Share the most beautiful, amazing art piece you have ever seen. Whether it be a simple doodle, or a master's work, show us.
I understand pic related makes me seem like bandwagon, but I just can't stop staring at her (in the best way).
Nominees:
>>2490530
>>2490533
No particular order
>>2490526
>>2490526
obligatory
>>2490582
Good taste
>>2490582
Without the teal glow
>>2490526
PLEBS
>>2490603
>>2490604
wrong version
>>2490587
Who is this? Image search has nothing.
>>2490642
I should mention that I don't really like his other works, but this always stood out for me.
>>2490526
It's hard choosing my fav Franklin Booth pic, they're all really nice
![8e48cb749d2b2e41175d5d2ed7805ac5[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/efJJfJl.jpg "8e48cb749d2b2e41175d5d2ed7805ac5[1].jpg")
>>2490661
I love his sketches for this
>>2490639
whistler abbott, super misty landscapes are characteristic for his work.
Regarding Gondolas, this is one of my favorite
>>2490912
>>2490913
Fuck off with this shit already.
>>2490526
I first saw this illustration in a computer gaming magazine sometime around in the early 90's and it was what eventually made me want to get into digital painting. I couldn't for the life of me understand how it was done because it looked like nothing I had ever seen before and it made me want to find out. Finding the highres version on the internet and slowly downloading it on my U.S. Robotics 28.8k modem was as close to a religious experience I've ever had. I studied every inch of the picture, over and over again. Keep in mind digital painting was very new discipline back then and how much of a pioneer Craig Mullins was at the time. Nowadays I don't necessarily find the piece classy or beautiful but I will forever love and appreciate what it means to me.
>>2490526
Who is the artist? Also, if known, did he use a reference?
>>2490917
fuck off back to sweden you jewish elitist
>>2490939
Learn how to reverse image search, pretty much a essential tool nowadays. If you're using chrome you can right click on a image, otherwise just use reverse image search on google or tineye.
ps. it's a photostudy by catbib
>>2490939
thats catbib you noob
>>2490925
>photobashed
>looks like shit
>was as close to a religious experience I've ever had
/ic/ in a nutshell
>>2490619
looks like the louvre
i should really learn watercolor
Nah, I still think it looks rad dude.
Sorry to hear you never got to experience being a 13 year old kid so excited for art that you couldn't sleep.
>>2491264
The architecture dose look very Parisian, the piece is called "The Royal Academy Courtyard" which is in London.
pic related
>>2490592
thanks, no idea what happened to that first pic
>>2491200
>replace candy with shitposting
>>2491366
>>2491371
>left-handed
>>2490948
I did, many times, with many different search engines and websites. But thanks anyways
>>2491229
>>2491432
>>2491432
So is this like some sort of ugly Cinderella story? Where the sisters (or whatever) are pretty and Cinderella is ugly but surely better. Sounds like a lot of greasy femanons would love this.
>>2491229
Who's the artist?
>>2491528
Something tells me his name could be Bastien Thuillot.
Dunno though, it's just what appears in my head when I look at the image.
Weird.
I know it's overdone and it's almost as famous as the Mona Lisa, but whatever.
>>2491469
no.
>>2491550
Don't feel bad anon, this one's one of my favourites too.
>>2491555
blog?
>>2490526
I miss Kitty Bib he produced such high quality digital. Perhaps he will post here again someday.
>>2490611
nice
definitely
Always
>>2491550
This is the Neutral Milk Hotel of paintings
>>2492021
in case you are not trolling, that's leyendecker
>>2490533
Based baizley
>>2492152
I'll always love this, mainly because of cossacks: back to war
rest sweet prince
"There is an inexplicable attraction to being alone in its vast emptiness where earth and sky seem to meet and become one, Somehow, the isolation from human habitation brings us closer to the essence of our humanity."
My personal favorite
>>2492272
And this one
>>2491289
Because more is more
>>2491550
that should be cropped, right?
this thread sucks.
