tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15074567751696885712011-07-28T06:57:30.130-07:00A home for all things nerdy. Primarily comic books, but also delving into the super-fun world of politics, movies, and art!Pablitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11044699555653246887noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507456775169688571.post-29806382208206865972008-02-17T10:03:00.000-08:002008-02-17T11:10:09.867-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs30/300W/i/2008/047/5/2/The_Libertine_by_emceequanchi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs30/300W/i/2008/047/5/2/The_Libertine_by_emceequanchi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, so far my blog's been up for about a week and, predictably, I've failed to regularly update it. Valentine's Day sorta screwed my schedule up and I've found a new art project to keep me occupied. I finished the picture above yesterday and I'm about to start on a four part series later today. I figure I can spend some time blogging today though because I'm tired of spending all my time hunched over my "art table" which is also known as my clothes drier.<br /><br />"The Libertine" is based on Roy Lichtenstein's style which uses pointalism, which is extremely tedious. If I had created this image with photoshop or painter, it would have been no big deal, I could have just applied a filter. That's one of the reasons I believe that traditional art requires a greater amount of skill than digital. But I digress. Lichtenstein is famous for recreating panels from 1950's comic books using Benday-dots. It's a fun style, given my love for comic books, I'm surprised I've never tried it before. I'm not used to paying so much attention to facial detail and symmetry. I usually rely on nipples to distract from such things, but I'm more than pleased with the result, hence posting the picutre on every website I maintain. Below is my favorite Lichtenstein painting "Drowning Girl" which, ironically is featured in the living room of one of the characters on <span style="font-style:italic;">Coupling<span style="font-style:italic;">.</span></span> Yes, I know I'm obsessed. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/images/drown.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/images/drown.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1507456775169688571-2980638220820686597?l=pablitobones.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pablitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11044699555653246887noreply@blogger.com0