FA+
Shop
8395
Views
Views
286
Favorites
Favorites
Category
All / Abstract
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1000 x 1100
File Size 132.6 kB
Report this content
More from agouti-rex
Okay, due to popular demand, the FA Artist Schematic has been updated.
For comparison, the older version is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1960883/
Please don't take this too seriously; it's just for a lark. I'm no trained art theorist or nothing, these are just my own subjective, uninformed opinions, based mostly on the general vibe that I get from these artists' works. I'm sure that I've misidentified a lot of you, so feel free to hash it out in comments or make your own or whatnot. I certainly won't be offended if other people have other takes on this.
Also, please don't think that this is any sort of value judgement on the quality of your art. People seem to think that getting classified as lowbrow or naive or outsider is some sort of insult. It's not. It's just a useful way to classify styles.
FAQ
1) WHAT DO THESE SCHOOLS MEAAAAAN?
Here's a very very very basic run down of how I understood these terms:
Art Deco - A modernist style characterized by geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, sharply defined outlines, and bold colors
Bauhaus - Simple, stripped-down style that emphasizes functional design
Classical Realism - An emphasis on capturing an accurate facsimile of physical reality, photo-realism or near photo-realism is prized, elegant attention to minute details to capture physical look of subject.
Dada - Deliberate embrace of the absurd, rejection of conventional artistic mores.
Expressionism - An abstract school of emotional intensity and aesthete self-denial
Fantasticism - A school valuing fantastic elements over accurate representations, highly subjective, art captures inner life of a thing rather than the thing itself.
Futurism - Emphasis on conquest of nature, technological progress and the rise of man though science and industry. Optimistic, progressive themes. Rejection of soft "human" forms, emphasis on sharp angles and straight lines.
Grand Guignol - Celebration of horrific elements and the grotesque, deliberately offensive to the viewer, challenging and provocative.
Impressionism - Art emphasizing suggestion and atmosphere rather than strong emotion or the depiction of a story
Low Brow - satirical pop art style, Exaggerated cartoon kitsch aesthetic.
Magical Realism - Narrative and artistic style incorporating fantastic elements presented as mundane reality.
Minimalism - Stripped-down, forms purged of all metaphor and intrinsic meaning. Equality of parts and neutral surfaces are emphasized. Extreme economy of lines
Naive - Simple, rough style, rejecting formal artistic training in favor of gut instincts
New Objectivity - emphasis on logic and reason in art over emotion, quiet, restrained, exacting. A clean and meticulous style.
Orientalism - Self-consciously exotic and foreign, a syncretic style incorporating artistic elements from varied world cultures
Outsider - Art that defies all categorization, strange and outside tradition interpretation
Pop art - Unapologetic commercial art, bold colors, pleasing forms.
Rococo - baroque, ornate, a heavily artificial and flourished style. Extremely detailed and claustrophobic
Romanticism - Expressionistic style drawing from raw emotions of artist, often relies on pastoral, gothic, or historical themes. Inner life of artist is tantamount.
Superflat - Manga and comic-inspired pop art style, consciously marketable, drawing deliberate attention to its own artificiality.
Surrealism - Bold colors, dream-like imagery and unexpected juxtaposition of elements used to explore subconscious of artist
2) YOU PUT ME IN THE WRONG PLACEEEE
I probably did. Feel free to leave comments explaining where you should be and I'll try to find a more accuarte place for you next update.
3) YOU FORGOT TO ADD A CERTAIN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT
I'm only one man and I didn't have the time and patience to get that far indepth. This is just a really simple, basic breakdown of some of the more common styles I've noticed,
4) I'M NOT ON THERE, WHY NOT?
I either forgot or I'm not familiar with your work.
5) WHERE WOULD I BE?
You would know better than me. Tell me where you think you should be.
6) REMOVE ME FROM THIS NOOOOOW BECAUSE I AM A BABY WHO HATES TIME-WASTING AMUSEMENTS
Fine.
7) WHERE CAN I SEE MORE AMAZING AGOUTI-REX PRODUCTIONSSSS???
www.murrypurry.com
www.guttersnipecomic.com
For comparison, the older version is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1960883/
Please don't take this too seriously; it's just for a lark. I'm no trained art theorist or nothing, these are just my own subjective, uninformed opinions, based mostly on the general vibe that I get from these artists' works. I'm sure that I've misidentified a lot of you, so feel free to hash it out in comments or make your own or whatnot. I certainly won't be offended if other people have other takes on this.
