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pegasi1978 wrote:
The other griffin in the background is that the Barred Wing Wolf Griffin that’s up on eBay now?
Yep, that’s him! He’s a lot prettier in person than in the ebay photos.
littleironhorse wrote:I want to know about that unicorn in the lower right hand corner of you picture!
That’s Nam’s Rocky Mountain Unicorn! 😀 I think she put it up in her gallery a while back…It should be for sale at some point…don’t know any details on it though.
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-J R R TolkienArlla wrote:Kujacker wrote:Arlla, do you just “walk in” or do you have to ask Melody first? I mean, if you just showed up at the door would they let you in? XD
I’m only in Cali once a year regularly (sometimes more, but only once for sure), so it would be cool if we were allowed to just wander in at random.I don’t know – I always arrange it ahead of time with the office girls and they ask Melody’s permission. I don’t know if they’d appreciate an unannounced visit…and there’s no gaurantee that anyone but Karen and or Susie would be there, and they’re very busy all day – and they aren’t just going to let people out on the factory floor by themselves, someone has to go with you, and if whoever’s there is too busy to do that you’d be stuck. You really want them to be prepared for you so that you can get the tour of the factory and drool over everything. I swear, the first time I went I couldn’t function properly. There’s so much to look at it’s just overwhelming!
I doubt they would want to take take their time out of a busy day to do a tour for one or two people XD Ah well.
lol, and of course someone has got to be with anyone in the factory! Stuff would go missing like whoa if they let random people in!Arlla wrote:pegasi1978 wrote:The other griffin in the background is that the Barred Wing Wolf Griffin that’s up on eBay now?
Yep, that’s him! He’s a lot prettier in person than in the ebay photos.
Wow he looks so much different there than the eBay pictures. I have to say I like the eBay shots better, but then you weren’t focusing on him anyway.
WHOOOOOOO!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D MINE!! God I get so rubbery at the end of these auctions, I feel like I’m going to fall down..EEEEEE!!! He, like the Neptune emp, went for a whole lot less than I expected…. 0_0
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-J R R TolkienCongrats Arlla!! I’m glad you got to see him in person before bidding- I’m always worried that the new owners will be disappointed that their windstones don’t look as nice as the photos!!
My theory is that John’s photos capture the detail better, but don’t show the color as accurately (the color on his photos is subdued- intentionally I think so that the piece seems more vibrant in person), while mine are brighter and may show the color more vibrantly but don’t show the detail as nicely. It’s a tradeoff!
I’m not sure what the fate of the Rocky Mountain Unicorn will be… either eBay or a direct sale in the store.
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My art: featherdust.comNambroth wrote:Congrats Arlla!! I’m glad you got to see him in person before bidding- I’m always worried that the new owners will be disappointed that their windstones don’t look as nice as the photos!!
My theory is that John’s photos capture the detail better, but don’t show the color as accurately (the color on his photos is subdued- intentionally I think so that the piece seems more vibrant in person), while mine are brighter and may show the color more vibrantly but don’t show the detail as nicely. It’s a tradeoff!
Actually, looking at the griffin in my office with florescent lighting and viewing your pictures and the eBay pictures on my old 20” NEC monitor, here is what I see:
Your pictures have much more contrast and saturation, and a red shift so the pics are whiter in the feathers and redder in the markings and beak than the piece really is. My pictures are much truer in contrast and the color of the markings and beak are very accurate (less red). The feathers have a greenish cast but are about the right density of color. This will be different of course on each and every monitor but consumer digital cameras are programmed toward more intense reds and greens, as are most popular films, to insure vibrant skin tones and lush greenery.When I shot this I did have to desaturate the color a bit because, even though we have a expensive professional digital camera and I set it for faithful color reproduction, the color interpolation algorithm is not perfect and sees many of these paints as too intense, or just a bit too red. Making an overall correction to the image gave the wings the slight green cast. I fight this constantly, but the worst problem for viewers is still the difference in their monitors.
A note for those who don’t know: To get anything close to right you must also white balance the camera with an accurate gray card each time you change the type of lighting.
Arlla wrote:WHOOOOOOO!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D MINE!! God I get so rubbery at the end of these auctions, I feel like I’m going to fall down..EEEEEE!!! He, like the Neptune emp, went for a whole lot less than I expected…. 0_0
Congratulations, Arlla! 😀 They are both so nice, but I like the female better than the male. (I think it’s the pose) Need to win the lottery so I can start on the griffins… 😉
Thanks!! 😀
Yeah, the color on the male is closer to the ebay photos, I would say, than the photos of him at home with Nam. He’s brighter and nicer than the ebay photos, but he really is brownish like that and not bright red. At least as I saw him in the lighting of the factory office. And I know that lighting can totally change the way a piece looks. And it could also have something to do with how colors look on my monitor.
I’m so happy he’s coming home with meeeeee!!! ^_^ Now the question is the female….HMMMM….It would be super neat to have a whole complete family….
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-J R R TolkienGreater Basilisk wrote:Congratulations, Arlla! And good luck with the female. (You know you want her… 😀 )
LOL you’re not helping my self-restraint!!! 😈
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
-J R R TolkienCongrats on the win Arlla! 😀 He is lovely, and it would be neat if you could have the whole family. I think the female is just gorgeous. If I had just a little more money to blow right now… you would probably have some competition from me over her! 😈
But… Christmas is coming, and I have relatives. So I guess I need to think about buying presents instead. Damn!
Oh boy, I’m supposed to get him in the mail today….
Mmm. I think I’m definitely going to take a crack at the female. I really want the whole family!
Nam – do you think you’ll ever paint more of these flame point griffins???
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