Art Arena

For the only friends I had ...........

2009-08-23T17:29:00.002+05:30

Dear Friend,
I know I wasn't here for you today. I was caught up writing a new story; the idea had been on my mind for long, and inspiration knocked my door. You were upset, I understood, but I could not understand why; you never told me. You only said you wished to be like me. I didn't understand.

Dear Friend,
You never fail to bring a smile to my face, even on my darkest days. Hidden in your random comments are words of wisdom I sometimes fail to notice...

Me: "I just feel so bad saying no, I can't. I can't say no to a friend."
You: "... do you like sushi?"
Me: "No, not really!"
You: "See, there you go. You just said 'no' to me."

Thank you.

Dear Friend,
The distance between us is enormous. No, the actual distance. You're always close to my heart.

Dear Friend,
The distance between us is growing, ever so slowly... I constantly find myself incapable of stealing your sadness. I wish I could only give you some of the happiness you brought into my life. It grew; and now I have plenty to share.

Dear Friend,
I don't know what else to say. I cannot find the words to express it. Once upon a time, I met you, and you changed me. You showed me the other side of life; the one in front of the Wall of Reality, where the sun is always shining ever so brightly. Yet, I constantly fail to repay that debt.

Dear Friend,
I'm sorry if I ever hurt you. I'm sorry if there was ever a time when I was not there for you. I'm sorry if I could not give you much, except my heart and soul. I'm sorry if I have not been a good friend. But please know this: no matter how far apart in distance, no matter how far apart in time, I will always be here for you. You will always be the smile on my face and the sunshine in my heart.

....................................................

Monalisa Parody

2009-04-01T18:24:00.002+05:30

3D Street Art.

2009-03-16T14:00:00.001+05:30

No Julian Beever this time, but what we have here is one bad-ass 3D pavement chalk drawing. Edgar Mueller is responsible for today's illusion. I'm not sure what you think, but seems these chalk drawings surpassed Julian's artwork by more than an inch. Our looks fall for what was once a quite normal street of a German, medium-sized town. Immediately an apocalyptic scene offers itself to the observer. The floor bursts, and lava flows into a raging sea. There is a disaster in town, where cars ran once and people followed their daily routine. Nothing is like it once was. The superior elemental force forces its way. But as it is with most stuff on this site, appearances are deceptive. Only if one looks from right point of view, Muellers three-dimensional painting becomes perfect disaster illusion. If you noticed, there is a water flowing in the center of the street, I just can't figure what the hell it has to do with the lava theme? Check Edgar's flooded street, when you're finished here.

Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever

2009-03-08T12:00:00.004+05:30

The TOP 10 Paintings are as follows:

10. Femme aux Bras Croisés by Pablo Picasso ($55,000,000)

This work, painted in 1901, was a part of Picasso's famous Blue Period, a dark, sad time in the artist's life. The beautiful & various tones of blue are typical. The painting depicts a woman with her arms crossed staring at the endless nothing.

Femme aux Bras Croisés was sold for $55,000,000 November 8, 2000, at Christie's Rockefeller in New York City.

9. Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cézanne ($60,500,000)

This painting by Paul Cézanne, painted in ca. 1893-1894, sold for $60,500,000 at Sotheby's New York on May 10, 1999 to "The Whitneys". Whitney, born into one of America's wealthiest families, was a venture capitalist, publisher, Broadway show and Hollywood film producer, and philanthropist.

8. Portrait de l'Artiste sans Barbe by Vincent van Gogh ($71,500,000)

Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe ("Self-portrait without beard") is one of many self-portraits by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. He painted this one in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in September 1889. The painting is a oil painting on canvas and is 40 cm x 31 cm (16" x 13").

This is an uncommon painting since his other self-portraits show him with a beard. The self-portrait became one of the most expensive paintings of all time when it was sold for $71.5 million in 1998 in New York.

7. Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens ($76,700,000)

This painting by Peter Paul Rubens, painted in 1611, is the only painting in this list which was not painted in the 19th or 20th century. It was sold to Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet for $ 76,700,000 at a 2002 Sotheby's auction.

6. Bal Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir ($78,000,000)

Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre was painted by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876. On May 17, 1990, it was sold for $ 78,000,000 at Sotheby's in New York City to Ryoei Saito, who bought it together with the Portrait of Dr Gachet (see above).

5. Le Bassin Aux Nympheas by Claude Monet ($80,451,178)

Painted by the Impressionist master in 1919, it sold at Christie’s London auction house for a £40,921,250 pounds ($80,451,178) in June 2008, the highest price for a work of art sold by Christie’s in Europe. The estimate was £18–24 million.

4. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh ($82,500,000)

This painting by the Dutch Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh suddenly became world-famous when Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito paid $82.5 million for it at auction in Christie's, New York. Saito was so attached to the painting that he wanted it to be cremated with him when he died. Saito died in 1996 ... but the painting was saved.

Vincent van Gogh actually painted two versions of Dr Gachet's portrait. You can view the other version, with a slightly different color scheme, at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

3. Dora Maar with Cat by Pablo Picasso ($95,200,000)

Another big surprise followed in 2006, when this painting near doubled its presale estimate and fetched a record $95,200,000 at auction at Sotheby's on May 3, 2006.

