ART SHOWCASE (update)

UPDATED WITH THUMBNAILS OF WORKS NOT PREVIOUSLY SHOWCASED!!! add a comment response to this Journal if you'd like to be showcased as well ~> Hurry, only a few slots left!!

Thanks BlueBeauty875 for the Art Showcase bluebeauty875.deviantart.com/j… Now to repay in kind. It may be hard for me to gather 10 volunteers quickly, since I'm so new to deviantART but hey, who's in a hurry? I'll complete them as they come! Probably within a day or so.

Here's the gig: Time to Show Case your art! So the first 10 people to comment here I will laud, praise, and all around pimp on this journal. Broken down, that means I'll link back to you, say what I most admire about your art, style, technique, what have you, and also place up links of some of the art I most admire of yours. The only hitch is that IF you are one of those 10, you must post this on your journal and do that same thing for 10 people as well! And so around and around it goes!

BE SURE TO PAUSE ON THE LINKS WITH YOUR CURSORS, THERE'S USUALLY A MOUSE-OVER TITLE FOR EVERY LINK.

1. hdragomir  Is this guy really 20? If so, I'm really jealous of his obvious photographic talent at such a young age. Great light and color balance ~ even in letting his shots go a little dark, like in Peep. His cropping and sense of overall composition is outstanding too, as in Bega, love the green and the wavy emanations in the blue, or the ever popular Slumset. If your feeling a little political and like art that makes statements, check out Apuseni 2009, where I made my first comment on his dA page, it's hiding in there somewhere. Not to forget, I'm a sucker for clouds.

hdragomir


2. RCatossi There's so much good stuff to say, where do I start? Well, he's a great colorist, as seen in Red Monika. He also has a lot of talent for original comics, as shown in his older comic uploads "Rescue" (in four panels), here's my favorite example, Rescue pg 01, B&W, and then the same panel in color, with words and a change, Rescue pg 01, Color. It's amazing to me how much easier it is to read, visually, the color panels, I need to start using color like Catossi. But being more of the classical art fan, I see some of the greatest evidence of his potential in a simple art class drawing called Strawberry Seat.

:thumb45167946: RCatossi


3. thepurplemonster A new deviant friend and master commentator! PM is probably best known for her highly intricate and imaginative, um, abstract works (thought scribbles?) like Imagine... My favorites are very serene works, with lots of subtle, implied emotions, as in 05- Seeking Solace: Cliff Edge and Cherry Blossom Girl. Again, being the Academic, I'm always attracted to simple studies like Winebottle and 03 Light - Face the Future, I especially like the reflected light on the backside of the head/crown. I also admire the color and composition of works like The Flame Dancers. UPDATE: I can't ignore this new addition, very well balanced, simple and simply beautiful love birds - Feb.

thepurplemonster


4. Frandali The first time I spoke with Riazalea, she kindly translated the words in Albero surreale for me, from her native Italian into English, and it quickly became one of my favorites. Her Intaglio prints are especially interesting and my favorites so far are Paesaggio lunare, and When the sun dies. Riazalea also has a couple of beautiful graphite, watercolor drawings worth checking out as well, such as Grave "Sepolcro" and Battle Arena. Now for the figure paintings, which you KNOW I love, my favorite so far is La Poltrona Rossa. And most recently, she has uploaded a series of colorful oil abstract studies, such as Study3 from Franz Mark.

Frandali


5. Icarus-Fish Wow, where to start!? Let me begin by saying 'gross!' lol, the first image of hers that I commented on was Vampires 1, hmmm, think that's a little gross? Check out Sticky and New, although a little 'messy', it shows some wild spunk of imagination, along with Content and Pain, where she shows an even more intimate knowledge of anatomy. Her understanding of anatomy thankfully goes shallower than that, and with her unique style, demonstrates an already keen awareness of the subtler surface anatomy, as shown in Warmth, Dream, and Novel. If she keeps drawing like this, she's going to put us all to shame, I vote we sabotage her site and get her banned, ASAP!

:thumb44050724: Icarus-Fish

(the rest to be shown in Art Showcase Part II) rawren.deviantart.com/journal/… and rawren.deviantart.com/journal/…

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