Also, please don't think that this is any sort of value judgement on the quality of your art. People seem to think that getting classified as lowbrow or naive or outsider is some sort of insult. It's not. It's just a useful way to classify styles.
FAQ
1) WHAT DO THESE SCHOOLS MEAAAAAN?
Here's a very very very basic run down of how I understood these terms:
Art Deco - A modernist style characterized by geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, sharply defined outlines, and bold colors
Bauhaus - Simple, stripped-down style that emphasizes functional design
Classical Realism - An emphasis on capturing an accurate facsimile of physical reality, photo-realism or near photo-realism is prized, elegant attention to minute details to capture physical look of subject.
Dada - Deliberate embrace of the absurd, rejection of conventional artistic mores.
Expressionism - An abstract school of emotional intensity and aesthete self-denial
Fantasticism - A school valuing fantastic elements over accurate representations, highly subjective, art captures inner life of a thing rather than the thing itself.
Futurism - Emphasis on conquest of nature, technological progress and the rise of man though science and industry. Optimistic, progressive themes. Rejection of soft "human" forms, emphasis on sharp angles and straight lines.
Grand Guignol - Celebration of horrific elements and the grotesque, deliberately offensive to the viewer, challenging and provocative.
Impressionism - Art emphasizing suggestion and atmosphere rather than strong emotion or the depiction of a story
Low Brow - satirical pop art style, Exaggerated cartoon kitsch aesthetic.
Magical Realism - Narrative and artistic style incorporating fantastic elements presented as mundane reality.
Minimalism - Stripped-down, forms purged of all metaphor and intrinsic meaning. Equality of parts and neutral surfaces are emphasized. Extreme economy of lines
Naive - Simple, rough style, rejecting formal artistic training in favor of gut instincts
New Objectivity - emphasis on logic and reason in art over emotion, quiet, restrained, exacting. A clean and meticulous style.
Orientalism - Self-consciously exotic and foreign, a syncretic style incorporating artistic elements from varied world cultures
Outsider - Art that defies all categorization, strange and outside tradition interpretation
Pop art - Unapologetic commercial art, bold colors, pleasing forms.
Rococo - baroque, ornate, a heavily artificial and flourished style. Extremely detailed and claustrophobic
Romanticism - Expressionistic style drawing from raw emotions of artist, often relies on pastoral, gothic, or historical themes. Inner life of artist is tantamount.
Superflat - Manga and comic-inspired pop art style, consciously marketable, drawing deliberate attention to its own artificiality.
Surrealism - Bold colors, dream-like imagery and unexpected juxtaposition of elements used to explore subconscious of artist
2) YOU PUT ME IN THE WRONG PLACEEEE
I probably did. Feel free to leave comments explaining where you should be and I'll try to find a more accuarte place for you next update.
3) YOU FORGOT TO ADD A CERTAIN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT
I'm only one man and I didn't have the time and patience to get that far indepth. This is just a really simple, basic breakdown of some of the more common styles I've noticed,
4) I'M NOT ON THERE, WHY NOT?
I either forgot or I'm not familiar with your work.
5) WHERE WOULD I BE?
You would know better than me. Tell me where you think you should be.
6) REMOVE ME FROM THIS NOOOOOW BECAUSE I AM A BABY WHO HATES TIME-WASTING AMUSEMENTS
Fine.
7) WHERE CAN I SEE MORE AMAZING AGOUTI-REX PRODUCTIONSSSS???
www.murrypurry.com
www.guttersnipecomic.com
Category All / Abstract
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1000 x 1100px
File Size 132.6 kB
Naive is a style, not a quality-grade. You don't get out of it by becoming a better artist, you get out of it by changing your style. There are plenty of folks who are really good artists who draw in the naive style.
Though you are edging closer to Superflat these days.
Though you are edging closer to Superflat these days.
Took me a while to find some of my favorites (sad you missed one of my favorite Grand Guignol artists, Mirth. You should look them up). Surprised to see you putting yourself in Grand Guignol. I would have thought you'd fit with either Naive or Low Brow. Still, that's a lot of work. VERY impressive organization *offers a batch of cookies for job well done*
Well, it's a very rough, broad categorization. If I wanted to be reallya ccurate, I would have had to break it down to the point that every artist was in their own individual class and they'd all have names like "Post-Dutch-Cubist-Dada-New Wave-Pontillism" and such like. I had to shoehorn a lot of people into the single category that I felt best fit them, so a lot of this is...eh, debatable XD Still, I hope it entertains folks and maybe gets them thinking.
