Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[Marko69]

Well Islair that must be true love and your wife must be a VERY special woman. If my first meeting with the paw-in-law had been like, "Hi there son, pleased to meet you. Let's go look at my knife collection. I make them myself....." I would've been the hell outta there.

I've got a wee cousin who liked to carve knives and swords from tree limbs......, real dangerous stuff. He went through this phase from around the age of 9 until 12. He is 23 now and in prison......, for 20 years minimum. I've always been wary of "knife people".

[Malto Marko]

I gave the 2x4 test.

I took them into the basement and showed them a 2x4 and explained their skull and bones would likely not survive a mad man on the other end of it. However, it makes for great building material if they are good to my baby.

[Islair]

The new Caterpillar Museum is opening here in Peoria in the next few weeks, and they invited local artists to hang up their work for the opening reception, and I garnered an invite. They released a video of the works that are going to be there, and I flash by at 4:27. The artwork is going to hang at the museum from the opening until March, they are expecting hundreds of thousands visitors within that first six months, so that is a lot of eyes passing by my work. I am can't wait!


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi54KH-CwU"]Art Lives in Central Illinois - YouTube[/ame]

[LionsFanInJapan]

Really cool, Islair! IMO, well deserved.

[Marko69]

I gave the 2x4 test.

I took them into the basement and showed them a 2x4 and explained their skull and bones would likely not survive a mad man on the other end of it. However, it makes for great building material if they are good to my baby.

LMAO!!

Apologies if that is indeed true MM, but that was very funny.

That museum clip could've done with being a few minutes longer Islair....., maybe spent a second or two longer on each picture. Some very interesting stuff in there, and well done to yourself also.

[Septem]

I gave the 2x4 test.

I took them into the basement and showed them a 2x4 and explained their skull and bones would likely not survive a mad man on the other end of it. However, it makes for great building material if they are good to my baby.

Had to google for 2x4 and found it...hehe

@Islair: Congrats Islair!Is that you at 4:27?

[DanO]

Congrats, Islair.

[Islair]

Yep and the photo that is at the show is just before my portrait

[Septem]

Yep and the photo that is at the show is just before my portrait

The Richard's one. Nice. The colours on it?almost doesn?t look like a photo?

[Islair]

Yea, the Richard's one is mine. It is a style called HDR (Gonz doesn't like it), I am actually merging several images into one to create a broader exposure range. So you get shadow detail and highlight detail in the image. After that I boost the contrast up as far as it will go, and this is the result. Not everyone likes the style, but if I am aiming for 100% popularity, Im sure I will be disappointed.

Here is the full image here.

[kayrone]

Very cool, Islair!

[Panoptes]

Congrats ISLAIR.

Very happy for you and your art.

Yes, I don't like HDR but then again, I'm not talented like you. Corner the market brother.

[bimmer84]

Nice work! I like the look of them.

[Marko69]

That photo has all any one needs......., into the Apollo, watch some Caddyshack, (kill a few gophers)....., come outta there, head into Dicks pub & grill for Steaks til 4AM! Fantastic......, probably lock up a few forumites in The Nut House, and the rest of us can go the fuck home.

That picture would be stunning in my mothers house....., she has colours everywhere and that would fit in nicely. Good work.

[Islair]

Thanks Everyone!