Ra Ra Rasputin!
Just drawing Rasputin makes me feel icky. What a strange guy. Glad I got something done again for Drawergeeks though. Now I just have get rolling again on Toon Club...Thank you so much to Ryan Wood for mentioning my blog on his blog. If you haven't checked out Ryan's work it's fantastic and crazy inspiring. I particularly love his stylized portraits. It makes me grumpy when I walk through those big art galleries and see contemporary art represented by artists who have painted a canvas entirely green or something equally silly, rather than the work of someone who can truly whip a paintbrush (or stylus) like Ryan.
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The painting looks like an old master.
i thought raspi was a fun topic. what a ridiculous creepy guy. there's just something morbidly funny about how hard he was to kill. :)
and yeah- yours is awesome.
This is fantastic!
FANTASTIC!
The lighting makes me shed a tear.
You have just made me want to try harder.
Thank you for keeping me humble.
Jeremy
Wish I could be part of drawergeeks...
I found you through Ryan Wood's blog in fact, and have added yours to my little list of regular visits :)
Keep up the great work!
J
www.pinflux.deviantart.com
as always, love the face.
I met you at the flight booth at Comicon very briefly, but I really liked your comic and your work here... awesome.
Btw, you're working for Rainmaker in Vancouver...would that be Mainframe Entertainment?
Love the drawing (it's almost boringly predictable that all your drawings are going to rock). Ryan's art looks pretty cool, too.
But, I have to say, a lot of 'contemporary art' can be good, too. What you describe sounds like abstract expressionism, and when it's done right, I love it.
I guess I relate to it a little bit, since I play instrumental music. This post is a drawing of Rasputin, and the title is from a song about him. When I create an instrumental, it's only about itself - it's not really about anything, not really telling a story. In the same way, when Mark Rothko creates an abstract expressionist painting, it's only about itself - it's not a painting of something.
The potential downside of that argument, of course, is that many people don't really care for instrumental music, either. Ah, well.
And good thoughts Tyson! My big complaint though is that artists who's work is geared towards illustration and commercial work somehow don't count as 'artists' too when it comes to museums and so forth. I'd love to see that change. It would be great to see all sorts of work equally represented.
SALUDOS
I'm not sure whether you're referring to all "work" (say of a cleaning lady being equal to CEO's job) or just in art - but in the latter case I guess that'll happen when pranks get to be perceived the same as writing.