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22-MAR-2007 Mary Anne

Modern Modigliani Woman

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
2s f/8.0 at 49.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time22-Mar-2007 15:20:40
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length49 mm
Exposure Time2.00 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent200
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Metering Modeaverage (1)
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Exposure Programprogram (1)
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Canon DSLR Challenge13-Apr-2007 21:35
I hear the war-drums beating.. conga style?

Did you read the Wikipedia about her? Quoting:
" In Woody Allen's 1973 comedy Sleeper (film), the people of the future consider Keane to be one of the greatest artists in history". So there!

But I must admit I like you confessing to higher ideals. It just takes a lot of practice to get closer to them.. I'm struggling too and having a lot of fun with it and that's the main thing to me. Having fun while I learn :)

Traveller is right btw.. there IS something Munch-like about this, but NOT THE EYES! Or lips. I'll buy that vest.

Kiki2
Canon DSLR Challenge13-Apr-2007 02:07
Kiki, I had to look up Margaret Keane, since you've mentioned her twice. I certainly don't mind your criticisms of this image as a Modigliani, and I have to agree that I haven't approximated his style as I would have liked. Chalk that up to my limited PS skills. However, to say that it resembles Margaret Keane--now, for that you should get out your bulletproof vest!! ;-) Actually, I'm still trying to find someone whose style this resembles more closely. Thought of George Rouault, but his work was rougher than this, not to mention generally more religious subject matter.
~~~artist
Canon DSLR Challenge12-Apr-2007 03:46
Double hmmm.

I like the one in pending better, not because it looks like a Modigliany (it doesn't!) but because it's funnyer. It's partly heading in the right direction but is also worse, Modigiliani wise. She seems to have grown an awful amount of hair stubs there, face, chest and arms. And her facial traits got coarser. It now looks more like wood-print caricature of a shy peasant - dating from around 1930.. - take the idea and use if for a title it you will.. (I hope you appreciate my relative frankness.. and if you don't.. I hope you live very far away so you can't beat me up lol)

Modigliani women are "slicker", often "city girl" types and much more subtle characters. There is also very little depth in his images.. 3D is subtly indicated by small changes in adjacent colors and a few thin outlines to sketch out some contours. In other words: You've got way too much texture and lines... here too but very much so in pending.

Tried rectifying it just for fun but concluded you have a solid paint-job ahead if you stick with the Modigliani style. It was fun though, but the exif data won't make much sense if you go through with the idea.. it's a Big job.

This one, on the other hand, could much easyer pass as a Margaret Keane attempt. Some would say she's mass producing kitch (me too), but she's also a kind of an institution, and frequently copied. She toys with quite a number of styles also. The only strictly common denominator throughout her work are those big eyes, really.

K2 (looking for my bullet-proof vest.. oops.. I don't have one..)
Canon DSLR Challenge12-Apr-2007 01:50
I know what you mean, Kiki. I've posted another version in Pending. See if you think it's any better. http://upload.pbase.com/image/77032165
--artist
Canon DSLR Challenge11-Apr-2007 23:52
Hmm. Modigliani's women had small narrow eyes and thin lips. This looks more like the opposite, like the style of Margaret Keane..
kiki2
Canon DSLR Challenge11-Apr-2007 11:55
Nice! shu
Canon DSLR Challenge11-Apr-2007 05:26
See my Comment under Vincent...but I may like this better for the feeling of...anxiety? Scream, Edvard Munch like...Best Wishes, Traveller