What shall I say about thee, strange alternate dimension where popular items are anime screen captures and MS Paint scribblings of furry/plushy porn while excellent traditional art is abundant but hardly valued.
Deviantart.com is a land of fantasy...
Water Spirit by Pygar.deviantart.com
...One where Labyrinth era David Bowie would be entirely comfortable.
Labyrinth: the devil in love by lily-fox.deviantart.com
GOD Bowie is sexy.
Bowie Owl by shannonott.deviantart.com
And all that fantasy and alternate universe-ness can be ordered neatly packaged in matte or glossy prints of varied sizes, post-cards, magnets, on a mug, on a jigsaw puzzle, on a mousepad, on a coaster, or in a calendar. Bowie would be proud.
Deviantart is also host to a lot of really really graphic lesbian porn photography. Sorry folks, no photos. Which can be ordered neatly packaged in matte or glossy prints of varied sizes, post-cards, magnets, on a mug, on a jigsaw puzzle, on a mousepad, on a coaster, or in a calendar.
You'll also see your fair share of sparkly-pretty-whimsical-dreamy
christmas dream by demony.deviantart.com
and thoughtful
Photographer in L0ve by Sup3rfi-ciel.deviantart.com
or classical
The World of Bacchus by julie-rc.deviantart.com
She's Lost Control by Osnafotos
My Window by andrewcruz.deviantart.com
Or even Morbid...
Possibly Human Skull by PixelTribe.deviantart.com
Pastoral...
Cape Cod Cranberry Bog-Pastel by babsalaba.deviantart.com
Or Ominous...
The Big Bad Wolf by priteeboy.deviantart.com
Or Complex...
Hands by MPhilipPhotography.deviantart.com
And then there's the wide variety of closeups of ridiculously bright makeup:
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And then there's just friggin' cute:
Are we friends by krizziademetilla.deviantart.com
Pet Shop Puppy by The VampireDred.deviantart.com
I AM Big:: That's true:: by sekhmet-neseret.deviantart.com
And then there's just lots of stuff that's Asian.
red angell of revenge by yangqi.deviantart.com
Happy Three Friends by Slumberdoll.deviantart.com
Shichinin No Samurai by nami86.deviantart.com
Duel Abstract 2 by jaescott30.deviantart.com
mao is back by hooyoo.deviantart.com
Penis-Vagina by julietverni.deviantart.com
(the last two are my FAVORITES!!!)
But more than anything on Deviantart.com, more than anything that is fantasy, Bowie, thoughtful sparkly, classical, morbid, pastoral, ominous, complex, makeup-y, cute or Asian...
Deviantart.com is full of Naked.
It is a strange, strange place.
you have such a wonderful blog! thoughtful, thorough and interesting. thanks!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, Shannon, what a nice thing to say!
ReplyDeleteCool blog you've got here, and thank you again for linking my piece (Cape Cod Cranberry Bog). :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right, DeviantArt is an odd place with representation from almost every conceivable art form. You forgot one biggie: tattoo art. Holy smokes! I created a tattoo for a friend once, I'd hardly consider it my best work, but it's by far my most-viewed and most-favorited piece on DeviantArt.
All that said, it really has a solid Art Community feel to it.
Babs - I LOVE CAPE COD CRANBERRY BLOG.
ReplyDeleteI live in a small 200 sq. ft. student apartment and I would not insult a print of your work by hanging it up in there but...when I'm a real person with a real person house I'm going on a sweep.
Good point re: the tattoo art. Actually...this inspires me to possibly make a post discussing tattoo oriented items available...perhaps I'll include some devart stuff. I also know of an Etsy seller who does tattoo inspired jewelry which is mucho awesome. yay!
"Babs - I LOVE CAPE COD CRANBERRY BLOG."
ReplyDeleteThank you! How flattering. :) I did that piece as a commission for my sister-in-law's 60th birthday. I guess it's hanging in her house (where else) at the Cape, and she tells me that anyone who goes there comments on it.
Before joining deviantART I had no idea the wide-ranging appeal of tattoo art and the things they inspired, including jewelry. T-shirts too, I guess.