Now it's time for all the DU artists to show off their creations...

[Tom_Foolery]

We have so many talented people on here, so post some of your artwork!!!

Here a are a few of mine:


Pencil and colored pencil.

[Tikki]

1. Excellent work....

love the pencil koala...You're work is timeless...could accent any decor.

I am no artist but I have always been fascinated by Jeffry Hyman's (Joey Ramone) face
so I gave it a try. Don't know if I captured it, but the process was an amazing feeling.


Tikki

[Tom_Foolery]

2. I thank you for your compliments!!

I know my work is very commercial, but I like it. You more than captured it! Very nice!!!

[stuntcat]

4. great job!

I can't draw at all, especially a face, they're the hardest.

[stuntcat]

3. wowww beautiful!

I LOVE the panda's face, and the hummingbird is fantastic! These are all great, I'm jealous, I can't draw to save my life.

Here are two glass pieces I finished in December:


I finished a celtic knot day before yesterday and while I was cleaning it up I dropped it and broke a piece :* because whatever, that's just how I roll.. it can stay broken. Now I'm making a cute little crocus.

[Tom_Foolery]

18. Those are beautiful!!!

[stuntcat]

29. ty!

thank you!

[bif]

5. Here

Here's one I wish I'd done!

[canoeist52]

7. Oh yeah, baby!

[stuntcat]

11. nice!

vury nice :headbang:

[canoeist52]

6. My Work

Peoples' Portraits are my favorite



And on this cold and snowy day I think of this



And This

[WinkyDink]

9. Awesome!

[stuntcat]

12. beautiful!

The branches on the little beach look great! These all are.

[Tom_Foolery]

19. Exceptional!!!

[WinkyDink]

8. LOVE! Especially the hummingbird/flower!

[Tom_Foolery]

20. Thank you so much!!!

[applegrove]

10. very talented. I like the vase with the peacock feathers.

[Tom_Foolery]

21. Thank you!!!

[abq e streeter]

13. Once again, i'm blown away by the talent of people here; both yourself and others who replied

and shared their art.

[Tom_Foolery]

22. Thank you!!!

[Mopar151]

14. Scratch-built

Sculpture, or performance art....



All good art involves risk....

[Tom_Foolery]

26. Your pics aren't opening.

[Mopar151]

48. OK now n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear Tom_Foolery!

Your artwork is really beautiful. Thank you for sharing it!

Here's one of my favorite wave pictures:

[Mopar151]

16. Lowers my blood pressure

Ahhhhh....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Thank you, my dear Mopar151!

I am honored to have helped you in this way...

[Tom_Foolery]

23. Very nice!! And I love your poetry...

I feel your excitement each time you have one published.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Thank you so much, my dear Tom_Foolery...

I'm glad you like this one!

It was a very lucky shot.

I get excited too...I need to get going making some more submissions.

:hi:

[Tom_Foolery]

38. You, lovely lady, are a precious person!!

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Very nice!

I wish I could draw. Here are some examples of the Sketchbook I just finished for http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject.









Otherwise, writing and photography:

[Tom_Foolery]

24. Each one is great!!! You have a wonderful talent!!!

[Call Me Wesley]

25. Thank you!

I'm merely just doodling along. ;)

[Tom_Foolery]

34. Those are some impressive doodles!!

[stuntcat]

53. these are great!

so interesting. I love the photo too!

[Howler]

67. Heres some of my tie dye patterns. :)

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?t=1296234144
?t=1296234241
?t=1296234397
?t=1296234438
?t=1296234476
?t=1296234513
Alien Back (space ship)
?t=1296234713
Alien Front
?t=1296234772
?t=1296234815
?t=1296234860
?t=1296234902
?t=1296234936

And last but not least the mandala!
?t=1296237101

[catnhatnh]

30. Well, I can 't draw....

...but I did a bit of photography. Your art is beautiful. I did notice in the bottom three images a marked "barrel distortion" that bends both horizontal and vertical straight lines as the edge of the frame nears. Notice how the two wallpapers and the bricks bend. This is caused by using a wide angle lens and can be cured by using a longer focal length and shooting from farther enough away and matching up your composition.

Thanks again for the art. I stand in awe of such talent.

[Tom_Foolery]

35. Thank you for your compliments...

And your photography advice is much appreciated. I admire everyone who has the talent for photography.

