Topic: Why are cave paintings so bad?

Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago #59,588

Couldn't they find one caveman with some artistic ability? This looks nothing like a horse...

brie !kGoudaMCFA joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 48 minutes later[^] [v] #757,943

how do you know it's a horse if it doesn't look like one?

DasSheeple !pE87XcIVxw joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #757,944

Maybe graphics weren't as good as they are today. I mean, look at movies from the early 20th century. The world was fucking greyscale only, no colors. Maybe a horse looked exactly like that.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 39 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #757,945

@previous (DasSheeple !pE87XcIVxw)
This.

The world probably hadn't fully loaded yet, and all the animal sprites still needed some time to res in.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #757,976

They're way better than modern art.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #757,978

@757,944 (DasSheeple !pE87XcIVxw)
@757,945 (D)
That is a good point, thank you.

@previous (E)
Fuck off and die.

Anonymous E replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #757,980

@previous (A)

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,024

@OP

> Couldn't they find one caveman with some artistic ability? This looks nothing like a horse...

There was some kind of animal in Europe that was plentiful but now extinct. That might be one of those.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 48 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,036

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
> some kind of animal in Europe

That's really fucking helpful. Thanks.

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,039

@previous (A)
yes did you want me to look it's species name

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 41 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,051

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
> yes did you want me to look it's species name

What??

ken griffey sr joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,055

ugh

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 5 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,059

@758,051 (A)
yes?

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,060

Let's see you draw better using dirt and animal parts on an uneven cave wall.

dw !vJwW0tsPXQ joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 47 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,075

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
The uneven aspect of it was actually often used to create depth in the image, having the head on a raised part for example

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,078

@previous (dw !vJwW0tsPXQ)
Idiot

Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 16 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,082

Jesus people it's not that hard.

Now where's my fucking museum exhibit?

brie !kGoudaMCFA replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,085

@previous (K)
Your museum exhibit is in the distant future.

I'm sure this will go down in history as one of the great MS-Paint drawings of this century.

Anonymous D replied with this 9 years ago, 42 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,108

@757,980 (E)
He doesn't say that to Joker.

squeegee the shaman joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,164

interestingly enough some cave paintings depict now extinct animals. so don't expect them to all have a modern day analog with which to judge. also, after thousands of years of selective breeding cows don't look the same as they did even in biblical times.

not saying the cave painting horse isn't out of proportion, but it might not actually even be a horse though

squeegee the shaman double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,165

maybe it's one of these things

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 3 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #758,256

@758,082 (K)
that's a fuckin beautiful animal

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