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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Friday, August 17, 2012
Freaky Friday
Perhaps not exactly what gangsters mean when they say: "you'll be sleeping with the fishes", but a striking image nevertheless!
Friday, August 3, 2012
Freaky Friday
Friday, July 20, 2012
Freaky Friday
Oh dear. I very nearly forgot it was Friday. But fear not, I have indeed got something freaky for you. I also haven't posted anything pony-related for a while, so how about we kill two birds with one stone?
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| Pinkie-Pinkamena by pig-fish |
Friday, July 13, 2012
Freaky Friday
What we've got here is a lion made from old tires. I found this creature rather striking - to me he looks like a grotesque mutant on the prowl. The first photo is my favourite. I think this beast would look even more impressive at night.
You can find this lion in Yerevan, Armenia. The author is a Korean artist - Yong Ho Ji . You can find even more tyre creatures on his website.
You can find this lion in Yerevan, Armenia. The author is a Korean artist - Yong Ho Ji . You can find even more tyre creatures on his website.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Freaky Friday
Monday, June 11, 2012
Avengers
I saw this image today and thought it was awesome. And that's the sole reason behind this post.
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| by/автор zgul-osr1113 |
Friday, June 8, 2012
Freaky Friday
Just one image this week, but I think it deserves a standalone feature.
"William" by Derek Walborn, ladies and gents.
"William" by Derek Walborn, ladies and gents.
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| "William took to the basement. He needed someplace dark. Soon everything would be better. Soon everything would change." |
Friday, May 11, 2012
Freaky Friday
This week I'm bringing you the art of Robert Steven Connett (or vmaximus, as he's known on DevinatArt).
The artist specializes in surrealism and has a rather large gallery of phantasmagoric images (see the links above). He also has a very philosophical approach to art (which I see as a bad habit of needlessly overcomplicating life, but that's just me!). It's not rare for his images to have long and thoughtful comments, on DeviantArt especially.
Here are a few of my personal picks from Robert's gallery:
The artist specializes in surrealism and has a rather large gallery of phantasmagoric images (see the links above). He also has a very philosophical approach to art (which I see as a bad habit of needlessly overcomplicating life, but that's just me!). It's not rare for his images to have long and thoughtful comments, on DeviantArt especially.
Here are a few of my personal picks from Robert's gallery:
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| Bad Dreams |
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| Planktonauts V3 |
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| Microbia 1, in Blue |
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| Red Microbia |
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| Crustaceapods |
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| Metaverse |
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| Zoooids - Underworld II |
Sunday, April 29, 2012
A Pony Sunday
Episode of the week: Mystery on the Friendship Express
I didn't like it. It was significantly more childish than every other episode in its season, as if it was aiming at a demographic at least 5 years younger than the actual target audience of the show (and yes, I do mean kids).
It went overboard with silliness to a point where the jokes were no longer amusing. Some of the visual gags had too much unnecessary complexity to them, making the situation too unrealistic to be actually funny. The whole thing just looked like a desperate attempt to entertain a discontented baby.
In my eyes, it failed as a mystery special. The fact that Scooby Doo episodes are pretty much the same length shows that "Mystery on the Friendship Express" (I also think "Mystery on the Canterlot Express" would have been a better title) had all the chances of being a good, elaborate detective story. Instead, the plot was very basic and it just dragged on. The point of any good mystery tale was completely missed - the viewer never got a chance to make any guesses. The clues were so basic we weren't even shown any until the reveal.
All in all, a disappointing attempt that suffered greatly from a lack of a convincing problem, as well as bad storytelling in general. I think this script would have worked well in G3, which was aimed at much younger children.
Anyway! Moving on...
Community Highlights
Art of the week:
Gummy and Pinkie
Queen Chrysalis
Queen Chrysalis (2)
Wrong turn
Chrysalis The Dark Queen (I've been waiting for this! A rather badass painting closely resembling 40k battle art).
Videos of the Week:
"We are No Pushovers" Hub Promo
Epic Wub Time: Musicians of Ponyville
MAGIC.MOV (not exactly new, but perhaps someone's not seen it yet)
I didn't like it. It was significantly more childish than every other episode in its season, as if it was aiming at a demographic at least 5 years younger than the actual target audience of the show (and yes, I do mean kids).
It went overboard with silliness to a point where the jokes were no longer amusing. Some of the visual gags had too much unnecessary complexity to them, making the situation too unrealistic to be actually funny. The whole thing just looked like a desperate attempt to entertain a discontented baby.
In my eyes, it failed as a mystery special. The fact that Scooby Doo episodes are pretty much the same length shows that "Mystery on the Friendship Express" (I also think "Mystery on the Canterlot Express" would have been a better title) had all the chances of being a good, elaborate detective story. Instead, the plot was very basic and it just dragged on. The point of any good mystery tale was completely missed - the viewer never got a chance to make any guesses. The clues were so basic we weren't even shown any until the reveal.
All in all, a disappointing attempt that suffered greatly from a lack of a convincing problem, as well as bad storytelling in general. I think this script would have worked well in G3, which was aimed at much younger children.
Anyway! Moving on...
Community Highlights
Art of the week:
Gummy and Pinkie
Queen Chrysalis
Queen Chrysalis (2)
Wrong turn
Chrysalis The Dark Queen (I've been waiting for this! A rather badass painting closely resembling 40k battle art).
Videos of the Week:
"We are No Pushovers" Hub Promo
Epic Wub Time: Musicians of Ponyville
MAGIC.MOV (not exactly new, but perhaps someone's not seen it yet)
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| Great scene. Still didn't like the episode. |
Sunday, April 22, 2012
A Pony Sunday
Well, I haven't done this for a while! My apologies. Since the season has just finished, I will be reviewing the episodes I've missed from latest to earlies in the upcoming weeks.