>>2491217
stunning
>>2492341
I love the composition in this picture.
>>2490582
Based Grimshaw
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>>2490581
Based Bouguereau, but my favourite work from him its this one.
birb
>>2492273
Love this one. So much tenderness and fragility in this image. Beautiful piece.
>>2492266
I have never been so affected by a single image so profoundly.
Last fall I had to put my dog to sleep (he was old) and it took a pretty heavy emotional toll. Nothing out of the ordinary, it's just that it quickly lead to a serious issue with some benzos and in the middle of a two week pill binge I attempted suicide. (I didn't remember that I even tried to for a few days afterwards, what with the memory lapses and all. I had also been eating very little. Like a bowl of ramen and a few cups of water every other day. But the day I realized I nearly killed myself almost unintentionally, my girlfriend took me to mcdonalds and got me a happy meal, and those four chicken McNuggets were the best tasting little fuckers I'd ever eaten. So while I imagine that this painting might be bleak and depressing for some, or that might have even been the intention, it touches me in a way that honestly feels like I'm looking at heaven. I love that type of weather, and I love how quiet and desolate it seems, yet with there being a mostly dry paper bag sitting there as well as the electricity I still know there are people around, I don't feel alone but I feel at peace. I feel the solace amongst the biting cold, my socks damp from standing in the snow for too long, my nose running slightly. And it's exactly where I would be if I had died that week. I very well might have.
>>2493140
Whose sketchbook? tempted to say jana from the style.
>>2492341
Are those fart clouds!?
>>2492266
Can I get the artist's name and the painting? I want to buy it and see it everyday.
Concordia, 1878
Pierre-Adrien Chabal-Dussurgey
I saw this painting about a year ago at the Dallas Museum of Art and was completely blown away. I don't know why, but I could not stop looking back from the other paintings to it. It's hard to tell from the picture, but there is some really stunning detail work that went into this, and it just really resonated with me.
>>2493237
Wesley burt. Jana is not that good.
Other personal favorite
Bit of a departure from the usual Rockwell-type picture
Don't know why but something about Ashley Wood's Paintings makes me want to paint.. Also they are pretty and creative.
>>2493255
>golden spiral composition
>kek
>>2490526
>>2490573
Does anyone know who this artist is?
Image search doesn't return a very solid lead on this :/
>>2493396
Toulouse-Lautrec.
>>2493245
Sweat evaporating
>>2493235
Get the fuck out normie this isn't your livejournal
Such a cool picture.
>>2493459
Another. I love Burt Silverman
>>2493251
>who the fuck puts a flowers ring on a painting?
>*click on thumbnail*
>oh...
>>2493140
I wish this guys paintings had more style to them because his drawings are so good.
>>2493720
I feel the same way about charlie bowater's work. Her sketches are super awesome but when she paints them and renders them out they lose almost all of their character and emotion.
>>2493351
Is that necessarily a bad thing?
>>2491432
heyy, i came here to post this
>>2493717
mtg has some good art
>>2493249
https://www.flickr.com/photos/justinbway/3767206865/
it's a photo, perhaps you could contact the guy and ask for a print
>>2491217
mucha btw
>>2493251
Post hands in a reference thread, your nails are hot.
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>>2492021
http://jcleyendecker.tumblr.com/
Can you link me your's , anon? I'll follow back. :)
>>2494023
love your stuff JC
is it true you're a homo tho? gross dude
This is def. my all time favorite photo study. Great shape design, gesture and brushwork
I love the way Goya used black in this one.
>>2494047
Do you have the original reference?, google images isn't giving me shit.
>>2494100
No unfortunately not, looks like a badass sculpture though. Maybe someone on here knows what it's called and who sculpted it? Photo study is by Linran though.
>>2494100
>>2490526
>>2494288
umm...wut...?
I stared at this one for what seemed like hours.
>>2490526
I love this shit
>>2493235
hope ur doin okay now friend
>>2494144
Holy shit I was looking at a picture based on this piece just moments before coming across this thread.