[RadiationTherapy]

31. I have been doing pastels lately. Very fun, messy and imprecise!

The Ballerina in San Francisco at Sunrise



Marilyn Monroe



Bloodlines IV - My Father and Pepere



Bloodlines III - My Brother

[Tom_Foolery]

36. I absolutely love all of those...

My work is so detailed, and I now want to just let myself go like you do. Marvelous!!!

[RadiationTherapy]

43. I used to be an engineering guy so it is fun to work with such an 'approximate'

medium. It is the sloppy imprecision that sets me free.



It's Just the Way We Feel Sometimes



My Brother is Jack Nicholson Bursting Through a Door

Thanks for looking!

[Tom_Foolery]

45. Thanks for sharing...

Among the many careers that I've had in my life, I was a draftsman. I go back to the time when everything was drawn by hand, so it's hard to set my mind free and let go the way you do. I applaud your work!! Salvador Dali would applaud you, too!
:applause:

[gratuitous]

32. An impressive display all up and down the thread

Some of them even stack up against the immortal work, "Don't tutch the butt."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

33. A photo of a "missing in action" DUer, the lovely "hisownpetard," that I Photoshopped in 2007...

As Tom Petty once sang,

But listen honey,
Wherever you are tonight,
I wish you the best of everything, in the world...

:toast:

[Tom_Foolery]

37. Not only do you have encyclopedic knowledge of music...

You have mad skills in Photo Shop!!!:toast:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

40. Thanks Tom...the Photoshop bug bit me, and it bit me hard.

:toast:

[Tom_Foolery]

41. I know what you mean...

I think it's funny how activities grab us and never let go. We'd go crazy if we didn't have them.

[mopinko]

39. ok

this work is called 'bound together', it is shown here before firing.



here is 'bound together' after firing. it is made of porcelain and found objects that burn out in the firing.




this work is called 'build the world around them', it is made of fragments of a porcelain sculpture and cast paper, as well as some found objects and ink.



this work is called 'won't take nothin' for my journey now', it is the same materials as the work above.



more at my sig link

[Tom_Foolery]

42. Each one of those is amazing...

I found myself hypnotized by them.

[RadiationTherapy]

44. I love them. Primitive feeling, simple, and such a pale, tragic color scheme.

[Forkboy]

46. Awesome work!

This is the only thing I've done lately.

[Tom_Foolery]

49. Magical!!

[bluesbassman]

47. Beautiful drawings Tom!

The hummingbird looks like it should be in an Audubon book. :thumbsup:

Here's some of my handiwork:

Chainmail wallet chain and bracelet.


Action photography (Sorry for the blurred faces, but these are minors)

[Tom_Foolery]

50. Thank you, BBM!!

Your chainmail is great, and your photography is impressive. I know taking action photos is a challenge. Yours have a 3D feel to them.

I live near the Audubon State Park in Kentucky, and they have several of his paintings on display. I've always been inspired by him among others.

[hunter]

51. I make cameras out of thrift store junk.

One of my creations takes pictures like this:




Here's a picture of my parrot in her lair, dried goop side of a Polaroid peel-apart:




My art tends to be disturbing, and then I start to wonder what's wrong with me:




Sometimes art is like a barometer that tells me it's time to change horses on the crazy-meds merry-go-round.

Not wanting to kill this lovely thread I'm hoping somebody posts something cheerful after this...

[Tom_Foolery]

52. Wow!! That's all...just wow!!

[hunter]

55. Thank you. Perhaps your lovely hummingbird would like some flowers?

I took this one with a broken digital pen-cam I found.

A little hot glue and it worked again.

[siligut]

54. You are amazing

Don't wonder what is wrong with you, you have very impressive talent. Maybe being in America, where Thomas Kinkade is so admired, you feel unusual, but your art is amazing.

[Tom_Foolery]

56. I couldn't have said it better.

[siligut]

57. I knew you had a drafts-person's background the second I saw your work

So organized, with perfect lines and structures. I agree, there is a market for your work, it is very calming and serene.

[Tom_Foolery]

58. Thank you so much...

I don't have the words to tell you how much I appreciate your compliment!! I'd love to see my work in every hotel room in the country. :)

I had two publishers in Los Angeles interested in my work, but they just fizzled out on me.

[Iris]

60. I agree

[panader0]

59. Will you sell prints?

[Tom_Foolery]

62. This is the only work that I've had made into prints...

Of course, I would happily sell one.

Prints are so expensive, and I don't have the money to have the others made into prints.