This Week's Episode: A Canterlott Wedding
My verdict? It was rather awesome. Not sure if it will be in my top 5, but it's fantastic for what it is. It was very Disney - we got a prince and a princess about to get married and a treacherous villain trying to stop them. A villain with a swarm of evil mindless minions, I might add! There were some heartfelt songs that, I'm sure, were purposely Disneyesque. Especially since we've finally heard an evil character sing, as they tend to do in Disney movies. That's all good.
Now what makes the episode awesome? Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen it!
The changelings look pretty badass! I thought the queen didn't look all that great in the show's visual style, but I love the concept anyway. The hungry swarm of these bug-like creatures just looked like the MLP version of Tyranids.
Another thing I loved was that not only did queen Chrysalis simply defeat Celestia, but the mane six haven't even had a chance to stop her. Sure, she was beaten by "the power of love", but let's face it, it's a more original solution than just using the elements of harmony and their giant rainbow death ray.
What could have been improved, imo? Well, much like the other two-parters, it felt rushed. I guess we are kind of used to it by now. I know this can't be done, but I wish MLP was a slower-paced series with multiple intertwining plot lines. For example, I would have liked to see Twilight wandering through the crystal caves for a few days while the villain tries to convince her friends that everything's fine, or replaces her with a changeling and the friends are starting to notice something's not quite right. Instead, Twilight escapes the caves in no time at all, which makes it sound like the evil queen was majorly exaggerating when she said you could wander in the caves forever. And once again, we get the effect of "Oh look! An awesome villain! ...and they've killed it".
I know it's too much to ask for from a kid's show, but I think it would have been a lot more interesting if it didn't have a predictable "problem-solution" structure to every episode.
(Then again, we got "Swarm of the Century". The ending made me happy).
Community Highlights
Okay, since during all the weeks I've missed I've only been looking at art, I'm just gonna feature a lot of images this time!
Art of the Week:
My Punky Pony - Rarity (If you know me, you'll know that I'm a sucker for cool mohawks!)
Everything Changes
Long Live the Queen
Trixie - I won't lie anymore...
South Pony
Error in Trajectory
The Fun Has Been Doubled
Luna's Lament
Smart and Fancy
MLP: Manly Dash is Manly
Derpy and Dinky
Hell's Kitchen
MeFashionista - Krakenbell
MLP FIM
Rainbow Dash Charm
Bing-Bang-ZAM
Spike and Peewee
Woodland Cottage
Establish Pony Connection..4:3
MLP - Another day o' labor
My Little Sharkies
Derpy's gonna Derp
The Muffin Queen
There On The Battlefield She Stands
Pony...
Dusk in the North
This Week's Episode: A Canterlott Wedding
My verdict? It was rather awesome. Not sure if it will be in my top 5, but it's fantastic for what it is. It was very Disney - we got a prince and a princess about to get married and a treacherous villain trying to stop them. A villain with a swarm of evil mindless minions, I might add! There were some heartfelt songs that, I'm sure, were purposely Disneyesque. Especially since we've finally heard an evil character sing, as they tend to do in Disney movies. That's all good.
Now what makes the episode awesome? Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen it!
The changelings look pretty badass! I thought the queen didn't look all that great in the show's visual style, but I love the concept anyway. The hungry swarm of these bug-like creatures just looked like the MLP version of Tyranids.
Another thing I loved was that not only did queen Chrysalis simply defeat Celestia, but the mane six haven't even had a chance to stop her. Sure, she was beaten by "the power of love", but let's face it, it's a more original solution than just using the elements of harmony and their giant rainbow death ray.
What could have been improved, imo? Well, much like the other two-parters, it felt rushed. I guess we are kind of used to it by now. I know this can't be done, but I wish MLP was a slower-paced series with multiple intertwining plot lines. For example, I would have liked to see Twilight wandering through the crystal caves for a few days while the villain tries to convince her friends that everything's fine, or replaces her with a changeling and the friends are starting to notice something's not quite right. Instead, Twilight escapes the caves in no time at all, which makes it sound like the evil queen was majorly exaggerating when she said you could wander in the caves forever. And once again, we get the effect of "Oh look! An awesome villain! ...and they've killed it".
I know it's too much to ask for from a kid's show, but I think it would have been a lot more interesting if it didn't have a predictable "problem-solution" structure to every episode.
(Then again, we got "Swarm of the Century". The ending made me happy).
Community Highlights
Okay, since during all the weeks I've missed I've only been looking at art, I'm just gonna feature a lot of images this time!
Art of the Week:
My Punky Pony - Rarity (If you know me, you'll know that I'm a sucker for cool mohawks!)
Everything Changes
Long Live the Queen
Trixie - I won't lie anymore...
South Pony
Error in Trajectory
The Fun Has Been Doubled
Luna's Lament
Smart and Fancy
MLP: Manly Dash is Manly
Derpy and Dinky
Hell's Kitchen
MeFashionista - Krakenbell
MLP FIM
Rainbow Dash Charm
Bing-Bang-ZAM
Spike and Peewee
Woodland Cottage
Establish Pony Connection..4:3
MLP - Another day o' labor
My Little Sharkies
Derpy's gonna Derp
The Muffin Queen
There On The Battlefield She Stands
Pony...
Dusk in the North
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| Queen Chrysalis in all her glory. She might as well be saying:" That's right! No one cares about you, ponies! It's all about us changelings now." |
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