Art behind the member

[Introvertebrate]

Thanks guys. Negative space. I haven't heard that phrase since art school. The 3rd picture is based upon a James Whistler etching. The class assignment was to try to emulate one of the masters.

 

[D_Hemptress]

you did a wonderful job.

Thanks guys. Negative space. I haven't heard that phrase since art school. The 3rd picture is based upon a James Whistler etching. The class assignment was to try to emulate one of the masters.

 

[gripen]

you did a wonderful job.

+1

 

[hibiscusmile]

I can paint a fence and a wall and a ceiling, but it ends there, and I can cut a strait line, but can't draw one to save my life!

 

[D_Hemptress]

i used to be able to draw when i was younger by looking at something, but that seemed to have faded away cuz now when i try i just get upset at myself

 

[mantid_mike]

Here's a walnut/steel table & bench that I made:

Here's some rings I made (I like working with wood):

and here's a couple renderings for an in-office phone booth that I designed & submitted for a contest. I called it a "Skype Booth" and threw in the Storm Troopers for fun:

 

[D_Hemptress]

these are awesome. growing up my grandpa lived across the street, and he had a tool shed that he had built in his back yard. he had everything! it was really funny being able to go over and build with him. this most i ever made was a stool though.

Here's some rings I made (I like working with wood):

 

[sally]

Such artistic people amongst us! How wonderful

 

[Paradoxica]

That's really impressive Mike.

 

[Introvertebrate]

That table & bench are very Frank Lloyd Wright

 

[mantid_mike]

these are awesome. growing up my grandpa lived across the street, and he had a tool shed that he had built in his back yard. he had everything! it was really funny being able to go over and build with him. this most i ever made was a stool though.

Nice! post pics of the stool if you still have it. I've built a couple stools as well with a honeycomb pattern along the side of them.

 

[mantid_mike]

That's really impressive Mike.

Thanks! :cowboy:

 

[mantid_mike]

That table & bench are very Frank Lloyd Wright

Hahah, I don't see it! Unless you're making reference to the planar quality of "Falling Water" in Pennsylvania...

 

[Introvertebrate]

Hahah, I don't see it! Unless you're making reference to the planar quality of "Falling Water" in Pennsylvania...

Wright designed furniture too. I can just picture it inside one of his homes.

 

[hibiscusmile]

love those, want those!

 

[mantid_mike]

love those, want those!

will trade for mantids! lol

 

[Introvertebrate]

Does that Skype Booth office space actually exist, or did you render that virtually?

 

[mantid_mike]

Does that Skype Booth office space actually exist, or did you render that virtually?

It doesn't exist. It was for a design challenge on grabcad.com for an in-office phone booth. They gave us the dimensions of the office and their ideal location for the design. I drew it up on a 3D program and rendered it. Here's my small presentation that I submitted along with the renderings:

Btw, here's a link to all the other submissions and results (I got 4th place =/):

http://grabcad.com/challenges/grabcad-phone-booth/results

 

[Introvertebrate]

Awesome. When I was taking art classes, we still did everything manually. Its a different world now.

 

[Precarious]

Some nice work posted here. Mike knows what he's doing for sure.

I stopped making art once I got into photography and video. Much more gratifying and productive for me. Was never very successful with it. Did a few gallery shows. May get back into that with my photography soon.

The front of the postcard from my final group show:

Unfortunately, I don't have any good photos of the larger paintings.

Some past works...

Mixed media (ink, colored pencil, acrylic, water color)

Digital media