Finally going back and checking out Chad Michael Ward's web site and work in more depth. He's obviously extremely talented with a strongly developed style. His photographs appeal to me more on the level of dark fascination with their grotesquerie than from a quality of "beauty." Have to stare at a couple of them, thinking to myself, "that's... horrible..." Very powerful. Some of them remind me in ways of H.R. Geiger, and of Luis Royo, both, maybe combined.
Although, a couple of the semi-nudes he has posted are much softer, with almost an innocence about them. That's a cool thing, he's able to convey such a range of subject and emotion.
Also I see a couple of pieces with Japanese characters and imagery... one is very Gothic Lolita. So that's a visual arena I'm familiar with and interested in, too. Lots to like here, on several different levels, which makes me all the more likely to stay interested in an artist, whatever the medium.
Found he's got a livejournal, too, which I do also, though I don't really use it much anymore. I do still read a number of other lj's, and so I added him to mine.
Ah, so it's the question again tonight, will I end up asleep early, or will I be up a while, long enough to feel like dinner is thoroughly digested, and go to the gym? We'll see.
Ah, so it's the question again tonight, will I end up asleep early, or will I be up a while, long enough to feel like dinner is thoroughly digested, and go to the gym? We'll see.
Although, a couple of the semi-nudes he has posted are much softer, with almost an innocence about them. That's a cool thing, he's able to convey such a range of subject and emotion.
Also I see a couple of pieces with Japanese characters and imagery... one is very Gothic Lolita. So that's a visual arena I'm familiar with and interested in, too. Lots to like here, on several different levels, which makes me all the more likely to stay interested in an artist, whatever the medium.
Found he's got a livejournal, too, which I do also, though I don't really use it much anymore. I do still read a number of other lj's, and so I added him to mine.
Ah, so it's the question again tonight, will I end up asleep early, or will I be up a while, long enough to feel like dinner is thoroughly digested, and go to the gym? We'll see.
Ah, so it's the question again tonight, will I end up asleep early, or will I be up a while, long enough to feel like dinner is thoroughly digested, and go to the gym? We'll see.