Thanks for your interest!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

61. My silk pillows. Handpainted and for sale.

At my blog:

http://lavidacountry.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/crescent-moon-pillow/


http://lavidacountry.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/astrological-pillow-aquarius/

http://lavidacountry.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/more-beautiful-pillows-this-is-ocean-sunrise/

[Tom_Foolery]

63. Beautiful!!!

[sakabatou]

64. Tachikoma Dreams (video)

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/music/watch/v65619062QJp9EPz

[Forkboy]

68. Cool!!

[Frosty1]

88. Amazing

I am impressed.
:applause:

[earthbone]

65. Heres one of mine.Earthbone Art.

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/T_haEwdNoZdOu5WDELf2jQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="" height="144" width="96" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/104702619497343499469/EarthboneArtWork?feat=embedwebsite">Earthbone Art work.</a></td></tr></table>

[Tom_Foolery]

66. Excellent!

[Lorien]

69. Children's book illustration:

Fantasy art:

[Forkboy]

70. Wow!

:wow:

[Lorien]

74. Thanks! I hope that you're feeling better

I had a tumble down a staircase two years ago that had me out of commission for ages. No fun at all! I wish you a VERY speedy recovery!

[Forkboy]

75. i'm getting there, thanks.

I don't mind the physical pain so much, but the concussion symptoms are freaky. It's weird sitting here and forgetting what i did ten minutes ago. When i woke up this morning it took me a couple of minutes to remember who and where I was, a very unsettling feeling. Thankfully, the headaches today have been shorter and less frequent than the last couple of days. :)

[Lorien]

73. One more

Wildlife art:



I wish I had the time to redo them all!

[Frosty1]

89. That is beautiful

n/t

[Tom_Foolery]

77. I stand in your shadow. You are a master!!!

[Lorien]

95. Thanks, but hardly!

Maybe after another 40 years I'll be a "master" at something! :hi:

[Tom_Foolery]

96. Humble and a master...

That's so refreshing. I know people who only dream of having your talent, yet their egos are as big as Mount Everest! Good luck in the future!

[Forkboy]

71. This thread is amazing.

I wonder if FreeRepublic has any artists, and if so, what color crayon they use?

[krispos42]

72. Borderline lousy but relevent photoshop, maybe

Your stuff is spectacular. I just can't do that at all!

[Tom_Foolery]

78. Thank you so much!!!

I love yours, too!!!

[rbnyc]

76. Find creations here:

http://rbouchard.viviti.com/

BTW, your stuff is awesome.

[Tom_Foolery]

79. Thank you!! Your stuff is awesome, too!!

I used to be a draftsman; and I sign my name in big block letters, too.

[rbnyc]

80. That's so cool.

Thanks for checking out my site.

[Tom_Foolery]

83. You are very welcome!!!

[Tom_Foolery]

84. I read your grammar thread...

And my last name is Gardner. :rofl:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

81. A few more Photoshop indulgences:

I took this photo at Canada College in Redwood City and then Photoshopped the daylights out of it. It was a weird little outdoor "folk art" / sculpture gallery. This area is now gone, with a new building standing on the spot:



A very Photoshopped pic of my cat, Seiko:



Self-portrait taken with my old low-grade 1 megapixel cell phone and then Photoshopped:



From a local cemetery, around September 2010 (I previously posted these on DU):









:toast:

[Tom_Foolery]

82. Those are beautiful!!! I love the picture of Seiko!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

85. Thanks Tom...

...I think she "posed" for that one. She's got that "diva" thing going on big time.

:-)

[Tom_Foolery]

86. The cats that have owned me always had the attitude...

that the universe was put here for them. And they're probably right! Who knows? :shrug:

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

87. I love all the art posted! My stuff is hobby/relaxation

http://swidsonline.com/DaemonWolf1.html
(I'm lucky enough that my father has me do his deacon web stuff which gives me a place to put some of it up:) )

Self Portrait

Old Bat Candle

Bear Carving

Brass Rose

Doodle of a hand scythe

Fairy Tree

[Tom_Foolery]

92. Wonderful!!!

[applegrove]

90. Is there a website online where artists promote their work and you can find local stuff?

[Tom_Foolery]

94. Probably, but I haven't found one yet.

[HughBeaumont]

91. Pumpkins and Chalk -

2010:





2009:


Chalkfest 2010, Cleveland Museum of Art (this is called #4 (random photo off the internet))

Photoshop:

[Tom_Foolery]

93. They're all great!! I love the Crayons!!