Help Me Name These

[kerravonsen]

I can't remember if I've mentioned it, but I'm now selling prints of my fluid art on my Etsy store. I'm doing it through Printful, who are a US-based company who do the printing, packaging, and posting - I just provide the art.

But I need your help. Because, however pretty a piece is, I'm not going to put it up until it has at least a title. And titles are hard to think of, especially when one has been staring at a piece for hours without any good ideas. So, here are four of my pieces! You can click on the thumbnail to see the larger sized image. Please put on your thinking caps and suggest to me names, even if you don't think it's perfect. Getting someone else's perspective may help me jolt loose the jammed logs of title-thinking. Thank you.


A.
The River Dreams of Spring (rj_anderson)

B.
One suggestion made already: "Explosion".
Terra Dancing (caera_ash)

C.
The Fishes in the Sea (vilakins)

D.
Acid Rain

Comments

[vilakins]

They're stunning!

A. Night fire
B. Mars
C. The Fishes in the Sea
D. Seeking the Ground

[kerravonsen]

Thank you!

A. Night Fire
Like a bonfire at night? Hmmm, intriguing.

C. The Fishes in the Sea
(grin) They are a bit, aren't they? Like a school of fish.

[vilakins]

A. Yes, but the night is important too, reminiscent of van Gogh's Starry Night.

C. Plus there's a small fish in the foreground!

[kerravonsen]

C. Plus there's a small fish in the foreground!
Argh! I didn't see that! Now I do. 8-)

[rj_anderson]

For A: "The River Dreams of Spring".

[antisocialite_forum]

^ Seconding this one. The color tones and fluidity remind me of leaves on a deep river. Though to the person who said "Night Fire", now I can't unsee the bonfire.

"Stalactites" and "Acid Rain" are both fitting for D, so what mood do you want the painting to evoke? "Acid Rain" is making a statement on an environmental issue; "Stalactites" are an observation of a natural setting, for instance.

- KS

[kerravonsen]

I like the edginess of "Acid Rain" but I don't like the depressingness of it. I mean, would you want to put a painting called "Acid Rain" on your wall? I would find it too gloomy for me. 8-/ On the other hand, I really do like the creativity of the name. I can't make up my mind.

As for "Stalactites"... while it's true that it looks like stalactites, the white background doesn't look like a cave, unless you're looking out on a snowstorm... and I figure that "Gazing At Stalactites While Sheltering From A Snowstorm" is a bit clunky... 8-P

[kerravonsen]

I love this! ♥

Hmm ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

A. Flying Squid

B. Yellow Feathers

C. Deep Green Peacock

D. Danger Teeth

Re: Hmm ...

[kerravonsen]

Thank you!

[alatefeline]

1. Alluvial Feathers
2. Obsidian Beast Walks The Rainbow
3. Bloodstone Forest
4. Howlite At The Moon

[kerravonsen]

2. Obsidian Beast Walks The Rainbow
Oooh, that's creative!

4. Howlite At The Moon
Oh that one made me laugh! The semiprecious stone lover in me says "But it's too brown to be Howlite!" but then I said back to myself "Well, make another one that's more like Howlite then." I think I will attempt this. Something mostly white, with greys, a bit of black and maybe a teeny bit of dark brown or deep blue. Thank you for the idea!

[caera_ash]

1. Mirror Pond
2. Terra Dancing
3. Pale Aurora
4. Melting Icing

[kerravonsen]

2. Terra Dancing
Ooh, I like that! Thank you!

[curiosity]

Truth of Purity.

[kerravonsen]

For D?

[curiosity]

Yep.

[bairnsidhe]

I like Merlin's Cave for D.

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[thnidu]

"Just So"

(Here via ysabetwordsmith)

[kerravonsen]

8-) Thank you. Want to check out more of them?

[thnidu]

Oy. I want to, but there are already far more things I want to do than I have time & spoons for. If I can, I'll come back and have another go.

[fayanora]

For B I would title it "Astronaut's Veranda." Because it looks like a view of earth from space, and "veranda" implies a beautific view.

For D I suggest "Demon Brew" because it looks to me like demonic coffee spilling over the side of a mug and then crawling back up it.

[kerravonsen]

For B I would title it "Astronaut's Veranda." Because it looks like a view of earth from space, and "veranda" implies a beautific view.

Oh, I like that, but not for this particular painting. I shall try to keep it in mind.

For D I suggest "Demon Brew" because it looks to me like demonic coffee spilling over the side of a mug and then crawling back up it.

I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read this, or it would have splattered all over my keyboard as I laughed.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

A: Mermaid dreams

B: Eruption (as in volcanic).

C: Flower blooming

D: Merlin's cave

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

A. Forest dreams, Storm Clouds. Refreshing rain
B Emergence, Lava
C, Waves, Budding, Going with the Flow
D, Drops, Falling

[kerravonsen]

8-) Thank you.