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Fluffy's Art Meme
15 years ago
By FluffyVivi...
1. First things first, when did you start drawing, and what did you draw?
I started drawing when I was about 3. My mom took me to dinners on Monday nights with my godmother and kept me busy by drawing an incomplete horse on the back of the paper place mats. I would draw in the excluded details (ears, tail, mane, eyes, hooves, etc.) at first, then I started drawing my own boxy horses.
2. What do you like to draw these days?
Still do horses for Howrse, but my variety is not very different from what it has been; a lot of near-realistic creatures. Anthro creatures, creatures in general, subjects rather than backgrounds.
3. Is there an art medium that you really want to try?
I'd like to do more sculpting, and I'd love to learn how to tame watercolors, since they are currently scary
4. What motivates/inspires you to make art?
Bringing my characters/creatures all that much more into our real world. Since the characters and creatures that populate my brain are inherently unreal, depicting them at greater and greater levels of realism is the closest I can do to make them real.
5. Are there any artists you really like or admire?
The only one that is coming to my mind right now is James Muir who is a bronze sculptor. I stumbled upon his foundry and gallery by accident a few years ago, but it was awesome. The fact he can render realism in such an unwieldy medium as metal is mindblowing. I really admire the "Pieta" for the same reason.
6. Would you consider doing art as a career? If so, what would you do?
I used to (and still do) dream of a career as some sort of artist. Sadly, however, I have let my practicality and past events redirect me from such a career. I would love to do character/creature design. Also, being turned loose in the Weta workshop or Stan Winston Studios would be a wet dream.
7. What really frustrates you about your art?
Not so much about the art itself, but my behavior where my art is concerned; I finish maybe 25% of what I start.
8. Do you have any pet peeves or annoyances in art you see?
Yes...
--Anime/manga as a style picked up by beginning artists; it's a crutch and gives a false sense of artistic security to new artists.
--"Modern/Postmodern art" -- no, it's not artistic genius suggestive of the current trials of the jacked up political system, it's paint splatters the likes of which any 5-year-old could accomplish.
--"AHHHtists" who will spend more time fawning over a dead bird lacquered to a board than a photorealistic piece because the former "needs to be interpreted" while the latter is "only" a demonstration of technical ability.
--The general trends in the "AHHHT" community which dismiss "commercial art" as "real" art, demand everything be on canvases so huge one needs a truck to move them, and related snobbery.
9. What's your art medium of choice? Why do you recommend it?
I have been mostly working digitally lately for the convenience of it, but I enjoy traditional (specifically graphite and pen/ink) more. A combination of ink and digital is fun.
10. Should art be done "for arts sake" or for profit?
Art should be done for whatever purpose the artist sees fit/makes them happy/drives them. With that said, people who produce art for the sake of art shouldn't whine when no one wants to fund them or buy their stuff.
11. Do you have a favorite time of day to work on art?
Evening and during class
12. Do you listen to music while you create art? Why or why not?
I like listening to plotted things. Movies or TV shows that I have already seen or don't require much attention to follow (i.e. kids' movies) are the best as far as I'm concerned.
13. Do you like creating art with/around other people (ie. collaboration or art jam)?
Art jams with people I work with/around frequently is a lot of fun. I haven't had the best luck artjamming with strangers, though.
14. Do you think sex can play a role in art and still be tasteful?
Depends entirely on one's definition of "tasteful". If someone thinks anything having to do with sex lacks taste, then there will be no pleasing them. Personally, I think sex CAN be covered in art tastefully, but it frequently isn't. There is also the issue of what one considers art or the mindset with which one approaches visual depictions of sex.
15. Lastly, the age old question, what is your definition of art?
I think there are categories of art. For instance, there's art accomplished for the artist's purposes and art done with the audience in mind. Admittedly, there are no hard and fast lines there, and the intention of the artist is generally irrelevant when the audience is viewing it without the artist there to explain their intention.
I am generally liberal with what I'll call "art" (or at least not argue when others call it "art") but much more strict in what I call "art I like". The only things I would argue are not art are things which the "artist" has not made/produced/altered the majority of the piece. For instance, in the classic example of Marcel Duchamp signing a toilet and arguing it was art, I would say that was not art, least ways not Duchamp's art, as he did not contribute anything to that particular piece.
