slowgolde » Misc. http://www.slowgolde.com News on Slowgolde's Digital 3D and 2D artwork Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 The Fine Skin Of Vanity http://www.slowgolde.com/2009/10/the-fine-skin-of-vanity/ http://www.slowgolde.com/2009/10/the-fine-skin-of-vanity/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:03:41 +0000 admin http://www.slowgolde.com/?p=244 \\”There is nothing so agonising to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.” ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

This is a recent portfolio study looking at ideas of beauty, age, vanity, and surgery. Partly inspired by the Bulwer-Lytton quote above.

I was also intrigued to see if viewcount on certain digital portfolio websites would be increased by the provocative nature of parts of the image. Over the course of two days at Cgtalk the painting has had over 1400 views compared to the average viewcount of around 300. I hope that the increase is due to the quality of concept rather than anything else…

Comments much appreciated!

Originally painted at 4872 x 2960 in Photoshop CS3 with a variety of custom brushes.

You can see a medium resolution version and some closeups below.

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A recent concept piece exploring themes of binge drinking and alcohol abuse.

It was awarded image of the week at It’s Art  Magazine and featured in their newsletter.

 

 

 You can find a medium resolution version here.

Here is the rough work in progress:

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