Once we start our yearly Lord of the Rings marathon in October, then it will truly feel like autumn.
I've been looking at all these 'paintings' and 'drawings' online lately and realizing that 75% of them are all digital art. No one can just pick up a pencil (or paint brush) anymore. Honestly, I don't think digital artists have any real talent. I got into graffiti online for a while and I still use it to make colorful pictures, but I do admit, there's no real talent there. You can make something look realistic online, but to me, it's all fake.
Real imagination and skill comes from holding a physical pencil (or paint brush) in your hand, not a computer mouse.
I guess I'm just annoyed because hardly anyone has interest in real drawings or paintings anymore. So when I post all my hard work on different websites, I feel like almost no one takes a second glance. All these digital art people really do is hold down the button on the mouse and drag it across the screen. What's the satisfaction in that?
Now that I have poured out my frustration on that subject, have a nice Friday!
I can totally relate to digital paintings there. I had looked at art for a while online when I was just getting started and I realized there was something different about some of them and I learned about digital painting. I got a Bamboo Create for my 13th birthday and I've hardly touched it since then and I feel like it was a total waste of $200 because it took me to realize that after I had gotten it, that digital just wasn't my style. It's still a good tool for other things, but I don't think I'll be using it for masterpieces any time soon. I tried to learn about it, but layers and the coloring is so different that I got very frustrated and decided to just give up completely. I also bought an Inkling which is also by Wacom- the best company out there for those that do digital drawings- and you clip the inkling on top of your paper and it transforms into a digital sketch on your computer. I've only used that about once or twice as well because it has to be done in a special pen, and pen just isn't as forgiving as pencil and eraser. Also with the Bamboo- the pad is a complete solid color. You have to draw on the tablet and watch what you're drawing on you're computer. It's strange to get used to and the only tablets that you can see your drawings on are the ones that cost way out of my price range.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand what you mean, it's not the same, but I think it can be just as challenging at times. And I also wish people would just be content with pencil and paper. Honestly I think there was a very smart tree hugger that decided that artist should stop using so much paper and developed "the digital paper" haha :P