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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,773
    3
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    i like #2
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  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    I honestly like them all. Sorry I can't really be of help!
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    #3, most definitely.
    first time you posted this image, i have to say, 'phallic' was the very first thing i saw too, which of course is rather distracting from your excellent work :oops: .....so definitely 3. :mrgreen:
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    decides2dream wrote:
    first time you posted this image, i have to say, 'phallic' was the very first thing i saw too, which of course is rather distracting from your excellent work :oops: .....so definitely 3. :mrgreen:

    I know a couple of people mentioned that. Call me naive but I didn't see that at all! Just a very soft, beautiful flow of a lady walking away.... Damn... usually I'm the one with the 'dirty' mind :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    redrock wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    first time you posted this image, i have to say, 'phallic' was the very first thing i saw too, which of course is rather distracting from your excellent work :oops: .....so definitely 3. :mrgreen:

    I know a couple of people mentioned that. Call me naive but I didn't see that at all! Just a very soft, beautiful flow of a lady walking away.... Damn... usually I'm the one with the 'dirty' mind :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:


    oh cmon....REALLY?!
    i think the first time chiqui posted it she mentioned it was in relation to pj's song garden, the whole, my hands bound line. idk why, i but i always saw it as a guy...probably b/c of the GIANT SWIRL curling up in front of the figure. :mrgreen: i mean sure...it's way out of proportion for THAT :shock: , but seriously, none the less......phallic. big time. for me, while i love the lines, that distracts a LOT. (also why first time posted i made no comments b/c no insult to your work chica, tis beautiful as always, but yea....this one....just doesn't do it for me mostly due to the phallic nature of it....i can't NOT see it) remove the giant frontal swirl and i would probably enjoy it as much as any of her other work, tho not my favorite either way. guess i am always a dirty birdy...what can i say.......? :oops:
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    would you consider trying to shrink it so it centres on the sternum (chest)?
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    decides2dream wrote:
    oh cmon....REALLY?!
    i think the first time chiqui posted it she mentioned it was in relation to pj's song garden, the whole, my hands bound line. idk why, i but i always saw it as a guy...probably b/c of the GIANT SWIRL curling up in front of the figure. :mrgreen: i mean sure...it's way out of proportion for THAT :shock: , but seriously, none the less......phallic. big time. for me, while i love the lines, that distracts a LOT. (also why first time posted i made no comments b/c no insult to your work chica, tis beautiful as always, but yea....this one....just doesn't do it for me mostly due to the phallic nature of it....i can't NOT see it) remove the giant frontal swirl and i would probably enjoy it as much as any of her other work, tho not my favorite either way. guess i am always a dirty birdy...what can i say.......? :oops:

    Well I'll be damned... I must be reverting to some innocent thing in my old age! To me it's such a feminine image. Maybe because it's so delicate. If you did not associate Garden with it, would it be the same (though I don't see Garden as a 'dirty' song - hands bound or not!)?
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    redrock wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    oh cmon....REALLY?!
    i think the first time chiqui posted it she mentioned it was in relation to pj's song garden, the whole, my hands bound line. idk why, i but i always saw it as a guy...probably b/c of the GIANT SWIRL curling up in front of the figure. :mrgreen: i mean sure...it's way out of proportion for THAT :shock: , but seriously, none the less......phallic. big time. for me, while i love the lines, that distracts a LOT. (also why first time posted i made no comments b/c no insult to your work chica, tis beautiful as always, but yea....this one....just doesn't do it for me mostly due to the phallic nature of it....i can't NOT see it) remove the giant frontal swirl and i would probably enjoy it as much as any of her other work, tho not my favorite either way. guess i am always a dirty birdy...what can i say.......? :oops:

    Well I'll be damned... I must be reverting to some innocent thing in my old age! To me it's such a feminine image. Maybe because it's so delicate. If you did not associate Garden with it, would it be the same?


