:: Fly Fishing/Live The Questions/calculation/between robot legs ::
by Rob Stead, NirvanaBlues, jojo, and MetalEar
::| an.exquisite.corpse : discussion : 10 |::
At first I thought, "Oh, no, yet another Fresh Prince." But, the more I looked at this corpse, and it's colors and content, I realized how good it worked here in this case.
Zoomed out, the corpse as a whole looks like a gorgeous underwater scene taking you down, down to an Atlantian Music Festival.
The flying fish form a great top panel, conveying the ocean-below feeling and bringing the eyes back down with the crescent path into the mystery below.
The grey hand in the upper corner of the second panel, and the shiny surface of the first, really pulled me into an underwater dream.
The second panel is luminous! Very nice work, individually and a remarkable blend.
Dor at October 18, 2006 7:03 AM
I don't see any possible FPness here. It is virtually seamless. It looks like performance art.
damselfly at October 18, 2006 7:13 AM
I propose a brief moratorium on the phrase "fresh prince" -- we're getting kinda obsessive about the seams, lately.
This is a gorgeous, gorgeous corpse.
Daniel at October 18, 2006 7:51 AM
I, for one, will Not stop calling FP when calling FP is warranted.
This corpse, however, has no FP. I can only assume that Dor is talking about the "line" between the fish and the hands? I don't have a ruler on me, but to me, it looks like that line belongs to the first slice, so no blending faux pas was committed.
And the blend there is fine anyway, regardless of who is responsible for it.
Shae at October 18, 2006 8:56 AM
I really like this one.. i don't see how this could be called FP at all. There have abeen a few questionable ones of late but this is top shelf stuff.
I can't decide which panel is my favourite.
hugs for everyone.
kookyknut at October 18, 2006 6:30 PM
Excellent.
I liked it, and feel likewise that the term Fresh Prince is being tossed about too loosely.
The seam is a graceful one, not a lack of effort, but an intentional choice that fits well with the piece.
Of course, that's my humble opinion.
Good show everyone.
Gilmore at October 18, 2006 11:43 PM
" Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves.
Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you
because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is to live everything.
Live the questions "
-Rainer Maria Rilke-
NirvanaBlues at October 19, 2006 6:48 AM
I do have a ruler, and I can say that that black to grey transition that turned into black-and-white hands is in the first piece.
Looks terrific. Cheers, y'all.
doctormatt at October 19, 2006 9:47 PM
Awesome effing calculation between robot legs.
Jessica at October 22, 2006 12:34 PM
great colors - fun to look at. good job all
patchwyrk at October 22, 2006 5:55 PM
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