep 24, 2005)

I think it's strange to think that's strange.

kristine (Mar 23, 2006)

I love browsing through your Gallery. I go in to find one thing, and end up finding many other things that are so great, i'm suprised that they havnt caught my eye. You're amazing.

Public Boards/Beginner

My car is faster than yours ...

Mal (Mar 22, 2006)

Then Bob replies"No it isnt!"
and Harry gets cross and shouts "yes it is!" and nearly spills his pint
The camera cuts to the car park
engines roar and they race off

then they get arrested and blame each other
The End

8 comments – latest 4:

xiau (edited Mar 22, 2006)

I bet five bucks Bob would win. (if they didn't get arrested)

DoOp (Mar 22, 2006)

dogma hehe dogmai, i am god *sorry, i'm amusing myself with nonsense*

but if they both got arrested, who got arrested first? =0

xiau (Mar 22, 2006)

Ohh, good question.

I say Bob.

Ohh, and I forgot to say, awesome picture!

Mal (Mar 23, 2006)

Thank you all for your comments, I really hadnt thought about who got arrested 1st good question DoOp !

Public Boards/Intermediate

Landskapke

Roytje (Mar 22, 2006)

A landscape, hea? :)

8 comments – latest 4:

davincipoppalag (Mar 22, 2006)

The ship is a nice addition, I like this very much!

Golgoroth (Mar 22, 2006)

I can see that this took time and skilll! I love it, keep up the good work!

Roytje (Mar 22, 2006)

Thanks for the comments.

Miss_DJ (Mar 22, 2006)

super clouds and I like the ship too!

Public Boards/Advanced

Down by the river...

Axil62 (Mar 21, 2006)

(come on, you know the words.)

16 comments – latest 4:

Axil62 (Mar 22, 2006)

Thank you. I wasn't going for morbid or disturbing on this, but I can see why one might see it that way. I don't believe the song is a tale of murder.

comd (Mar 22, 2006)

It's amazing how quickly you captured all the right details. I dream of developing such skills.

Noremac (Mar 22, 2006)

i was half expecting to see a van, to say the truth

Axil62 (Mar 22, 2006)

LMFAO!!! "My name is Matt Foley and I am a motivational speaker, I am 35 years old, thrice divorced and I live in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!"

Public Boards/Intermediate

the streets of Philadelphia

Axil62 (Mar 21, 2006)

I was bruised and battered
And I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face

Oh brother are you gonna leave me wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin

The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia

~Bruce Springsteen~

12 comments – latest 4:

Anna (Mar 21, 2006)

Wonderfully executed, Dan

HunterKiller_ (Mar 21, 2006)

Nicely simple.

Sweetcell (Mar 21, 2006)

rain on a windshield, so well done with such minimilism... Axil, you are amazing. I can hear the song too. this so fits.

Renuar (Mar 22, 2006)

you perfectly captured the wet car window effect -- much appreciated.