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Adam Woodham asked:




Locating and finding the perfect tribal sleeve tattoo can be a real pain, mostly because most of the stuff you find through Google and generic websites has been plastered all over the place. Here is what you will need to know and look for when trying to find a tribal sleeve tattoo that will impress you and everyone you show it to. Remember, you never have to settle for all of the generic tattoo art that you have seen parlor walls or low end websites.

The tribal tattoo has become mainstream, as you may have known. While this does not mean that you shouldn’t get one, it does mean that you will need to find original work that will stand the test of time. You also need to take your time while looking and it helps if you get your art for experienced flash artist or pencil artists. While this does not mean that it is a great tattoo to consider, it means that you need to take your time when trying to find the prefect tribal sleeve tattoo.

Most of the generic tribal sleeve tattoo art that you run across on the web has already been plastered all over the place. Who knows how many other people got those designs inked on their skin? Yu want original artwork anyway, right?

You can also have you favorite tattoo artist render any design that you choose. You should always do this, especially when it comes to a tribal sleeve tattoo. A sleeve is a very big art piece and you want it to look its best. You also need to do this because most of the flash art you see on generic websites and a Google search aren’t necessarily drawn to be implemented as a tattoo. The artist that drew them most likely don’t have any knowledge about how to drawn a tattoo that will look good once it is put on someone’s body.

The reason behind this is that much of the best tribal artwork is copywrited by their artist and not released all over the internet. Why would they want their hard work spread all over the web with seeing a dime for their time? Most of the top of the line tribal artists have stencil work that comes with their tattoo, also. This is especially needed when it comes to a tribal sleeve tattoo. There are many complicated designs when it comes to the sleeve and stencils are needed.

If you truly want a state of the art, original tribal sleeve tattoo, you should not settle for a Google search to find your art. Hopefully, you will spend some quality time looking for the tribal sleeve tattoo that you have always dreamed of and get the art design you have always wanted.

Kathy Ostman-Magnusen asked:




Beautiful older women galleries
do I fit in?
I line my paintings in a hallway
see them there
anywhere
does magic come their way?
Have I met the master of my own heart?

My gothic angel art
my whimsical angels of crystal
a pegasus I did ride here.
I see beginnings
the gate that leads me to survival
knowing my own being.
My lessons are in the doing.
Art is who I am.

I set out to meet the day
creativity reaches for me
rainbows or storm
I cannot tell as yet.
Fine art paintings
reproduction of my heart.
The sun is showing its head
I smile on past accomplishments.
Art is who I am.

It is a toss up
will my frailties trump me
will I bend
will I fly like a pegasus?
will I swim like a mermaid?
I lean toward opportunities
beautiful older women
and their galleries of age
timeless and ageless.
The Universe does smile on them
and hand them notes in the hallway.
I patiently wait for mine.
Art is who I am.

There is a darkness in me
late at night
still.
I paint by candles
ablaze by my own passion.
Gothic angels
whimsical angels
and older woman
I guess I am all of them.
Art is who I am.

I can be anything
still
it is never too late!
Fine art
painting reproductions
not my aim
I search to find my inner being.
An artist’s brush full of paint
colors new and brilliant
I become everything new.
Art is who I am.

Ivan Smith asked:




Plasma cutting is a process by which a compressed gas is blown onto a metal surface. An electric arc is created which raises the gas to extremely high temperature - hot enough to cut through metal very quickly. The force of the gas is able to blow away any molten slag that may have collected on the cut surface, leaving a very clean edge. Since the compressed gas can be focused to a fine point, highly accurate cutting to create intricate shapes and designs can be done.

The origins of plasma cutting can be traced back to the days of World War II and the need to increase the speed and quality of aircraft production. Plasma welding was developed to cut the time taken for the fabrication of body parts and had the advantage of producing stronger joints than conventional welding techniques of the time.

In the 1960s this technology was improved by new method of increasing the gas temperature and more finely focusing the stream of gas to allow the plasma stream to be used to cut through metal like a knife, with great accuracy. For industrial applications, large plasma cutters are operated by computers to produce high precision cutting in large volume.

