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FUNKYMONKEY1945 In reply to cluis [2014-01-14 06:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Yep watched it   Makes me sad that movie posters don't look like that anymore.

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cluis In reply to FUNKYMONKEY1945 [2014-01-17 12:19:58 +0000 UTC]

I am pretty conflicted about how they trashed on digital artists. I mean on one hand I for one thing traditional painting is leaps and bounds more difficult than digital, just logistically speaking. But on the other hand, there are some phenomenal digital artists out there, and its just another medium. IDK.

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FUNKYMONKEY1945 In reply to cluis [2014-01-17 16:59:06 +0000 UTC]

I agree.  I think they're referring to artists that rely on digital "tricks "
without understanding what they are painting.  I come across "digital" students
that think traditional foundation skills are not as important.  I don't like to waste
my time and convince them otherwise.  


Been reading books outside of art.  Read through the Book of Five Rings, finding value in Musashi Miyamoto's philosophy.
Master all media, always practice foundation.  I view digital art as another tool/media in creating art as well.

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cluis In reply to FUNKYMONKEY1945 [2014-01-17 23:53:04 +0000 UTC]

To me it is basically what I thought when I first started going digital back in the late 90's. I resisted and, looked down on digital art stuff (for what it was then). I felt like "I just spent 20 hours on this pencil drawing, and some guy can take a picture, put it in photoshop, hit a filter button, and his work is praised more than mine!?" But these days, the software is so sophisticated, and digital art is so ubiquitous, I would have a hard time making any blanket comparisons on the differences between traditional and digital. One troubling trend in digital is that people seem to take pride in speed, where as in traditional it is the labor that most artists brag about. Just an odd thing, maybe the internet is to blame with the need for immediate validation.

I looked into Five Rings, I may just read this. Thanks for the heads up. 

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FUNKYMONKEY1945 In reply to cluis [2014-01-18 07:34:13 +0000 UTC]

I agree with you.  Artists pride themselves on speed.
I don't see it as a good thing.  If you're only used to doing 30 min
worth of painting, then that's about as good as it gets.  There's value in both
but it seems nowadays artists are just doing sloppy work.

Just like short pose and long pose.  If you only do 5 min poses, then your
training yourself to see 5 min worth of info.  If you only do long poses,
you don't really learn to see the impression of a pose.  Both compliment
each other and promotes artistic growth.

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gekitsu In reply to FUNKYMONKEY1945 [2014-01-15 01:45:10 +0000 UTC]

word!

id love if there was more variety of poster styles, and hopefully most of them bearing evidence of an artists touch. not these bland-o-matic montage things.

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FUNKYMONKEY1945 In reply to gekitsu [2014-01-15 03:41:46 +0000 UTC]

Remember the days when you wanted to go and buy posters? 

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gekitsu In reply to FUNKYMONKEY1945 [2014-01-15 15:45:01 +0000 UTC]

oh yes. i remember when i had mail-order catalogues that specialised in movie posters and other cinema stuff.

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