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Art and what makes me LOL
13 years ago
So, I am still working out details of the comic I plan on creating. I have rough character work done on the two main characters in my story, but there are still a few kinks I have to work on.
I was watching tv the other night late after a horrid burrito incident (never eat burritos the night before thanksgiving....) and I found a program on art and art therapies and why art is essential to humans. It made me think how much I really enjoy are and why. I had thought about doing art therapy related work when I was in high school after seeing a book about it in the medical section of barns and noble with my mother. I didn't really talk about it cause it seemed odd to me at the time, but really I've come to learn that one of the things that really holds me together is art and working with the materials that I have.
They showed how just talking about art has helped soldiers returning from war talk about their feelings and thoughts and made them feel a little less alone seeing how soldiers even 100 years ago expressing the same feelings they have upon returning home. They talked about how art makes the brain and body change and work, how the mind and the body are linked and in a way I think that link is the "soul." Art is good for the soul, both body and mind.
Anyway, so, occasionally I comb through e621 to check out comics and find new artists that I haven't seen before and occasionally I just have to LOL.
Now, pretty much everyone can post on there, and I'm not saying that I LOL at people will less artistic skill (that would just be horribly mean). I usually LOL when I find funny fursonas like... a TigerShark... like a literal Tiger with Shark fins..... I mean, don't get me wrong it's not any more weird than say a purple dog *snicker*, but it just makes a LOL a bit :P
Also, e621 is a great place to find the oddest poses. I've seen plenty of really great artwork that there is just.... well,..... how is that arm bending that way, or why would you sit like that? I think some artists get too carried away with placing all the parts into the pictures, but really you have to think that there are certain limits to flesh and bone, even if it is part human and part animal anatomy. Sometimes things just aren't supposed to show up in the picture and that's okay, cause the human mind will generally fill in the blanks. Even if I only see one arm, I will assume that there are 2 until proven otherwise.... I'm talking all this into consideration for when I actually start roughing out my comic pages.
-Purn
I was watching tv the other night late after a horrid burrito incident (never eat burritos the night before thanksgiving....) and I found a program on art and art therapies and why art is essential to humans. It made me think how much I really enjoy are and why. I had thought about doing art therapy related work when I was in high school after seeing a book about it in the medical section of barns and noble with my mother. I didn't really talk about it cause it seemed odd to me at the time, but really I've come to learn that one of the things that really holds me together is art and working with the materials that I have.
They showed how just talking about art has helped soldiers returning from war talk about their feelings and thoughts and made them feel a little less alone seeing how soldiers even 100 years ago expressing the same feelings they have upon returning home. They talked about how art makes the brain and body change and work, how the mind and the body are linked and in a way I think that link is the "soul." Art is good for the soul, both body and mind.
Anyway, so, occasionally I comb through e621 to check out comics and find new artists that I haven't seen before and occasionally I just have to LOL.
Now, pretty much everyone can post on there, and I'm not saying that I LOL at people will less artistic skill (that would just be horribly mean). I usually LOL when I find funny fursonas like... a TigerShark... like a literal Tiger with Shark fins..... I mean, don't get me wrong it's not any more weird than say a purple dog *snicker*, but it just makes a LOL a bit :P
Also, e621 is a great place to find the oddest poses. I've seen plenty of really great artwork that there is just.... well,..... how is that arm bending that way, or why would you sit like that? I think some artists get too carried away with placing all the parts into the pictures, but really you have to think that there are certain limits to flesh and bone, even if it is part human and part animal anatomy. Sometimes things just aren't supposed to show up in the picture and that's okay, cause the human mind will generally fill in the blanks. Even if I only see one arm, I will assume that there are 2 until proven otherwise.... I'm talking all this into consideration for when I actually start roughing out my comic pages.
-Purn
