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Why the fuck am I seeing Inktober discourse in JANUARY.
7 years ago
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If you are interested in commissioning me, come drop me a line! Let's see what we can make together! https://forms.gle/rWtK2fLXYUkNzPvo8 It is NOT the time of year to be seeing this kind of stuff (IT’S FUCKING JANUARY GOD DAMN IT), but I’m still seeing it, so yes, if you are disparaging anyone’s choice of medium for Inktober, you are 100% being an elitist. Digital, traditional, even WRITTEN works are all accepted.
You are no better of an artist than any other just because of your choice of medium, and telling people to “get out of their comfort zone” for something that they’re doing FOR FUN is just shitty and makes people not want to do the thing. “But you’re robbing yourself of a learning experience!” is really shitty to say because what if digital IS that learning experience that they’re looking for? What if they’re not doing it to learn something but are instead doing it to challenge themselves just to do it at all? What if, instead of telling someone that they’re doing it wrong, you instead applaud them for even trying at all? Or congratulating them for doing something their own way and for the fact that they succeeded in doing something that a lot of people fail at doing?
Telling someone to “get out of your comfort zone” with their chosen medium and then following it up and telling them to use yours absolutely makes you a fucking elitist because it is NOT your place to tell anyone to do a single fucking thing with their art unless you are either a.) their client, or b.) their art director.
Listen, I did Inktober last year, digitally, because I’m a digital artist, and at the time I was also a student of illustration and I was three months away from graduating with my Bachelors degree. I was in a class with 6 other illustrators who were working just as much as I was in their own classes and jobs, and I was still the only one out of all of us who tried who actually finished. Did I disparage any of them for not finishing? Absofuckinglutely not, because I’m not an elitist prick. I did, however, congratulate them for the amount that they did do, because that is how you support people for Inktober. You don’t tell them they’re doing it wrong, you fucking congratulate them for trying at all.
You are no better of an artist than any other just because of your choice of medium, and telling people to “get out of their comfort zone” for something that they’re doing FOR FUN is just shitty and makes people not want to do the thing. “But you’re robbing yourself of a learning experience!” is really shitty to say because what if digital IS that learning experience that they’re looking for? What if they’re not doing it to learn something but are instead doing it to challenge themselves just to do it at all? What if, instead of telling someone that they’re doing it wrong, you instead applaud them for even trying at all? Or congratulating them for doing something their own way and for the fact that they succeeded in doing something that a lot of people fail at doing?
Telling someone to “get out of your comfort zone” with their chosen medium and then following it up and telling them to use yours absolutely makes you a fucking elitist because it is NOT your place to tell anyone to do a single fucking thing with their art unless you are either a.) their client, or b.) their art director.
Listen, I did Inktober last year, digitally, because I’m a digital artist, and at the time I was also a student of illustration and I was three months away from graduating with my Bachelors degree. I was in a class with 6 other illustrators who were working just as much as I was in their own classes and jobs, and I was still the only one out of all of us who tried who actually finished. Did I disparage any of them for not finishing? Absofuckinglutely not, because I’m not an elitist prick. I did, however, congratulate them for the amount that they did do, because that is how you support people for Inktober. You don’t tell them they’re doing it wrong, you fucking congratulate them for trying at all.
It's more easy for me to do it digitally because working in traditional mediums has started to put some serious strain and pain on my wrists. I do it when I have time but for a whole month it was starting to get a little overwhelming.
Digital works better for me because it's a large tablet.
If someone wants to do it their way, fine, but yeah-I agree-it's shit to tell someone that the way they're doing it is "wrong" just because it's not the way you do it.
And so honestly.