Demonology by eyeland
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"Demonology is the systematic study of demons or beliefs about demons. It is the branch of theology relating to supernatural beings who are not gods. It deals both with benevolent beings that have no circle of worshipers or so limited a circle as to be below the rank of gods, and with malevolent beings of all kinds. The original sense of "demon", from the time of Homer onward, was a benevolent being, but in English the name now holds connotations of malevolence." (from Wikipedia)
Only my second Bryce post this year. I'm still drawn to it occasionally, but continue to focus my creative energies on photography under my Renderosity alter ego of photosynthesis. As always, this is a pure Bryce render with no postwork. Mostly my own models, with a few by my favorite Renderosity abstract modelers - Poisen, MatCreator, Karanta - & lots of metaballs.
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Comments (15)
Fantastic creation !!!!
Delightful.
This is awesome !
What a unique use of Bryce and a very cool one at that...Great work...
Beautiful! Gorgeous colors. Corrie
Very interesting and cool.
So beautiful colors and Bryce ABS********
The image affirms what you've written about demons---that they can be benevolent beings right alongside malevolent. An eye popping image. There's menace here---it has so many spindly profusions and laced sinewy enclosures, etc, that we could see this as a creature from the deep, emerging out of the ocean, and dripping with bad intentions. ("Hi! Hope you don't mind but we brought a FRIEND for dinner...he's harmless, but he EATS a lot...") But it's got so much light, balance, and sumptuousness, it could be a beneficent god or goddess, come to us to grant gifts. This piece is much closer to that than to a "devil". Maybe 'demon's history (from a root meaning "genius, offering," eventually meaning "a devil") tells us how we've handled wonder through the centuries: We've slowly turned it into objects of fear...In any case this is about the earlier meaning, and it's splendid! You get these sheen-filled surfaces, and chrome like reflections; and transparent space-age plastics, and glass-like orbs---which look like eyes---and head-dresses and oozes and deep orbs inside finger-y grasps (the green 'orbs' inside the red funnels, on each side at the bottom). (You know, it's très clumsy finding words for abstract shapes! Abstract art should come with numbered parts, and a glossary, and a printable .pdf!) I like that your peripheries are 'spun glass', which meanders on well out of the frame...This feels like it came right from Ancient India: 'Krishna' could've made this, when he opened his jaws for his friend Arjuna, on the vast battlefield of "The Mahabharata": Benevolent, scary and all-giving. Beautiful work, Claude. Same spirit that we see in your eye-popping photography.
Epic! Alwasy love seeing new creative juices flowing from your computer and across the interwebs!
Very cool work thanks for sharing
very cool image love the sculpture
Amazing! You have been away from Bryce too long. The dark side beckons you!
Thanks for the link! :) I would have missed this, and that would have been a shame. It's got such personality! I love the sense of transparency. It's only a demon, I suppose, if someone thinks it is. To me, it looks more like a motorcycle. But hey ... I'm not much on religious interpretation, so don't go by me. :P
Cool work!
Alien invasion for sure - great zoom and colors!