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Even with the ‘juicing’ rumours?

Hey Demonlanders, I’ve personal messaged all of you who’ve suggested you’d like to have a print/s. Anyone outside of those who is interested, please message me. First print run on Monday….the Original Size is popular! Those walls gotta be filled somehow….

The Clarry goal celebration will be coming….maybe in one piece, no dissing Fred.

Print sizes and prices for Demons Max and Jack painting, title: ‘Melbourne Footy Club Premiership Year 2021’ 2 grades of paper = 230gsm and 310 gsm (Archival Museum Art grade) 3 print sizes all available at either 230gsm or 310gsm, hence price choice below. The pic is the ‘small’ size on 310 paper, the ‘large’ on 230. The MFC cap is for size relativity. I’m absolutely wrapt with both, but the 310 does have marginally better ‘pop’ in colour/tonal contrast. It makes no difference to me which one anyone chooses. Each print will also have a 15mm white border allowing flexibility for framing (not in the demo pic below), comes in a cylinder roll, are individually signed and numbered, and with included ‘notes on the painting’ as separate (to potentially put on back of whatever framing). Prices (excluding postage, which will be ~ $15) *Small (60cm x 40cm) = $90/$120 *Large (83cm x 62cm) = $140/$180 *Original (122cm x 81.3cm) = $220/$300 To avoid postage cost, I’ll happily arrange for prints to be picked up at my place in Collingwood (you can have a coffee in Smith St, Time Out magazine’s official ‘coolest street in the world’ as voted a couple of months ago, and check out some of my other art, footy inspired or not). *Taking orders now, so personal message me, and with any other questions.

Max and Jack painting is now print ready…..attached is the 1 MB (OG scan is 320 x this) web friendly final pic. Click on the pic, then again, and you’ll get the largest format at 1MB. Sizes for purchase are - *Small (60cm x 40cm) *Large (83cm x 62cm) *Original (122cm x 81.3cm) Each is available on 2 grades of paper - 230gsm and 320gsm (Archival Museum Art Grade), which will be reflected in the pricing. I’ll add price and other details later today, and personal message all who want a print…

I’ve been banging on about this for years…..injury ladder parallels real ladder. Objectively the biggest sole determinant of success. We have an injury free year like this again and we’ll be primed for a repeat run.

Already thought about that…..😎

Thanks @dpositive. Your words are very kind. It’s a pleasure to paint from the heart, which I hope it conveys. Each print will be signed and numbered, with notes attached. I’ll offer full disclosure on costs, which for Demonland I’m only looking to cover, with a smidge extra for the hours spent. I suspect the popular sizes will be ~ A1 and A2. My understanding is that A1 will be somewhere south of $200, A2 obviously less. I’d really like to keep A1 under $200 even with postage. People will be able to pick up at mine to avoid shipping. I’m really not interested in making money from the prints, as I’ll be able to sell original either at exhibition, or privately. more soon….

Bottom one particularly is a stunner, @Fork 'em, pointing fingers and all. Has a Pied Piper feel. I was thinking about a triptych. Haven’t firmed on the remaining two….will add this to the possibilities.

Notes on the painting: From the ground up…. *One of my primary visual intentions was to have ‘blue and red’ dominate, without white particularly (Max’s half eleven excluded). As such, both Jack and Max’s boots have been ‘un-whited’, adding to the red and blue saturation. *I grew up in the era when “Redlegs” was still a popular nickname for the Dees, and I loved the long red socks, particularly against the black ‘old-school’ boots. Thus I’ve lengthened Gus’ socks (and slightly shrunk the others to offer his even more ‘length’) and he’s wearing brand-less black boots. This, amongst other things, is a nod to legacy, as well as offering the chance to bring up the red proportion against the blue in the painting overall as there’s almost no jersey ‘yolk’ visible. *There is no advertising/branding on clothing (boots excepted), including the AFL logo. None of it is red and blue, and although advertising is an admittedly necessary evil, it’s gone. *The ‘fence-banner’ background speaks for itself. A desaturated tone of blue, against the deeper uniform colours. Top right is hard to make out on the photo, but it’s a pair of fuschias. Premiership years listed - right to left, past to current. (in different fonts for different eras), official logos also, with the current logo the largest and significantly at Max’s toe. Jersey numbers of “team of the century (1900-1999)” in lightest blue on right. *I love the Jack-Max relationship here. ⁃ As our ex-captain, who despite losing the captaincy remains vice-captain, Jack is pure MFC legacy - his father was a legend and captain, he grew up supporting the club, is as hard as nails, lacks the polish, but gives his all and is essential for it (Iet’s just say I was tempted to put blood on his mouthguard!) Jack lifts his enormous captain with a look of determined joy. I raised his head off his shoulders a bit, along with an eyebrow, to ‘elevate’ his physical expression. His left bicep is bigger, and leaves an impression on Max’s jersey. ⁃ Max here is the change-bringer, the drought-breaker. Christ-allusive with arms outspread, but in the most unaffected, innocent way. And he knows it. He fully trusts his teammates, his ‘lifters’ and with an unadulterated expression of intense victorious delight. All we see of his ‘11’ , is a ‘1’ - he is this era’s cultural progenitor. ⁃ Gus is every other team member - a pillar and a wrap-around, fully invested and enfolding this iteration of Melbourne to reinforce the union. (Can still see his blue helmet though). *The ‘Crowd’ background is a (red-tinted) grey - to bring a ‘pop’ to the skin/uniform saturation, and as a colour representation, or lack thereof, of the media background in front of which footy plays out. Top right corner is a cap of the Tom Wills era style (also reminiscent of the velvet caps of the 70’s childhood). Max is either pointing to it, or tossing it into the past, forever. There is a name labelled on the inner cap rim ….N. Smith. Initially I made the scarf standard length. It didn’t seem enough. The scarf is us, the supporters of the oldest football club in the country. We are long in loyalty, long in numbers, long in suffering and generations. We’ve been on a winding journey, as sport determines - subject to joy and despair. The scarf, also our journey, is both ladder and snake. It is suspended in the present - an activating force for Max and his team, as they so often made clear. Both scarf and cap (a supporter’s essential uniform, now and ever) are de-saturated and de-sharpened in keeping with the fence banner detail. Excuse again the less than adequate image. The painting is 48 inch x 32 inch, so can’t be helped. Any other details needing explanation, ask away.