Artists use hand held plasma cutter for their work. These small yet powerful units can be wielded like a knife and can be used to cut through metal to produce intricate shapes and designs. Think of a sheet of metal as a blank canvas and the plasma cutter as the brush. Either by free hand or by using a stencil, the artist cuts through the sheet metal to create the design or art work he wants. Once the cutting is done, the artist can use the equipment to carve out delicate features or create etchings on the surface of his creation. Bending some of the surfaces can be done to add a three dimensional effect.

Since plasma cut sheet metal is thin and delicate by nature, it cannot be used under extreme conditions like large sculptures or as load bearing works of art. The main application is to use this technology to create mirror and picture frames, table top ornaments and other such decorative items. Unlike large pieces of metal art, those created by plasma cutting need to be protected from the elements and are meant for indoor use.

When buying plasma metal art, it needs to be kept in mind that the cost of the material used and the production process makes up only a minor part of the total cost. Except in the case of certain very expensive alloys, sheet metal in not very costly and the cost of using a small hand held plasma cutter is relatively cheap. The value of plasma art likes in the quality of the art - the concept and design, the quality of the production and the fineness of the detail incorporated into the work.

A search of the internet will reveal the vast variety of plasma metal art available - from the reasonably priced to the prohibitively expensive. Just about any kind of decorative metal art can be made by the plasma cutting process and if a buyer has something special in mind, finding an artist who will create what the client wants is not a problem.

James Kingston asked:




Plasma cutter art is becoming more and more popular. One of the major reasons is that cost of plasma cutters has come down substantially over the past few decades. Using a CNC (computer numeric control) plasma cutting unit to create metal art is almost cheating. If you sell your art in large numbers this may be a process you want to look into.

You can use CNC plasma cutting units to make just one piece of art or you can make hundreds of copies of your one piece. The artisan would only be interested in using a CNC plasma cutting unit made from extruded aluminum because the fabricated steel units are prohibitively expensive and used mainly for large scale industrial applications.

Here is the cool thing about CNC plasma cutters. Say you are a painter and you want to present your works in a different light. You can scan your canvas painting into your computer, make a few adjustments and then feed the resulting digital image into the CNC computer. The computer will then instruct the machine to cut that image out of sheet metal. The end results of the plasma cutting process will be some reflection of your original canvas work. The plasma cutter cannot make half cuts, it either makes a cut or it does not. When editing the digital copy of your canvas image you will have to make it so that the CNC machine will know what to cut and what not to. This is accomplished by changing your image to black and white. After the machine has completed the cut you can add your own details, engravings, or colors to finish the piece.

Kristy Annely asked:




Christmas clip art is computer art images that give visual impact to your Christmas messages and projects. Even if you don?t have artistic skills, you can add more pizzazz to your electronic or printed Christmas cards, party invitations and personal web pages. You can use readily available Christmas clip art installed on your word processor or those offered by websites on the Internet.

Although you can find online clip art galleries for free clip art, you may also subscribe to websites that offer sure copyrights. Be sure you make use of these websites? search engines, so you will not spend too much time browsing through images one by one.

Among clip art images suitable for the Christmas season are Santa Claus, reindeer, sleighs, snowmen, gifts, mistletoe, stars, Christmas stockings, candles, candies, angels, bells, pine trees and Christmas lights. There is also a variety of ?Merry Christmas? text greetings and actual Christmas messages framed by pretty borders.

You can find an excellent selection of unique and humorous Christmas images, too. If you look through different galleries, you can find variations of the following: Santa sitting on a cactus with a bag full of Christmas presents, Santa stuck in a chimney, Santa and Mrs. Claus kissing, boys and girls on skis, elves with toys and candy, elves at work in Santa?s shop, baby Jesus in a manger, the manger scene, the three wise men bearing their gifts, and caroling angels. But these are not all. There are hundreds and hundreds of pictures for you to choose from.

If you want more dynamic images, there are cute animated cartoons with a Christmas theme that are available to you.

You can amass a collection of Christmas clip art and use them for beautifying different print projects, Christmas greetings and personal websites. If you use Christmas clip art as a background image, choose the right color and adjust their size so they will not obscure the text. Stick to a central theme and choose the images that are appropriate to the content of your message. Don?t over-decorate your piece with too much clip art.

Most Christmas clip art has been colorized, cleaned up, optimized and reduced in size, so they can be downloaded quickly. They also come in printable formats. Most have transparent or watermarked backgrounds so you can use them on colored pages.

