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Amusing use of Photoshop, with a little nod to our pony roots. Interesting sideways prompt take. I'm not 100% certain whether the implication here is that Adam is ignoring God in favor of his VR simulation, or whether Adam is using AR to see God as an awesome pony? I think I'll put that ambiguity as a point in this one's favor.
In hindsight, it would have made more sense to have the "in-goggles" view be goggle-shaped, though.
Amusing use of Photoshop, with a little nod to our pony roots. Interesting sideways prompt take. I'm not 100% certain whether the implication here is that Adam is ignoring God in favor of his VR simulation, or whether Adam is using AR to see God as an awesome pony? I think I'll put that ambiguity as a point in this one's favor.
In hindsight, it would have made more sense to have the "in-goggles" view be goggle-shaped, though.
Artist, I find this rank shoopery of one of the world’s most shooped paintings to be worth a chuckle. Kudos for that.
You’ve gotten me singing the alt text as well.
You’ve gotten me singing the alt text as well.
"Everyday we stray further from god." It seems that's what you had in mind when you made this. The execution is quite good, as the integration of both the VR googles and SFM Rainbow Dash fits really well.
However, I have two concerns. One, this is an OF round, so if a written entry starts talking about MLP, it automatically loses some points for me, and the same applies for the art entries. And two, the joke is, I don't know, basic I guess? I mean, it's a meme (and I hate them the second time I hear them), and it also desacralised one of the most famous and important painting in the world. It's like Duchamp with L.H.O.O.Q. (when you pronounce each letter in French, you have the sentence "Elle a chaud au cul", which means that she craves for the D).
The execution here is less provocative, or so I believe, but the result is somehow the same.
I'm not saying that art is sacred and should never be altered or anything, but if it doesn't do anything else than telling a joke, well, it's a bit pointless for me.
Anyway, it still gains some points for me because of the general homogeneity.
However, I have two concerns. One, this is an OF round, so if a written entry starts talking about MLP, it automatically loses some points for me, and the same applies for the art entries. And two, the joke is, I don't know, basic I guess? I mean, it's a meme (and I hate them the second time I hear them), and it also desacralised one of the most famous and important painting in the world. It's like Duchamp with L.H.O.O.Q. (when you pronounce each letter in French, you have the sentence "Elle a chaud au cul", which means that she craves for the D).
The execution here is less provocative, or so I believe, but the result is somehow the same.
I'm not saying that art is sacred and should never be altered or anything, but if it doesn't do anything else than telling a joke, well, it's a bit pointless for me.
Anyway, it still gains some points for me because of the general homogeneity.
>>horizon, >>Filler, >>Fenton
Hel-LO! Anybody home?
My original concept for this one was to have a virtualized human form, represented by holographic projection in a glass dome, giving a little self-confident wave to its creator twice removed. Lack of time led me to this. I cast about looking for an interesting image for Adam to be viewing and selected Kamina-Dash as having the most appropriate Fuck-Yeah-Humanity spirit.
>>horizon
The original image was square and not much larger than I show it, so I didn’t have room to do that. Good thought, though.
>>Filler
I didn’t want to be too obvious about that. :)
>>Fenton
One subtext here is that, once we solve the mortality problem and take control of our perceived reality, what do we need a god for anymore? The more civilization insulates and frees us from the cares of the world, from random starvation and plagues and grinding toil, the less we see the need to thank unseen forces for deigning to deliver us from them.
L.H.O.O.Q. was actually one of the first French jokes I ever got when I was studying art.
Hel-LO! Anybody home?
My original concept for this one was to have a virtualized human form, represented by holographic projection in a glass dome, giving a little self-confident wave to its creator twice removed. Lack of time led me to this. I cast about looking for an interesting image for Adam to be viewing and selected Kamina-Dash as having the most appropriate Fuck-Yeah-Humanity spirit.
>>horizon
In hindsight, it would have made more sense to have the “in-goggles” view be goggle-shaped, though.
The original image was square and not much larger than I show it, so I didn’t have room to do that. Good thought, though.
>>Filler
I didn’t want to be too obvious about that. :)
>>Fenton
One subtext here is that, once we solve the mortality problem and take control of our perceived reality, what do we need a god for anymore? The more civilization insulates and frees us from the cares of the world, from random starvation and plagues and grinding toil, the less we see the need to thank unseen forces for deigning to deliver us from them.
L.H.O.O.Q. was actually one of the first French jokes I ever got when I was studying art.