Happy Post: Arty Blast from the Past!

[dizzojay]

A bit of a blast from the past!

I was looking through an album of old photos, and I came across photos of two pictures that I produced far too long ago!

I remember drawing them because I wanted to take my experimentation with pastel pencils to a new level and depict something other than animals I was going through a bit of a 'Greek mythology' phase at the time, so I would date this around when I was 17/18. I have no idea where the actual original pictures are now!

So, this is Apollo and Artemis as I depicted them - sorry about the rubbish quality photos.

Comments

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Very nice.

So, funny story. When I opened up the post I didn't read what your wrote, I instead went to the picture first to see what it was. On the first picture I didn't see the horse and man, instead I saw what looked like an ill formed fish or something of the like, with the brown wheel hub being the eye of the fish. I thought it a strange, odd sort of fish, I liked the colors, but I still couldn't figure out what it was. Then, I had to get up and tend to something right away and seconds later when I came back to look at the picture again I saw the horse, chariot and rider - and THEN I read your description. Funny how at first I couldn't see the horse or man but saw something different and then going away for a couples seconds and coming back that's all I saw and now I can't see what it was I first saw. Strange how our eyes will focus and draw conclusions on something at first glance. I can almost see what I first saw. The hub of the wheel is one eye and then the hat of the man is another eye. if you look offhand you might be able to see it. ;)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Our eyes can certainly deceive us sometimes :D

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Yes, they really and truly can.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

These are really cool! I like them! :D

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you ;)

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcoem! :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should do some more like this - stretch your pastels!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I hardly ever draw stuff just for me now, it's always for the dapplegrey art stall, commissions for other people or pictures for fandom purposes. If I do get the opportunity to do my own stuff again, it'll be this sort of thing!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

You could do this sort of thing for the Dapplegrey stall though...

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

It would certainly be interesting to see how something like this would go down, being as dapplegrey art is marketed as animal art!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I bet it would sell. Why not do one or two pieces for fun and test the water. You could always incorporate an animal in there - for instance you could do Artemis with her hunting hounds...

[casey28.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful, I love it!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Wow, they are both lovely, and makes me think you should try doing star signs in the same style, as I'm sure they'd be popular.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)
I was just commenting to Anne-Marie, I hardly ever draw stuff just for me now; it's always for the dapplegrey art stall, commissions for other people or pictures for fandom purposes. If I ever do get the opportunity to do my own stuff again, it'll be this sort of thing!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I hope you get the chance to expand your creative horizons!