I like the second one a lot.

I actually prefer the first one, but mainly because I thought it actually was meant to be a robot. Or at least a cybernetically-enhanced dodo.

You should take a look at this book and this talk by the author.

Nate would have a book on African fractal architecture.

I sometimes wonder what my personality looks like over the internet. I didn't think I came across as someone who would definately collect books on African fractal architecture, even if I do. It's on my bookshelf with all the other wierd and wonderful books I haven't gotten around to reading yet.

It's not really a personality thing, it's more of a shallow appraisal. The second I saw your face in WDYLL, I thought, "Yeah, that's guy's definitely an African fractal architecture fan".

Also, I like how you're recommending WoF a book you haven't read.

In reference to BM's post, I prefer the second one because the creature stands out a lot more from the sky with it's new colour palette. Maybe had the sky been a different colour the first one would have looked more organic.

Anywho, I've always had a hard time enjoying photography because I usually enjoy seeing brush strokes and other personal touches paintings, drawings and so on provide. However, I do think it's incredible when someone's able to capture a scene just right with a camera. You know, things like lightning strikes in the distance or light painting like Crashpunk posted. Macros often fall into that category for me because I find it very difficult to properly photograph anything smaller than a mouse, and find it even more difficult to capture them at just the right moment.

http://www.davidchambon.com/703_500_...g?u=1205348054

This, I consider to be just the right moment. This guy has many photographs of (mostly) insects coated in morning dew, and they're often looking right into the camera. I love being able to see how the water droplets warp the figures and the intense detail you couldn't see without the aid of a camera. It also makes for good reference material.

http://www.davidchambon.com/749_500_...g?u=2299957102

This is also a pretty cool shot.

http://marumiyan.com/

In love with this shit.

http://marumiyan.com/image/postfile/minami01.jpg

http://marumiyan.com/image/postfile/dosei01.jpg

http://marumiyan.com/image/postfile/pana01.jpg

Admitted, the pictures aren't that different from each-other and the style isn't that unique but I love the colourfulness of it all.

i really like those too.

i fucking love the character heads by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. i'd love to pick his brains and get him to answer a few questions, shame he's long dead.

http://www.odditycentral.com/wp-cont...dt-heads15.jpg

http://www.aeontours.com/assets/imag...serschmidt.jpg

http://www.odditycentral.com/wp-cont...idt-heads5.jpg

couple of links for anyone intrigued.

I'm quite a big fan of this guy's work.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--f4QiD71fm...00/john292.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zeoN-SjBSi...00/john316.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k6HJ2RL_Zc...00/john304.jpg

Graahhh! those are creepy!

The guy's obviously a fan of Edward Gorey, who was drawing that stuff before it was cool.

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb1.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb2.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb3.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb4.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb5.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb6.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb7.jpg

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-cont...shlycrumb8.jpg

See the rest here. I considered posting all of them but I figured that would be a bit much.

Huh, I'd actually seen a reference to that in a show I watched recently but obviously didn't get it. Thanks for that.

I love Edward Gorey. His art is equal parts adorable and macabre, and it all looks so classy and intricate.

I've got that book. I can only assume this makes me cool.

I appreciate the fuck out of Limbo. It's one of the few recent games that I can consider "art".
http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/ima...screenshot.jpg

Coincidentally Limbo is also the last successful cinematic platformer since Abe's Exoddus.

Has anyone played Bastion? It's worth a play just to gawk at the visuals.
http://cdn-static.gamekult.com/gamek...01435470_2.jpg

Aw come on, it's not a game-related subforum!

Anything can be art.

Don't say that in front of OANST, he'll shank you.

I remember his Oddworld fanfics, they were what you call art.

Stop being a hipster. Games aren't art they're games.

I don't think I've ever been the first to call 'bullshit' on this forum before.
I'm going to let someone else do it.

*nothing happens*

BULL SHIT. I just keep popping up in Nep's court today. It must be an omen of the imminent apocalypse.

Anything can be art.

Can film be art? Can literature be art? If the answer to either of those is yes, then games can be art as well.

I think SW means visual art.

In any case you can't deny that Bastion is really pretty and Limbo looks fucking cool. The artwork in the game is good even if you want to argue on the semantics of if games are truly art.

Some games are art. Majora's Mask, Silent Hill, Abe's Oddysee/Exoddus, all very artsy games.

However, games like Call of Duty or Halo would't be considered art, at least not in my opinion. They're just games. There's no real artistic integrity to them.

Now we're playing with semantics. Art is not a binary Art/Not Art state. It exists on a continuum. Film, for instance, has a line from porn at one end to art-house nonsense on the other, with most of Hollywood's output somewhere in the middle.


EDIT: I should have said "In my personal definition, Art is not a binary..."

What's art~