I didn't even know.
>>2494536
its always good to see protastant skum gettimg anihalated.
>>2494578
that looks pretty cool for fan art.
>>2494536
The fuck are those giant wooden speers? To prevent the ships from docking?
>>2494578
Holy shit, is that a digital painting with a cracked oil painting texture? I mean the painting itself isn't remarkable, but it works surprisingly well with the texture.
>>2494867
Dope AF, you made an anon happy
>>2490526
>>2495512
Tough pick. Both pieces communicate a lot of emotions
>>2494072
Love it, he is my favorite. His color choices and subjects are so jarring.
I'm torn between this piece and Saturn as my all time favs.
>>2494779
Well, it is a siege, so my guess is that they must be some kind of barricade to prevent ships from leaving the city
>>2492358
no (You)
>>2490909
BASED
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E
D
I love this guy's work so fucking much.
>>2495899
>>2490526
Anything from Rodrigoluff. Best artist. Don't have any pictures from him but here's another artist.
Here's a good one anon
>>2497168
Fucking love that nigger!
>>2497168
I really really reallllyyyy wish he didn't just paint around that shit with those outlines. It would have been considerably better if he didn't.
>>2495900
>autism, the painting.
>>2494881
Yeah now that you mention it, it is.
Quite convincing too.
>>2494578
>>2494777
>>2494881
>>2497211
The shit that annoys me most is they didn't even paint the majority of it. It's very obviously they overlayed this photo to make the folds (and warped bits of it to fit the figure better.
Lazy cunts.
>>2497217
Which, if they would cheat enough to do that, god knows what else they either painted over or overlayed to make the painting. The face, the jewels, ect.
>>2497217
I think he used that picture for reference rather than as a overlay, though.
I've been into Beefheart a lot lately. From what I can tell, people tend to say he's pretentious and that people that like him are only pretending to. Well, earlier I was reading about his painting and his paintings were described as reminiscent of Franz Kline. I saw some of Kline's work (pic related) at the Museum of Fine Art in Houston last year and he definitely made an impression on me (especially because I set pic related as my wallpaper a couple of days ago).
So yeah, I like Kline's paintings. I like Beefheart's music. Beefheart's paintings are like Kline's, so I've indirectly shown that I genuinely like Beefheart. At least I think I've shown that.
>>2490530
Nicola Samori, right?
>>2497227
it matches perfectly if you layer it in photoshop.
There are some parts where he obviously warped tool it to fit the sketch better but it was for sure pasted in there.
>>2497232
Okay, kinda unecessary if you ask me. Those folds weren't too complex or anything.
the whole book by hirioaki samura that this is from, called brute love
>>2497217
>#norulesjusttools
>>2497231
why dont you hang a copy of it on your wall? then hang yourself next to it
>>2497231
Great.
Beefheart is an interesting musician, but that's all.
>>2497249
Jesus, that is brutal.
>>2497253
pls help
>>2497272
>someone found a piece of art that resonates with him
>it doesn't resonate with me
>better tell him to kill himself
m8
>>2497274
Yeah I wasn't trying to say he was a master painter or anything like that. Based on "Some YoYo Stuff," he seemed to have a genuine liking for the tactile aspects of painting and sculpting, which is part of why I like his painting.
>>2497285
its not art its just a couple lines
>>2497307
You're either baiting or blind. Those lines speak volumes.
>>2497308
no. its just a couple lines. anyone could make it
>>2497311
come on nigga, I am all again abstract art, but you have to admit those are some sexy brush strokes
I wouldn't pay anything for that work, since I can do it myself, but I would put it on a wall
>>2497311
>anyone could make it
Always good for a chuckle. Thanks for the smile. anon.
>>2497311
>anyone could make it
You could've been a millionaire by now!
>>2494019
Ken Adam - nice one
>>2497316
>>2497397
>>2497403
you idiots are borderline retarded.
