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A Spirited Art Piece (that Day9 would appreciate)

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Gearuza
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
150 Posts
December 02 2010 20:25 GMT
#1
I go to school at the University of Southern California and recently won our annual USC-UCLA school rivalry art contest with this piece:

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I'll be on stage tonight along with other great entertainment! Our headlining band will be Three Eyed Blind!

Day[9], if you come out be sure to say hi! :p

****
FenneK
Profile Joined November 2010
France1231 Posts
December 02 2010 21:32 GMT
#2
That looks awesome, really powerful use of colours.
good luck have batman
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
December 02 2010 21:36 GMT
#3
ye agreed, the colours of the grass and the sky esp.look really cool
beep boop
rally_point
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada458 Posts
December 02 2010 21:42 GMT
#4
awesome piece! Congrats on winning!
Taekwon
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8155 Posts
December 02 2010 21:45 GMT
#5
Very good, my one criticism would be to work on the papers. They don't fit the rapid dream like sequence fading around surreal-like. At least the ones that have words on them.
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zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
December 03 2010 00:23 GMT
#6
The whole thing comes off as weird and cheesy to me. The haphazardly drawn skyscrapers in the background, the comparison of a football graduate to a ..Spartan? and the corny compliments inexplicably written out on colourful sheets of paper flapping in the wind, seemingly trying to blatantly flatter the audience the art was intended for.
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
Gearuza
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
150 Posts
December 03 2010 00:31 GMT
#7
@zobz

I suppose I should've included a bit of background:

The college I attend (University of Southern California) has a traditional rivalry with its cross town rival, UCLA. Every year before the annual football game between the two schools we have a sort of "spirit" season to get everyone pumped for the game. This piece was drawn for that explicit purpose, so yes it is blatantly trying to flatter its audience.

The "corny compliments" are actually the 5 ideal qualities of a Trojan (which is what many USC students identify as) that are carved into a statue in the center of campus. The sky scrapers in the back are actual buildings on our campus and are meant to be more abstract to keep the focus on the subjects.

The "spartan" is actually a Trojan warrior (also known as Tommy the Trojan--he's USC's mascot) riding a white horse (named Traveler. The horses that represent traveler have been bred for around 6 generations now)
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
December 03 2010 00:54 GMT
#8
On December 03 2010 09:31 Gearuza wrote:
@zobz

I suppose I should've included a bit of background:

The college I attend (University of Southern California) has a traditional rivalry with its cross town rival, UCLA. Every year before the annual football game between the two schools we have a sort of "spirit" season to get everyone pumped for the game. This piece was drawn for that explicit purpose, so yes it is blatantly trying to flatter its audience.

The "corny compliments" are actually the 5 ideal qualities of a Trojan (which is what many USC students identify as) that are carved into a statue in the center of campus. The sky scrapers in the back are actual buildings on our campus and are meant to be more abstract to keep the focus on the subjects.

The "spartan" is actually a Trojan warrior (also known as Tommy the Trojan--he's USC's mascot) riding a white horse (named Traveler. The horses that represent traveler have been bred for around 6 generations now)

That all makes alot more sense. The piece doesn't seem as bad now. Thanks for the insight and sorry for presuming.
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