i do that all the time.
Manipulate? I don’t have to do anything and my hair becimes tentacles! Cutting my hair only angers them.
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Whatever my reason, I like traditional mediums over digital and I want to use mediums from watercolor, to colored pencil, etc. My problem is, when I go to scan it, my work suddenly looks cruddy. It’s speckly, my mistakes look 10x’s bigger and it no longer looks good. I can’t bring myself to share it.
Is there some tricks I can do after I’ve scanned it? I’ve done some setting changes on the scanner and messed around with the options on photoshop but I’m never pleased. Maybe someone else has some advice?
Please reblog to spread the knowledge of how editing is wrong and hurtful to artists all over the Internet.
Seeing this happen cheapens the artwork. I’m so sorry that this happens!
So…are there new Thundercat cartoons since December? I found myself missing them.
It’s sad. It’s happy. It’s a little of both when it comes down to it. Fan art sparks a frustrating emotion which looks something like disappointment and behaves as an addiction. But there’s a happy perk too. When the movie is done, when the anime is over, when the last page of manga is flipped, when the last scene of the game is rolled, after the last word ends in a novel, there may be more to see.
Thank goodness too because sometimes a love for a story isn’t satiated by the pure love itself. I don’t know if wholesome satisfaction is the point of epic movies and beautifully written anythings anyway. So if there’s luck and if there are fans, there may be fan art. That tends to be quite interesting.
Unfortunately, fan art is a double edge sword (and as I talk about fan art, I mean too fan fiction) because the more popular a story is, the more it’s available. Certainly, for any fan artist, it is expression of passion and commitment. Fan artists are, for better or for worse, loyal to their titles of interest.
Fan art produces grand artists. By a means of personal satisfaction, these artists practice their art in a fail-safe environment. They don’t have to convey complex stories in their art if they don’t want to because everyone know who Naruto is (for example). If anything, fan art can take the next step and challenge the foundations of that said story’s originality. This is where a good thing can turn bad.
It can be pleasing when any artist takes that next step and succeeds. If their individuality merges well, all is well in the cosmos in terms of compatibility and viewers can take a step in the unknown with a favorite character as a guide. New stories with old favorites are wonderful.
Then, there are the other kind which make a turn for the worst. Sometimes it’s easy to know when it’s happened: the viewer feels cheated, misleads, or after their viewing, their favorite character somehow was cheapened. It is a sign of a few possibilities on the artist’s behalf yet it’s considerate to give those artists the benefit of the doubt. After all, fandom is a place to test the artistic waters safely.
If only there were filters to match well to our desires. After all, no two people interpret Naruto (for example)as the exact same. That’s why there are so many fan artists out there! And just because one artists’ translation does not match an individuals’ interpretation does not make that fan artist cheap. Simultaneously, it’s a stomachache to weed though and endless supply of fan characters who look more like a scam than original aspirations.
As a fan artist myself, it’s come to the point where I find my own interpretations are best for me. Why is it I frequently feel empty after presenting of my fan art? I frequently ask myself why I post work, what I am looking for when I trust I enjoy my work most. Why are any of us posting these drawings? What are we trying to say? Are we trying to express ourselves though something which is already successful in hopes that we will appear successful? Or is it that infatuation removes all reason, and we produce these drawings for reasons we can’t comprehend?
I want to start my own stories…wait, let me back up. I HAVE started writing my own stories in hopes that it can become a book, comic or whatever. It still early in the game. I have my protagonist, I have a few ideas but I’m still really unsure where I want to go with it.
Its hard, though I’m not complaining persey, to write something fresh when there are so many cliches to avoid. It really is impossible, I suppose, but I still want to write something fresh. The problem is I feel stuck in a rut. And fandom keeps promising entertainment and more immediate satisfaction. Damn it! Be more disciplined! At least with fan art and fan fiction I can practice my writing and drawing skills.
Drawing is a mental process. Just getting myself to feel relaxed and free enough to put graphite to paper can take a bit of encouragement from within. Another process is to tell myself that my art is worth my time and that I am good at what I do.
The act of drawing itself takes consciousness and precision. It takes inspiration of a considerable level. I admit it: it’s a delicate process with delicate train of though. It can easily be discouraged by interruptions or misinterpretations by onlookers. When I’m in the middle of drawing, my sister will want to see what I’ve been up to. I usually would rather not show her because the process is so delicate. If I do feel proud enough to show her, her comments distract me. They agitate my train of thought. So when I return to it later, her goofy interpretations reel over and over in my head. I can’t seem to quiet them.
I wish to seperate the noise from my art. I am wondering if anyone else has to endure this kind of painstaking process to even get going in their projects, let alone their dealings in unwanted distractions. If so, what do you do for yourselves?