Once I asked my ink loving friend to make me some brush textures to use in my own art. (she was traditional I work digitally) In about 10 seconds she made lbrushwork considerably more interesting than that shit there.
Abstract art is dumb and people that like it are try hard idiots.
>You could've been a millionaire by now!
I guarantee you a thousand bullshit abstract artist made something that looks exactly like that "piece" posted here before and after it was made. Being a successful fine artist today has nothing to do with the work or even what it's about. Those people are just incredibly lucky and got into the "Scene" by networking or sucking someone's cock.
If people actually cared about abstract art itself they would walk into any small gallery in any fucking city or town in the world and find identical artwork for 1/10000000th of the price. But the people that buy those pieces of shit don't do it because they like it, they do it because it's a status symbol. And then somehow that trickles down to fucking retards that actually think abstract art is interesting.
>>2497231
>>2497491
We get it, you don't get it.
really cool, would buy it at an exhibition
>>2497510
>people smarter than me just don't get it mannnnnn
Euan Uglow
>>2492319
good taste, rotschild
>>2497270
ye-yeah
>>2495512
qt
>>2497705
Also this. It's not all that impressive in terms of technique, but whatever.
>>2497705
Ey, good taste. Is that the same guy who drew the man on the mast of a pirate ship or was it Bernie Wrightson?
>>2497231
Best painting in the tread, I'm not being ironic. People might think it's shit but they don't matter.
>>2497510
Then explain it.
Spoiler: you can't.
>>2497802
There apparently isn't a way to explain it. At least I don't know how to explain it,
but there is clearly a substantial group of people who like abstract contemporary art and a bigger group who don't.
So there must be something.
>>2497809
And that something can't be the "emperor's new clothes" effect?
I'd also like to throw this Einstein quote in there: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
>>2497812
But people are not pretending to like this stuff because it's liked by others. People genuinely get excited about abstract contemporary pieces. I wasn't a fan of this style of art myself until I was introduced to it and found a pieces that connected with me. I've seen pieces that I did not like, but others do and others who like this style might not like my favorite paintings either.
It's a nice quote, but it doesn't fit this case. Nobody here claims they understand it or knows of a way that it can be understood.
>>2497820
>Nobody here claims they understand it or knows of a way that it can be understood.
>>2497510
>We get it, you don't get it.
>But people are not pretending to like this stuff because it's liked by others.
You don't know that. All you have is your own feelings, but I can't verify those either, especially since you can't explain why you like it.
>>2497820
You can like what you want but it's a shame that the more traditional type of art isn't as popular in the mainstream art world as much as it used to me.
>>2497823
We (=group of people that like abstract contemporary art) it (=your position on the matter), [that] you don't get it (=the feeling we get from abstract contemporary art).
>You don't know that. All you have is your own feelings, but I can't verify those either, especially since you can't explain why you like it.
If we go deep enough we don't even know if this is reality. I trust that people speak their mind. I think that 'people speak their mind' is a fair assumption.
>>2497809
This is pretty much the definition of a person who is a tool.
"Other people like it so I'm going to like it"
"If someone smart says something it must be right"
>>2497841
>"Other people like it so I'm going to like it"
>"If someone smart says something it must be right"
But those are not the reason why I like abstract contemporary pieces. It's because I found pieces that fit my life, my feelings. They relate to me in a way, a way I don't find realistic paintings do for example. And if anything, my environment has only actively discouraged me from liking my favorite pieces. I've only known a few people in my life who thought the same way as me about art.
>>2492142
Awesome
Who's your favourite pin-up artist, /ic/?
>>2497802
Do you like paintings of landscapes? Literally any style counts.
That's what that Kline painting is for me. It's a landscape that just 'clicks' with me. The lines, the flecks, the smudges, the blacks, the whites. It's a stripped back landscape for me.
(By landscape, I don't mean that it's representing one. I'm just saying that when we look at a landscape, we sort of have an intuitive "Oh my god, that's awe-inspiring and beautiful" reaction. That's what the Kline painting is. You look at it, and it's beautiful.
