I always get excited when I see you've made a post in this thread, Po. That is awesome, like all the others.

Most awesome thing I've seen of yours, dig that a whole lot man. Not a big fan of abstract art so couldn't get down with the others as much. Great piece!

Thanks guys! :)

as always beautiful and perfectly fitting :)

Did this for a friend 20 years ago. Glow in the dark paint on a large piece of wood:

http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/f...psbb153942.jpg

Cool as hell Plankton! Got me inspired now...

Thanks. What are you gonna make?

Really cool! How big was the wood? And How flat was it?

It was some sort of easel or drawing board he had laying around, so it was a very flat 24x12 -ish. It's still around, but very far away from me.

I would love to learn how to paint on wood as well, it is more durable, and you can keep it safe longer, rather than a piece of delicate paper.

I'd imagine with your talent, learning how to paint on anything wouldn't be much of a challenge.

I had no thought process when I did it though, just a "Yeah, this is a surface. I shall paint on it" thing going. I've done all sorts of that type of thing over the years, from pen on skin, to marker on drywall, and I even had a stint where I bought an airbrush and tried my hand at murals. I did the oil on canvas thing in HS which got me a small art scholarship that I never used. I joined the service instead. I drew stuff there too, and they kept finding me out, and making me paint things. I didn't even have my hair buzzed yet, and I was painting insignia on a LT Colonels wall. I got a couple of Army Achievement awards for doing some signs, and such for REFORGER too.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3926/...0588a301_c.jpg

I'm not exactly a professional artist, but I like painting. This may not be as good as the others in this thread, but it's mine. Pencil and watersoluble crayons.

I don't yet know MusicBanter's stand on nudity, so I censored her just in case.

^That's pretty sweet, you should make a broader scene in that style. I'd also recommend oil pastels, I think you'd dig the whole 'smearing' thing. Really fun, and really easy to make look cool.

I don't feel like uploading anything new but did this a few months ago in oil pastel on black canvas paper. Probably my favorite that I've done in that medium.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...st-d78eqsl.jpg

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/...ps04f311dc.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8890fb8e.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/...psc14299a0.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/...ps55366095.jpg

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/...ta-d7m6jvb.jpg
http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/...ta-d7m1gr0.jpg
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/...ta-d7m1gy6.jpg
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/...ta-d7m1h7n.jpg
http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/...ta-d7m1hjl.jpg

I dig your style, Crukster. Great subject matter and I'm a fan of the medium, your shading work is superb.

Nice. Somewhat reminiscent of Van Gough's Starry Night.

Heart thingy
 

I drew this for a t shirt for one of my band-mates :)


http://s11.postimg.org/sjj7uyo0f/heart_thingy_small.jpg

Thanks mang. Lizard that is tiiight! I wish I had shading down that well. Just switched to pencils after years of being a pen nazi so hopefully.... someday...

Cheers dude, took me bloody ages haha. To be fair, I did diminish the brightness a bit after scanning it in to bring out the contrast more, as scanners don't take too well to pencil, unfortunately. Pen drawing can look awesome though, so don't disparage yourself (Y) Are any of your pictures up on here? :)

Some, not many though. Do you have a deviant art? That's where I keep most of my stuff organized.

PoisonedTempest on deviantART

Hmm, those were OK. Nothing like my Samurai...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...56580429_o.jpg

That actually came out looking pretty cool. It almost looks like an acorn shaded into a background.

I does have some depth to it.

I bought a new camera today and went for a two hour walk around town to test it out. I didn't get any pictures of the skyline due to the bridge shaking so much but I'll try to go down to Weehawken and get some tomorrow night.

http://i.imgur.com/u5wVzqQ.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/weK1jzM.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/jcORKI3.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/txyQi6x.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/BbTvKP3.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/AGOIWhV.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/2cRDchs.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/9O10rJ8.jpg?1

^Looks cool man, I especially like these 3:

I haven't really worked a camera since high school so I'm getting the cobwebs off. I also have never handled a camera this advanced. I'm used to 35mm film. I really need to save to buy a better lens.

What kind of lens are you using? Are you using any filters? I'm taking a summer class on photography focused on film and darkroom and my camera broke after a couple of weeks. So I rented one from the school that had a zoom lens as opposed to the fixed one I was using and my photos started to become 10x better.

I'd post some pics but I don't have a scanner.

Nikon 18-55mm zoom lens. It's decent but just doesn't really take great night shots which is something I'm really into doing. I'll test it out this weekend during the day. I also didn't use any filters of any kind. I'll learn that stuff after I get the grasp of the camera. I haven't done any photography in about eight years so I'm rusty.

http://i.imgur.com/yfYurv1.jpg?1
I'm spoiled.

http://i.imgur.com/lgt0M16.jpg?1
Had a nice storm last week.

http://i.imgur.com/31L0cRZ.jpg?1
Gopher!

My friends play at a middle eastern restaurant in New Brunswick on weekends. Jazz covers and sunsets.

http://i.imgur.com/pt0rdMk.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/EPO0poh.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/nNvjvxX.jpg?1

Took some photos from my cousin/roommates birthday party on the lake where we grew up. Family and friends.

http://i.imgur.com/2EnxF3K.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/quZ11yi.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/5Xohl9i.jpg?1
I have the cutest little cousin in the world. She's my cousin's daughter which makes her...no f*cking idea, but she calls me Uncle Joey and I melt.

http://i.imgur.com/YVblsN6.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/iYB1niD.jpg?1
This is probably the best picture I've taken so far.

So this isn't my art and as much as I wish I could say I took picutres this ****in good I don't. I just wanted to share it with y'all because this guy is brilliant. He invented photoshop (not literally.) But the skill it takes to develop these in a darkroom is unreal.

http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/im...ann/JU1114.jpg

http://nicolejennifer.files.wordpres...y-uelsmann.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jxr99c0FyM...y_Uelsmann.jpg

^He did that **** in a dark room?

Yup, I think he's pre digital. I recognize the photo where there's no roof, what's the guys name?

I know right. Yes mam. He may have switched when photoshop came along but his stuff from the 70's-90's in unreal. He is my new hero. Jerry Ulesmann. Not sure if the spelling is correct at the end but he is a genius!

That top one especially, jesus. I can see the middle doin a kind of collage thing but that top one is just amazing fade work, damn.

I know... I was blown away... Here love some of the really good ones google will have a fit if I post so you have to hunt for those yourself... but here are a couple more...

http://www.shutterbug.com/images/arc...uelsmann07.jpg

http://payload3.cargocollective.com/...ound--1964.jpg

http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/im...ann/JU1074.jpg

I smell Carpe's avatar changing... ;)

Took a trip into Astoria/Long Island City in Queens today with my best friend/ex girlfriend to go to two museums, The Museum of the Moving Image and The Noguchi Museum. The Moving Image was amazing and I'm going back but I don't have many photos because it was so dark and flash photography is not allowed. It was great though. They had televisions from the beginning of the 20th century, original film projectors, movie props, and a whole exhibit on Chuck Jones. The pictures below are from Noguchi, which was weird but definitely interesting. If you guys are near the area, check em out.

http://i.imgur.com/Qb2Ir2G.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/xkYwHxi.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/8iSvgUG.jpg?1

Lol.. So I read this and thought "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". The "Greatest Hits" skits.