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Stone Worship
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Stone Worship // Work in Progress
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Apr 28, 2007, 4:12pm
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Didn't know what else to call it! Needs a fair bit more done but any comments gratefully received in case they're better ideas than I've had! :)
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Post by Methusela // Apr 28, 2007, 6:02pm
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Looks great to me!
Where on Earth did you manage to get such a good grass texture? |
Post by Dragneye // Apr 28, 2007, 9:11pm
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Wow, nice concept. Gave me a strange feel - like Nagasaki meets Stone Henge.
No critique here. The only thing I came up with is changing the sky for different 'feel' effects
Cool pic |
Post by W!ZARD // Apr 28, 2007, 10:28pm
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Wow, those hippies are really stoned!
I'm always amazed by your work Kate - you seem equally at home with the hyper-real and the surreal.
I'm intriqued by the object these guys are worshipping. Decorum prohibits me from saying what I think it looks like but I will say that I've worshipped a few of them myself from time to time :o :o !
It does remind me a little of Stonehenge of course in which case the only thing missing is the coachloads of camera weilding tourists.
As Methusela said, great grass man! No wonder the hippies are so stoned! There's one in the forground who's not only legless but armless too!;) ;) |
Post by jayr // Apr 29, 2007, 3:08am
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Wow, those hippies are really stoned!
Aw wizard! did you have to? |
Post by Délé // Apr 29, 2007, 4:11am
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Wow, those hippies are really stoned!
They can't be hippies, they don't have the long hair. Must be those Preppie stoners. :p
Anyway, looking great Kate. :) I've always liked ancient artifacts and technology for some reason so I'm interested to see where this goes. The only suggestion I would make is to maybe change the sky to an overcast sky. I think that would match the lighting better. |
Post by Steinie // Apr 29, 2007, 4:13am
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Your sick Kate....have you been reading Sigmund Freud?
I know what this depicts, man trying to reenter the womb, can't, then dies....
sad:rolleyes: :D
I've got to go there is a Doctor waiting.... |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Apr 29, 2007, 5:32am
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@ W!ZARD & Steinie - Holy $^%*, that never even occurred to me! Now I feel all grubby. Well, that's one thing sorted - a new monument type thing needs to be made. |
Post by xmanflash // Apr 29, 2007, 5:49am
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@ W!ZARD & Steinie - Holy $^%*, that never even occurred to me! Now I feel all grubby. Well, that's one thing sorted - a new monument type thing needs to be made.
I wondered what wizard meant by "worshipped a few himself!" :p |
Post by weaveribm // Apr 29, 2007, 6:12am
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Georgia O'Keefe's work might prove inspirational WW, mathematical surfaces and totemic, iconic paintings
http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/georgia_okeeffe.html
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Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Apr 29, 2007, 4:15pm
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A few minor touches here and there but the main thing is a slightly less, errr, distracting shrine! I'm fairly confident this one is quite innocent (though somene will probably prove me wrong!). Now, what else to do with it...
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Post by spacekdet // Apr 29, 2007, 4:34pm
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The other, uh, thing was more worthy of worship...the latest incarnation looks more like a birdbath.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I'm just not sure that it's the right...thing. |
Post by W!ZARD // Apr 29, 2007, 9:12pm
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I wondered what wizard meant by "worshipped a few himself!" :p
LOL - Hopefully you don't need me to draw you a picture!!;)
@Kate - Well Freudian or otherwise I vastly prefer your first monument to the second bird-bath one. I lived in India for a while and there it is common to see religious shrines with exactly that motiff as well as 'boy' ones too. The locals give them a pat for good luck and always pass them in the same direction as they go by. Believe it or not they actually help to keep the traffic moving!
I actually thought that you were you were aiming for that significance with the first model which I though was very cool (and actually very 'Witchy' as well - the 'Feminine Mysteries', datura on the broom handle and all that).
Sadly the birdbath version just doesn't have the same mystical vibe IMHO. So I'm with Spacekdet on this - bring back the other.. er.. thing!
Of course on the other hand a bird bath would also be very appropriate for you - you could just add Bird to the picture!!:D |
Post by Dragneye // Apr 29, 2007, 9:29pm
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Man, you guys read waaay different/more into it than I did.
