Tango01 | 12 Nov 2014 11:04 p.m. PST |
Good painting job here. link Photo blocked by adult filter: "picture*adult*" Photo blocked by adult filter: "picture*adult*" From here link Amicalement Armand |
tkdguy | 13 Nov 2014 12:53 a.m. PST |
Very nice! Inspired by this statue perhaps? Photo blocked by adult filter: "picture*adult*" |
MHoxie | 13 Nov 2014 3:51 a.m. PST |
Frazetta's "Moon Maid" is the original inspiration, methinks. |
OSchmidt | 13 Nov 2014 5:13 a.m. PST |
Pretty good all the way around. Good sculpture, believable anatomy, and event he sword is of a believable size! Although really the size of the sword is not what the maiden should be concerned about. Hope she doesn't get sticker shock. On the other hand the statuary is not quite right. The weight of the very large torso, all on the front legs of the horse will be very hard on the front legs, and I imagine he falls over flat on his face a lot. The fulcrum of the shoulders has that weight all past the balance point. I guess the girl is there to provide dead weight and prevent him from "fish-tailing." |
Grelber | 13 Nov 2014 5:59 a.m. PST |
The Mycenaean boar's tusk helmet is a nice touch. So is the choice of different skin tones for the male and female, reflecting the convention in Minoan/Mycenaean art that has the females very pale and the males with darker, reddish skin. Grelber |
Saber6 | 13 Nov 2014 11:42 a.m. PST |
Someone is going to be horsing around… |
Tango01 | 13 Nov 2014 12:54 p.m. PST |
No! Otto… you like it? (big smile) Glad you enjoyed boys!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Ancestral Hamster | 13 Nov 2014 11:35 p.m. PST |
I think the original inspiration is the Abduction of Deianira. Deianira was the wife of Heracles. She was kidnapped by the centaur Nessus. Heracles shot Nessus with a poisoned arrow. As Nessus lay dying, he told Deianira that she should take some of his blood as she could use it to keep Heracles true to her. Some time later, Deianira had reason to be suspicious of her husband and so gave him a robe imbued with the poison-tainted blood. When Heracles wore the robe, he burned in agony, and eventually killed himself on a pyre to end his suffering. Thus Nessus got his long-delayed vengeance. Since the centaur figure in the first post has a Mycenean boar's tusk helmet and sword, it seems likely that the classical Greek myth is the ultimate inspiration. |
tkdguy | 14 Nov 2014 12:02 a.m. PST |
That was my first thought. The photo I posted is a statue of Nessus abducting Deianira. |
Ancestral Hamster | 14 Nov 2014 11:15 p.m. PST |
That was my first thought. The photo I posted is a statue of Nessus abducting Deianira. *Nod* Your photo clinched it for me. |