A few hundred more of my creepy animal paintings...

[Longgrain]

Warning kind of well, creepy...



















Sorry if I scared ya...

[JohnKleeb]

1. jeeeeeeeesus scared me heh, those are good tho

speaking of animals, hippos and whales are related.

[Longgrain]

3. I think wolfs are actually

genetically closer to whales...from what I've read...

[JohnKleeb]

4. wolves?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6863348/
interesting.

[WindRavenX]

7. yup

Wolves and Whales probably share a common ancestor- there have been really cool fossils that have been found that show a sort of "swimming wolf" with long finger bones...

[JohnKleeb]

11. I am becoming interested in science, is that good?

:shrug: I like science way better than math btw.

[WindRavenX]

13. same here

Science, especially biology IMO, is really free-flowing and creative. Math never let me explore mentally..but then again, I suck at calculus so go figure :P

[JohnKleeb]

15. bio is good, I enjoyed it

and you can use history knowledge in it too.

[alittlelark]

2. Makes me wanna go fishin'

W/ a pole and a lobster trap!!!!

[Longgrain]

17. You mean my little slugs

I'm nowhere near the ocean, so most of these were done from my mind.

And I'm actually a pretty boring person.

[norml]

5. I like number two best, it has the most depth, complexity, and color

variation. One and three, though good, are a bit flat. Number two shows more of what you can do.

[Longgrain]

8. Thanks...

Unfortunately the original is not in very good condition...cheep paint on cheep canvas.

But thanks again for the compliment.

[Philosophy]

6. What the heck are those things?

Some kind of bizarro crustacean-christmas tree ornament genetically engineered hybrids?

[Longgrain]

18. No just self portraits of me...

the little slimy slug that I am.;-)

[WindRavenX]

9. wow!

longgrain, you are wicked talented! :o

[Longgrain]

12. Hey thanks WindRavenX

I'm trying with what little talent I can afford to spare...

A few hundred other of my paintings can be found here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=282x149

:hi:

[WindRavenX]

14. dude

If I ever make enough money to buy art, I will be very honored to buy some of your work- they're fantastic.

[Longgrain]

19. Your not the fist DUer to say that

right now $50 is a lot of money to me so any offers are reasonable...

[WindRavenX]

22. LOL

You deserve waaay more than that.
And I am a college student- 50 bucks is a month's worth of food :P
Then again, I DO need to drop a few pounds- mebbe I'll fast for art?

[msgadget]

10. I didn't get creepy,

but I like the way you used color. I especially liked the cracked stone (?) on the third one. Is that a mutant slug? I stepped on a slug this summer and still haven't gotten over it, Longgrain. Thanks EVER so much for the memory. :eyes:

[Longgrain]

16. Hee hee

These are all fictional animals...I was kind of morphing different animal shapes into one another (and plants as well):hi:

[msgadget]

21. Hey there!

:hi:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. I've said it before

I love your use of color... now the subject matter... Actually, I like it, too. It's creative is a sick, bent sort of way. Cool. :)

[Longgrain]

23. Thanks again Lone_Star_Dem

Looking at the paintings above you'd be surprised to know I was actually inspired by guys like Cezanne and Gauguin...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

26. Not surprised in the least

I'm not kidding either. :) It's in the gradations of color, very nice.

[Schema Thing]

24. The blatent sexuality of two and three do creep me out a bit

Couldn't you just paint flowers like any normal perv?

[Longgrain]

27. Yhah...blatent sexuality

Hey AT.

No I don't paint flowers...tho I'm glad you saw the suggestive traits of my paintings...

Not so subtle innuendo have always been one of my strong points in art...

[Schema Thing]

28. whew! *wipes brow*

Oh good, it's not just me. I was afraid maybe my repressed childhood had me seeing things. :evilgrin:

Nice work, btw. Do you have a website with more of your work?

[Longgrain]

31. No web site

I'm an unsold amature...

the closest thing I got is right here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=282x149

[NNadir]

25. I rather like these paintings. They are beautiful in fact.

[Longgrain]

29. There's beauty in everything

if you look for it...us artist just tend to look at the world in a different way then many people do.

[T Town Jake]

30. Reminds me of some of the portraits from "Night Gallery"...

...Rod Serling's 1970's era follow-up to "The Twilight Zone." I loved both shows, BTW, so that is in no sense a criticism; quite the opposite, you are certainly talented, IMO.

[Longgrain]

32. I think I know what you mean...

The bold lines and stark contasts are what make these paintings great.