Funny... I'm the one who is doin' his 1st animation using a nude... and I missed it. SEE, told ya it wasn't abt 'nude' :D |
Post by Dragneye // Apr 29, 2007, 9:31pm
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BTW... I think the original you did Wicked Witch was more... hmm... good, nice, effective, etc |
Post by W!ZARD // Apr 29, 2007, 9:56pm
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Man, you guys read waaay different/more into it than I did.
Miss-spent youth - or well spent youth depending on your point of view!;) |
Post by Steinie // Apr 30, 2007, 1:22am
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I miss the first one but I don't know why...:rolleyes:
The second one needs a little brass thingie like a drinking fountain out of order.
Both have a comical feel to them. |
Post by xmanflash // Apr 30, 2007, 1:51am
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Maybe turn the triangle indent thing into an egyptian eye or a proper triangle, or a ufo shape! :D |
Post by Wigand // Apr 30, 2007, 4:10am
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They came to worship their god.
And suddenly it appeared: Medusa
Then all became stone. :(
Maybe you can give an other lighting, fog and a low standing sun for long shadows. :) |
Post by Norm // Apr 30, 2007, 5:34am
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Didn't know what else to call it! Needs a fair bit more done but any comments gratefully received in case they're better ideas than I've had! :)
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Depending on the intent, my first thought was it needs something to offset the stone. Perhaps a copper dish for stone-money/alms :) |
Post by kena // Apr 30, 2007, 11:04am
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for me, the UV projections seem to be off. you might want to make sure that the "top" of the UV projections for each object is at the "head/top" of your praying stones. I would also change the alter stone to something a bit different... make it worthy to be worshiped etc. The near grass is good, but the distant hills look like a blanket with dirty cloths making lumps in them. The water looks kinda like the background color was used - may want to texture some highlights in, and I would make it a cloudy day with a beam of light hitting the alter. Just for atmosphere.
I like where you are going with this, but I would change the alter into something more abstract. I didn't see anything wrong with your first one. :D
then again, if you want a stonehenge kind of look, try making the object below and using sub-division layers to morph it out with. |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Apr 30, 2007, 3:58pm
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Thanks for the input guys. The first, ummm, thing, is back, with some slight adjustments. Let people make draw their own conclusions! I also now know what direction I'm going to take with this.
@kena - No UV in play, the stone is a procedural shader. You did make me laugh though, thumbs up for the near grass (texture) but not for the background which is a photograph of actual hills! :) It's also only a temporary pic just to fill the space (holiday snap from cornwall) until I find something better. Trying to go for the 'edge of cliff' look.
@W!ZARD - you have no idea how much restraint was involved to stop me putting Bird in as the object of worship! :) |
Post by kena // May 1, 2007, 12:17pm
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You did make me laugh though, thumbs up for the near grass (texture) but not for the background which is a photograph of actual hills! :)
see.. I jut knew they didn't match!!! |
Post by W!ZARD // May 3, 2007, 9:26am
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Thanks for the input guys. The first, ummm, thing, is back, with some slight adjustments. Let people make draw their own conclusions!
Yay! That's the spirit! Art should be at least a little provocative, I think.
@W!ZARD - you have no idea how much restraint was involved to stop me putting Bird in as the object of worship! :)
LOL - at the risk of recycling a dodgy joke I must say that I can sympathise having worshipped a few good looking birds myself from time to time;)
Looking forward to further developments.. |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // May 19, 2007, 5:15pm
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Finally found some time to get back to this. Latest update, still not sure where I'm going with it. Any input greatly received!
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Post by Jack Edwards // May 19, 2007, 6:20pm
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Ah implements from the bronze age... :p
Hmm... shouldn't the flowers be wilted and dried though...:confused:
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Post by kena // May 19, 2007, 6:49pm
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Hmmm... looks like the were not worshipping, but having a party. all those empty cups ya know. :D |
Post by SteveBe // May 19, 2007, 7:09pm
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Looks good Kate! Here's a suggestion and a question, what would stones worship?;) |
Post by trueBlue // May 19, 2007, 7:32pm
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Ahahahahahahaha or snort? Hint: K.R. |
Post by W!ZARD // May 20, 2007, 4:50am
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Input? Suggestions - here's some ideas! (Not serious ones though ;) ).
I hope you don't mind Kate but I couldn't resist :D .
I had lots of fun doing this - the hardest part was coming up with a decent caption. So I came up with two captions.
Caption 1: "What's that big stone thing then? It looks like a giant.... tongue!"
Caption 2: "Oh no! Steinie's been eating the mushrooms!".
Oh yeah - I added the birds for Bird. |
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