tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29743711.post1266242573166144990..comments2024-02-12T02:12:49.331-08:00Comments on John-Paul Balmet: Awww Dammit.JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154221659331681868noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29743711.post-70400699221865151252009-10-18T07:50:40.721-07:002009-10-18T07:50:40.721-07:00I think the basic visual idea stretches back to Bi...I think the basic visual idea stretches back to Bilal's Nikopol trilogy, the floating pyramids, and probably further back to Swift's Laputa … perhaps even a distorted memory of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?<br /><br />My 1st day in illo class, many years ago, the instructor warned us that nothing we ever did would be truly new, that it's all been done before. I bet they said that at Lascaux also!<br /><br />Very nice work you're doing!Mahendra Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308770582240496910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29743711.post-85782800772545603352009-08-24T00:44:12.903-07:002009-08-24T00:44:12.903-07:00yea i did a personal piece recently.. got halfway ...yea i did a personal piece recently.. got halfway through painting it, had to leave on vacation and when i came back.. james jean's blog greeted me with my exact composition, subject matter, message and everything.. it was just a heck of a lot better :(jehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476157004520389546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29743711.post-3330880988897090602009-08-23T19:34:41.337-07:002009-08-23T19:34:41.337-07:00Distric 9 was pretty sweet. Just think of somethin...Distric 9 was pretty sweet. Just think of something cooler. DONE.Andy Balmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496118243688415424noreply@blogger.com