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wow do i wish i were actually good at art
i almost like the 1st attempt better
gouache on ~9in bristol
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no no no no no no
you are too kind
i swear im not even fishing for compliments when i write stuff like that
even though your comment really cheers me up
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I have an issue with looseness. I keep being told I need to loosen my lines more and create more free-flowing artwork. I can be so angular and analytical at times.
hence why I look up to your art.
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Saying someone is good at art is like saying the color blue is heavy. It makes grammatical sense but its semantically meaningless. Art is art is art is art. It can't be anything other than art.
You express dissatisfaction. What value, what way of being, is this creation of yours not living up to?
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- the muzzle/face appears flat (but minccinos face is sorta flat anyway so idk if this is a problem)
- the eyes are kinda asymmetrical idk
- the lower edge of the head is asymmetrical and too linear
- it might look cuter if the body was larger & rounder in proportion to the head (and if the forehead were larger/eyes lower maybe)
- i'm worried someone will interpret the red shading as blood
- the fluff on the right ear appears to be inside the ear instead of in front of it
- i wish the colors were crazier
- the pose is kinda boring but also kinda cutely reserved so idk if thats a problem
- the tail is phallic as shit and composed extending from the crotch
i guess besides that its pretty good... maybe the world isn't gonna end after all
thank you based student for giving me a chance to organize my thoughts
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- something kinda funky going on with the arm sizes
- white of left ear too low
- who the fuck am i kidding this pose is awful its just a symmetrical face on view
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- but its still kinda cute
- i dont even know how i feel about this any more
- i want to do something between feel proud and hide forever
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Being a technically competent illustrator is a goal – it is something one attains after achieving a working understanding of things like proportion, colour, depth, ect... Being creative is a value, in that one can always move in the direction of being creative, that it is a principle that guides what is important to oneself.
Which values is your disappointment tied to? In what way does self-criticism help you reach those values? I suspect that has something to do with finding a place between feeling proud and hiding forever. Just as it’s important for a navigator to have a compass so he may find his direction, it is critically important to clarify and be in touch with one’s values for the same reason.
I realize I’m being confrontational here, Nair, but I’m doing it with compassionate intention. Others have spoken to the notion that this is a skilled work of art (and I myself agree and have favorited it), but I’m more interested in your emotional life at the current moment. I’m going to keep on being a mirror unless you express a wish for me to stop.
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i dont know what i want, kneading my own emotions just isn't working
maybe my dissatisfactions are indicative of stupid larger emotional issues only the DSM can qualify
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I can understand your disappointments with the piece even though I don't share them in particular because I often have such feelings about my own.....output. but since I'm a viewer in this case I can say that none of the objections you've enumerated was in my mind when I saw this. the assymetricality that galls you charms me - there is a sterility that comes with perfect symmetry that I don't often find appealing. my tastes run more toward things that look like they grew in the way a sweet potato grows, if you see what I mean.
even after you suggested the reddish shading might be mistaken for blood I still am pretty sure I at least wouldn't have thought that at all.
I know what you mean about the phallic suggestion of the tail but fuck it - sometimes a tail is just a fucking tail Sigmund! =')
even if the colors aren't quite what you'd like they still look great. the highlighting and shadowing is fantastic. and the whole piece exhibits the wonderful disinhibited vibe I get from all your work. it's really inspiring to me actually because I fall victim to lots of rigid handicapping habits that renders a lot if it DOA, but yours is always so vibrant and alive even when it's expressing depression and other downish emotions.-
i always look forward to reading thoughts like these, so thank you
i totally get the sweet potato analogy, i am a fan of having things passively evolve
i'd feel bad if i tried to rebut someone who is praising me,
and clearly my own thoughts regarding the quality of my work are clouded
so... yeah.... i feel like being quiet for now
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as you like, but I only mean to encourage - I find praise condescending even if it's meant sincerely, actually. so I guess i'll leave it at that =')
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stfu. you are good at art. I wish I were as good as YOU