Twins

[strangetomato]

I was feeling artsy, so I made this little Sims 2 homage to Diane Arbus.

Comments

[soniabigcheese.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. I was thinking more in the lines of those creepy twins from the movie... The Shining!!
Nicely done though :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Ms. Arbus was a pioneer of creepy twins imagery. Or maybe I'm thinking more of the little boy with the hand grenade. He's the creepy one.

Thanks. ^_^

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ^_^ I wonder if Kubrick was making a visual reference to her photograph in that composition (and in the whole idea of the twins, for that matter). Now I'm going to have to look into it.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I just googled it and found a number of sources saying that the scene was at least partly inspired by the photograph. Pretty cool.

Hopefully, this will help me win at Trivial Pursuit one day. :P

[vega-pleiades.livejournal.com]

Would that be the Pleasant twins? They look adorable.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would be them. I thought they suited the pair in the original photograph, since one is straight-forwardly happy and the other seems... uncomfortable.

They're really super cute as children, aren't they?

[lolawastamed.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. You should recolor a painting with it! Or if you don't mind, I'd like to. Just for myself. I don't really post stuff for people to download often.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of doing that. In fact, I've had a project in mind for ages (literally years) to recreate a set of my favourite art historical photographs using sims and sim scenery/objects, but when I take things on as a large project, I tend to lose steam. Maybe if I do a number of them, posting as I go, it will be easier to build up a set, and then I can make them for download.

I'd love to have a cc set for myself to furnish my sim art galleries. There are so many art history references in the game's paintings already, but no famous photographs.

I'm glad you like it. ^_^

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I love this! I admit to having to look up Diane Arbus, though I recognized her work once I saw it.

I also read that the original twins' parents thought it was the worst photo of their kids ever.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ^_^ I think that's often the case with famous photographs. Photographers seem to receed into the background, though people remember the images (many photographers also tend to live into a ripe old age, according to my art history lessons — I'm guessing the chemicals preserve them? :P). Ms. Arbus is one of my favourites.

Heheh. I can see that. Do not trust art photographers! They will use that one frame that makes you look interesting and significant, but terrible from the standards of conventional beauty. They do it every time. Arbus's photo of the boy with the toy hand grenade is another example of that. If you search, you can find her contact sheet for that shoot, and he looks like a normal boy, but in that one frame he looks sinister and insane. Photographers are notorious liars, yet people read photographic images as inherently truthful. It's a very interesting medium that way.

I took a course in applied philosophy in university, with the focus being on photography. It was probably my favourite course during my time there, combining two of my favourite subjects. I remember speaking up a lot in class (to the point that someone remembered me years later as "that girl who had really insightful comments" *beams*) and writing a really tight paper comparing two very different, yet formally similar, photographers. Those were good times.

[will-o-whisper.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know Diane Arbus before now.

I really like this. It would make a fantastic painting recolor. :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well now you know. ^_^ I'm happy to be able to introduce you to her.

Thank you. ^_^ I do think I'll make it into a painting recolour.

I'm not going to bite off more than I can chew, but I am planning to do a bit of a cc project with these, if I continue to make them (and I have plans to). I'm terrible at completing large cc projects, and have folders of mostly finished work, but I think I'll make a special effort for this one.

[gheez.livejournal.com]

That's a very striking image.

(I had to go look up Diane Arbus too.)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thank you. ^_^ I give all of the credit to Diane Arbus, but I'm glad my recreation was successful.

I'm glad I've introduced some people to her work. She's one of my favourite photographers.

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

GREAT Arbus homage! Looking forward to see the rest of your artsy projects when you find time and inspiration :)

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

Funny coincidence: Just last week I zapped by the Diane Arbus movie with Nicole Kidman - don't know about the quality of the film, but it inspired me to go on an Arbus search :)