First-Ever Organzied Chaotic Free-For-All Competition/Collaboration

**stygg2003** · 16 June 2015, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Psaumure

This dragon recreation is based on a tattoo that one of my friends are looking at.

That is a lovely image Paul but if you had'nt added the word Infinity, I wonder how many people would as a first thought said "Is that chasing the dragons tail" referring to opium addiction? The point I'm making is, how people see an image on its own but then add a word and it changes their perception of it. If I had posted the image for many dimensions in #41 without my thoughts on many dimensions, I imagine many would have said "what the hell as all these little grayed out men got to do with Infinity"

Just a thought. I'm off to fill my pipe with tobacco of course

Stygg

**Gare** · 16 June 2015, 03:08 PM

There is a validity to forsaking text when illustrating one's impression of Infinity: by definition it's so all-embracing, that it consumes text before you've written it! :)

I'm of both minds about the graphic+text stuff, though. We have been using text to accompany, not always to support or explain the neighboring graphic, since the written word was devised. Think of how much more people enjoyed a "talkie" after the invention of sound films, compared to a silent film, even a classic. Moreover, many films have subtitles.

Digression: The director Jerry Sonenberg said recently that a good way to evaluate the success of a film is to turn the sound off. Can you still glean what's happening? Off the top of my head, I'd say the Mission: Impossible movies fail because the action relies too much on an explanation beforehand, while the Marvel comic book movies seem to explain themselves visually just fine. Can you discern my sophisticated film-watching prowess?

Why not look at a piece and see if the text is a label or actually contributes to the understanding of the piece?

Butting in again,

Gary

**Psaumure** · 16 June 2015, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Gare

There is a validity to forsaking text when illustrating one's impression of Infinity: by definition it's so all-embracing, that it consumes text before you've written it!

I'm of both minds about the graphic+text stuff, though. We have been using text to accompany, not always to support or explain the neighboring graphic, since the written word was devised. Think of how much more people enjoyed a "talkie" after the invention of sound films, compared to a silent film, even a classic. Moreover, many films have subtitles.

Digression: The director Jerry Sonenberg said recently that a good way to evaluate the success of a film is to turn the sound off. Can you still glean what's happening? Off the top of my head, I'd say the Mission: Impossible movies fail because the action relies too much on an explanation beforehand, while the Marvel comic book movies seem to explain themselves visually just fine. Can you discern my sophisticated film-watching prowess?

Why not look at a piece and see if the text is a label or actually contributes to the understanding of the piece?

Butting in again,

Gary

Ya, what he said...

**Rik** · 16 June 2015, 06:56 PM

Do you think that one leaf will keep the other one going, infinitely?!
Which would then, make them eternal.

**Gare** · 16 June 2015, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Rik

Do you think that one leaf will keep the other one going, infinitely?!
Which would then, make them eternal.

Only if you spin them really hard.

**Gare** · 16 June 2015, 09:41 PM

I'll post this in the ClipArt forum, but first round goes to this Xone thread.

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My Best,

Gary

**Psaumure** · 17 June 2015, 06:56 AM

This one is for you Rik. Just smashing...

**Psaumure** · 17 June 2015, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Gare

I'll post this in the ClipArt forum, but first round goes to this Xone thread.

My Best,

Gary

Very nice Gary. I have downloaded it and having some fun with it. Will post something soon.

**Psaumure** · 16 June 2015, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by stygg2003

That is a lovely image Paul but if you had'nt added the word Infinity, I wonder how many people would as a first thought said "Is that chasing the dragons tail" referring to opium addiction? The point I'm making is, how people see an image on its own but then add a word and it changes their perception of it. If I had posted the image for many dimensions in #41 without my thoughts on many dimensions, I imagine many would have said "what the hell as all these little grayed out men got to do with Infinity"

Just a thought. I'm off to fill my pipe with tobacco of course

Stygg

I hope that I'm not coming off as I'm opposed to text in illustrations. not in the least. A lot of my work needs direction. There are many artist out there that can dream up a concept and convey it entirely without words. (i'm not one of them) They don't need any inspiration from anybody else. They are like little kids saying what if? And putting it on canvas. Wow, I envy that type of artist. I enjoy these threads because they help me build my artistic skills and share some what I have learned with others. Several artist on this forum have help me develop and challenge my skills. I've mainly enjoy the challenge of trying to reproduce something in Xara. A car, logo, or object of some sort. Now i'm even able to produce ate work of my own with the skills that I have developed here on TG.