It tickles me that Scurrow is in Dada overlapping with Impressionism. If there's anything he embraces in his work it's definitely the absurd.
Is it funny that a large chunk of my favorite artists are in Grand Guignol with me? That's pretty awesome.
I like that you made a revised version of this!
Is it funny that a large chunk of my favorite artists are in Grand Guignol with me? That's pretty awesome.
I like that you made a revised version of this!
Now, I'm sure you're likely to see dozens of people going "Wot, why am I where I's am" but its a question I'd quite like to ask. In what manner I do I conform with Pop Art? I try to lean towards a little bit more pastel colours and smooth shading where I can and bold inking has kinda given way to rougher, soft sketches. I don't mean to infer you're WRONG, of course, I'm just curious as to where I stand and hope to know how I can better grow as an artist.
Like I said, this is a really rough approximation and I ended up losinga lot of nuance in trying to fit people into schools that don't quite accomodate them... I was mostly trying to find where they best fit on this schema, though, of course, most people here don't consciously follow any one school and so their styles don't always conform to anything in particular. You were a tricky case, because your vibrant cartoony characters and confident linework seemed very pop, but your coloring technique was a little more subtle. I wasn't entirely sure where I'd put you, so I placed you in pop just because your work had more pop elements than not. I hope you don't take that as an insult or anything. I totally love your art and think you're quite good, so I'm not trying to say it's, I dunno, not serious or anything. It's just where your style seems to fit.
This is just my uninformed opinion, so feel free to disagree. X/
This is just my uninformed opinion, so feel free to disagree. X/
Well, at first, I took "unapologetically commercial" as kind of insulting til I figured that might mean "aims to please" and "unwilling to confront controversy" which I would probably fess up to. Then I got confused because the only pop art I could think of was Andy Warhol and I don't really get him. Not his fault or the movement's fault, just pop and post modernism bewilder me more than the openly surrealist works of the what came before them. I'm very thankful you took the time to respond - for a moment, I was worried I'd offended you - and that I'm notable or memorable enough to even warrant inclusion. Not going to readily dispute your opinion - you seem a lot more informed on the topic than me. I probably know more about the Life Sciences than I do Art History, unfortunately. Thanks for the compliment as well but I can't say I'm all that great.
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to experiment? I mean, after reading about Lowbrow for instance, I thought "Hey, might try to google it, see if I can get any advice on working in the medium." buuuuut mostly I just got links to R. Crumb's work and quite a few, uh... raunchy comics to say the least. What kind of things are good to keep in mind overall when experimenting? I'd much rather branch out and develop than allow myself to stagnate for the sake of a few more hits, something I'm kind of afraid of doing.
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to experiment? I mean, after reading about Lowbrow for instance, I thought "Hey, might try to google it, see if I can get any advice on working in the medium." buuuuut mostly I just got links to R. Crumb's work and quite a few, uh... raunchy comics to say the least. What kind of things are good to keep in mind overall when experimenting? I'd much rather branch out and develop than allow myself to stagnate for the sake of a few more hits, something I'm kind of afraid of doing.
Ohh, no, I meant more that pop art embraces artistic principles that traditional "fine artistics" would look down on simply for being too plebian, it doesn't reject ideas just because they have mass appeal. (Again, my understanding of what different art school listed actually mean is that of a C+ high school student so it makes it kind of difficult for anyone else to go in and find sense in what I was doing... I placed a lot of these artists based on a "gut feeling" of where they seemed to fit, so it's kind of a crap shoot. Honestly, one could make a compelling argument that your style would be equally at home in lowbrow or expressionist as it is in pop. The main reason why I put you in pop instead of lowbrow is that lowbrow art often has a raunchy, kitschy humor to it and your art felt a little more wholesome XD
...that feels really weird to say after having watched your stream where you drew Aurelina's head XD
But seriously, I am probably the last person you should ask or any art advice. It's always good to experiment and branch out, but I don't want to imply there's anything wrong with the direction you're headed in now. I generally just find artists that I like and try and figure out what it is I like about their art and then start incorporating that particular aspect into my own and see if it works. if it does, fine, you eventually get a continuously evolving, eclectic. If not, no worries, I just drop it. But that's just how I work.
