Photo manipulated in Painter IX. With added mandala - did I make it too subtle?
What first came to your mind with the word insect?
Jim immediately said: "Tortoise is an insect!"
Refering to:
"Cats is 'dogs', and rabbits is 'dogs', and so's Parrats, but this 'ere 'Tortis' is a insect..." Punch 1869 (click on link to see the original cartoon)
Update: A collaborative insect has appeared over at The Camel Exhange
I clearly did make the mandala a bit too subtle...
ReplyDeleteOkay, I don't feel quite so colour blind any more, because I'd never have seen it if you hadn't told us it was there.
ReplyDeleteNicely done, sadly this kind of insekt always reminds me of the evil and bad.
ReplyDelete"Maybe because of those pshyco movies, that I never se any more"
I love what you are doing with your Painter! - had the same bug in mind too, but you beat me to it and as I am 'on the fly' today may not be able to post until later
ReplyDelete:-))
Marie
Kyknoord - sorry - I did try less subtle and it didn't work...
ReplyDeleteZordis - I can understand that - films have a lot to answer for!
Marie - thank you - will see you later then!
really nice fly.
ReplyDeletethanks for the added Punch link.
I have bookmarked camel exchange, to go back and read more carefully how it works. It looks like fun!
zann
amazing how you gave a fly beauty and intrigue!
ReplyDeleteHm, I can't see the mandala, but I agree with Valgalart. Beauty and intrigue. To a fly of all things.
ReplyDeletelooks like it's ready to attack!
ReplyDeleteI had to go back and look for the mandela... a new perspective of the fly.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I like yer fly!
ReplyDeleteThis scares me, but hey its art! ;) I "faked" my way through this weeks topic. Great job on tackling this one!
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A cellophane fly! I want one, too. I like the mandala -- thanks for alerting us!
ReplyDeleteThis is really, really, really, really cool :-) But I don't see the mandala.
ReplyDeleteSpiritual fly HMM? Nice! I love what you have made with it!
ReplyDeleteGreat illo. Creepy though. I'm afraid of insects. Blech.
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Zann - thank you - hope you do feel like joining in at the Camel Exchange - its fun!
ReplyDeleteValgalart - thank you. Maybe hiding the mandala helped... I hadn't thought of that at the time...
GG - odd isn't it?
Melba - thanks - the energy of the mandala seems to be getting through anyway ;-) (If anything comes to me about what might be good for the conference I'll let you know...)
Isay - not you though!
Joy Eliz - that's a great compliment thankyou!
Janet - thanks!
Andrea - faking is fine when the topic is tough.
Andrea - glad you saw it!
Nan - thank you - its hard to see, but it is there, really.
Merlinprincesse - was it you who said, as a joke over at the unknown's, that a fly was your power animal?
Unknown - make's your drawing of the Bush Fly all the more remarkable!
This makes me think of an insect captured in amber! There's a real fossilized, marble look to the background - such a cool effect. Is the madala on its back? Very nice!
ReplyDeleteTasty colours and I like see through wings a lot.
ReplyDeleteOh, super cool! The wings are awesome! Brandi
ReplyDeleteFlies are disgsting and fascinating at the same time....this is definitely all of the latter.
ReplyDeleteCarla - I love the idea of the amber - makes it a prehistoric fly!
ReplyDeleteKatili - thank you though I'd rather not eat him ;-)
Brandi - thanks - it was actually quite cold how could you tell ;-)
Detlef - thank you - glad there is something other than disgusting about it!
Great job. This reminds me of the movie The Ring.
ReplyDeleteCool work...is it a tibetan style SAND mandala you talk about?
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PS funny link...
The fly's head and body make up one fly that becomes a much bigger fly! And if you stare at the area I'm talking about long enough to create a 3D effect, you can see a black and white sea snail shell.
ReplyDeleteFlies are rather disgusting but they can be very beautiful. Unlike cockroaches that are hardly much more than disgusting.
This fly looks lightly coated with a sugar frosting, so I would be tempted to eat it. Cool link re Punch cartoon too. ..:::)
ReplyDeleteVery nice and interesting effect to an otherwise annoying little insect!!
ReplyDeleteOne insect I cannot stand is a fly!! However...while looking at your little bugger...it didn't seem to bother me as much! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteTony - I've not seen the ring - but if this reminds you of it maybe that's a good reason to avoid it still ;-)
ReplyDeleteAynaku - of course!
Alexa Brett - thank you - I'm glad it works for you.
Reluctant Nomad - I've tried but cannot see the snail...
Modroom - a sugar coated fly - is that your favourite snack? Reminds me of my father eating "squashed fly biscuits" - somehow now I'm grown I suspect they weren't flies at all ;-)
Creative Kismet - thank you - it was a challenge to work with a fly...
Txartcgal - thanks that's a great compliment!
You've made this fly nearly elegant! I love the texture of this image!
ReplyDeleteThanks Roz - I did have to work to put some texture in so I'm glad its appreciated!
ReplyDeleteThis is quite sharp! I automatically thought of insects that fly when I saw this weeks theme.
ReplyDeleteThanks Holly!
ReplyDeletePerhaps snail is the wrong word to have used - I was referring to a shellfish that is a type of a snail but looks more like a winkle, I think it's called. Circular at the base, rising to a sort of sharp apex with marks in the shell that look a bit like plates (no the dinner table variety).
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'm explaining myself properly.
The flies are back soon...
ReplyDeleteGreat Illo.Weel done!
Oh, I've never seen such a beautiful insect
ReplyDeletereluctant Nomad - I've still not managed to see what you describe - which annoys me as I like to be able to see things! But sorry I don't think its going to come through...
ReplyDeleteMarc - thanks!
Zinkibaru - thank you very much!