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And more advice.
Yet another crosspost from my DeviantArt journal.
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1) WTF are you people getting this idea that digital art means the End of Art As We Know It? Dude, just because some guy posts a crappy Poser render in his gallery doesn't presage the downfall of Western civilization.
2) Corollary to #1: anybody who complains that digital art is cheating or not art is strongly suggested to go do some research into what people were saying about photography 150 years ago when art photography started to come into vogue, and exactly how wrong they were.
3) Art is in the eye of the artist, not in the tools. Whatever tools it takes to get the results are fine.
4) You also cannot judge a work of art by the process unless you're talking performance art: you are stuck with judging and interpreting the final piece that the artist shows you. If you disagree and think the process is the most important part, let me inform you that all of my works are done using pigments I mined myself, ground into dust under a full moon, mixed with Tibetan yak butter that I collected and churned myself, and finally applied to handmade paper using special techniques that have been handed down for generations in my family, never to be written down. The fact that it produces works indistinguishable from those that have been slapped down on a lightbox and shaded with #2 yellow pencils is irrelevant, because as you say, the process is what you should be judging it by, not the result.
5) Being a published author does not exempt you from being an idiot.
6) Having an advanced degree does not exempt you from being an idiot. I should know. I've got several and I am often an idiot.
7) Conversely, if someone has a degree in a subject, they probably do know slightly more about it than your average Kmart stock clerk and probably should be listened to slightly more on that subject than the clerk. OTOH, they should never be trusted to stock shelves. Especially if they hold a PhD. Disaster lies in store that way.
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1) WTF are you people getting this idea that digital art means the End of Art As We Know It? Dude, just because some guy posts a crappy Poser render in his gallery doesn't presage the downfall of Western civilization.
2) Corollary to #1: anybody who complains that digital art is cheating or not art is strongly suggested to go do some research into what people were saying about photography 150 years ago when art photography started to come into vogue, and exactly how wrong they were.
3) Art is in the eye of the artist, not in the tools. Whatever tools it takes to get the results are fine.
4) You also cannot judge a work of art by the process unless you're talking performance art: you are stuck with judging and interpreting the final piece that the artist shows you. If you disagree and think the process is the most important part, let me inform you that all of my works are done using pigments I mined myself, ground into dust under a full moon, mixed with Tibetan yak butter that I collected and churned myself, and finally applied to handmade paper using special techniques that have been handed down for generations in my family, never to be written down. The fact that it produces works indistinguishable from those that have been slapped down on a lightbox and shaded with #2 yellow pencils is irrelevant, because as you say, the process is what you should be judging it by, not the result.
5) Being a published author does not exempt you from being an idiot.
6) Having an advanced degree does not exempt you from being an idiot. I should know. I've got several and I am often an idiot.
7) Conversely, if someone has a degree in a subject, they probably do know slightly more about it than your average Kmart stock clerk and probably should be listened to slightly more on that subject than the clerk. OTOH, they should never be trusted to stock shelves. Especially if they hold a PhD. Disaster lies in store that way.
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The side effect of having a wildlife science professor for a father was that whenever Mom cooked something that required carving, I got pulled into the kitchen while he wielded a knife and lectured me on anatomy. Yawn.
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I have often considered selling my Master's Degree in Folklore on E-bay.
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I shall refrain from answering that because my grandfather was a professional pilot and he occasionally reads my blog, and I choose not to get into trouble. ;) (Hi, Grandpa!)
because it was a lot harder to get than a PhD.
My MLIS was, like, the simplest thing EVAR. I slept through two years. Not sorry I did it - after all, it was the massive amounts of time I had free after tossing off a paper or two here and there that allowed me to teach myself the skills that got me my current job. :)
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(Oh, and by the way, hi. ^^; Drifter from homemade_manga who friended you, here.)
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every point you make is accurate! who said that digital art isn't art? give me a break. its just a new medium!
wow. your writing always amazes me. great job expresing yourself in such an eloquent text!
and who said deviant art is the destruction of art? i think its a great place to express your art! geez people. why bash everything that new?
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