janaba wrote:A very nicely organized gallery already, Afalstein, with the ages beautifully illustrated and commented on, even if that'd be wild guesses ... I like the conveniently provided links to different views of the resp. age below many of the pictures, and there are a few comments by visitors already, so this is drawing more and more attention among the artists ...
I don't know who those ladies are supposed to represent and if they're at all taken from the D'ni lore, let's see if somebody else knows or Rustee himself will stumble upon this thread or even your gallery on devART, but they look very beautiful and d'ni-ish and thus fit perfectly into the environment IMO ...
I did contact Rustee, both to ask for permission to display the Age and to ask about the portraits. He gave me permission but he never explained the portraits. I agree that they're beautiful, though they look a little postmodern... but then, most of what D'ni art we've seen has been very stylized stain-glass windows, so who knows.
EDIT: I did hear back from Rustee now. He says the Age was initially supposed to be an Age voting Gallery, but eventually evolved into a simple gallery with traditional portraits. He says the portraits have nothing to do with Gehn, and in fact are ALL female. So there went that thought.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! The links are a bit of a hassle to get together, but I use them because they are very handy, particularly if you found one image in a search and wanted to see the rest. And I do like the fact that it's beginning to gain a following.