Since you're so biased against abstract art, you may not be able to have this sensation. Hell, since I'm biased toward abstract art, I might be more inclined to have it.
Either way, I think it's beautiful. It's a landscape compressed into black and white. Smudges and flecks.
>>2494410
Here's something similar, and also one of my favorites
>>2497884
Higher res
>>2497874
Why these particular smudges and flecks? Why not the random markings left behind by a sloppy housepainter?
There have been numerous tests done to see if abstract art fans could differentiate between "art" and random smudges, and they never can.
>>2492347
love that
>>2497938
Degas will always be my favorite artist.
>>2497898
Why these particular hills and rivers? Why not random trees painted by some other no-name painter?
There have been numerous tests done to see if wine fans could differentiate between red wine and white wine with food coloring, and they rarely can. But that doesn't mean they don't like what they're drinking.
Just because something is arbitrarily liked by someone doesn't mean that it's an invalid preference.
>>2493722
I disagree--she has plenty of great, stylized work. It seems like lately she's been doing more generic realistic stuff. What clients are asking for at the moment, I guess.
>>2490526
>>2494410
It is pretty exhausting to look at, so I can see why
>>2497957
>Why these particular hills and rivers? Why not random trees painted by some other no-name painter?
Because painting hills and trees accurately or expressively requires skill and a sense of aesthetic.
>But that doesn't mean they don't like what they're drinking.
Bad analogy, both are wine. A better analogy would be if they couldn't taste the difference between wine and food coloured water, but they definitely can.
>Just because something is arbitrarily liked by someone doesn't mean that it's an invalid preference.
No, but if that person would then go on to declare that thing they arbitrarily like as ART, that would be mighty stupid.
I'd love to see more book illustrations in here!
This is my personal favorite. Shit fucked me up when I first saw it as a teenager, in combination with Dante's descriptions. That book and this illustration kept me out of trouble better than church and my parents combined.
>>2497985
Then what is your definition of art?
>>2498016
The full answer to that would be long and mostly irrelevant, but one of the things it would be, is deliberate in goal and execution.
>>2498027
And what if that goal is to evoke specific emotions executed through abstract art.
Then it's not art?
>>2498035
It's art if you succeed. However, one of the most common features of abstract art is that it's entirely open to personal interpretation.
>>2498035
Regardless that's an impossible goal. Abstract art is subjective and you can't control what specific emotion the viewer sees in it.
>>2498045
>Abstract art is subjective and you can't control what specific emotion the viewer sees in it.
How does it feel to know that not only do you have shit fucking taste but you're also completely retarded and uneducated when ti comes to art? You have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Not even a tiny bit.
You're just fucking stupid. You will never say anything important or interesting in your entire life and would be doing literally everyone in the world a favor by just shutting the fuck up already.
>>2498053
I smell intellectual insecurity
>>2490526
BarfQuestion's stuff always stood out to me. I dont really see that many Hand-Drawn web-animation any more. His style is pretty simple but at the same time really interesting to watch.
Even if it took 3 years to make, Empire of Sock was pretty boss [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI8dPcDW9_U&ab_channel=BarfQuestion ]
>>2498035
Not that guy, but this is a bullshit criteria, which is part of the reason why I think the entire concept of modern/contemporary art is bullshit.
You can't describe an emotion with any degree of accuracy, so it's impossible to judge what emotion the artist was going for. On top of that, people are different. Many people are incredibly shallow. If being able to evoke emotion is the definition of art, then a teenage idol is a world class artist, considering the emotions he evokes in the heads and between the legs of girls all over the world.
One criteria I have when it comes to visual art, is that the artist needs to have a discernable skill that sets him apart from his contemporaries by a huge margin. In order to demonstrate what I mean, I'll simply use music as an example.
If you want to be a world renowned singer, you have to be able to sing better than the vast majority of the population. If you want to be a world renowned piano player, you have to play better than the majority of the population. These are largely objective skills, with some subjective components along with subtleties that only experts can appreciate.