Chris VanNorton asked:




Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest growing sport in the world. It has given individuals an outlet to test their skills against other skilled fighters in the name of sport. MMA utilizes a variety of strikes such as kicks, punches, elbows and knees depending on the rules governing that particular event. MMA also enables fighters to take their opponent down using throws or wrestling and once on the ground MMA fighters use grappling in order to submit their opponent or punish them with strikes until the referee stops the fight.

Fights can be won by submission, knockout, technical knock out, or judges decision. I myself have competed in MMA and did fairly well. I won some fights and I lost some fights but I had a blast competing. I personally love MMA and what it brings to martial arts as far as sport. MMA fighters are some of the best athletes in the world and best conditioned. I have great respect for anyone willing to put their body through the grueling training required to be a successful fighter. The problem I have with some MMA fighters is their total lack of respect for the traditional martial arts. These fighters are in the minority in their way of thinking as most MMA fighters have immense respect for traditional martial arts.

These fighters are most often amateurs who do not put in the time nor the energy in training but rather do it solely for the purpose of the label. These guys think being labeled a “MMA fighter” will bring them respect and give them a higher standing within society or at least within the martial arts community. My question is what exactly do these “MMA fighters” think they are doing? Afterall if you break down the moniker MMA it stands for MIXED Martial Arts. MMA fighters are martial artists who train in a variety of styles of martial arts in a hybrid fashion. Sure many MMA schools don’t carry with them the traditional values and philosophies of traditional dojos such as discipline, self-esteem, respect, integrity, and honor………but the majority of them do. The fact is these fighters who lack respect for traditional martial arts are naive. Simply put they are practicing traditional martial arts and they don’t even realize it. Albeit it is a watered down version of different martial arts combined hence the “mixed” in mixed martial arts.

They use boxing for hand strikes; Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing for their kicks; Ju-Jitsu for their submissions; Judo and wrestling for their throws and takedowns………all traditional martial arts. Again MMA is designed for sport NOT self-defense. MMA is regulated by rules such as weight classes, no small joint manipulations, no strikes to the groin, no strikes to joints, no kneeing a downed opponent in the head, no eye gauging, no friends allowed to join in the fight, no rocks, no knives, no chairs, no glass bottles…….you get my drift. Traditional martial arts such as Karate, Ju-Jitsu, Judo, and Aikido etc were developed and designed for life or death situations. The entire point of this post is that I firmly believe that ALL martial art styles need to be respected. Each and every martial art brings a unique aspect to self-defense. Sure we develop our own philosophies, opinions, and way of looking at other martial arts but in the end they all should be respected. This is my opinion and my opinion alone although I am sure many will agree.

Daniel Kretschmer asked:




Scandalous! Shocking! Without modesty! ****** has been portrayed without shame throughout history and has been met with varying criticism depending on the time and culture.

Early **** Art

Ever since early cave paintings the natural human form has been portrayed in its full unclothed glory. This was just how the artists saw his fellow people, and depending on the region, people wore very little anyway. Since then societies have presented the **** form in paintings, drawing, photography, and any other media. This either demonstrates humanity’s strong sexual nature, or just a propensity for making aesthetically pleasing artwork, or perhaps a combination of the two.

Perhaps no society was more ***** in its art than Pompeii. This ancient Roman city would meet its doom at the wrath of Mount Vesuvius when the volcano erupted and wreaked havoc on the city below. The city would be covered and ruined by the lava flow but an 18th century find would uncover remnants of a forgotten world, including the remains of many of its inhabitants exactly how they met their fiery demise.

The society shows no sign of bashfulness in its many frescoes and surviving statues. In them you’ll find depicted sexual acts, more sex, sex, and just plenty of ******. Being an ancient Roman city, they often depicted gods and goddesses in their art. The most risque probably being Priapus, the god of fertility. Also of interest are the many statues from early Pompeii, which today may raise a few eyebrows. These are no Michelangelo’s “David,” if you know what I mean.

Erotica

Further through art history, namely long after the invention of oil painting and when art drifted away from a dominant religious tone, ****** was a common thing. Retouching on the ancient themes, ********* in Roman mythology in paintings and sculpture, carnal love, and in general sexuality (sometimes not so delicate) were painted time and again. This was perceived usually as good taste. Of course, that wasn’t always the general consensus.

