³¼ MILKSHAKE IS RIGHT¼


¹
Well,  this is more or less a follow-up
on  Milkshake's  article  in  the  last
issue of TS, so let's roll...
First of all, and maybe most important,
I  will  back him up on his words ³"Stop
producing  the  same  old  and  utterly
boring  dragons  and warriors pictures.
I'm  fed  up  with them - I hate them."
¹This  is EXACTLY my opinion, so what is
left to  say except  a request  for new
and different  motives?  We really have
seen enough  of  phantasy  pictures for
some time now - It's time for change!
So  why  not  get  inspiration from the
"real  art".  If Boris really is such a
genius  as  many  scenefreaks  seem  to
believe,   then  what  would  you  call
people  like  Edward  Hopper,  Salvador
Dali,   J.M.W.    Turner,   Van   Gogh,
Cezanne, Picasso etc.???  They (most of
them atleast)actually changed the style
of modern painting, they experimented -
tried  new  ideas,  and then they found
their  own style - their own fame.  Ok,
so  some hated them, but they were also
loved  (and still are!) by a great deal
of  people.  But  the   most  important
thing  to  them was to create art!  Not
fame! I'm sad  to say,  that I  believe
some  of the  graphicians  in the scene
today  care   more   about  fame,  than
actually  creating  art, so they pick a
motif,  which  is  a  sure winner.  And
what is  needed to win a gfx-compo? - A
Boris  copy!   That  never  fails.  Sad
story, eh?
This  may sound like an appeal for real
art  copying,  but it's not.  There's a
great difference in ³COPYING¹ and getting
³INSPIRATION¹.   As Milkshake wrote - you
can't  get  a 2m * 1.5m picture painted
on canvas to look the same on a 14 inch
monitor,  but  you  can  still make the
basic  motif  with  a  few changes look
great.  But if you try to start copying
such  a painting, then I bet you'll end
up   with   a  very  different  picture
changed  by  a  lot  of  own ideas.  So
it'll  end  by  being  you  own picture
instead  of  being  a copy anyway.  And
before  you  all start complaining, let
me  just  give  you  one small example.
Most   of   you  know  the ³ Revelations
¹slideshow  by  ³Rank  of Cryptoburners¹,
right?   The  picture called 'Princesse
de Boheme' is actually a very good copy
of   a  Salvador  Dali  picture  called
'Galarina',  but  Rank  has  made  some
changes in colors and most important he
has  given  the  model a different head
(thank  God!).   He has also left out a
bracelet,  but  all  in  all I think it
still  looks a bit too much of a copy -
That's  a  matter  of  taste.  Besides,
this  particular picture doesn't really
invite  to  a  lot  of  "add  ons", but
others certainly do!
Well,  what  I am trying  to  say  here
probably isn't very clear, so I'll tell
you.   The  scene (in my opinion) needs
more  than  the AD&D poster style.  Why
not  introduce  more  styles?  There is
plenty  of  possibilities  -  just pick
one! That's it, and that's that.
You probably can't teach an old dog new
tricks,  so  let's  atleast see some of
the  newcoming  graphicians follow this
trend shall we???  But it would be nice
if the old dog could cut loose and show
us  some  creativity. Of course I don't
want  every  graphician  to turn to the
real  art  now.  It would  of course be
best if graphicians could  invent their
own style(s),  but that can  be  a  bit
difficult,  so  go for the already know
styles  from  other  medias  as  a last
resort.
There  has  got  to be others out there
besides Milkshake and myself (and maybe
Rank?),  who  take  an  interest in the
real art  (not necessarily just the art
of painting!), or maybe  it's better to
say an alternative  type of art besides
graphics on the Amiga?

                    ³Dali / Majic 12.¹


¹Note  to Milkshake:  ²Edward Hopper IS a
really  great  painter!  Especially his
'Nighthawks' is great!