tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post8980772122992230959..comments2024-03-25T21:52:03.310-05:00Comments on Hill Cantons: Art Inspirations: Slavic Folk Art of the WeirdChris Kutalikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-67399536149643692572011-10-03T02:30:29.746-05:002011-10-03T02:30:29.746-05:00@ckutalik - I'm an art historian by training (...@ckutalik - I'm an art historian by training (specialised in 14th century European art) and these pictures are superbly evocative. The detail and the jewel colour saturation both say early Flemish but the light is something entirely its own. Can I possibly sound any more pretentious?<br /><br />Liking Red's suggestion very much as well :)Amanda Heitlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970963185827361806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-38241877234203561892011-10-01T14:48:12.557-05:002011-10-01T14:48:12.557-05:00The presence of the iconography in the village/tow...The presence of the iconography in the village/town vistas remind me of northwestern american native villages, with their totem poles and painted symbols on tribal halls.<br /><br />Next adventure challenge is to roll a d6 and write an adventure using the rolled up picture.redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600098550347299095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-51386793844553785512011-10-01T13:16:42.436-05:002011-10-01T13:16:42.436-05:00I currently live in Bulgaria - a Slavic country - ...I currently live in Bulgaria - a Slavic country - and while I have not see art quite like that in content or quality, there are many small differences in the asthetics here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801468265072232351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-4791481368618109342011-10-01T12:04:05.823-05:002011-10-01T12:04:05.823-05:00To wit: http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Articles/hy...To wit: http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Articles/hyperborea.html<br /><br />The lost Hyperboreans have a big, if mostly unexplored, place in the hazy backstory of the Hill Cantons.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-34339397698057228832011-10-01T11:56:16.197-05:002011-10-01T11:56:16.197-05:00@Bert
I was going to post some of the even odder s...@Bert<br />I was going to post some of the even odder stuff. I think what's going on thematically is an epic cycle of the Hyperborean myths, that have some truck in a few esoteric Slavic neo-pagan and Pan-slavic circles. <br /><br />Namely this belief that a great civilization was raised 60,000 years+ by space colonists around the North Pole and then was spread by ship out of the Slavic areas until it met it's Atlantis-like cataclysmic doom or the like. <br /><br />Wait that sounds kind of familiar to a certain game we are playing...Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-74944216890454792752011-10-01T11:51:51.317-05:002011-10-01T11:51:51.317-05:00@DS
It's a cross between the Brothers Hildebr...@DS<br /><i> It's a cross between the Brothers Hildebrand and Thomas Kinkade.</i><br /><br />That's actually dead-on (the sugar-pop brightness of Kinkade and the Tolkein epic work of Hildebrand) plus a big whiff of the elongation and weird flourishes Matt mentions above to give it an extra twist. <br /><br />Come to think of it the Glorantha allusions may be even closer style-wise if you count in Richard Bober's work: http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2011/03/we-need-more-gaming-art-like-this.htmlChris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-23453603394026251262011-10-01T11:22:58.737-05:002011-10-01T11:22:58.737-05:00These are wonderful. The details and gingerbread-...These are wonderful. The details and gingerbread-house candy-colors are almost hallucinatory. I also like the way Ivanov has slightly elongated all of the figures (look at the mountain peak, the ships' hulls and sails, the headdresses, the "totem poles"). It gives everything a subtle, weird vibe.Matthew Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343263539473683579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-10257098343157641612011-10-01T10:01:31.333-05:002011-10-01T10:01:31.333-05:00It's like Bilibin and Otus had a baby.It's like Bilibin and Otus had a baby.Gregor Vugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290626264301416468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-44713998580800773832011-10-01T06:17:58.545-05:002011-10-01T06:17:58.545-05:00I wish I knw what was going on here.
http://www.o...I wish I knw what was going on here.<br /><br />http://www.ostrov-gallery.ru/artists/vsevolod_ivanov/gallery/proshchay_atlantida/Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631136220399968633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-78377937252909085702011-10-01T03:23:10.355-05:002011-10-01T03:23:10.355-05:00Some of those are reminiscent of scenes in Wolfhou...Some of those are reminiscent of scenes in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416316/" rel="nofollow"><i>Wolfhound</i></a>.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-1084120117125883322011-10-01T01:18:41.114-05:002011-10-01T01:18:41.114-05:00That is some very evocative stuff!That is some very evocative stuff!Xyanthonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902260753434100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-84959440729147313002011-10-01T00:25:28.465-05:002011-10-01T00:25:28.465-05:00There's the witch in her steam-punk flying cha...There's the witch in her steam-punk flying chariot - that's a fave of mine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678503778316350427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-26805562507838306852011-09-30T22:02:11.011-05:002011-09-30T22:02:11.011-05:00I like this guy's style. It's a cross bet...I like this guy's style. It's a cross between the Brothers Hildebrand and Thomas Kinkade.Desert Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862907749003106864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-73616018423390044142011-09-30T19:01:54.726-05:002011-09-30T19:01:54.726-05:00That's some really beautiful artwork.That's some really beautiful artwork.Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-40977505569755105162011-09-30T18:41:58.783-05:002011-09-30T18:41:58.783-05:00That last one made me think of a 'non-scifi...That last one made me think of a 'non-scifi' version of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks...scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-75663155573627818752011-09-30T17:42:32.052-05:002011-09-30T17:42:32.052-05:00My whole family digs this. Thank you.My whole family digs this. Thank you.Dr Rotwanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750632906878388570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-26292050627133123062011-09-30T17:38:29.591-05:002011-09-30T17:38:29.591-05:00It is incredibly evocative stuff, right?
@Fabian...It is incredibly evocative stuff, right? <br /><br />@Fabian<br />I held back on some of his stranger (and I mean that in a good way) even more Gloranthan work. Maybe something to post later.<br /><br />@Blizack<br />Yep that's why fingers are crossed about navigating the language and legal barriers.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-21355125994185912522011-09-30T17:13:20.953-05:002011-09-30T17:13:20.953-05:00Good GOD, this is beautiful stuff. As a fellow lov...Good GOD, this is beautiful stuff. As a fellow lover of Bilibin, this really speaks to me. If you can get something even half this cool for the Borderlands book, you'll be doing great.letsdamagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-728812745257786882011-09-30T17:09:07.744-05:002011-09-30T17:09:07.744-05:00You beat me to it! Glad I'm not the only one d...You beat me to it! Glad I'm not the only one digging on the Glorantha feel of this artist's work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678503778316350427noreply@blogger.com