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| Barlowe's Inferno; life in hell (literally) | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 27 2008, 04:39 AM (4,701 Views) | |
| truteal | Jul 27 2008, 04:39 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.waynebarlowe.com/barlowe_pages/index_inferno.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlowe%27s_Inferno your opinion on Wayne Douglas Barlowe's other well known title? my opinion is, that it is pretty imaginative, but it was made by Wayne Douglas Barlowe, so what would you expect? |
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| Ànraich | Jul 27 2008, 11:08 AM Post #2 |
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While I do not particularly care for religion myself, I enjoy learning about it because, well, religion is the greatest story ever told (whether it is fantasy or not is entirely based on your opinion, which I don't have a right to impede upon). What I like about Inferno is that Barlowe has been able to take ideas about hell from several religions, add some of his own, and then blend them together into a masterpiece of creativity. |
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| Sliver Slave | Jul 27 2008, 11:21 PM Post #3 |
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I read the novel God's Demon. It was okay, but I found the scene where one of the demons, um, "went off" with one of the abbysals (wild life) a bit disturbing. Otherwise, fairly good literary quality. I do want to get my hands on that Inferno and Brushfire book though. |
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| ItHasTeeth | Aug 5 2008, 12:20 AM Post #4 |
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I actually am delighted by this work, not for scientific reasons, not for religious reasons (well, not profound ones at any rate), but rather from an artistic and creative stand point. Hell is something people have tried to capture over & over & over again, but it's almost always the same old bat winged, goat-footed demons in a land of fire and brimstone. Well, the fire and brimstone are still there, but they're also joined by cities built of human bricks, ground with the texture of human flesh, rivers of blood (ok, that one's slightly cliche, I'll admit), and demons who look like they were made from half cremated pets mixed into a batch of potter's clay (well, that's a fairly narrow description considering the wide variety of demons he uses). It's interesting & aesthetically pleasing in a disturbed, half charred way. Bodies of men warped by giant black sphere that swim through their bodies as though the pale, marble-like flesh were simply water (or molasses... some fluid). I'm not so keen on the piece called 'Hell's First Borne', but the work concentrating on the soles & the demons them selves I find to be quite a peculiar interpretations of age-old ideas. Plus I think Beelzebub, the pieces titled "Sargatanas Descending" and "Lucifuge" looked absolutely kick ass! I'm so looking forwards to his future paintings for this project of his... Although, what I'd REALLY like to see is Barlowe get some more work done on that 'Thype' world of his. ![]() He's got illustrations and concepts from in in his two 'Barlowe's Guides' and in "The Alien Life of Wayne Douglas Barlowe". Edited by Parasky, Aug 5 2008, 02:38 PM.
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| Ànraich | Aug 5 2008, 02:39 PM Post #5 |
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No more religion bashing in this thread. Next time it gets off topic, it will be locked. |
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| Reedstilt | Aug 5 2008, 03:14 PM Post #6 |
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I really enjoy Barlowe's Inferno. I got a copy of it for my birthday a couple years ago. As others have said it really stands out for blending old traditions with a new vision. Great stuff. |
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| Sliver Slave | Aug 5 2008, 05:14 PM Post #7 |
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ooh, I saw those Thype pictures in his guide to extraterresstrials. Those were so weird looking. Also, @ the pic.....woah.... |
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| PousazPower | Aug 5 2008, 05:40 PM Post #8 |
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I actually like the Inferno stuff better than Expedition, not because it's more imaginative, but because Barlowe has been able to redesign a place that's been stereotyped for so long and make it COOOL (from an internet standpoint, though I doubt it would be cool in person)! The fact that it has the Abyssals and Salamandrine men is also pretty cool, too. |
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| Sliver Slave | Aug 5 2008, 07:57 PM Post #9 |
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It is hard to reinvent hell. Did anyoone here actually read both the novel and inferno? |
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| truteal | Aug 23 2008, 04:43 AM Post #10 |
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