here we post art that inspires us.
a few weeks ago i was at the legion of honor gallery in san fransisco. i saw some amazing paintings there. here are a few:
lodowijck de vadder - village road
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john christian clausen dahl - cloud landscape study
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konstantin makovsky - the russian bride's attire (this painting is HUGE in real life)
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julien dupre - peasant girl with sheep
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james tissot - self portrait
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pierre paul prud'hon - venus bathing
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your turn
anything by roger dean
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that looks like something that would be on a yes album
oh nvm, of course it does. roger dean painted like 20 of yes' album covers. thank you wikipedia
PARTY DOG (http://www.lamezone.net)
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Malcolm Liepke (http://www.telluridegallery.com/html/artistresultsFull.asp?type=All&artist=357&artistname=Malcolm%20Liepke)
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the way liepke layers paint is wonderful
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its not as beautiful as the paintings you guys posted but i really love it
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unomoralez does make really amazing stuff. he's one of those people that i wonder where the hell they get their ideas and inspiration from
john christian clausen dahl - cloud landscape study... <3
I love how they captured that night sky, perfect.
it's much better in person as cliche as that sounds, something is just lost when a photo is taken of it
i wish there were complete stories behind unomoralez's pictures, it's like they're begging for it
Obviously not as good as anything else posted on this thread,
but I love Toriyama's Chrono Trigger art
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http://www.fengzhudesign.com/ (http://www.fengzhudesign.com/) he has some nice free tutorials
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inspired me to become a white supremacist
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what in the world is going on in that last picture
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Beautiful pictures
been looking at roerich paintings on the internet, wish i could see them live
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