...that feels really weird to say after having watched your stream where you drew Aurelina's head XD
But seriously, I am probably the last person you should ask or any art advice. It's always good to experiment and branch out, but I don't want to imply there's anything wrong with the direction you're headed in now. I generally just find artists that I like and try and figure out what it is I like about their art and then start incorporating that particular aspect into my own and see if it works. if it does, fine, you eventually get a continuously evolving, eclectic. If not, no worries, I just drop it. But that's just how I work.
Actually, considering the knowledge you've exercised here, your own willingness to experiment and how friendly you've been, I'd say you're a great person to take advisement from and I'm well aware that you've no intention to insult me or imply I'm doing something badly wrong =3
Thanks for everything, keep doing what you're doing! =D
Thanks for everything, keep doing what you're doing! =D
This is fascinating stuff. I can't even imagine the effort it must have taken to place everyone's name in a logical spot, considering how much overlap there is. And just by looking at the artists I know, you seem to have gotten everything really spot on. Myself included, haha =D
If you're trying to be intentionally offensive/provocative, blood's a pretty good shortcut; it's really charged with symbolism, and can be a positive element if used as such, but it can also be terrifying if used for that instead.
Basically I'm saying it doesn't have to be blood, but you know what tends to draw a bigger emotive reaction than filth? Filth in a bloody slurry.
Also, naiveart bestart. I might just be biased though because there were some truly AMAZING snobs of teachers when I was at college; basically, anyone who didn't take their studio classes and applied some stilted variation of romantic or renaissance composition techniques was a naive artist. Even the design students. Especially the design students.
Basically I'm saying it doesn't have to be blood, but you know what tends to draw a bigger emotive reaction than filth? Filth in a bloody slurry.
Also, naiveart bestart. I might just be biased though because there were some truly AMAZING snobs of teachers when I was at college; basically, anyone who didn't take their studio classes and applied some stilted variation of romantic or renaissance composition techniques was a naive artist. Even the design students. Especially the design students.
I do love pop art heeeh
comics, cartoons and street art are my heaviest influences; I AM OKAY WITH THIS RANKING. I'm much more appreciate of 'design' visually-grabbing principles than I am fine-art or anything.
so long as you don't see manga/anime in my work, I would hate if that was still at all apparent in it and cry maybe
comics, cartoons and street art are my heaviest influences; I AM OKAY WITH THIS RANKING. I'm much more appreciate of 'design' visually-grabbing principles than I am fine-art or anything.
so long as you don't see manga/anime in my work, I would hate if that was still at all apparent in it and cry maybe
You know, even though I feel you don't know my artwork outside of furry, you didn't put me in a "weird" spot. Quite good. :)
For example... here's something I'm working on for a class... I could draw the bike "as it is" as realistically detailed as possible, but then that makes it boring to me. If I filled-in the tires and made them black, they would feel stiff and not manufactured to rotate at high speeds, you know? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21586576/mbr.jpg Photorealism is cool and all, but it does nothing for me besides "hey that looks just like a photo."
For example... here's something I'm working on for a class... I could draw the bike "as it is" as realistically detailed as possible, but then that makes it boring to me. If I filled-in the tires and made them black, they would feel stiff and not manufactured to rotate at high speeds, you know? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21586576/mbr.jpg Photorealism is cool and all, but it does nothing for me besides "hey that looks just like a photo."
I'll tell you something, this is seriously comprehensive. You've got every big artist on FA, and even a few of the medium-sized ones. It's a pleasure just to be nominated!
Some questions, though. Is graffiti represented in this list of art styles? How about the caricature work of Hirschfeld? I don't know what that falls under, but I feel like it deserves its own category.
Reading through all these styles makes me wish I had paid more attention in art history class. Some of the styles were incredibly fascinating, although it really was a your mileage may vary kind of thing. I appreciate the sleek, simplified sophistication of futurism, but it was doomed by its association with Italian fascism. I despise most nonrepresentational art, particularly the work of Mondrian (looks like some shit my printer choked out before it died) and Pollack, but I give some leeway to some of their contemporaries, including Kandinsky and a woman who painted elegant flower-like patterns in watercolor. (Hell if I can remember her name!).
Andy Warhol, in my estimation, was a con artist. Most of his work wasn't even by him, and his studio had a disconcerting habit of repeating themes, both within individual paintings and throughout the history of the studio. "His" work really demonstrates that in both art and cuisine, the rich really do eat the garbage parts of the food. Frankly, a lot of the modern art movements rub me the wrong way, and I was supremely glad that postmodernism drove a stake through their pompous, vapid hearts.
