Hey all, I'm taking a break from dA for a while (you might have noticed). College is getting busy and I'm leaving the country in January for a few months. But I'll flit in and out till then and then come back for good.
So until then, good luck with all your stuff!

Do you think super realistic stuff (so good you can't tell it's not a photo) to be really awesome or completely lame?

I have great respect for people will technical ability if used artistically. But I get a little annoyed at people who perfectly reproduce a photograph, no changes. On a good day I want to tell them "oh, that's a good practice piece. You should use those skills in some art sometime."

On a bad day I feel like telling them "Congratulations! Your art was made obsolete approximately 100 years before you completed it...by the modern Kodak camera."
Maybe I'm a little jealous of their technical skill. But I really do find that stifling realism chokes out artistry.


What do you guys think?

...to make it better.

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It's for selling art commissions and prints, and I want it to look artistic and creative and professional at the same time.
You guys are my dA friends, so you should know better than anyone. I would really appreciate any feedback you could give me.
Thanks so much,
Klew

It has recently come to my attention that I do not submit much (The Glome, you are correct). It is because I do not produce much. But, I do have some stuff backlogged, so I will be submitting one deviation per day for seven days, hoping it will jumpstart my art.

Here's the Question:

Do you need to produce to be an artist? Do YOU, personally, does anyone? Can you be an artist and not produce for years? What counts as producing: does it have to be a finished piece, or can you still be an artist if you sketch every day but never create anything "officially"?

I am interested to see what you all think. Personally I think you have to produce, both formally and informally, to be a true artist. I sketch tons and tons but feel that I need to produce more "formal" works.

Next semester I am going to take real classes, not these crappy "Entry Level" art classes, so I promise to have more stuff up to post.

Lately I have been working tons in my sketchbooks but nothing finished...I am sorry everyone that I haven't been around much but today I sent through all of your submissions that I missed and I have to say...

Wonderful work people!
I feel bad not contributing enough. I will try to do so more from now one, especially next semester.

I hope the holidays/winter breaks are good for everyone.

And here's the point of the journal: do you feel like you're a "Real Artist"? Because I was thinking about it, and I don't feel like that. Even though I've been paid for commissions and even hourly I don't feel legit. What about you?