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"Makram Abu-Shakra"
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Nice stuff! I really enjoy your work. It may not be the best realistic drawings, but its a great form you've got going. well done!
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Interesting gallery. Not everyone an pull off the messy style.
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I'd like to thank everyone so far for your nice comments. And I honestly don't mind the criticism either.
As is probably evident in my work, I really don't care about aesthetics, technique, looking professional, etc. What I am interested in is isolating and accentuating what gives art a visionary intensity and a sense of magic, that which makes an image come alive and gives it vitality and power. I try to present these qualities in their most raw and essential form, without any extraneous bells and whistles, so to speak. Whether I've succeeded is naturally up for debate.
If you like my images, I invite you to browse all my artwork at [link] where you can also freely download over 100 songs of my music, watch my video art, and read many essays and short stories.
Best wishes to everyone!
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ahh, but then care for how it looks only makes it stronger and tends to make folks take it more seriously aswell. art in it's raw form to me is when folks who reach the pinnacle of their ability, most likely by effort, and then step backwards but retain the sense and concern for what they truly wanted to bring in the first place. I do abstracts some few times in hard raw material, thick nasty oil scraped around with sharp metal, simple, but none of it's "vitality & power" (as you put it) would be possible without my efforts within completely different aspects of art.
And even if you disagree with that, it would only strenghten your ability to understand precisely what is the isolated intensity of art.
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Your point is well taken, and it especially applies to abstract art. When I have dabbled in abstract painting, technique and aesthetics took on a much more prominent role; "Color Abstract" is one of my pieces of that style.
With respect to drawing portraits (or figures), it is best that I explain the process that I find myself driven to follow as the piece materializes. You can read my latest journal entry if you are interested:
[link]
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I only read the first snippet. but the quality of that line and it's worth to both you and the viewers, probably more to you, would be dramatically different with a technical background. to have defined the organic logics and pull a spontaneous line from the gut you've gotten from a variety of views only makes it stronger like I said. if you certainly know the physique of the eye, the shape and how it folds in small places you'll know precisely what small few lines you need to convey it.
but also, your breath when you start off a piece would become larger. you'd see more things with that behind you.
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Sorry, the link to my official website got mangled. Here it is in its correct form:
[link]
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I really like your artwork! :]
My art teacher is making us do something that ends up similar to this. It's so much fun and I love your gallery so much.
Keep it up! <3
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Nice work, I think its a bit the same all over tho, I'd do some more different stuff!
Having your own style is great, but it's important not to just do the same thing all over again IMO..
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hey, i've seen what some people have said about your art. don't listen to them. it's your own personal style of art. if other people don't like it, that's their problem. the important thing is that you like it.
...i like it too.
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Hi
I would like to apologize for what I said about your art. I made that statement under the false impression that you had a hand in your art being selected for public view, and under that assumption I made a pathetic attempt to defend true art. Looking back it now I realize that what I said is something one does out of a romantic rage to satisfy their own underdeveloped scrutiny, it had less of an effect on the universe than a dog barking.
So I don't want to drown what I mean in useless jargon. Bottom line I'm sorry.
Also check this out.
[link]
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It's a style of art, and I enjoy it. If you don't like it offer construtive critisism not just negative things. :3
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Look, if you can't take negative critisism, then you can't function in the world. People are dicks, no need to tell them, "hey, if you don't like my stuff then still be nice to me!"
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It wasn't my work you were criticizing >3> But I agree, and I do take critism but I think it would help people improve if you pointed out what in terms exactly what they shoukld work on and how to make it better. Thanks for replying BTW I think I sent that message a while ago D8
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i adore your work,
it feels like that u have just finished it in front of me !
it has movement,
love the 'mobility' if i shall i call it
beautiful ...
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i love your artwork, is simply beautyfull it makes me remember vaska and the concept of art that isnt always perfect to be beatyfull
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Simple and striking stuff.
And don't let the critics bring you down, tastes differ
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honestly though, please stop posing as an artist and confusing all these youngsters.
your art is whack. period
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LOL how can u say what art is good and what art is bad. art is about opinion and what you said is really mean. i understand that you are being honest but still
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That's awful of you to say that..
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you don't have to defend bad art to be an artist y'know. The only thing you have to defend is truth.
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Lol..I just thought that was kind of rude. I'll respect your opinion.
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Way to criticize someone's form of art.
I don't think you have any right to so that.
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wow your portraits are great they remind me francis bacon
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Your artworks are disturbingly artistic in its simplest form.
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your gallery is incredible, conveys a lot.
you have a job very well managed 
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Your gallery is beautiful. Amazing work. The abstract look is so interesting to look at.
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Greetings, I really enjoyed browsing through your prints.
Best wishes
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