Also, I have to take this opportunity to express my profound love of surrealism. Notice how nearly every great album cover was painted by Roger Dean? (I'm sure TK-Dye has.) He's no Salvadore Dali, but he's the closest thing we've got in the 21st century.
Some questions, though. Is graffiti represented in this list of art styles? How about the caricature work of Hirschfeld? I don't know what that falls under, but I feel like it deserves its own category.
Reading through all these styles makes me wish I had paid more attention in art history class. Some of the styles were incredibly fascinating, although it really was a your mileage may vary kind of thing. I appreciate the sleek, simplified sophistication of futurism, but it was doomed by its association with Italian fascism. I despise most nonrepresentational art, particularly the work of Mondrian (looks like some shit my printer choked out before it died) and Pollack, but I give some leeway to some of their contemporaries, including Kandinsky and a woman who painted elegant flower-like patterns in watercolor. (Hell if I can remember her name!).
Andy Warhol, in my estimation, was a con artist. Most of his work wasn't even by him, and his studio had a disconcerting habit of repeating themes, both within individual paintings and throughout the history of the studio. "His" work really demonstrates that in both art and cuisine, the rich really do eat the garbage parts of the food. Frankly, a lot of the modern art movements rub me the wrong way, and I was supremely glad that postmodernism drove a stake through their pompous, vapid hearts.
Also, I have to take this opportunity to express my profound love of surrealism. Notice how nearly every great album cover was painted by Roger Dean? (I'm sure TK-Dye has.) He's no Salvadore Dali, but he's the closest thing we've got in the 21st century.
Like I said, it's a rough, broad categorization. If I wanted to be really accurate, I would have had to break it down to the point that every artist was in their own individual subgroup and they'd all have names like "Post-Dutch-Cubist-Dada-New Wave-Pontillism" and such like. I'm not that dedicated to this lark, so I had to shoehorn a lot of people into the single category that I felt best fit them, so a lot of these choices are debatable. You're welcome to make your own chart if you know better.
In that case, YOU CAN JUST SHUT YOUR FRIGGIN PIE HOLE XD
No, I kid. I'm not at all an art historian, so I'm sure that a lot of these artists could be better categorized by someone with more of a theoretical background. I just put it together based on the general vibe I got from an artist's work.
No, I kid. I'm not at all an art historian, so I'm sure that a lot of these artists could be better categorized by someone with more of a theoretical background. I just put it together based on the general vibe I got from an artist's work.
oh man, i'm not gonna go through all those names either n.n; but i guess i can throw some things out there
it seems odd that Rafferty and Portzebie would be under Pop, but Gene Catlow represents Bauhaus, when in terms of line weight and variation and the manner which they are used, the former and latter are awfully similar- i havent known Catlow to do anything substantially different from them in terms of subject matter-- in fact it seems like Portzebie's vignettes are even more minimal
or like i find Michelle Light and Terrie Smith to be pretty minimalist (not 'Minimalist') as illustrators go, so i dont know how Rococo they could be compared to someone like, say Vera, who does endless detail and flourishes (youd want to stick her in the upper right hand corner of Grand Guignol n.n )
it could just be that the structure of the chart is the problem; it doesn't allow for enough intersection, so one has to make a less than satisfactory classification because there is no intermediate area between strong multiple influences- and then, like, Fantasticism could be half the artists here :) maybe the major axis of the chart would be the progression from literal to abstract and even non objective representations, and then in as much as the other schools can be defined as shades of larger artistic approaches, they would be made into gradations which intersect the main axis n.n as i said this is a potentially very complex project
it seems odd that Rafferty and Portzebie would be under Pop, but Gene Catlow represents Bauhaus, when in terms of line weight and variation and the manner which they are used, the former and latter are awfully similar- i havent known Catlow to do anything substantially different from them in terms of subject matter-- in fact it seems like Portzebie's vignettes are even more minimal
or like i find Michelle Light and Terrie Smith to be pretty minimalist (not 'Minimalist') as illustrators go, so i dont know how Rococo they could be compared to someone like, say Vera, who does endless detail and flourishes (youd want to stick her in the upper right hand corner of Grand Guignol n.n )
it could just be that the structure of the chart is the problem; it doesn't allow for enough intersection, so one has to make a less than satisfactory classification because there is no intermediate area between strong multiple influences- and then, like, Fantasticism could be half the artists here :) maybe the major axis of the chart would be the progression from literal to abstract and even non objective representations, and then in as much as the other schools can be defined as shades of larger artistic approaches, they would be made into gradations which intersect the main axis n.n as i said this is a potentially very complex project
those are good points. In doing this, I based a lot of decisions on the overall vibe I got from the artist's work, which means that it doesn't at all follow any sort of logical process that's easy to replicate. Rafferty and Portzebie both struck me as more fluid and dynamic with more poppy, saturated colors, whereas Catlowe is more static with a more muted color scheme. Vera definitely has a lot of Rococo flair to her work, but since the overall effect came out more grotesque than elegant, I felt that if I could only pop her into one category she'd fit better in Grand Guignol. At least, that was my thinking in placing them, not sure how solid the logic is but that's where my head was at.