So, why should this not apply to art? Why should an abstract idea that is entirely subjective and relies solely on personal interpretation be enough for something to be considered art? While art obviously has a big subjective component to it, I believe that there should be a core of objectivity to art that is a genuine demonstration of real skill that is evident to anyone looking at it. Without this, you're left with nothing but subjectivity, and that's completely meaningless.
>>2497985
>Because painting hills and trees accurately or expressively requires skill and a sense of aesthetic
I think that accuracy is defensible, but I don't think I can defend it very well. However, expression and aesthetics can be applied to abstract art just as well. Expressive, aesthetically pleasing abstract art is difficult to make.
>Bad analogy
Yeah, sure. I'll admit that.
>No, but if that person would then go on to declare that thing they arbitrarily like as ART, that would be mighty stupid.
Good lord. It was a bad analogy, and the point about things being liked arbitrarily followed from the analogy. Now that I think about, I don't agree the idea that art is liked arbitrarily. I think that certain pieces are liked for extremely difficult to articulate reasons.
As for what is and isn't art, see below. My opinions on what is and isn't art tend to be pretty inclusive. Seems like yours aren't.
Also:
Art, n: The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
Abstract art is art according to the definition above. You may disagree with that definition but definitions of art that are inclusive of abstract art DO exist. And that's what matters.
>>2498064
>Expressive, aesthetically pleasing abstract art is difficult to make.
Any expressive, aesthetically pleasing art is difficult to make. That's why making great art is a skill.
>I think that certain pieces are liked for extremely difficult to articulate reasons.
Well, I think the harder it is to articulate the reasons, the more it's just an arbitrary and personal liking.
>Art, n: The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
No, I can mostly agree with that. But here's the thing.. I don't believe most abstract art (especially the smudges and flecks type) is consciously produced, nor do I find it invokes a sense of beauty in me (and most others).
Of course there are people who think it's beautiful. Anything is beautiful to someone. But I seriously doubt that number of people is as large as it seems, because I know many of them fall under the "emperor's new clothes" category of enthusiasts.
>>2498058
Well said. Your point about music is very strong.
>>2498077
also
>>2498070
>Well, I think the harder it is to articulate the reasons, the more it's just an arbitrary and personal liking.
Yeah, I guess that's where we differ. IMO, when it's difficult to articulate why you like a piece of art, it isn't arbitrary. It just *seems* arbitrary because we don't have access to the things/mechanisms causing us to like it.
To me, it seems like everyone has mental/psychological compositions that have varying degrees of receptiveness to certain types of stimulus (some people are extremely receptive to baseball, others art, others music, etc).
I'd say that my experiences, upbringing, friendships, family, aesthetic experiences, and all sorts of other things have shaped me into a person that likes abstract art whereas you're the opposite. So when debates like these occur, people aren't just defending their opinions; they're also defending their experiences, upbringing, friendships, family, and aesthetic experiences that have all encouraged or discouraged the opinions and beliefs that they hold.
Basically, cultural moral relativity, except expanded to include more than just morality.
>>2498085
What do you even call this? Organic baroque?
> on /ic/ cant perform simple edit
>>2498088
fuck if i knew. i just find yoshitaka amano art appealing
>>2498086
That pretty much boils down to "different tastes". And yes, people do have different tastes, and I'm not trying to say you're not allowed to like what you like. My argument is that what you like isn't art.
I think it's more along the lines of nature, fractals, chaos.. all things I can enjoy seeing, and that might even invoke emotion in me, but they're not art.
They're not made deliberately, they have no set goals, they don't require high skill. It fails as a method to communicate specific ideas or feelings.
>>2498082
and finally this one. i just simple love his attention to detail. there is this other guy that makes magic the gathering card art that completely mezmerized me but i saw that card on a convention and i have no way of knowing the actual artist or the card but it was glorious
>>2498424
fuuuuuuuuck