Finished. I’ll post some notes later. Be aware that this photo is taken on my iPad, then compressed to fit file for this site. Scanning for prints will be at ‘museum art grade’ resolution and colour saturation/correction. You get the idea though….

Thanks, @Brenno. Not far away now.

Demons with faces…..

Progress……current title = "Faceless Demons". 😜

Lots of us in level 4. Is obviously the party section!

Hard to argue….👍

The flu vax is not changed in any ways that need extended trials. It is safe because it’s a known, tested quantity, much like the current Covid vax, albeit this fact still escapes many. The cognitive dissonance, as you say, makes no sense. As to the ‘impact’ of flu compared to Covid discussed earlier, there’s a galaxy of difference. Covid kills with ~ 150 times more efficiency than the flu. It also, because of the need for hospital respiratory support in so many who do survive but get seriously sick, cripples health systems. The only quantities that need referencing in respect to flu and Covid are the R-0 number comparisons (Delta’s special skill), and deaths per 100,000 (or whatever number). These alone tell the story - relative infectiousness and mortality. A fascinating illustration of the AZ ‘fear f-up’ is the thankfully little-reported fact that the Pfizer vax causes pericarditis in > 50 people per million. Compare this to AZ’s ~4 people per million incidence of thrombocytopenia. Just like death, risk in life is certain. The problem is too many people being baffled by concepts of its relativity.

Yes it is. All of us will get the virus, or at least be exposed, many of whom will not become symptomatic or even test positive if they’re vaccinated. As @Maccasays, the societal burden of the illness - hospitalisation, death, and the subsequent need for lockdowns to control that eventuality - that which is currently being talked about and implemented in Europe is entirely on the back of unvaccinated numbers being too high. What these new ‘waves’ overseas are telling us is just how high the vaccinated population percentage needs to be to allow ‘normality’. We’re heading toward 95%, and even higher. Of course ‘spread control’ measures - masks and distancing - are important to slow population infection, but there is ONLY ONE way to negate the broader societal effect, the pandemic in the pandemic if you will, and that is massed vaccination. People are beginning to get the idea here, but jeez it’s frustrating how some (particularly overseas) just don’t. For self, for others, for societal ‘freedom’ - every single aspect of it - the solution couldn’t be more blindingly obvious. Oh, and if 99% of the over-12’s are vaccinated, it couldn’t matter less that the under-12’s aren’t. Evidence now tells us that even with Delta, kids mostly get a sniffle and a headache for a day, then come good and with antibody resistance to reinfection (for how long, who knows, so there should still be longer-term vaccination for them of course).

My fave non-Dees footballer. Good luck Ben.

Kudos due.

Progress pic ….only completed bit are Max’s boots, and the fence background (kudos to first respondent on relevance of jumper numbers). Otherwise, some artistic/legacy licence….

Perfect.

The dvd season highlights package, sad to say, is very ‘meh’. Putting it kindly, Jack Viney does his best. Frustratingly short and choppy video reviews of each game. Considering what it could have been…..

Not true. He was very ordinary up forward for GWS, which is why they stopped trying him there. Petty is a better natural footballer than Tommo and more competitive. He played forward in the latter part of 2019, when we were horrible, and did remarkably well. Smart, good hands, good kick. Kid will become a forward a la David Nietz, nothing surer. Tommo and ‘Disco’ Turner, who aren’t forwards, will cover the spot down back nicely.

Only 3 real clunkers for me. 1. Max’s ‘non-goal’, 2. May’s ‘non-mark’, 3. the inconsistency between Lachie Hunter’s free kick for ‘too high’, but Kozzie not awarded for the same. All three could have affected the result, but we won by a lot, so blah blah. Johannisen’s elevator hands not a problem. A legitimate speccy every day.