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Painted this for school. Got an A thought I should share (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by Formfiller@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well done - you earned that A and then some.

You have incredible talent - this is like Banksy and Monet and early Van Gogh all rolled up into your own striking style. The texture on the face is really unique, and you've captured, through an excellent use of tonal contrast, the deeply violent, unhealthy and unsettling nature of your subject. The red against black is another fantastic choice - it brings forth the threat of the fascist undertones while showing it's evolution into this horrible new world order... X.

This honestly should be hung in a museum. Get yourself an agent - I think you've got a great career ahead of you.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thank you this post means a lot to me. I’m returning to school as an older student and I even thought I had a knack for art when I was young it was discouraged by my parents. I was always told artists are poor losers and to not pursue. I’m probably going to keep painting. This moment just spoke to me as something I needed to record in a significant way

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I've worked with art dealers in my youth, and many artists through the years, including those who made it into museums both here and in the states.

You're on that level, and if I were showing this in a gallery as part of your show, I'd likely try to price it at $10k as a unknown artist (provided your other work in the show was on this level), but my guess is that with a good agent you could be looking at far upwards of that for canvases of similar quality as your career progresses and your social media presence grows.

I bring up the agent again as every successful artist I know has representation. I would network with the other students in your class about who's good in your local area. Your teacher probably has good connections as well.

You really do have a unique talent. If you're looking for further inspiration, the one artist that I forgot to mention - check out Caravaggio's work - your use of texture on the face is very similar to his, and I think you'd dig the story of his personal life - it's a wild ride. He was essentially the Ozzy Osbourne of renaissance painters.

For instance, the severed head in his David and Goliath bears his face:

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In fact, he loved painting his own beheading - it appears in several other works as well.

And I just gotta post the Incredulity of Saint Thomas because for whatever reason I just find this one hilarious:

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Should've gotten an S-rank for this one

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Double S even.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

also known as ICE nowadays

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Nicely done!

[–] plc@feddit.dk 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And right you are OP. I've thought the X had some resemblance to a swastika but this is the first time I've seen someone actually realizing it graphically.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also X in ASCII table is under 88. That might be another reason he is so obsessed about it.

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I had to go and check that, it's so on the nose. Yup, X is character code 88.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Elon has been obsessed with X since the Theil/Pay Pal thing.