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Taking a break

Sun Oct 26, 2008, 8:50 AM
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!

  • Mood: Bewildered
  • Listening to: Andrew Bird
  • Reading: Stacks of textbooks
  • Watching: Bones
  • Playing: Fable II if my friend lets me...
  • Eating: Triscuts (yum!)
  • Drinking: No

How do you feel about super-realism?

Fri Jun 27, 2008, 6:04 AM
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?

  • Mood: Zeal
  • Listening to: Brendan Benson
  • Watching: Angry angry pixels
  • Eating: Frozen Peas

I have a website and need your help

Thu Jun 12, 2008, 8:33 AM
...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

  • Mood: Zeal
  • Listening to: Grand Ole Party
  • Reading: Lines and Lines of Code
  • Playing: Beyond Good and Evil

Must...Submit...(please reply)

Wed Feb 13, 2008, 9:40 AM
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.

  • Mood: Stumped
  • Listening to: Rilo Kiley
  • Reading: Textbook pages that make my eyes bleed
  • Eating: Chocolate and trail mix

Starting to Become an Artist

Thu Dec 6, 2007, 8:46 PM
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?

  • Mood: Lazy
  • Watching: Nothing (damn writers' strike)
  • Eating: Cheetos
  • Drinking: Fanta

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