Abstract (sur)realism

[context]

http://www.sanbase.com/exp.jpg

100% digital. It's instance of the dynamic painting "Alternative Reality". Information about technique is here: San Base (http://www.sanbase.com)

[twistedink13]

Great work ,i really like it

[Bammer]

Isn't this art procedurally generated by a program or something?

[PeterLee]

Good work, Keep it up!

[scruffy]

Why is it signed San Base if you painted it???

[Pixeldragoon]

perhaps... because.. he's... San Base?

But I'm kinda curious- what kind of art (medium or whatnot) did you do before you went digital?

[HunterKiller_]

That's an interesting read (the link). I've heard and seen similar things in movies. I certainly wouldn't mind having this software.

EDIT: Oh i can download it! Weee.

[Kman.]

This is the guy that posted about the screen savers in the lounge.

It does produce some interesting products, its very cool.

[context]

Why is it signed San Base if you painted it???
Do you think that my real name is Context?:tihi: To tell the truth I'm friend of San Base and I asked his permission before I posted it. By the way - he has account here and I'll ask that he has answered questions.

[vigostar]

theres alot of great stuff there... How do you market digital fine art though? i mean if someone buys one of these what do you actually print it on for presentation purposes?

[SanBase]

Alex has told, that he has received questions concerning my technics. I'll try to answer.

Isn't this art procedurally generated by a program or something?
It's like DNA. I create DNA of the picture instead of completed picture. I generate the initial color palettes and forms (approximately 1,000 of initial images are done manually). Furthermore, I create the program, which transforms colors and shapes. In other words, I prescribe its future behavior. After that, the painting begins to live on it own.

How do you market digital fine art though? i mean if someone buys one of these what do you actually print it on for presentation purposes?

I do not sell the static pictures in printed form. My product is a DYNAMIC picture.
Concerning static images: a digital file (resolution - 9300x6700) - the price is around $50. The number of copies you will print - it's not my business. But! It's only for personal usage. If you are company dealer or if you want to have an exclusive picture - contact my agent.

Regards.
San Base.

P.S. I've made it today:
http://www.sanbase.com/art/img/x395.jpg

[BluJackal]

This is cool, it looks painted.

[Shamagim]

Quite interesting results :).

But as I said earlyer...It is a really scary idea, good and original, yes, but scary nontheless.

[context]

But as I said earlyer...It is a really scary idea, good and original, yes, but scary nontheless.
Don't worry Shamagim. The good artist is a good artist, it not depend on technology (by the way: you are good artist - I saw your works). The bad artist.. it's a bad artist anyway...

[SanBase]

The next one (all of them are the same dynamic picture!)

http://www.sanbase.com/art/img/x394.jpg

Details:
http://www.sanbase.com/art/img/det.jpg

Do not forget - it's 100% COMPUTER graphics. No brush, no pencil.

[Tomato]

wow those are weird and make my eyes go funny! Awesome!

[Dutton]

Kinda funny. People argue that photography killed realist painting, which drove many artists to abstract art. Now computers are taking over abstract art, which will arguably drive abstract artists back to community college.

[Elwell]

These are fantastic. I think you're really on to something.

[AmishCommy]

Kinda funny. People argue that photography killed realist painting, which drove many artists to abstract art. Now computers are taking over abstract art, which will arguably drive abstract artists back to community college.hahahaha - awesome!!!

[SanBase]

Kinda funny. People argue that photography killed realist painting, which drove many artists to abstract art. Now computers are taking over abstract art, which will arguably drive abstract artists back to community college.
I think that the situation is not so dramatic! Or you can start to study programming (just in case) :} ...

For the best understanding that the artist does - it's the instance of other picture. You can see, that the stylistics and a plot of this picture and the previous ones are absolutely different.

http://www.sanbase.com/art/img/x396.jpg

[brokk]

Very interesting, I think the images look great. Could you explain a bit more about the program? What languages do you use?

EDIT: just a crit, or something that came to mind. These have textures and some sort of lighting going on, but it looks flat, maybe the lighting could be more defined? I know these are not necessarily figurative. But maybe making some variables for shadows could be interesting. Just some random thoughts.

[SanBase]

What languages do you use?.
I don't think that's important... The main application is written in C++ using OpenGL, any dynamic picture consist of 10-15 GLSL shaders. I think this might be too technical for an art forum...

just a crit, or something that came to mind. These have textures and some sort of lighting going on, but it looks flat, maybe the lighting could be more defined? I know these are not necessarily figurative. But maybe making some variables for shadows could be interesting. Just some random thoughts.
The thing is that it's not a 3D scene. It is a two-dimensional picture. Thus I do not try to make a representation of the three-dimensional world, I draw a picture like artists do. It is a different approach in comparison with a standard 3D application. It may not be as realistic, but my goal was not a realistic image. My purpose was to make the image meaningful, emotional, but at the same time abstract. Of course it's only the first step in that direction.

[SanBase]

http://www.sanbase.com/art/img/x400.jpg

The same technology.