Prefered Art Medium

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:32 pm

Dylan wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:
Dylan wrote:I prefer digital, but I am still working on learning traditional art and hoping to earn a bachelor of arts in fine art someday so I can move to paper. (and much more ^.^)
Though "fine art" is actually the term for the college degrees that deal with "the arts", such as drama, dance, and music, as well as art.

I like it how you and I started out on opposite ends of the spectrum artistically.
Which is why i said "more" currently I'm more interesting in tech theater!

Fair enough.

Sketcherofstuff · Post by **Sketcherofstuff** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:16 pm

pencil/pen

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:23 pm

I would like to try working with clay someday though.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:43 pm

i like clay, im just not good with it.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:53 pm

Pencil, a black gel pen, colored pencils, and occasionally markers.

Hey, for everyone who hates scanners but don't or can't do their art digitally: Try a camera with good quality picture taking, and make sure it has a text option.* My Samsung SL420 works awesome with it. Take a picture and upload. So much easier than stupid scanners that distort your color quality and show every little eraser mark like it's a gigantic smudge on the page.

*Or, you know, if you don't have the text option thing and your camera is just that awesome (with focusing and not changing the colors) all on its own. Turning off the flash and setting automatic macro focus works good (for me anyways).

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:59 pm

Well, I probably wouldn't be good with clay either.

Fidelo · Post by **Fidelo** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:43 pm

Why is every clay artist so negative? i mean messing up means starting over, heck i remade my grape model 6 times, but hear me complaining.

if anyone has tips forgetting pics of a clayscuplture to come out good, please share

Wolf · Post by **Wolf** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:15 pm

I use a pencil and a nice clean sheet of paper. I also like short pencils, that way detail is easier to draw.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:29 pm

Fidelo wrote:Why is every clay artist so negative? i mean messing up means starting over, heck i remade my grape model 6 times, but hear me complaining.

if anyone has tips forgetting pics of a clayscuplture to come out good, please share

Every artist is negative, not just clay ones.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:30 pm

The world of art is defined insulting yourself and being envious of others.
If you can get past this, great, you're in the minority.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:35 pm

censor wrote something great about being an artist, but im not allowed to mention his webcomic...

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:43 pm

Art is about slaving away at a project, a story, for years, just for every panel to be the potential butt of someone's joke. Art encourages and then punishes you for doing something different. You can try to be seen as brilliant, but you'd better expect to be seen as deranged. And count on every mistake following you to the grave. Pick your least-favorite personal mistake. Now imagine being reminded of it every other month. I admit things like "bad security" were a mistake. But why is it those things and not all the other things I've done have to be what defines me? Most parents are scared of the day their kid asks where babies come from. I'm scared [censored]less of the day Randy asks "Daddy, did you draw this?" Then again, any artist worth his salt is also a colossal blowhard who spends hours soapboxing pretentious rants so maybe I'm well on my way after all.

This?

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:44 pm

That's...depressing to me.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:45 pm

Dubiousity wrote:That's...depressing to me.

Wow, that guy sounds like a jerk...

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:08 pm

Tha Housedog wrote:
Dubiousity wrote:That's...depressing to me.
Wow, that guy sounds like a jerk...

Maybe that's because he is one.

I still think that quote is flawed. He puts it in the context of what 'art is about' but all he talks about is his perception of people's reactions to his art (which if I remember who it is correctly, isn't exactly brilliant in the first place). I don't see that as having any genuine bearing on it.

