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The Thinkpads.com Artwork Thread
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:28 am
by interval
Most forums seem to have one of these but I couldn't find one here so here goes!
Always interested to see other people's stuff. So anyone into photography, graphic design, illustration, painting, or whatever else show us what you've got...
I know very little about it and my camera is pretty crap but I've been getting into photography quite a bit in the last year or two. You can have a look at some of my favourite shots
here 
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:50 am
by Purcy
I have one thing to say, you need an exhibition somewhere, these are just great. No worries about the crappy camera, it just shows off your talent even more with these photos; just remember, it is the person pushing the button that has the value, not the camera. Really good, thanks for sharing.
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:52 am
by interval
hmmm dunno why this was moved. i thought the offtopic forum was more appropriate since this isn't for pictures of actual thinkpads but ho hum
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:52 am
by interval
Purcy wrote:I have one thing to say, you need an exhibition somewhere, these are just great. No worries about the crappy camera, it just shows off your talent even more with these photos; just remember, it is the person pushing the button that has the value, not the camera. Really good, thanks for sharing.
thanks
post some of your b&w portraits!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:24 am
by JaneL
interval wrote:hmmm dunno why this was moved. i thought the offtopic forum was more appropriate since this isn't for pictures of actual thinkpads but ho hum
It was easier to move it than it was to break every link for every image because you failed to put the required warning in the subject line.
Any other questions?
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:29 am
by Purcy
interval wrote:hmmm dunno why this was moved. i thought the offtopic forum was more appropriate since this isn't for pictures of actual thinkpads but ho hum
Since you're new, it is good to read these rules first:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=14339 ; also if you post a photo or photo link in a thread, you need to type ***PIC INSIDE*** to let people know, as some browse on small devices.
As far as my B&W portraits, they where taken in the dark ages, when cameras used film!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:43 am
by interval
nonny wrote:
Any other questions?
that'll do for now
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:49 am
by interval
Purcy wrote:
As far as my B&W portraits, they where taken in the dark ages, when cameras used film!
hehe. no scanner either then i take it?
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:21 pm
by dr_st
Very nice pictures!
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:34 pm
by gator
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:37 pm
by ryengineer
Gator, you got some awesome skills. The picture of George Costanza made me chuckle.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:52 pm
by interval
dr_st wrote:Very nice pictures!
thanks
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:53 pm
by interval
wow that's really good
really wish i knew how to draw :[
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:20 am
by Torque
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:44 am
by dsigma6
Forget your best work to date...The southpark one is awesome!!!
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:42 am
by gator
rye/interval/dsigma6: Thanks for your comments!
Dan, that drawing was the result of watching episode after episode of seinfed and southpark in my last summer. I downloaded
(yeah, I am a heartless, ruthless, pennyless guy) the entire collection of seinfeld and southpark (10 seasons!) off torrents. I hope I don't get a notice from MPAA/RIAA.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:18 pm
by Kyocera
gator, I love your Kramer picture!
These are pretty weird but art is in the eye of the beholder, one of the pictures is drawn on some notes I was taking when studying about J. Bach, the other is obvious and the third is one of the song list's I used to make up for our gigs, then they got to long so I just started typing them
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:37 pm
by gator
Kyocera, your drawings are really good. The last one is my favourite!
Doodling while taking notes in a (boring) class is great fun , aint it?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:53 pm
by Kyocera
Thanks, and yes you are correct, I took college electronics to so I know the pains you are going through, can anyone say "superpostiontherom" eye curumba that was tough stuff.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:00 pm
by WarMachine
I must post a comment ! No choice !
Lots of talents here !
Special mention for Gator, and his "Agent Smith" !
That's wonderful, that's awesome (don't find my words).
This drawing seems to be alive.
It's so perfect. It gives me shivers !
Thank you so much for sharing such a great piece of Art ! Really !
W.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:28 pm
by gator
WarMachine, thanks for your comments!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:35 pm
by WarMachine
W.
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 11:51 pm
by thePCxp
I have drawings that I made of stuff like ThinkPad's and I will post some pictures of some of my drawings a bit later.