In Michelangelo’s career, he painted the human form realistically and without apologies. The subtle homo-erotic tones of the Sistene’s ceiling probably went straight over the head of the pope and any other religious leader for that matter. The musculature of the male form painted in detail and the poses of the many male figures probably would have been omitted from a religious painting. The olives resembling certain parts of anatomy were perhaps there as a joke or subtle reference.

In the case of Caravaggio, his pubescent cupid displayed in “Amor Vincet Omnia” or Love Conquers All , would in these days be met with hostility, and the artist considered a pedophile. But in those days, the **** form young and old was nothing to shy from, and the boy was simply another model paid to pose. Caravaggio’s painting is characteristic of his work, steering clear of the idealized subjects, instead showing a common street boy, crooked teeth and all.

Much modern debate has come over Amor’s primary owner keeping the painting behind a curtain. While some say that he was embarrassed of the supposed eroticism and kept it hidden, others say that covering a painting is meant to keep it as a piece de resistance, to be uncovered only after the rest of the artwork was shown, as the best of show.

Borderline Pornography

It probably wasn’t until the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe, particularly Victorian times of the 19th century when ****** in art started to seem inappropriate. In an age when even in the summer one must cover themselves with layer upon layer, and sexual matters altogether were strictly taboo, its no wonder the paintings were more G rated. This isn’t to say that the subtle was absent. Take the Fragonard painting The Swing. It was also called “The Happy Accidents of the Swing.” Humorously showing a glimpse up a dress, an unquestionable infidelity, and a cupid statue with a “hush” gesture all show this French painting’s sexual symbolism.

Tame by today’s standards, The Swing was quite sultry in its day. Going further into the beginning of the nineteenth century, Goya would make a breakthrough in ****** art and paint the first showing of pubic hair. Take “The ***** Maja” which was the complement to the Clothed Maja. Both paintings are wrapped in mystery, as to who the model is and who the intended recipient, but most people conjecture Fransisco was romantically involved with the sitter. Either way, it would get the artist into much trouble. It even got him fired from a lucrative court position, as a result of the Spanish Inquisition deeming the painting obscene.

Later we continue to have scandals resulting from a repressed mass of people. This John Singer Sargent painting called “Madame X” was originally painted with one shoulder strap off and on her arm. Mothers cover your children’s eyes, they’ll be scarred for life! Sargent later had to repaint the strap in it’s correct position, to appease the prudish public.

In the nineteenth century, the “Father of American Painting” Thomas Eakins would be in hot water for removing the loincloth of a **** model in an art class. One of the girls promptly told her parents of such a horrible thing, which would lead to Eakins’ removal from professorship at the Pennsylvania Academy. Eakins wasn’t ashamed of the ***** human body and frequently shot many **** photos, even posing **** himself on the other end of the camera as well. His paintings sometimes had ****** in them as well.

Subtle Undertones?

Modern photography is rife with ***** forms ranging from the sexually charged to the artistic *******. Modern advertisement also has subliminal sexual undertones for its psychological value, portraying people in borderline explicit poses and gestures in an effort to maximize effectiveness. *** sells!

Speaking of *** selling, the paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn have been known to contain subliminal messages to reach the subconscious. The Dutch word for *** has been found in the underpaintings of several works written in large, barely visible letters. The painting of the Militia of Captain Cocq could possibly have a deep subconscious image. The shadow of a hand on the other man’s crotch? Captain who? Interesting.

Modern and Contemporary Nudity

Painting in the modern day, especially at art schools involves the female **** for a variety of reasons. Besides its classical and/or romantic value, the female body is generally a good subject to paint for its curves and contours, giving the student valuable practice in form and shape. One may say that society has come a long way since Fragonard’s Swing painting. But at the same time it is not that probable that a painting of a school teacher skinny dipping with his students would be generally accepted, at least not in modern America.

So times change, as well as views on sexuality, nudity, and the human body. Each society and culture has its own views, and inside each has subcultures with differing views and values, such as nudist camps. It also matters which part of the world you’re from, as a nudist beach in France is more the norm than a nudist beach in New Jersey.

No matter what day and age, boys will be boys and seek the ***** drawings in art books, erotically charged paintings will turn us on, subtle sexual undertones may touch our subconscious and we will always have **** paintings on our walls for whatever the perceived value.