Artists On The Forum? [lots of pictures]

[shatner]

Yeah, when you're doing a connection like that both parts have to hold a heat base and at the poits of connection the glass needs to be white hot. Once you tag the pieces together you give it a slight push to get a good connection and then you pull it back out. These movements are so small that if someone was watching you, they wouldn't even notice.


Yep, wholesale vs. retail is insane.

 

[FAUXPUFF]

ninetowns - giantbank

the architect and the arsonist

how is it that within the mind at times there exists a giggle, a cricket, and a neoplastic sphere
and at other times a constricted, shadowful ocean, its captives moving slowly with the undercurrent?

how is it that within the mind at times there exists a house in the woods, and behind its secret staircase, a small boy
and at other times a wall of glass bricks lit by the hazel sky, that reminds me of your eyes?

in the mind now sitting with the eyes dry, elderly, counting my regrets
feeling my master's hand firm upon my back, I stand and fix my eyes upon the horizon

it is time, in the mind at times, to see the creamy, white arc of a thousand gulls
and to follow it across a thousand miles, to dive down a subway shaft to hear the blind man's songs

next in the mind, this time, this must be the first time I ever touched anyone, ever
to know that I would forever think of this as a weathered oak post in the snow

against which to measure love's expansion and contraction between us
it is as a raspberry thicket, we pull our bloody hands out, full of gravity

I could hear you now, your raspy voice almost gone, faded into a noisy whisper
what you said was lost in listening to the shape of your words, as they were scratched into a wall

singing, the singing of finely broken glass, is in the mind
falling, falling slowly enough to live an entire life before striking the ground

amidst largish snowflakes, a square folded paper object travels toward me
it is your last letter to me before the incident, written in red

reading, I can recall the reason for my actions, I was young
and I longed for someone with which to share my life

and i longed to die, because a myriad of scenarios crowded in the mind
not knowing what to do, I stole the heat from your hands one last time

I am looking down a 147 floor building from a floating staircase
on my hands and knees, clutching, asking please stop the wind

so I go to her and as my arms begin to tremble
I speak softly this:

have I loved you less?
have I loved you more?

have one hundred thousand silvery fish swam to us
in the darkest night?

have one hundred thousand shadows been chased away
in the middle of the darkest night?

did one hundred thousand men and women eat from our plates
as the sun rose, warming the backs of our hands?

did i kiss you enough?
did I embrace you tightly enough?

did I tell you?
I love you?

its hard to tell from here, it is fading fast
I am almost to the ground

dear alexander,

 

[CES]

this is a great thread. I love the wide range of art and artists.

I paint, throw pottery, and make fused glass jewelry Warm Fusion Glass - Gallery

 

[maclean]

Cool to see so many talented people in here.

I moved to italy to become a fashion photographer, then gave up 10 years ago and switched to making 3d content. I now spend my time at the computer making 3d houses and other environments, furniture, etc for programs which people use to produce their own digital art or animations. (Daz Studio & Poser).

My avatar is camera equipment I made as part of a photographic studio set.

mac

 

[Luvs5rugrats]

That's awesome, Mac. I spend quite a bit on that hobby! I play with Poser and Cinema4D. I don't make models, really (some very simple ones) but I love to play with existing ones and re-texture them. I usually export from poser and bring it into C4D because I don't like the way poser renders. I can't seem to get the lighting right.

 

[firefox335]

Here's one of mine. Took about 50 hours give or take. I don't do much visual art anymore due to carpal tunnel.

Point-Taken on deviantART

 

[maclean]

That's awesome, Mac. I spend quite a bit on that hobby! I play with Poser and Cinema4D. I don't make models, really (some very simple ones) but I love to play with existing ones and re-texture them. I usually export from poser and bring it into C4D because I don't like the way poser renders. I can't seem to get the lighting right.

Cool! Another 3d user!

Funny story. I got into this when I fell and broke my leg and was on crutches for 9 months. I was still a photographer at the time, but obviously, I couldn't do it on crutches, so I spent a lot of time sitting at the computer. I had a free copy of Poser from a magazine, and one day I suddenly figured out I could modify the textures. Wow! (At the time I had no internet, so I didn't know there was an online community). By the time my leg had healed, I was totally into it, and I began making freebies. A few years later, I submitted my first product to DAZ in 2001, (I was the 12th vendor to join them), and I've been making my living at it ever since.

All because of a broken leg - lol. Talk about clouds and silver linings! So, you never know what will come out of a casual hobby.

mac

 

[Luvs5rugrats]

If you sell for Daz, it's guaranteed I have at least one of your items. LOL I remember the day I found them...I spent $150 and I've lost track since then. I really don't want to know. I've been a platinum club member for 2 years now and get all giddy when I get a new release newsletter from them. I'm getting better with it but I have more fun just playing around. It is definitely a fun time-waster for me!

 

[maclean]

Heh. I know what you mean.

Hint - Look out for 'The Diner' tomorrow.

mac