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:13 pm
by interval
nice stuff everyone. my old camera broke so hadn't been able to take any pics for a while but just got a new one.
click
here to see the first few pics i've taken with it :]
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:10 pm
by lilserenity
Admitedly this isn't the best of my stuff as it's either on my old hard disk which I haven't got around to pulling files off, or is on a bunch of backup DVDs created on a Mac, which I can only restore on a Mac (say clever work there me! haha) Anyway I do a lot of drawing/painting both digital and 'normal'; but my first art is my writing...
So from the top
Photo of the deserted A27 at Havant/Cosham (Hampshire, England)
http://www.sunshinesista.plus.com/pics/A27_Havant.jpg -- not gonna win an award for it but for a mobile phone snap, it caught it. I should note that I was stationery at the time as there was a bomb threat
My 2nd Book 'period.' and the t40 on which it was written on (when I used Windows)
http://www.sunshinesista.plus.com/pics/T40_Period.jpg -- Cover designed by me.
My 3rd book 'Memoirs of a Time' cover
http://www.sunshinesista.plus.com/pics/moat_cover.jpg -- By Moi! A composition of a derelict warehouse in Leicester... the Old Shoreham Road (A270) in Brighton and some other bits I photoed and merged...
Digital Art/Corel Painter IX
http://www.sunshinesista.plus.com/pics/ ... _glass.jpg -- scaled down a lot. Not gonna win awards for this but it's very clearly my 'pen sketch' style.
Which leads appropriately on to the writing in
Memoirs of a time to which the sketch comes from (not this section admittedly...!)
"The serenity of it all is breathtaking: a vast limp lacquer stretching out towards the slate horizon and a small island with its perfectly mirrored brethren beneath Derwentwater’s surface – and the inky green pine trees echoing the wind flitting through their limbs, rustling the dry leaves and bobbing to the beat in the air. On the water’s surface the faces in my life ripple out like a mirage of hope. The lake is a well of ink with stories untold surely? Or are my fingers outstretched again in sentimental poignancy, hoping to seek out the scant outlines of loved faces in this hopeful oasis? The clouds do not even answer as they float by high in the sky above, so deeply mysterious and imperious in a moody landscape. I do not know what the minds of others think but these landscapes of peace and quietude sink into my pain-worn mind like the refreshing drops of crystal water from the lake.
I do not even feel the corners of my eyes breeding melancholy beside this lake. Nor do I feel that touch of a pensive grip pressing on my shoulders. I feel impassive to the events and faces before; but pure passion and hope for this land and nature. I am deeply hoping this surging lifeblood is not another of my quick fix elixirs. That even if I have nothing else I have the blades of grass all around carpeting the hinterlands; Scots Pines reaching far up into the sharp blue sky; and the pink flowers jutting out from beneath this bench. I have all this calm and all this patience of the great lake now, though I cannot deny part of my calm is my impassive stance—quiet, still and aspen fresh— it is with a slight hint of morose that I finally realise the fight in me is gone with its idealism and brightness too. It is easier to slot in and become part of the status quo."
Oooooohh--woooo
So there you have it. Me and my wonderful artistic voyages with my beloved T40!
My writing style is incredibly influenced by the likes of JG Ballard, Will Self, William S Burroughs, Hunter S Thompson, George Orwell, many others but most of all the King of the Beats - Jack Kerouac.
Vicky
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:17 pm
by gator
Ok, now I gotta go see if my school lib has those books!! Awesome coverwork, btw, all 3 look great - but I am partial to the "sketched" one, that is just fantastic.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:42 pm
by lilserenity
gator wrote:Ok, now I gotta go see if my school lib has those books!! Awesome coverwork, btw, all 3 look great - but I am partial to the "sketched" one, that is just fantastic.
Aww thanks
I'll see what I can find and post more in the future. As for the book, please do tell me if they're in the school library as I'll be amazed, as they're self published...Lulu.com. I know it sounds crap but I have been genuinely told I have talent and will if I work hard enough one day be published 'properly', in the meantime I'm cutting out the middle man by selling them myself!
They'll be available for general sale soon...anyway this wasn't to do that, more to share artwork
Thanks!!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:01 am
by interval
good stuff vic
went exploring around an old disused military training facility the other day. pics
here
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:39 pm
by thePCxp
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:13 am
by Temetka
thePCxp,
I really like that ceramic Thinkpad logo you made. That is just awesome.
Your drawing skills are far more advanced than are my own feeble stick figures. Keep it up.
Some of my drawings:
