Jim Tetlow
Born 1974, UK
I like ambiguity in art. Uncertainty. What has to conform to the limits of our reality? Metal, glass and flesh can merge seamlessly, as if the surreal worlds and the life forms within are one and the same, and yet at odds sometimes. I rarely seek to endow my works with any "message". I am more interested in people's personal responses.
I'm a multimedia artist working in fine art (including sculpture), digital art, graphic design and various forms inbetween, also illustrating book covers and numerous CD covers. I also work in musical soundscaping, both solo and in group projects, of which there are many releases. I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone here who has supported me in my work and beyond since I began posting in June 2001. Too many to mention, you all know who you are... I'm meeting very special people here :-)
Update 01-08-05: I've been given a 4 page feature article in Issue 3 of the new media magazine Contour based in Atlanta, Georgia. The images printed very well and they did me proud.
Update 21-03-06: I've been spending the last 6 months living in New South Wales, Australia. Inspiring place! Also in the process of illustrating the book covers for a series of Japanese books called Hikishio no Toki (Time of the Ebb Tide) by Mayumura Taku - to date I've completed the first two of the five volumes. I've recently been returning to traditional media as well as producing the usual digital art, and contributed a sculptural canvas to a recent local exhibition. Link: Saatchi Gallery webspace
Update 09-01-21: I hadn't even logged in for some years. It's weird nipping back here after not even posting for 13 years, like revisiting your old school incognito. As I'm not active here anymore I wonder if anyone will even see this again besides me.
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Comments (38)
bern
Wow !!! I love it :)))
gunsan
I knew Bern would like it :-) To me is a little,well,wild, don't find the right word. Liked the one you posted before, better,
stealthman
That is so incredibly excellent! What an awesome surreal image - ! The fact that it's photoreal makes it all the more mind-boggling - awesome, awesome image!
tibet2004uk
Haha!! Excellent!! I definitely prefer this one!! It's as creepy and weird but it's fun too!! And eating ur nails is bad my sweet Jim! ;P
Meyrink
Molto bello, impressionante!!!
NataLibera70
veramente ...stupendo ! :)
mysnapz
Nice one Jim, man and his music, dare I say it wired for sound LOL :0 )
wildfire2003
Really weird, very cool! Superb blending.
Synapse
@Jeff: Yep, that was the idea... a kind of bizarre organic audio interface ;-)
mangelf
Is strange, but very interesting...Excellent work
korborak
Holy cow!! How did you do that?? Fantastic work!!
Synapse
@korborak: By scanning all these things in and carefully blending them together in Photoshop. It's very important to get the tones equal so that it appears seamless and therefore "natural looking" ;-)
disa
Great organic blending!
crrunchyfrog
Awesomely creepy my friend! So brilliantly done I'm lost for words!!! hugest hugs Thank you SO much for sharing this one :)
merrytee47
I like the new one better, too. Very well done! Your explanation to korborak heightens my respect for your work. This image DOES look natural, none of the parts have a tacked-on look. I like the warm color, too. Not surprisingly, I have never seen a hand with an ear in it. And I just noticed the ear has eyelashes. Well, they say an ear in the hand is worth two in the, um, nevermind.
Varian
Your technical prowess is off the charts amazing. And yes, it's completely obvious that you're --- oh wait, you said you were NOT insane. Nevermind. :)
DawnStar
This would be my favorite of the two. You really do organic-weird extremely well. :)
-seek-
its alittle weird for me but very interesting... great!
bevchiron
Bizarre & brilliant! Love this one ; )
IndigoSplash
I like this one much better. Has a natural flow to it throughout the image. I really like how you melded the hand into an earlike shape. It's seamless which adds to the "realism" (so to speak). I think it's cool...excellent work!
gallimel
the wrongorder.. I know.. but this is shining to me. beside the fact you use my beloved yellow in your trademarked golden tone (which I adore) this is a wonderful compo. It reminds me of that piece of you with the ear in teh hand that made me drool more than one year ago :)
Gregor.Scharff
the idea and this picture is brilliant. i love this one in two ways . great that you share it . SUPER-GALAXY-HUGS. Your Gregor
Bungalo
Superb! That's excellent!!! Bravo!
syndroid
Ehm........ you shouldn't bite your nails ;)
Synapse
Gahhh, nails, bloody nails!!! :P
Jay7347
Utterly brilliant and cool. Vote -jay
cynlee
love this one!! so icky cool & perfectly put together... amazing piece! :]
twisted_angel_9
freaky.... but beautiful.
daeve
Dude this is awesome!! Really cool work!!:-)
Lissa_lei
What can I say? Perfect blending, perfect colouring - Just perfect