If anyone is looking at this post, they may notice that I posted it in the evening around 6 PM. I promised myself I'd post every day, but the promise doesn't say when during the day. Last night I stumbled home from work, and after a delicious repast of Trader Joe's pot roast and vegetables, and a glass or two of Naked Mountain wine, I just, uh, lay down and dozed the evening away. And did not post. So here I am.
Does it matter? I'd like to produce some glamour girls for you, but now I'm too timid to do a whole body because I don't have any figure skills any more. Copying an existing art work by someone else does not count. I recently re-discovered a very nice digital art training site where I hope to learn something: the "2D Digital Art Guide." The stupid question that is keeping me from doing art is, if I am trying to learn something new, how can I make the finished works of art I need for shows and portfolio, because anything digital and figurative I do will suck until I learn how to do it really well like those 21-year-old dazzlers from China. Which will take years for me to do. I'm so frustrated about this. So c'mon whoever is looking at this (if anyone is) leave a comment, even if it is to tell me to shut up. And Tristan, please get help, don't give up.
I don't think your figure drawing is bad. I like your art, all of it. I also don't understand why you feel you need to draw like some 20-year-old from China. You don't. You have your own style and more experience than some 20-something does. Just because they have a fancy computer equipment to help them along doesn't mean they are better artists than you. Please don't let DeviantArt discourage you.
ReplyDeleteI very much enjoy your art, in your current style; I don't think you need to change your style to match the current fad...
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I don't comment more often, but I was brought up in an earlier Internet age where responses were only appropriate if there was significant content in them, and I rarely have more to say than "ooh, pretty!".
Art, you are a good artist and while I hate digital, I can understand why you want to do it. At least to some degree. I myself am considering destroying much of my art since no one wants it and I have no room. So if I did digital I could keep making art no one wants and not have it take up any space. But like so many things with me, I will NEVER do digital "art"! You have a style, and talent and yet you want to make your stuff look "just like everyone else" who does the (in my oppinion) crappy, lifeless digital junk! Your choice of course, and I will refrain from commenting on ANY of the digital stuff since you already know what I think of it. Your REAL art is better! As for getting help, there is no help or hope, why I bother to breath is beyond me!
ReplyDeleteCheesecake pin-up fantasy covers like the ones you linked to leave me pretty cold. They look like what they are: advertising. And we all see so much of that kind of thing every day.
ReplyDeleteNot that this should deter you from working on your figure drawing. I would love to see more illustrations from you like this. And since my favorite pictures by your are of stylized worlds and cities, I think its neat when they're inhabited by humans.
I think this picture hits the sweet spot, if your goal is to be an illustrator. It really does illustrate a story. The humans aren't just posing. They're caught up in their drama. The scene isn't just a set-piece. It's where they live, a real place you feel as though you could step into.
I think you Ayn Rand illustrations achieved the same thing.
(Gosh, there's one I really wanted to link that I can't find -- might've another Darkover -- with well dressed figures in the foreground in front of a railing which looked over a city like a balcony?)
I like the figure studies you've been posting, and if you want my feedback, I think they look better the less "posed" they are.
But I like the pictures by you that I linked to above much better than the pictures by the Chinese kid that you linked to in the post.
See? You do have fans! And while I think that you are reacting to the recent visit to the Parentals, you do good art. Folks do see your blog and are willing to tell you that you are a respectable and competent artist. Keep up the hard and thoughtful efforts that brings forth your great artwork.
ReplyDeleteDon't make me come over there and hug you . . . .
I love digital it is my artform it is what I do . You have to know there are limitless possiblities and let your brain sore .
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