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08-13-2007, 11:13 PM
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Absinthe Dreams
It's been a long while since I've posted anything (...it's been a long while since I've touched my Wacom, for that matter). So here's my latest (spun from the whole absinthe, green fairy genre):
Update: I just realized, with the line work, I guess this doesn't count as "painter's alley" material, but I don't know how to move it...
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Last edited by sir_real : 08-13-2007 at 11:14 PM.
Reason: wrong category?
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08-14-2007, 10:37 AM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
No need to move this, drawing counts in this forum as well as painting. It's the linework that give this piece it's energy. It's reminiscent of a classical piece, but I can't put my finger on the painter or title. Nice work!
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08-14-2007, 12:15 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
Love it, both the drawing and the colouring, so much movement  and it belongs  |
08-14-2007, 03:38 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
Right Category! Great image, the greens and lines make for a wonderful composition.  |
08-14-2007, 07:18 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
Thanks everybody!
I draw a lot of influence from the Expressionists and Edvard Munch in particular. So the line work and the actual painting tend to tie together a lot for me.
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08-14-2007, 11:16 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
Very nice drawing.
It has alot of movement.
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08-15-2007, 12:25 AM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
This is so real to the "Moulin Rouge" sequence in the beginning of the movie where the writer is first introduced to absinthe. I just love this piece. It also reminds me of the scene by the river in "Oh God where art thou?" where the sirens lure the men to a debauchery of wine and regret. Or as a recoverring alky myself maybe it just brought back some of those far back memories...this piece pleaseth thine eyes.
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08-15-2007, 02:44 AM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
Thanks!
Well, time to come clean...
The piece was a byproduct of a crazy night of poetry and art for me. I spent most of it drinking absinthe and fell asleep. The dreams were a little odd (as I've notice the absinthe dreams to be) and as such...I felt this work produced a decent representation of that moment that sleep and dream met.
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08-16-2007, 05:20 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
I like it sir real I hope you have been out to restock. 
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08-18-2007, 09:14 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
"I hope you have been out to restock."
Sadly, no. That stuff's expensive!
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08-18-2007, 10:43 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
I love this kind of paintings! Very energetic. You got me on this one.
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08-27-2007, 12:14 PM
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Re: Absinthe Dreams
Very nice, love the composition and the movement in it.. the colors really make it!
Lin
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