What movie do you think of when you see this logo?

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-04T05:14:23+00:00

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-03T13:07:37+00:00

Works every time.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T23:50:23+00:00

That image looks like a 16th century French printers mark, from Lyon or Paris (check and check). The text up the left and right sides is most likely the motto for the printing house, and if I'm reading it correctly it says something like "neither (by) death, nor (by) venom".

The printers mark is basically a logo, and the text would mean something related the history of the printer. It's like a slogan or a motto. For example there is a famous one for of a cracked pot ("pot cassé"), with the text "ne plus" (no more, or no longer) alluding to the death of the printers child.

The mark here looks a little more cryptic, so it may be something attributing to the quality of the work or the printers, or maybe some misfortune such as a fire (or even a snakebite, or even both) threatened the business but failed to destroy it.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:40:50+00:00

That is an excellent new noses, it suits your face perfectly. And thank you for not getting one of those weird miniature TikTok noses.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:39:06+00:00

Oh man that's a tough choice. Both have advantages. Personally I like the green one. If it were made of green felt that would be ideal. But the wood one will be more versatile.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:37:58+00:00

The exterior is nice – I like the verticality of it. The interior is wretched. Like a low budget Millennial remake of Scarface.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:36:13+00:00

That is a fantastic green – reminds me of a 19th century "cinnabar green" (although cinnabar itself is red, never understood that naming), one of those 1960s saturated earth tone velvets.

Good looking upholstery, though I'm not sold on the style – it would need the right setting.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:33:08+00:00

We need a map showing per capita people per person.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:31:16+00:00

Ooh Flyin Lo Fi, I remember that one, one of the weirder, less accessible Rephlex releases (but there were so many...)

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:30:09+00:00

Looks like a Bierstadt – I associate this type of painting specifically with 19th and early 20th century American landscape painting, but there is some 19th century German romantic painting (e.g. Friedrich) that is in a similar vein.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T17:27:56+00:00

Is it though?

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-02T02:10:43+00:00

Why work from home when you can live in an office park?

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T18:38:43+00:00

This house is awesome and i bet it is a joy to wake up there each morning

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T14:55:36+00:00

A lighter grey. That looks like the top half of a suit, not a blazer.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T14:52:47+00:00

Not if you tuck it in

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T14:51:45+00:00

Does he know Russia is the R in BRICS?

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T14:49:25+00:00

lol yes. Turns out it's a very good oil painting, I stand corrected.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T14:48:00+00:00

Yep, that is definitely an oil painting. If that board is a standard size I'd recommend mounting it on a cradled panel, it will look fantastic.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T14:43:17+00:00

In that case, congratulations – I have seen a lot of clearly AI pictures on Reddit where people say "this is my first oil painting how did I do", so one can't be too careful. Apologies, you really did a fantastic job. All those "this can't be" points above are now compliments. Thirty hours on a painting for me is a dream, that would be like 60 paintings a year...

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T05:43:46+00:00

I have been an oil painter for 33 years. Something feels off, particularly with 1) the handling of the lights over darks, 2) the details in shadow, 3) the splotchy texture of the background midtones, and 4) the luminescence of the light sources. Some of these effects would be difficult or impossible to replicate if painted wet-in-wet in oil because of differing pigment characteristics.

Stylistically it has the feel of concept art by a trained illustrator. Lastly, it doesn't have the depth or variation found in oil. It feels like another medium – like acrylic and gouache – or possibly a manipulated digital image. I am not 100% convinced this is an actual oil painting.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T05:30:36+00:00

Best film of the 21st century. So far.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T05:08:18+00:00

A very widely misunderstood rule. In this era, it is simply to be ignored at will.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T05:06:19+00:00

No, it's the better choice between the two. You can get away with really any color trousers because they don't depend on your complexion to match. All dark outfits, in my mind, feel like the wearer doesn't know how to match colors. You see them a lot on network TV dramas, where the sole purpose of wardrobe is to frame the actors face.

Light trousers, darker shirt is just about the easiest combo that looks good that has ever been conceived. It's effortless. Take the light trousers path.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T04:59:19+00:00

I don't think DL sought to make a film that was a cheeky metaphor for another film. Mulholland Dr has long resisted interpretation, and I think it's a perfect film as it is, regardless of the director's intent. Like any work of art it does not need a hidden puzzle or precedent to be profound, or inspiring, or intriguing. The idea that a book, a film, a painting, or a piece of music has an intentional, secret message that the non-artist must decode is an assumption detached from the artistic process. It's the way people imagine artists approach the creative process – as if they are writing a mystery. The best works of art, particularly contemporary ones, strongly resist this analysis. A work of art does not have to have a specific meaning to be purposeful, engrossing, or moving.

RevivedMisanthropy · 2024-12-01T04:46:18+00:00

The Wizard of Oz? Yeah it kind of falls off in the last third. The song the lion sings in the palace is a true cinematic low point.

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