Yes To The Edge ( Darksideof Collage appreciation)

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: LandofLein wrote:   I feel so guilty for taking so long to comment, but great job!   This is really your best work and will replace your Frank Zappa collage on my desktop   I can't remember the last time my desktop didn't have one of your collages on it  Great idea! i desktopped the Yes one just now and its great - even cuts off the nude mans bottom so thats a relief   I could not load the image as my signature to terplace this Dream Theater one    but thats OK.     Keep em comin' darksideof!   Have you done Van der Graaf Generator? or netherlands prog including riverside and pain of salvation. have you done one on Kiss - not prog but ICONIC Mega band! What about Metallica? or .... I will stop there.

LandofLein wrote:   I feel so guilty for taking so long to comment, but great job!   This is really your best work and will replace your Frank Zappa collage on my desktop   I can't remember the last time my desktop didn't have one of your collages on it

LandofLein wrote:   I feel so guilty for taking so long to comment, but great job!   This is really your best work and will replace your Frank Zappa collage on my desktop   I can't remember the last time my desktop didn't have one of your collages on it

Great idea! i desktopped the Yes one just now and its great - even cuts off the nude mans bottom so thats a relief

darksideof wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Wow, those images are stunning! They stand alone as works of art. I think what really sets this collage up as one of your best is the use of color and the non use of too many images. Look at the way those fish just swim effortlessly across the horizon, into impending danger where the jagged trees wait to pounce. It feels psychedelic and mesmerizing when you look at the individual frames like this. I may have to swap my signature picture I think.   Thanks for the words too, i would have no problem reviewing your collages. i virtually have done so already. I am a College English teacher, and if my students came up with art work like this, they would get an A+ for Computer Graphics and Design.   Very nice work once again.         EDIT: Tried to load the Yes Collage and it wouldn't go in sig - too big or won't load blog for some reason. Ah well, good ol Dream Theater will suffice. thank you. yes I this the colors worked very well on this collage. Look at the way those fish just swim effortlessly across the horizon, into impending danger where the jagged trees wait to pounce.  Great point of view! No wonder your English is great! you are English Teacher! nice! I need so much help with my hand writing but I all ready gave up!  i wasn't born ed a writer as you can see!. thank you for the grade teacher! nice an A+. I didn't understand what you just edited. EDIT: Tried to load the Yes Collage and it wouldn't go in sig - too big or won't load blog for some reason. Ah well, good ol Dream Theater will suffice. what happen? you tried to download the collages and it didn't work? were they too large?

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Wow, those images are stunning! They stand alone as works of art. I think what really sets this collage up as one of your best is the use of color and the non use of too many images. Look at the way those fish just swim effortlessly across the horizon, into impending danger where the jagged trees wait to pounce. It feels psychedelic and mesmerizing when you look at the individual frames like this. I may have to swap my signature picture I think.   Thanks for the words too, i would have no problem reviewing your collages. i virtually have done so already. I am a College English teacher, and if my students came up with art work like this, they would get an A+ for Computer Graphics and Design.   Very nice work once again.         EDIT: Tried to load the Yes Collage and it wouldn't go in sig - too big or won't load blog for some reason. Ah well, good ol Dream Theater will suffice.

Wow, those images are stunning! They stand alone as works of art. I think what really sets this collage up as one of your best is the use of colour and the non use of too many images. Look at the way those fish just swim effortlessly across the horizon, into impending danger where the jagged trees wait to pounce. It feels psychedelic and mesmirising when you look at the individual frames like this. I may have to swap my signature picture I think.

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - February 08 2010 at 23:51

That is an excellent celebration of both the magnificent Yes and their glorious collaboration with Roger Dean - the two are synonymous really. I liked the version without the band members, although if you placed the one shot of them (the middle band sot in the wave) it may be sufficient to promote the band rather than the clutter of many varied shots - less is more you would agree in this case.

moshkito wrote: Hi,   I prefer the first one as well ... we need to take the "names" and "persons" away from the collective ... that created so much amazing music ... it's too facile to say that Rick was the reason for it, or Jon or Steve ... they all were ... and deserve credit as one unit ... not many!   I prefer that we keep the faces out. Tales is not about "ego" and "face" ... and in many ways ... that is what Yes was all about ... with a handful of exceptions here and there.  ... but we're all that way aren't we?

Totally agree. Your work is amazing. I would recommend you "package" your work as an artist's portfolio and send it out to various prog-related labels as examples, especially in line with any pending compilation albums where this sort of thing would be great in, either in covers or posters or even for concert programmes. All best!

KingCrimson250 wrote: You just had to include the naked guy, didn't you? All joking aside, these really do look incredible, especially the top one. Simply amazing.