Painted in 1941, Picasso's controversial portrait (one of his last) is sometimes described as an unflattering depiction of his mistress, Dora Maar, who was an artist/photographer and mistress of Picasso whose relationship lasted ten years during the 1930s and 40s.

2. Garçon à la Pipe by Pablo Picasso ($104,100,000)

Garçon à la Pipe was created during the artist's famous Rose Period, during which Picasso painted with a cheerful orange and pink palatte. The oil on canvas painting, measuring 100 × 81.3 cm (slightly over 39 × 32 inches), depicts a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand.

The record price auction at Sotheby's New York on May 4, 2004 was a bit of a surprise to art buyers, since it was painted in the style not usually associated with the pioneering Cubist artist.

1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt ($135,000,000)

The record-breaking sale - which followed a court order by the Austrian government to return the painting to Bloch-Bauer's heir - was the culmination of a years-long dispute over the painting looted by Nazis during World War II.

Painted by the art nouveau master Gustav Klimt in 1907, the portrait was purchased in 2006 by cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder.

???. No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock ($140,000,000 !!! )

Unconfirmed rumors that continue to buzz the art world now place this painting at the top of the list, at least temporarily. If true, the $140 million price tag would be the highest ever for a painting, besting the $135 million paid for the Gustav Klimt painting Portrait of Adele Block Bauer in June 2006.

Painted by expressionist Jackson Pollock in his trademark "drip" style, the 4' x 8' painting is said to have been purchased by entertainment mogul David Geffen in November 2006.

So, There you go folks, those are the pieces of art one can ever find ......... no wonder their rates are sky high, recreations are available at around 100 times lesser cost (obviously with a clear sign telling they are recreations)............

Stop Motion Animation with a Whiteboard ...

2009-03-02T21:41:00.001+05:30

Might look simple but takes a great deal of time and skill to do it !! .....

Lost Generation .... the TRUE face of our present society !!

2009-03-02T21:15:00.000+05:30

Black Button - A Short Film

2009-03-02T21:02:00.002+05:30

LOVELESS from FINAL FANTASY

2009-02-23T12:28:00.004+05:30

Prologue (Poem)
When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting

Prologue (Interpreted)
When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky

Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting

Act I (Poem)
Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess
We seek it thus, and take to the sky
Ripples form on the water’s surface
The wandering soul knows no rest.

Act I (Interpreted)
The infinite mystery
The gift of the goddess is what the three men seek
But their fates are scattered by war

One is taken captured, one flies away
And the last becomes a hero

But the three are still bound by a solemn oath
To seek the answer together, once again

Act II (Poem)
There is no hate, only joy
For you are beloved by the goddess
Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds

Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul
Pride is lost
Wings stripped away, the end is nigh

Act II (Interpreted)
Though the prisoner escapes, he is gravely wounded
His life is saved, however
By a woman of the opposing nation

He begins a life of seclusion with her
Which seems to hold the promise of eternal bliss

But as happiness grows, so does guilt
Of not fulfilling the oath to his friends

Act III (Poem)
My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return

Act III (Interpreted)
As the war sends the world hurtling towards destruction
The prisoner departs with his newfound love
And embarks on a new journey

He is guided by hope that the gift will bring bliss
And the oath that he swore to his friends

Though no oath is shared between the lovers
In their hearts they know they will meet again

Act IV (Poem)
My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess

My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber

Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world’s end
The wind sails over the water’s surface
Quietly, but surely

Act V (Poem)
Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return
To become the dew that quenches the land
To spare the sands, the seas, the skies
I offer thee this silent sacrifice

-LOVELESS

If: The best poem I have read

2009-02-17T17:07:00.002+05:30

IF.....

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

- Rudyard Kipling

( copied from http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_if.htm)

One of the best poems i have read till now... The Pen is mighter than the Sword, and so is this poem .......

copied from http://themurmursofmymind.blogspot.com/ By: Silver Spirit

40 Must have Grunge Fonts

2009-02-11T22:29:00.001+05:30

Designers should have at LEAST 1,000 fonts on their computer and if you aren’t lying to yourself, you’re like me and have closer to 2,000 fonts(on the comp, and dont care about the computer being slow), but do you have all of these? If not, you should! I went through daFont on a hunt to find 40 of the best free grunge fonts. So here is a list of 40 free fonts from daFont that you MUST HAVE! (well u can have the others too)
If you know of a type of font you’d like me to hunt down for you and make a list of, please let me know and I’ll do my best to get a list together for your favorite font type.

KingThings Extortion
Trashco
A Bite
Sidewalk
Epoxy History
Birth of a Hero
Killed DJ
[ANK]*
Ambulance Shotgun
Ultimate Midnight
Bleeding Cowboys
Green Piloww
Marcelle
Refuse Trip
1942 Report
GasMask
Toy Soldiers
Pointy
Karabine
Grutch Shaded
Desperado!
Frakturika
La Fraktouille
The King and Queen
Porcelain
Santos Dumont
Fountain Pen Frenzy
Jamaistevie
Fail
DJ Gross
FFF Tusj
Positiv A
Carboncillo Pallo
28 Days Later
Ginga
Ascent 2 Stardom
Dirt 2 Death
Chicago House
Urban Sketch
Heroin 07

**The fonts you download may or may not work, they are copyrighted to their respective owners and I hold no right over them