Look at me - The Rape, Christina Neofotistou (2D)

[CGadrian]

Wow !

excellent work !
amazing concept !
EXCELLENT !
5 stars !
Bravo !:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Ishtar]

It's a very strong, strong work in emotion and visual. cheer, it's an image which has really much force, because you drew it with enthusiasm.
:-)

[BlacKeri]

Oh, Christina.

I have always admired your art. You're simply brilliant. I love what you do, and this piece is nothing but marvelous. It's simply another masterpiece from you. 5 stars, but it deserves so much more!

[Garibaldi]

WOW.

Just, wow.

[Shiki]

I agree with everyone here! Nice job, it really leaves an impression. I also looked at your site and read your articles, they were just as impressive, and thought provoking. I happen to like social commentary kinds of art eventhough I've never done any myself. I usually draw strong female characters, because too many times I see characters that merely are there to make scenery, or to be the damsel in distress. There are men out there who love women who can kick some ass once in a while too.:)

I feel similarly about women's role and importance as equal human beings, and having certain rights that should not be infringed upon even if others disagree. Keep it up, because the world needs to hear our voices, and we still have issues that need resolution by peaceful means. ~Angela

[Ischwara]

:eek:... Oh.. wow, I'm speechless. What a powerful artwork.

[Dianae]

Amazing work, very strong concept and execution! Disturbing yet appealing, very well done!
5 stars

[Samuraikuroi]

Geia sas Christina. Exquisite.

[Samuraikuroi]

Five stars!

[Intervain]

This is fantastic! The amount of emotions that this conveys is unbelievable! 5 stars times 5 from me:love:

[MoonVisionStudio]

Very courageous. Good execution. Congratulations.

[artlife]

Amazing work! Very Smart idea !:D

Mpravo vre patriwtaki ;)

[TRHaDEs]

Wow~Amazing Idea!I like it a lot!very good!:eek: :bounce: :thumbsup: 5 Stars for sure!

[SeifoSid]

Nice work, great anatomy, great skin colors, nice idea too.

[spacewolflord]

I personally do not think I could do anything of this sort because of the feelings and memories that it will bring up. You are a stronger person then I in this regard.

My life go on and the light of friends and family burn away the dark moments that threaten to consume us.

[AlyFell]

Outstanding work! Intelligent and thought provoking, like all your pieces. Maximum stars!

[scala]

Today I discovered SrPaquito David cabrera with his wonderful MUmorning http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=133&t=467207&page=1&pp=15
And I was really pleased to discover you you did a beautiful surealistic work , i give you 5* and like for David I hope you gonna have an award ....

[mikeldi]

Your work is incredible. It has so much feeling in it... and it´s so real... Fantastic surrealistic image, full of emotions. Congratulations and keep on surprising us.

[BlueTiger]

Geia sou Xristina! Poly kali kai dynati douleia! (= very strong and impressive)
I had admired your work titled :
Salvador Dali, auto-sodomized by His own Inspiration,
which was also great!!! Keep up !!!

[jramauri]

Really impressive image, in all aspects. Very well done, and the idea it transmits is pretty clear. 10 stars (if I could give them :) ).

[christina]

hi everyone! thank you so much for the kind words.
I didn't expect such a reception for this piece.

In digitalart.org for example they refused to even add it to my gallery, because of "distasteful and/or offensive content"... I'm so glad modern people are used to seeing more than pretty subjects, and that all the wonderful talent on CGtalk is so accustomed to giving a moment to think about what we see..

Thank you again for the kind comments.

kisses
Christina

[stuh505]

Well, it's certainly good, it's shocking...and probably the LAST thing in the world I would want to see if I were a rape victim.

[Palantion]

What really captures me the most is the subjects direct eye contact to the viewer , kind of a emotional dareing demonstration if you will , and has all the poise of a Zoftic Character ,it is obvious that your anatomy classes are paying off from med school. tableau of color is right on not much to crit on this jewl!

[christina]

palantion> first off thanks for the thumbs up.. I do think there's lots of things wrong with the colour and anatomy, but I'm glad you can enjoy it nonetheless.

I have to reply to your comment because it's uncanny that you spotted in her look exactly what I was trying to do with her.

I remember an old documentary about cartoons which said characters should never "break the fourth wall" (the screen) by looking at you. That was old school WB toons, and it even had a frame-by frame where that wolf character looks left to right, *skipping* the "I'm looking at you" frame.

My intention with this piece was to have a woman (I modelled as the head, incidentally, and my girlfriend as the body) looking in a challenging sort of way at the viewer. She would look at the rapist and give him the cold eye treatment. Then I realised that 99.99999% or even 100% of the people who are going to look at it aren't rapists... And I knew rapists wouldn't feel any guilt anyhow. So I skipped the explanations anyway.. But since you mentioned, yes, that is what gave me the mood setting.

I'll stop babbling now..
thanks again.

christina

[fryrice]

cool!!
very strong work!

[Odysseus-XB]

Impressive. I totally agree with stuh 505!

[digitalinkmind]

Strong painting made with a lot of emotion. Marvelous artwork.:thumbsup:

[dxk123852]

:thumbsup:nice work!

[BlacKeri]

YESSSSSSSSS! You got it! My biggest, warmest congratulations on receiving the award. It's most deserved !:D

[Rocwell]

amazing image! gorgeous and thought provoking. i dig

[iDoodles]

absolutely amazing! :thumbsup:
it means so much!

[frisodehartog]

Absolutely beautifull! it SCREAMS it message right at you

[ikuru]

holly moly, verrrry nice! my first thought was it had something to do with AIDS (hope you dont get offended by that), Im not sure I got the symbolism and that but... Anyhow verry well made.

[vivien82]

I'm glad you finished it, it really is beautiful and, as others have already said, really very powerful.

[BadG3r]

beautiful.

before I read the title i've got a shiver.

[katana2665]

(Speechless)

[Masaniello]

Yeah, really powerful. As your other works.

[ANKTSUNAMUNH]

This is Exquisite!

[Batmanuel]

It's probably been a year since I commented on anyone's artwork....even though there is an astounding amount of great art on this site. But your image is perhaps one of the most powerful I've seen on here. Keep raising the bar and getting your emotions out.

[mimibooP]

I like the body.......:applause:

[Susi]

Powerful and superb

[Anebay]

wow ,very convulsion.

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