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Hi everybody,
After a long weekend of hard painting, I've managed to finish up a painting I've
been working on for quite some time, and I thought I'd share it with everyone.
I have to apologize in advance for the subject, which is so hackneyed that it's
become cliche: it's your stereotypical ninjas vs. pirates vs. dragons vs.
spaceships vs. knights vs. dinosaurs vs. helicopters vs. superheroes vs. army
guys vs. Timmy vs. skeletons (etc. etc.) kind of thing, same as every
third-grade boy has scrawled all over his notebook paper since the invention of
third grade. But I hope you enjoy it anyway:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rayhawk/Artwork/epic.jpg
- Mike.
Notes (for the curious):
1. The medium is oil/digital. It started out as a graphite-on-vellum drawing I
did last year, which I ended up giving to Shaun Sullivan. I had started a color
version in oils, but I never had time to finish it; eventually I just scanned it
into the computer and finished it out in Photoshop.
2. Although I've been working for Lego lately, this was a personal project from
long before I signed on with them, and is completely unrelated to anything the
company is doing right now.
3. The original work (on my hard drive) is much higher res and would probably
make for some nice posters and prints, but I've got to check with the guys in
Legal to see how badly I would get sued if I tried to hand them out. At the
very least, I'm thinking it makes a nice desktop background:
http://www.brikwars.com/downloads/epic_1024x768.jpg
4. I can't believe I forgot to put any giant robots in. Now I have to start all
over!
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| That's some beautiful work Mike! All the detail and clever choices.... just awesome! That would INDEED make a great poster. I hope you don't mind me posting the URL to your homepage... I'm sure there are some on LUGnet who have not yet seen some of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Ah, the chaos! The Carnage! Warms a man's heart to see such things. As always, fantastic job! - Joe "Mike Rayhawk" <rayhawk@artcenter.edu> wrote in message news:HG9AFE.B5w@lugnet.com... (...) painting I've (...) everyone. (...) it's (...) army (...) (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) To say that this is beautiful is a gross understatement. Doing so sullies its very essence, reducing it to the same dirty, fleshy realm of a mere Victoria's Secret catalog. This picture transcends description in a most ethereal way, and causes (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Dude, this is just awesome. ;I now have a wallpaper for my desktop that I can say I truly love. Any chance for some mecha action? Mark (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Mike, I am trully stunned. This piece of Art is so fantastic that I just cannot find the words. I just sat and starred. I love it x100. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are a true Artist and your skills are amazing. The feelings I have are undescribable. Your (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Mike, This is a amazing piece of work! So that's where that Spaceman came from! Gotta love the ZAP! Thank you for sharing your fantastic creation. As was said, the ethereal aura is so cool! I really like the numerous subtle details, from the BURPs (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That's great, Mike. I saw it at the LUGOLA meeting Saturday and was amazed. Fabulous! -Bruce (URL) LEGO @ Bruce's Homepage> (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| wow... The effort! Nice drawing. Your skills are complete... I can see why the LEGO company picked you to work for them. If you don't mind I would like to see more of your work, it does't have to be LEGO orientated in perticular. I am curious (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) %^| [fingers in eye sockets] >squeak, squeak< [clearing out any obstructive debris] 8^D YES! That's the spirit!! I mean, seriously, THAT *is* it! Mike, you already know this is an incredibly -fabulous- piece, and that we're all bowing in your (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I am humbled in awe of the Serenity of Chaos. It makes a pirate's heart swell with a warm healthy glow that only mass destruction depicted at its finest can bring a scurvy sea dog. No one will understand this at work, just like my pirate (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) where do we send the money for limited edition re-prints? "I knew him when..." --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com Jain's Guide www.wildbrick.com Start planning for BrickFest 2003! The AFOL Community's Premier Fan Run Event! www.brickfest.com (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)
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