You're correct that a big problem is the lack of intersection between schools. When I layed it out, I tried to place intersections between styles that I expected to overlap a lot (ie orientalism and rococo, grand guignol and pop, etc) but the more artists I jammed into this, the more apparent that there were going to be a lot who wouldn't get their full due.
You're correct that a big problem is the lack of intersection between schools. When I layed it out, I tried to place intersections between styles that I expected to overlap a lot (ie orientalism and rococo, grand guignol and pop, etc) but the more artists I jammed into this, the more apparent that there were going to be a lot who wouldn't get their full due.
OH MAN. first off, this is really effing cool. siting here with boobun looking it over! i def wanna ask how i fit into the low brow part of the spectrum- i can see the kitsch aesthetic for sure but as a combination of pop art and grand guignol i got kinda lost. especially since i've moved to a new section since your last one. not to say i disagree and i know you mentioned the nuances are obviously lost in a chart meant to pigeon-hole, i'm just super curious!!
[also, kudos, this looked like a shit ton of work]
[also, kudos, this looked like a shit ton of work]
This is the most awesome thing I've seen all day, and it's only 3:15 Haha! As someone who reads art history in their free time, I'd have to research everyone to see how accurate it may be, but from what I know of the artists I recongnise it doesn't seem that bad; but incredibly cool. (Like how you have Fisk for New objectivity. which makes sense from his conservative viewpoint, if it's who I'm thinking of, and Turbine divinity a little more confusing but he does sit neatly into Art Deco compared to the others in Grand Guignol (I Understand he has a darker more insidious account for more uber-adult pieces hence why he fits better.) )
I'd wonder where I'd fit, but I've since cleared out and rebooted my gallery. ;_; as well as being more obscure than the bubonic plague in a EMDC with an established NHS.
I'd wonder where I'd fit, but I've since cleared out and rebooted my gallery. ;_; as well as being more obscure than the bubonic plague in a EMDC with an established NHS.
Oh man, this is absolutely great. Surprised to see how many names I know on the list! I'm not shocked that I'm absent (I'm hardly what anybody'd call famous), but if anything, that's just all the more incentive to work on getting myself out there more.
One thing I'm a bit surprised at though - I don't seem to see Ness (larathelabrat) on the list, and he seems fairly well-known. He seems like Grand Guignol to me, but I'm not sure. P:
This seems like an excellent way for me to discover artists with styles near what I like, too! YOU HAVE DONE THE FURRY FANDOM A GREAT SERVICE.
One thing I'm a bit surprised at though - I don't seem to see Ness (larathelabrat) on the list, and he seems fairly well-known. He seems like Grand Guignol to me, but I'm not sure. P:
This seems like an excellent way for me to discover artists with styles near what I like, too! YOU HAVE DONE THE FURRY FANDOM A GREAT SERVICE.
I concur both with your interpretation of "bauhaus" and my listing under it (which puts me in some very fine company, indeed).
This is a fascinating list, which will no doubt cost me many hours perusing it. And now I have a whole boatload of new artists to check out!
Side note: I was on someone's livestream once and they started playing "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (the band). They said it was one of their favorite songs, but this person apparently had no idea who Bela Lugosi was. Yikes!
This is a fascinating list, which will no doubt cost me many hours perusing it. And now I have a whole boatload of new artists to check out!
Side note: I was on someone's livestream once and they started playing "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (the band). They said it was one of their favorite songs, but this person apparently had no idea who Bela Lugosi was. Yikes!
OH LOOK WHO HAS ASPERGERS. I HOPE YOU CAN OVERCOME YOUR AUTISM, RANDULL MUNROW.
