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Gene Best Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 24 October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 4598
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | 1
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When the image fully downloaded on to my screen, I literally said, "HOLY S**T!!!" out loud.
This has gotta be my favorite commission, JB. Absolutely incredible.
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132135
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | 2
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You can actually display this one either horizontally or vertically, and it
works either way!
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Almost! The balance tips a bit to the right, but I see what you mean.
Oriented to the horizon, it would be like this…
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Eric White Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 October 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1066
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | 3
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JB, have you ever used "Divine Proportion" when planning one of these large
sized commissions?
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John Byrne
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | 4
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Not deliberately, altho people who have analyzed my work have turned up
the "golden triangle" and all sorts of things of which I was not consciously
aware. Maybe they programmed more into me at the College of Art than I
gave them credit for!
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Scott McKeeve Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | 5
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Okay, JB, one last question; I love the B&W tones in this piece so this may sound like sacrilege but do you ever scan these pieces in and color them? Not as a rule but just when the mood strikes?
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John Byrne
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | 6
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No. Well, sometimes. But so rarely, "no" is a more accurate answer.
And it's only the single figure pieces I ever feel inclined to color.
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William Lukash Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1405
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | 7
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Of the three, I like this one the best. (Yeah, probably because of the black) This piece really leaps off the page. Cap and Thor look very good. I keep looking at them closely...which is a good thing. Cap's body and head in particular have a lot of texture and are very interesting.
Thanks for sharing this!
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Scott McKeeve Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | 8
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"Not deliberately, altho people who have analyzed my work have turned up the "golden triangle" and all sorts of things of which I was not consciously aware. Maybe they programmed more into me at the College of Art than I gave them credit for! "
It maybe subsconscious but it more likely that it just "happens". The whole mystery of numbers like the Golden Ratio, Pi (I can't find the symbol), the natural logarithmic function, etc. is that they show up with alarming frequency in nature and man made works. So much of human anatomy reflects the Golden Raio that there is probably a psychological pleasing aesthetic quality to its use in art. A reinforcement to what seems natural/normal to us.
BTW, the movie Pi from a few years back was great.
Edited by Scott McKeeve on 19 January 2008 at 9:11pm
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Scott McKeeve Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | 9
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Plasticman's primary colors always work so well. Very nice PM, JB. You've whetted my appetite. I have to admit to wanting more color now. (Sound of exhausted collapse in the distance).
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francis tsai Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 188
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | 10
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I really like this third one - the inks feel very tasty to me. Something about it feels to me like the best qualities of the old Byrne+Austin art.
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Brian Hague Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:49pm | IP Logged | 11
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A very nice piece! I can definitely see elements of Palmer in the inking, and the character placement and layout strikes me as being very Perez. It may be the predominance of Thor in the layout, but I'm happily reminded of the issues of MTU inked by DeZuniga. Still, as intense and tightly rendered as the Avengers piece is, I think I like that Plastic Man pic even more! That is my favorite single character pose I've seen in my time here!
Edited by Brian Hague on 19 January 2008 at 9:50pm
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Eric Lund Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | 12
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Iron Man's right hand is backwards.. the pinky is where his thumb should be... and vice-versa
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