My definition of "art I like" is loose, but includes (1) actually depicting something, (2) depicting that something in a way attempting at realism/probablism, and (3) there is a story behind the image or identifiable reason for its production
1. First things first, when did you start drawing, and what did you draw?
I started drawing when I was about 3. My mom took me to dinners on Monday nights with my godmother and kept me busy by drawing an incomplete horse on the back of the paper place mats. I would draw in the excluded details (ears, tail, mane, eyes, hooves, etc.) at first, then I started drawing my own boxy horses.
2. What do you like to draw these days?
Still do horses for Howrse, but my variety is not very different from what it has been; a lot of near-realistic creatures. Anthro creatures, creatures in general, subjects rather than backgrounds.
3. Is there an art medium that you really want to try?
I'd like to do more sculpting, and I'd love to learn how to tame watercolors, since they are currently scary
4. What motivates/inspires you to make art?
Bringing my characters/creatures all that much more into our real world. Since the characters and creatures that populate my brain are inherently unreal, depicting them at greater and greater levels of realism is the closest I can do to make them real.
5. Are there any artists you really like or admire?
The only one that is coming to my mind right now is James Muir who is a bronze sculptor. I stumbled upon his foundry and gallery by accident a few years ago, but it was awesome. The fact he can render realism in such an unwieldy medium as metal is mindblowing. I really admire the "Pieta" for the same reason.
6. Would you consider doing art as a career? If so, what would you do?
I used to (and still do) dream of a career as some sort of artist. Sadly, however, I have let my practicality and past events redirect me from such a career. I would love to do character/creature design. Also, being turned loose in the Weta workshop or Stan Winston Studios would be a wet dream.
7. What really frustrates you about your art?
Not so much about the art itself, but my behavior where my art is concerned; I finish maybe 25% of what I start.
8. Do you have any pet peeves or annoyances in art you see?
Yes...
--Anime/manga as a style picked up by beginning artists; it's a crutch and gives a false sense of artistic security to new artists.
--"Modern/Postmodern art" -- no, it's not artistic genius suggestive of the current trials of the jacked up political system, it's paint splatters the likes of which any 5-year-old could accomplish.
--"AHHHtists" who will spend more time fawning over a dead bird lacquered to a board than a photorealistic piece because the former "needs to be interpreted" while the latter is "only" a demonstration of technical ability.
--The general trends in the "AHHHT" community which dismiss "commercial art" as "real" art, demand everything be on canvases so huge one needs a truck to move them, and related snobbery.
9. What's your art medium of choice? Why do you recommend it?
I have been mostly working digitally lately for the convenience of it, but I enjoy traditional (specifically graphite and pen/ink) more. A combination of ink and digital is fun.
10. Should art be done "for arts sake" or for profit?
Art should be done for whatever purpose the artist sees fit/makes them happy/drives them. With that said, people who produce art for the sake of art shouldn't whine when no one wants to fund them or buy their stuff.
11. Do you have a favorite time of day to work on art?
Evening and during class
12. Do you listen to music while you create art? Why or why not?
I like listening to plotted things. Movies or TV shows that I have already seen or don't require much attention to follow (i.e. kids' movies) are the best as far as I'm concerned.
13. Do you like creating art with/around other people (ie. collaboration or art jam)?
Art jams with people I work with/around frequently is a lot of fun. I haven't had the best luck artjamming with strangers, though.
14. Do you think sex can play a role in art and still be tasteful?
Depends entirely on one's definition of "tasteful". If someone thinks anything having to do with sex lacks taste, then there will be no pleasing them. Personally, I think sex CAN be covered in art tastefully, but it frequently isn't. There is also the issue of what one considers art or the mindset with which one approaches visual depictions of sex.
15. Lastly, the age old question, what is your definition of art?
I think there are categories of art. For instance, there's art accomplished for the artist's purposes and art done with the audience in mind. Admittedly, there are no hard and fast lines there, and the intention of the artist is generally irrelevant when the audience is viewing it without the artist there to explain their intention.
I am generally liberal with what I'll call "art" (or at least not argue when others call it "art") but much more strict in what I call "art I like". The only things I would argue are not art are things which the "artist" has not made/produced/altered the majority of the piece. For instance, in the classic example of Marcel Duchamp signing a toilet and arguing it was art, I would say that was not art, least ways not Duchamp's art, as he did not contribute anything to that particular piece.
My definition of "art I like" is loose, but includes (1) actually depicting something, (2) depicting that something in a way attempting at realism/probablism, and (3) there is a story behind the image or identifiable reason for its production
