Series of recreating classic artwork in my style (gay)
These are the illustrations of mine that get reposted the most without credit lmao so if you’ve seen these in the wild, it me
Top two are available as mini prints in the artist’s etsy shop!
[ID: Three digital paintings of classic art reinterpreted as WLW scenes. The first two are drawn in a flat-color style with soft color palettes and intricate line art, while the third has more dimensional shading and portrays a warm atmospheric light.
In the first painting, a dark-skinned woman in a long pink dress and flower crown sits side-saddle atop a knightly steed. She leans over a knight, a light-skinned woman in full Gothic plate armor, who stands by with arms wide and stares at her with a mix of defiance and enchantment. They are almost close enough to kiss, though the woman on the horse appears to be spurring it away, teasingly.
In the second painting, a light-skinned blonde woman and a dark-haired, medium-skinned fairy lounge on a flowery hillside. The fairy sits with her butterfly wings open behind her while the human reclines in her lap. Both wear flower crowns and gauzy white dresses. A swan looks up at them from the bottom right corner, while a pair of birds, one dark and one light, fly above them with beaks touching.
The final painting is set inside a chapel at a pipe organ. One woman sits at the organ, concentrating on the keys, while a second props her head on her hand and stares engrossed at the organist. Both women have curly, dark hair and medium skin. The organist wears a long yellow gown, while her audience wears full plate armor and has a sword lying forgotten by her feet. The scene is backlit by golden light coming through a stained glass window behind them. End ID]
Ok, I NEED you to understand just how insane even ATTEMPTING this was for them.
1. Playing an instrument is difficult. Doing so in sync with others even more so. Don’t think I’m stepping on any toes saying that.
2. Dancing is difficult. Doing so in sync with others even more so. Still not controversial.
3. YOU AVOID, AT ALL COSTS, MOVING YOUR BODY WHILE PLAYING A WIND INSTRUMENT. To make the correct, pleasant sounds, you need to be in the correct form. And that form involves your ENTIRE body, even your legs when sitting down.
4. “oh, but I’ve seen marching bands before and-” MARCHING BANDS HAVE ENTIRE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS DEDICATED TO FIGURING OUT HOW TO MARCH WITH MINIMUM BREAKING OF PROPER FORM. A marching band tries to be as smooth as possible while moving, so as not to jar their instrument, mouth, neck, arms, torso, or anything else.These ladies and gentlemen are BOUNCING and still playing properly, what the FU-!
5. AND ANOTHER THING! Wind instruments and dancing BOTH make demands on your breathing, so the fact that they are dancing (making you breath faster for extra oxygen) AND playing wind instruments (making you effectively hold your breath) AT THE SAME TIME is HUGE. Their lungs must be MASSIVE.
All of that also; the song is Sing, sing, sing (with a swing). If you wanna listen to some of THE SPICIEST big band ever recorded. Its a big hard song and this band does it expertly.
I will. I will say ONE thing. As a wind instrument player, and very drunk atm for unrelated reason.
Most of the point above are correct, save for the first.
Playing in syncs with other is actually easier (Imhe, ymmv) due to a stronger base beat/rhythm/placement to follow and the ability to drop out when you need a breath knowing that there is plenty of volume to cover you and and that when you pop back in, you’ll know where you are thanks to following the players around you (and which point you then provide th same opportunity to your band mates)