On a serious note my style doesn't really fit in with any other style out there apart from Kaleidoscopecat, Thomas Blue, and a tiny handful of others. There's so few of us! We fit into a style called "modern." It was an art movement made by cartoonists in the 50s and 60s, most notably by UPA. This is hard to categorize since there's not a lot of literature on the subject besides Amid Amidi's book "Cartoon Modern." It is not a bad book, trust me.
On a serious note my style doesn't really fit in with any other style out there apart from Kaleidoscopecat, Thomas Blue, and a tiny handful of others. There's so few of us! We fit into a style called "modern." It was an art movement made by cartoonists in the 50s and 60s, most notably by UPA. This is hard to categorize since there's not a lot of literature on the subject besides Amid Amidi's book "Cartoon Modern." It is not a bad book, trust me.
Caught this on tumblrrrrr
I'd agree with this based on the stuff in my FA gallery, but that gallery is emaciated and filled with commissions. Commissions force me to be colorful since black and white isn't v. eye catching :C
My work almost exclusively looks like the stuff in this gallery now: http://art-kumyo.tumblr.com/
I think it's cool that I DID move from last time tho.
I'd agree with this based on the stuff in my FA gallery, but that gallery is emaciated and filled with commissions. Commissions force me to be colorful since black and white isn't v. eye catching :C
My work almost exclusively looks like the stuff in this gallery now: http://art-kumyo.tumblr.com/
I think it's cool that I DID move from last time tho.
Wow! this looks like it took some thought and effort.
I'm surprised I made the list. I haven't done anything for over a year now, I figured I would have gotten the fallen off the face of the earth drop kick. I've been meaning to try to slide to low brow, pop or naive because I really like those artists styles.
I'm surprised I made the list. I haven't done anything for over a year now, I figured I would have gotten the fallen off the face of the earth drop kick. I've been meaning to try to slide to low brow, pop or naive because I really like those artists styles.
very cool idea! Kinda hard to pick out individual names you're looking for, but I suppose it really wouldn't be easy to make doing that a simple task haha. Either way, must have been a lot of work, and I commend you for having the patience to do it :)
and I also have no idea where I would fit into this haha
and I also have no idea where I would fit into this haha
I never thought of pigeonholing myself, sounds kinky.
...But anyway, I guess I'd fit into magical realism? I like depicting fantasy in casual settings. But as far as the actual depictions I sometimes like to make things look as real as possible and other times I stylize things to make them stand out.
...But anyway, I guess I'd fit into magical realism? I like depicting fantasy in casual settings. But as far as the actual depictions I sometimes like to make things look as real as possible and other times I stylize things to make them stand out.
Ha! I saw this in Taral Wayne's Favorites and had to come and see what's up... am I in there? (long pause to peer nearsightedly at the screen, and then, with clear signs of relief:) ...it appears I do not! Ah, well... as I only post a small amount of my (for want of a better term) "work" and much of it originally created with no idea of being posted anywhere, I'm not sure where I'm likely to wind up on this excellant chart, which I intend to study more closely. I thank you, sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman!
This is a very interesting little project you've got going on here. As a grad student working in literature (admittedly, premodern Japanese, where these terms don't really apply well), I can really appreciate a lot of this. Hooray for magical realism and art deco! I love stuff from the twenties and thirties.
At first I wondered if I'd be on here as you do know I exist (Remember me? I'm the weirdo who sent MPF&F Hamlet fanart.), then I realized you wouldn't have known I existed on here. That's hardly your fault since very few people seem to know my stuff exists anywhere. I am such a lousy marketer.
Actually, I think this could be a useful tool for artists to get an idea of how their work fits in overall and then compare their work with other artists with that in mind. They can better see trends they might want to explore, break away from, and/or avoid entirely.
Actually, I think this could be a useful tool for artists to get an idea of how their work fits in overall and then compare their work with other artists with that in mind. They can better see trends they might want to explore, break away from, and/or avoid entirely.
This is really something! I imagine it takes quite a bit of study to create such a diagram.
I made it on there! The category I fell under interests me. I'm seeing my work with a new perspective. Strangely enough, some of the artwork that appeals the most to me is made by the fellows with whom I share a category.
I made it on there! The category I fell under interests me. I'm seeing my work with a new perspective. Strangely enough, some of the artwork that appeals the most to me is made by the fellows with whom I share a category.
Now this is some food for thought here... I do like most of your definitions and choices, and admire the amount of thought and research that went into this project. I also think I'd fit nicely into the Art Deco category should you see fit to include me an any updates, though that's your call to make.