    nope.
    that frontal swirl immediately makes the figure 'male' no matter what. :P
    also, the figure simply looks more masculine to me, in comparison to any other figures within chiqui's work. it may be the figure's stance, and it almost appears more 'muscular' to me....just a stronger figure. yes, overall most of her work has a vry feminine quality....and this still does have those beautiful sinuous lines....but not quite as undulating nor as feminine. what can i say? we all see different things in art, just one small part of what makes it all so fascinating. also, your comment about it being a beatiful female figure simply walking away.....probably why i like choice #3 all the more.....b/c it completely gets ride of the phallic imagery....it does indeed look like the figure is walking away due to compositional placement, and honestly, that big giant frontal swirl to me actually makes the figure 'static'...it is trapped.....can't move forward, it keeps the figure locked in place - which would probably fit well with the whole garden theme and being bound, subconsciously or consciously. and i am sure chica did not imagine such in depth analysis! :lol:
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    fudge, I can't see 'em

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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    3 is my fav
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    thanks so much everybody for the input and opinions :)

    dreamn, i never really thought about the phallic nature of the drawing...wasn't intentional (hmm damn subconscious? :lol: ) haha it's good to hear other people's take on my work, so it's all good, i like reading the different perspectives :D
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    norm wrote:
    i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:




    christ, thanks......now i am sure to be labelled a perv. :oops:





    chiqui....did not mean to delve into such an in-depth discussion of it, glad you took it in the spirit it was posted. you know i LOVe your work, but yea.....it's just what i get from it. :D


    and as i said, #3.
    funny too, i see a lot of people chose that as well...i wonder if it's a subconscious thing...;)
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:




    christ, thanks......now i am sure to be labelled a perv. :oops:





    chiqui....did not mean to delve into such an in-depth discussion of it, glad you took it in the spirit it was posted. you know i LOVe your work, but yea.....it's just what i get from it. :D


    and as i said, #3.
    funny too, i see a lot of people chose that as well...i wonder if it's a subconscious thing...;)
    it's all good, i like seeing a discussion about my work :) i certainly don't expect everybody to like everything i do, hell sometimes i finish a drawing and *i'm* like WTF....and i file it away never to be seen again :lol:
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:




    christ, thanks......now i am sure to be labelled a perv. :oops:





    chiqui....did not mean to delve into such an in-depth discussion of it, glad you took it in the spirit it was posted. you know i LOVe your work, but yea.....it's just what i get from it. :D


    and as i said, #3.
    funny too, i see a lot of people chose that as well...i wonder if it's a subconscious thing...;)
    it's all good, i like seeing a discussion about my work :) i certainly don't expect everybody to like everything i do, hell sometimes i finish a drawing and *i'm* like WTF....and i file it away never to be seen again :lol:



    oh i feel/think the same way.....i just wanted to clarify that i wasn't trying to create some brutal art class critique. :shock: :lol::mrgreen:

    i think only b/c a few other people chimed in about the possible phallic connotation, that i simply felt....whew! i am not alone in my thinking. as i said, it was what initially held me back from commenting the first time it was ever posted, haha. it is GREAT to see your site truly take off and you creating so much!
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    decides2dream wrote:
    oh i feel/think the same way.....i just wanted to clarify that i wasn't trying to create some brutal art class critique. :shock: :lol::mrgreen:

    i think only b/c a few other people chimed in about the possible phallic connotation, that i simply felt....whew! i am not alone in my thinking. as i said, it was what initially held me back from commenting the first time it was ever posted, haha. it is GREAT to see your site truly take off and you creating so much!
    haha not brutal at all, i went to art school, i've seen brutal. one teacher i had ripped a student's work off the wall, scrunched it up and threw it out the 7th story window :shock: and of course i had to follow her lol

    it's interesting that other people saw it too, it never even occurred to me, but it's good to know! don't want people thinking i'm selling some huge phallus shirt :lol: although if it means i sell more, then hell, that's fine too haha

    and thanks, yeah it feels good that people are responding so positively to my work, it definitely inspires me :)
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:




    christ, thanks......now i am sure to be labelled a perv. :oops:


    actually that was a complement....my dirty mind let me down :(;) :P :mrgreen:
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    norm wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P :lol::lol::mrgreen:




    christ, thanks......now i am sure to be labelled a perv. :oops:


    actually that was a complement....my dirty mind let me down :(;) :P :mrgreen:
    how do you think i feel, i drew it and missed it too :( *hanging head in perv shame* :mrgreen:
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,247
    I like #1 just for the off centered look which give more focus to the design.

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