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Post by Tim C on Jun 19, 2006 11:52:32 GMT
Most of us have been inspired by art in our lives, whether it be the masters like Constable of Van Gogh of people like HR Gieger so who are your favourite artists, and why. For me I would say Rodney Mathews who over the years has done some fantastic work including some great record covers for some of my faveourite bands, Here is a link to his site. www.rodneymatthews.com/main.htmOthers are Derek Riggs John Blanche H R Gieger Patrick Woodroffe. How about you.
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Post by sonny on Jun 19, 2006 12:01:41 GMT
hmm.. i dont get inspired by that kind of artist.. i get inspired by painters
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Post by endrem on Jun 19, 2006 12:05:44 GMT
Rodney Matthews and H. R. Giger are indeed great artists. I recently stumbled over Erwin Olaf's art page. His works are partially pretty weird, but I liked a lot of them.
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Post by ritual on Jun 19, 2006 12:09:39 GMT
hmm.. i dont get inspired by that kind of artist.. i get inspired by painters I find that when you get inspiration from other (mini) painters you most oftenly copy stuff, but when you go elsewhere for inspiration (classical painting, digital art, movie effects etc.) you can more easily come up with more original ideas.
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Post by sonny on Jun 19, 2006 12:15:56 GMT
hmm.. i dint get inspired by that kind of artist.. i get inspired by painters I find that when you get inspiration from other (mini) painters you most oftenly copy stuff, but when you go elsewhere for inspiration (classical painting, digital art, movie effects etc.) you can more easily come up with more original ideas. yeah. but sometimes copying(?) can be good for you.. like when you read a step by step article and you paint a mini like in the article.. its copying(?) but you also get some experience.
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Post by ritual on Jun 19, 2006 12:41:09 GMT
Yes, learning by copying is effective, but are we then talking about inspiration? Inspiration is what gives you ideas, IMO, and if you seek inspiration in other painted minis you'll tend to get less original ideas, from my experience.
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Post by dansemacabre on Jun 19, 2006 15:47:49 GMT
Surely John Blanche!
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Post by dogfacedboyuk1 on Jun 19, 2006 16:47:23 GMT
From a classical art point of view I like Carravagio - his works are awesomely detailed. As to Van Gogh being a master - do you really look at his stuff and go "wow that's a really cool painting" or are you just being swept along with the hype ("You WILL think Van Gogh is great")?? I think most artists can draw and paint better than Van Gogh, his technical skills were below average really. Another reason I like Carravagio is because he was a bit of a bad boy. He loved street fighting and was quite a violent man - I believe the pope bailed him out of a sticky murder charge after an argument over a tennis match. Maybe this guy was a badder medieval version of John McEnroe. Check out this painting here... www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum/exhibitions/archive/saints.htmlThis is some inspiration for painting black armour - someone give it a try! As to modern artists there are far too many names to name, hell I love 'em all!!
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Post by Tim C on Jun 19, 2006 21:24:37 GMT
Cool replies thanks lets keep it going, yes I agree that using miniature painters as an inspiration is one way but art is totally inspirational IMO, I have been influenced in my drwing and painting by artists both classical and modern and I think that it can come through in minipainting too.
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Post by menace on Jun 19, 2006 23:50:54 GMT
@dogfacedboy I would disagree with your evaluation of Van Gogh and to rate him technically is to miss the point of his art. Van Gogh is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most innovative artists of any time and his ability to communicate his inner turmoil is almost unsurpassed... art theory has been unable to categorise him in any one particular genre, such was the extent of his visual language.. he preceeded expressionism by many years and yet made the most expressionist work of his era. If you look into the history of his work you will find adequate examples of draughtmanship but his genius was in how to make immotive images, not through intellectual nuances but by gesture and form. Caravaggio, albeit a great painter used a camera obscura to draw his subjects, on greater inspection you will find ludicrous forshortening caused by lens distortion and improper proportions. As for a fav artist, it changes for me weekly, those i have been most moved by at exhibit are Barnett Newman, Edvard Munch, Hopper, Rothko, CD Friedrich and G Richter... oh..and Van Gogh
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Post by antnol on Jun 22, 2006 2:49:42 GMT
I tend to spend a lot of time studying other miniatures from other fellow mini painters. There are so many great painters that it is hard to decide on which one is my favorite. Therefore, I love them all. Anyone here that has minis posted, I love you too. Any mini, in my opinion, that strikes something in your brain and influences you too try a different technique or a different style is a great painter. No matter how well or how poorly something is painted, if it gets my attention I consider that person to be good at what he/she does. So, if you are reading this, then you my friend, are my favorite painter.
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Post by charley1968 on Jun 30, 2006 21:53:51 GMT
Vermeer,Rembrandt. Mini painters menace and some spaniard whose name i don't know, but he painted a samurai for Andrea miniatures.
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Post by jimmygee on Jul 5, 2006 14:46:05 GMT
I can certainly appreciate a large number of different styles....
I am not much of a student of art, but I know what I like....I really like to wander around art museums and just let my eyes do the liking. The history and the imporatance of certain works doesn't really matter to me...I can appreciate that sort of thing, but it really is the art that I want to see.
The 'classical' painters were definately masters and I just seem to gravitate towards some of that work.
I have a hard time "getting" most modern art. Jackson Pollock for instance. I keep hearing what a genius the guy is, but the art just doesn't 'work' for me. I think a lot of modern art is pretentious. If you have to have something explained why you should like it, as opposed to just seeing it immediately, it makes me wonder if the artistic merit is really there.
And just to show my uncouthness, I really enjoy comic book art.
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