Can anyone help me identify this art? (1° of separation from actual BD art, whoops)
TL;DR - anybody find it via reverse-image search?
Wordy version - So, late in the day on Monday, my internet service (Spectrum, Midwest USA) did some kind of "planned upgrade," which wound up (temporarily?) killing a landslide of key sites for me, such as TheGuardian, Pinterest.com, archive.org, TinEye, Patreon, streamable.com, fandom.com and even bloody well Amazon! Even Google Image search craps out after I upload the image.
Now, I -think- this is from someone I previously posted here 2+yrs ago, but I'm getting older, and... well. 665 posts is a boatload of posts to search through when you can't remember a good key-word. :S
Funny thing is, I was trying to put together a little dossier on Horacio Altuna's BD art when I stumbled upon this one. One problem with that of course is that Altuna loves to spotlight a million+1 artists on his Twitter feed (see prior post), and this was one of them. But it's absolutely not him!
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Pinterest and amazon being blocked sounds like a feature to me
Those are just some big-name examples. I can't even get in to my bank accts right now.
I get it. It was just meant to be a funny comment.
https://arthuspilorget.artstation.com/projects/oawVq
Aaaaannd, here's where I see that ArtStation is also now blocked, so I can't actually see that.
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https://vimeo.com/282209006?fl=pl&fe=cm
Oh, maaan, I need more of the clip in those stills! It was the only scene with a background track (dance track is from the DJ, otherwise) and promises a vast and lush world that's inching inexorably toward rebirth —and in just a few short seconds, no less!
The animation was smooth, and the action's graceful but with a subtle pop as accent. Reminds me of Scavengers Reign, but less alien and more prescient. Lovely work, all around! 😍
I was also thinking that, and one or two other artworks I've posted here over the years but can't remember off the top of my head.
There's also a whole series of German post-apoc BD that it's close to art-wise, as in Gung Ho. It's been translated in to French, but not sure about English.
https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-37320-BD-Gung-Ho.html
Verdammt, jetzt muss ich wohl meine Deutschkenntnisse wieder auffrischen.
My French is far worse.😝
Na, da muss ich ja mal den Mund halten und mir den Hintern versohlen lassen!
It looks like the series actually was published in English, by ABLAZE! Now checking their site I don't actually see it, which likely means it's out of print. So (not sure where you are) you might be able to hit up your LCS (or whatever) and see if there are issues they might stock for a reasonable price.
Btw, you may hate me for this, but I first asked this of GPT, then did some followup searches to confirm. If it helps, the initial query is here.
Ha! Was that a Wilhelm joke? 🤣 I'd completely forgotten about that particularly unhinged assclown.
(Schwartsinn?)Also, LLMs aren't so bad if they're utilized properly. Searching for obscure references online is one of those few things. 🖖🏼😆
Oh gosh that is so excellent.
I'm going mad not being able to see what y'all can. 😑
Oh, haha... and just got this message via smartphone from my updated internet service--
"Hi Johnny!"
"You'll hear from us as soon as possible with your next upgrade window. We're unable to complete this phase of the upgrade due to weather or access-related issues. No action is needed from you at this time."
"THANK YOU FOR BEING A VALUED SPECTRUM CUSTOMER." ...
VALUED is doing a lot of the lifting there. 🤣
I wound up solving the problem myself after a few days. Simply updating my Firefox browser was enough, but whatever they did on their end necessitated that update in the worst way.
Hero