You're Not Going Mad. I See Them Too. by Artists-of-Equus, journal
You're Not Going Mad. I See Them Too.
I'm sure there are many of you who recognise the title as a quote from the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, where we are introduced to the Thestrals. This brings me to my next Art Feature - The Horses of Harry Potter. I use the term 'horses' loosely, after-all, we are dealing with things of magic ;-) .
My search results were fascinating. There was hardly anything of the winged horses pulling the Beauxbatons Academy carriage and the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest. The most popular submissions are the real-life horses/ponies that are named after the characters -- I did it too, Harry and Ron the rat brothers :D - and digital ar
My good friend hikaraseru (https://www.deviantart.com/hikaraseru) has written a very good guide on how a standard cosplay photoshoot should be conducted in a conducive manner. I got her permission to post the entire article up, so hope you guys like what she is presenting to us.
Want to plan a cosplay shoot, but somehow things just don't turn out right? Maybe the photos were not how you visualised them, or that the photographer seemed to be extra grumpy, or you just don't know what's going on? Read on for how to get the best out of your cosplay shoot:
The 4 Ps:
1. Plan
Having a plan is essential and should take up the most time overall in your shoot. Speak to the photograp
Art in Contemplation of Its Own Becoming by hq, journal
Art in Contemplation of Its Own Becoming
Duchamp finds a discarded urinal. He alters it (by signing a name to it not even his own, but obviously “the artist’s”) and names it “The Fountain”. The most mundane, even off-putting, of objects is transformed by Duchamp into art. He submits it for exhibition and it is rejected. You might say the judges “pissed on” his idea. But the idea was born and persisted. Duchamp insisted the object was art because he as an artist presented it as such. “Conceptual Art” was born.
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by techgnotic (https://www.deviantart.com/techgnotic)
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 7:59 PM
Duchamp finds a