tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post680706404749603811..comments2024-03-24T00:16:17.304-07:00Comments on Storming the Ivory Tower: Stylistic FreedomSam Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-37273545261664880092011-11-14T20:58:40.836-08:002011-11-14T20:58:40.836-08:00This is common among first years in my department....This is common among first years in my department. We have a phrase, "It'll be beat out of them soon enough". I would like to think I wasn't as bad a few years ago, but I probably was. Time will teach them, or they will find a new path.Jedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024613970161080781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-33076795045546778582011-11-14T12:12:04.969-08:002011-11-14T12:12:04.969-08:00Word.Word.Eurydicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287342000403670156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-45246472237650489602011-11-14T09:38:37.936-08:002011-11-14T09:38:37.936-08:00Exactly! And it's my experience that people wh...Exactly! And it's my experience that people who DO know what they're doing can always tell when someone doesn't. That's regardless of style, too. I know that the abstract artists I like the most tend to have started out as distinguished classically trained artists.<br /><br />Yeah, it comes down to how completely you want to understand your medium, and if you feel comfortable just putting yourself into a little stylistic box... well, that says to me that you aren't serious about the art.Sam Keeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-65414416423824370232011-11-13T20:44:35.410-08:002011-11-13T20:44:35.410-08:00I've seen that sort of justification myself.
...I've seen that sort of justification myself.<br /><br />IT DRIVES ME COMPLETELY FUCKING NUTS.<br /><br />I once told one of my fellow webcomics artists that the mark of a great artist was not the ability to just sit down at an art table and bust out something worthy of Michelangelo or van Gogh. It was the determination to sit down and get things RIGHT, whether that meant having to slog through photo reference or redo perspective half-a-dozen times or to do three layouts for everything until you find the one that works.<br /><br />For a so-called "artist" to sneer at something as not being his or her "style" is proof that said artist doesn't give a damn about his or her work. Which doesn't actually bother me if the said artist is just doing art as a hobby, but if you're going to SCHOOL for art or trying to convey a message or make a living at it it's shameful.<br /><br />Whether a novelist, a game designer, or a painter, communication and self-expression are the only medium an artist works in. Why would you ever turn down the opportunity to improve your craft in that medium?Zomburaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930949619885190582noreply@blogger.com