illustration and design

[dusken]

No.

[Crimson Glow]

This guy is beyond art. It's philosophy come to convass in all shapes, sizes and materials.

http://www.alexgrey.com/

Your worlds have all now been properly owned!

[dusken]

I am, unfortunately, very familiar with Alex Grey. I do not like him at all. You probably know of him through Tool.

[Crimson Glow]

Good guess, duskenson. But if you don't mind me asking, why don't you like him? As in his work, or him as a person?

[dusken]

Him as a person: Because he is weird for the sake of being weird. And no cracks about my online personality.

Him as an "artist": I think his stuff is boring. It does not say anything artistic to me. It is spiritual and decorative. To me, neither are necessary characteristics of art.

[Crimson Glow]

Him as a person: Well....I don't know if I'd say he's doing it just for the sake of being wierd. You should see some of the customers that shop at my work place, and the psychotic methods they have for selecting which nutritional supplements they should pick. One lady demonstrated on me by telling me to hold the bottle up to my heart with my right arm, and then hold the left arm out straight out to the side. She then proceeded to push down on my left arm, then repeated the proceedure with the other like supplement. Afterwards, she said "see? You had a stronger resistance when I pushed your arm down on the first bottle. That means it's the one you should go with". I'd like to think those customers were just doing it to be funny or seem wierd, but I know they're not. If someone can be on that extreme, I can see Alex actually being what his image portrays.

Him as an artist: Boring? I'd say anything but. Art doesn't require any characteristics. That would be setting boundaries, which art should not be limited to. The only thing art "needs" to be is a form of expression on some level. He is expressing his outlook on life, be it philosophical, or not. I can understand if that's not your thing, but I wouldn't call it unartistic because of it. I don't consider pieces like the collective unconscious to be mere decoration. It is not something readily accepted by many people, making it sort of hard to decorate your business hallway with it. But this is what he sees when he looks out at the world, and I like what he sees quite a bit. Obviously, to each their own.

[spookyghost]

are those huge pics desktop wall papers or something? they look pretty neat.

[spookyghost]

[spookyghost]

this is a dutch artist named erwin olaf, tee hee hee

[Darorinag]

Wahhhh, that was a good one, spooky!!