using chalk and ink doesn't count as painting? interesting.

and yea that sounds skeptical to me as well. the price all of a sudden jacks up so much it is ridiculous. respect da vinci and everything he did, but i could never get the appeal of something done by someone so main stream. but again, how many art collectors out there are really knowledgeable about art and have a true passion about collecting the piece of work without a single thought of the value of the painting?

dude,
stop putting cheesy links here it isnt neat at all.
i mean there are ten of thousands of these game illustrators around the world and there are much better stuff out there.
it almost sounds like some shameless promotion of certain site.

and yes concept artist and conceptual artist are two totally different thing.

foreigner1: dont know if you are referring to my post, but i never state that i do not get disgusted by the over-the-top patriotism over in the US, as well as any other country in the world. sure there is no utopia but i do believe that there are a lot of places in the world that are doing much better than china.

capitalism is not the ultimate way to go but it is at least more realistic than communism. it is just more in line with the evil nature of human being. i just happen to be a chinese who has been witnessing the ugliness of my own race with utter honesty. what i see in the parade is makeup for corruption, lies, greed and stupidity.

at least it doesn't have the 'god' motif like we see in the forth of july, oh wait, i think mao is still being looked at as some religious figures somewhere there.

skipweasel: you could almost say that i am standing in your perspective as well, mind you i am no american and i can talk about how annoyed i got by those over-reacting patriots al day.

i agree that most of the bad comments about china in this post are rather shallow.
but as a chinese who grew up in there, i can tell how uncool the parade is. with all that brain-washed zombies doing what they were told acting like they love their own country. it really makes me want to puke. as a citizen the last thing i want to concern is how amazing the military equipments are, how tasteless that red scarf is, and obviously how tacky those godly looking portraits of all those old farts are. . this video is a beautification of what is truly ugly.

damn it patriotism gives me goose bumps.

Chicago one's is very boring imo, but it is better than Rio's one. Tokyo and Mardrid win in the logo contest!

this is complete garbage i really dont see what is so special about it. the movement is not even humanistic and he calls this a dance?

i agree with what all of you said.
it is such a retarded test. and to whom think that knowing how to get food means being more intelligence, YOU ARE NOT VERY SMART.

the steller's sea cow's story makes me sad. they were so gentle..

not to take away from his credit but this is just ok. i dont like the style and the music as well as the concept of it.

this one is way more impressive artistically and story-wise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea_(1999_film)

she actually builds the model and paints from it. that's why it has that look.

he made an extended vw van that is bent in the middle and in my opinion more bizzare that this.

it is difficult to be a copycat because you will never be as good as the one you copy. and if you understand art a little bit you know that copying is actually easier to get quicker result for beginner. but after all, i think an " artist" who wants to be painting like some others are pretty soulless. i mean, taking good thing from vermeer is fine, but to taking his whole composition and painting technique also the ways he drew people and then just put a little modern objects in there is embarrassing.

skill is important but if a painting only consist of that then i really dont appreciate it.

i think his paintings are quite boring. just because he is putting the modern ojects and people in a vermeer setup doesn't mean it is neat. in fact it is quite cheesy imo.i can bring you countless nowadays old master wannabes with so-called modern life elements in it and they are all the same to me. nothing exciting.

hey that Yoshimoto Cube is not new am i right?

i am 28(almost 29) now and i remember as a kid( i grew up in asia), i had something just like that,except they are in ' coca cola and fanta's logos) i mean when i was maybe 6-10 year old.

is that video meant to be sarcastic?

i graduated from an art school full of commercial artists and i can assure you that technicality is not everything, unless you only care about how polish the final result looks like. this clip is basically soulless( lack of genuine quality) with tons of things that we have seen so many times.

i definitely don't want to see neatorama becomes another cheesy cg forum.