Esquire Fox · Post by **Esquire Fox** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:09 pm

Laying face down on the floor in a scrap of self-scrutiny is a defining part of the artistic process.
The artists that have a true passion for their work are the ones that will emerge victorious.
Overcoming ones own insecurities is a challenge of life we all must face.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:17 pm

I think he was only being partially serious there. He wasn't so much trying to seriously define art as talk about one trait of art. Earlier on he says something along the lines of "being an artist has nothing to do with art," so the whole rant was probably somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:28 pm

In a better light, the reason artists tend to be self-deprecating of their work is A. they were there the whole time it was made, so mistakes and flaws are easier to pick out, and B. a piece is never really perfect. I don't mean that all artists are terrible, I mean that there is no real obtainable level of art that is perfect. The only piece of art I've heard of that could be called perfect is a Dutch piece from the 19th century, and that piece is almost photographic in appearance. So, unless you either have the time (you don't if you do other things besides art) or the skill, there's always something that can be improved on. And I'm pretty confident no one here has that much skill (I am including Kyderra, Shyanne, Two_Twig, and everyone who has ever posted something on this forum that they made). As such, there's always that desire to touch up the piece and make it better. Also, keep in mind that "perfect" or "finished" and "getting the point across" are two different things. In other words, your piece can look good to the audience because it's message is clear (or, if it's abstract, it embodies the feeling you're going for), and look terrible to you because it doesn't fit the mould you're aiming to put it in.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:32 pm

THATS NOT THE POINT!!! (jk)

ANYWAY, this is the quote ^^
though, i think theres a bit more context...
in any case, he is a jerk, yes. but hes a brilliant jerk. :3

...

this is why we're not suppose to bring him up! ;P

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:35 pm

Teh Brawler wrote:Also, keep in mind that "perfect" or "finished" and "getting the point across" are two different things.

I'm pretty sure you did it completely by accident, but if you didn't, that sentence was absolutely brilliant.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:37 pm

Sleet wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:Also, keep in mind that "perfect" or "finished" and "getting the point across" are two different things.
I'm pretty sure you did it completely by accident, but if you didn't, that sentence was absolutely brilliant.

Depends. What are we referring to?

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:47 pm

Teh Brawler wrote:
Sleet wrote:
Teh Brawler wrote:Also, keep in mind that "perfect" or "finished" and "getting the point across" are two different things.
I'm pretty sure you did it completely by accident, but if you didn't, that sentence was absolutely brilliant.
Depends. What are we referring to?

Perfect, finished, and getting the point across are three different things, but you said they were two. Thus, your sentence was imperfect, but nevertheless managed to get the point across, thereby proving its own point.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:51 pm

thats what i thought, but i belive perfect and finished were one item.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:54 pm

Sleet wrote:Perfect, finished, and getting the point across are three different things, but you said they were two. Thus, your sentence was imperfect, but nevertheless managed to get the point across, thereby proving its own point.

Well, I find that perfect and finished, while not the same, are interchangeable in the artistic area.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:57 pm

Well that's fairly imperfect if you ask me.

And yet it gets the point across.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:00 am

Sleet wrote:Well that's fairly imperfect if you ask me.

And yet it gets the point across.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:02 am

I like postmodern stuff. Can ya tell?

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:04 am

~~We should get back on topic.~~

I like the abstract stuff.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:05 am

must we?

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:17 am

I don't like a specific type of art.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:32 am

i dont paint a lot, but i like using watercolor like fingerpaint, as apposed to brushes or other types of paint.

Private Elliot · Post by **Private Elliot** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:45 am

Digital now that i have a tablet.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:53 am

Private Elliot wrote:Digital now that i have a tablet.

Lucky you

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:38 am

Dubiousity wrote:
Private Elliot wrote:Digital now that i have a tablet.
Lucky you

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:56 pm

Psykeout wrote:pencil, then pen, edited & colored digitaly.

What program do you use? I'm curious but I am not a cat.

Psykeout · Post by **Psykeout** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:11 pm

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:26 pm

I would use Photoshop/Fireworks myself.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:40 pm

Dubiousity wrote:I would use Photoshop/Fireworks myself.

Wait, fireworks? You mean there's an alternative?

MUST CHECK THIS OUT
considering I have CS5

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:23 pm

I'm on CS3, which is old but works well enough.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:29 pm

I worked with CS4 in Digital Media, 'twas a pretty beasty program. =D

Although it did tend to annoy the >grrrrr< outta me since the whole class is pretty much self-taught.