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Published: 2013-09-10 15:15:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 2747; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 28
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Something a bit different for me...but still in the realm of Fantasy. This is also more personal. A self portrait. Sure I love fantasy and scifi...but I also love ancient history. In particular, Roman history. I have family roots in northern Italy and have always been fascinated by the depth and breadth of the Roman influence on civilization. So this is...my 2000-year-old Self!Related content
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Thank you, Mina! I was refreshing to indulge my love of ancient Rome and show another side of myself besides the usual scifi/fantasy.
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Thank you, Tarma. I'm glad you like it!Β "Ars longa, Vita brevis." -- SenecaΒ ["Art is long, Life is short."]
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Thank you, New! I really enjoyed slipping on those ancient sandals for this piece.
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Understand the historical context of this piece - but the reality; it is a fabulous piece of work - a fine "portrait" if you will...
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Thank you, Mel. Is there a lover of ancient history who hasn't fantasized about what it would be like to have LIVED in their favorite era of the past?
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Very true - I very much enjoy the books of Bernard Cornwell, C. J. Samsom and Simon Scarrow, but cannot say I would really like to have lived in such times - where a brutal birth, life and death was certainly the norm....
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Ha! Yes indeed. There is a huge difference between WONDERING...and actuallyΒ LIVING it. Romance and reality seldom match up!
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Nicely done. It's interesting to see how you've changed (or, at least, how you've seen yourself change) since Heroes & Rogues.
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Yeah, John. I'm definitely the grizzled-veteran-type now. Life has a way of doing that!
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Thanks, Jonathan! I needed an ID pic to accompany my bio in an artbook for the Westward RPG (Wicked North Games). I just couldn't do the standard photo ID thing. Too borrring. So I figured I might as well kill as many birds with that stone as I possibly could. Thus...a painted selfportrait...fantasy...and an expression of my fondness for Roman history.
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I think you were channeling Russell Crowe drawing this! A head full of fantasy! Sheesh!...Love it!
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It's a good thing I like Russell Crowe (even though I had problems with 'Gladiator'). Considering I did this from a photograph...I will take it as a compliment!
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Vere. Quod est in faciem meam. In tempore olim.
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Ahem...
I don't really speak, read, or write Roman. Well, let's see if I can work it out. After all English came from Latin.
Um, Very, four in the face mean. I temporary oil.
I figure that is a slogan for some kind of Roman acne medicine. Well I must say, you have depicted yourself with an excellent completion.
I'm sorry Mr. Vilardi. I mean no disrespect. I don't know what got into me just then.
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Of course I have an excellent complexion, Blaine. It's all that olive oil flowing in my veins.
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Looking good, Caesar! Great drawing!Β Β
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Heh! Thanks, Lacey. The scanner interpreted the hair to be much more red than the original watercolor painting. My hair is a dusty blonde...but I look okay as a redhead!
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Yeah...at my age...I'm not about to be goin' RED!
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Eonniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Good to "see" you again! Thank you for the encouraging comment. I figured it was time to put up something thatΒ reveals a little more about who I am...and 'Stormclouds' is the result. I envision this "me" in Brittany...125AD...standing on Hadrian's Wall...wondering when the eerie quiet would next be broken by an attack by the "barbarian" tribes that roam the surrounding area. *smile*Β How is THAT for a head full of fantasy!
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Good to see you, too!
You should write a book! O,o ...So will you be a Knight then? >D
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I love ancient history. So...a knight? Why not!
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No, no, hail has other connotations we do not want. Crap, now I want a Mike Vilardi portrait of me.
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BTW, I'm also part-Northern Italian.
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Martin...you look more Italian than I do!
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There's Italian and then there's Italian...
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Yeah. I've noticed that. But the spelling is identical!
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Yeah, that's such a coincidence!
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Hey, this is cool.... and you don't look a day over 1991! So if you were in Italy, you're hair would turn red??
So what part of N.Italy is your family from?
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Actually, I was born with red hair...which (according to Mom) fell out after an allergic reaction to, of all things, orange juice. Grew back blonde. Now at my advanced age, my hair has become a dusty-blonde. In the original watercolor the hair is far less red than it appears in the scan. I believe my Father's family line is from the Lombardy region.
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Hm. Maybe in the image you're using "Just for Centurions"?
Those Tuscan women dig it!
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Indeed they do!Β The decision to push the reddish color is an artistic one as well.Β I liked the contrast with all the blues and greys in the sky. Tis fantasy after all!
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"Fantasy". Mm. That explains the chiseled, manly good looks.....
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Hey! I'm manly. Kinda. But I long ago gave up the idea of being chiseled!
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Well.... consider.... if you refrigerate it, you can chisel bacon fat?!?!
Always lookin' on the bright side, I am.
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