Might i also suggest Art Nouveau for when you do a new graph. as someone who was very interested in art history i could of course suggest a LOT of art movements but that would get Overly complicated. Also within your current groupings i think i would put myself in Orientalism or Rococo. but i would be interested in seeing where you would put me.
i must confess a slight amount of sad to not being on there but even though i have been in the furry art community since 97 i think i have never taken off really.
i must confess a slight amount of sad to not being on there but even though i have been in the furry art community since 97 i think i have never taken off really.
I'm surprised that I, Max West, or my old handle, skyfirefox, is not listed on here.
I've always considered myself an Expressionist and maybe an abstractionist as well - my biggest fine art influence has always been the work of the German painter Paul Klee (1879-1940).
I've always considered myself an Expressionist and maybe an abstractionist as well - my biggest fine art influence has always been the work of the German painter Paul Klee (1879-1940).
Haven't we danced this dance before, you know, you get angry and butthurt, delete your comments, leave FA for a few months, come back, blab about your unwarranted self importance and get upset because Yiffer/Badgerben doesn't acknowledge or OC with you? It's like deja vu, I swear...
Do you really think they'll go and look at EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN' account on FA ?!
You're pretty much unknown Max West! Face it!
Your stuff is uninspiring , flat and absolutely childish anyways. most people on this site are adults.
You are not working with your target group!!!
Pull your head out of your ass and start facing the facts!
And PLEASE , drop the atitude and smugness, it really isn't helping your popularity.
You're pretty much unknown Max West! Face it!
Your stuff is uninspiring , flat and absolutely childish anyways. most people on this site are adults.
You are not working with your target group!!!
Pull your head out of your ass and start facing the facts!
And PLEASE , drop the atitude and smugness, it really isn't helping your popularity.
<i>Your stuff is uninspiring , flat and absolutely childish anyways. most people on this site are adults.
You are not working with your target group!!!
Pull your head out of your ass and start facing the facts!</i>
That's more of a description of your crap. Please go play in rush hour traffic.
You are not working with your target group!!!
Pull your head out of your ass and start facing the facts!</i>
That's more of a description of your crap. Please go play in rush hour traffic.
I was honest surprised to find myself under "Dada", seeing as I did a rant against dada art a while back in my journals. But looking at it now, I realize that I pretty much fit the bill and now I feel kinda stupid for railing against it so hard.
Also, I'd like to throw my friend
deathbycardboardbox into that list. If I were to put her anywhere, I'd say it'd be under Grand Guignol, since she does a lot of horror paintings as well as gore makeup.
Also, I'd like to throw my friend
deathbycardboardbox into that list. If I were to put her anywhere, I'd say it'd be under Grand Guignol, since she does a lot of horror paintings as well as gore makeup. 
I've thought the same about furry art. Our application of furry characters into schools of art is more or less a parody or derivation of them. not to toot my horn but ill use some of my art for example. i would say some of the subjects resemble those of, say, a 19th century realist painter. except they're furry characters instead of real people. would that make it dada and/or lowbrow? probably. and in the eyes of a not-furry art critic, definitely.
While there are a few really short ones, it seems as though the majority of artists featured here have given themselves very l-o-n-g names; Jabberwockeychamber, Dread Denim Pirate, Carmelita Deadly Rose and Mykindacoolbromance. None the less, this is an interesting effort.
Oh I don't know if this would help, but Scott McCloud arranged art styles into a big triangle: http://scottmccloud.com/4-invention.....gle/index.html
where would you put me? I'm really curious how you'd interpret pieces of mine like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4035956/ (very art noveau, influenced by Vess and Mucha) or this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4035927/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2189704/ (magical realism/horror?) or even this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1623085/ (surrealism/expressionism?)
I'm really curious where you think I register, based on the work in my gallery
I'm really curious where you think I register, based on the work in my gallery
Oh, there he is!
But what differentiates
DragoMike from other fatfur artists? He's certainly not the only one, even in the uber-macro subcategory.
But what differentiates
DragoMike from other fatfur artists? He's certainly not the only one, even in the uber-macro subcategory.
Just recently discovered that I've had adequate tools for getting picture into computer for years without realizing it. Guessing that if I put anything up, I'll be aiming for Grand Guignol and end up hitting the very top of Naive. (Technically, it won't be, really, because I've had some training. I just suck so much, it's hard to tell.)
Then I will draw buildings, and it will lurch drunkenly toward Rococo. All of this stylistic discord is moot, of course, until I have things be... on the internet... that is a bigger stumbling block than bawwing over the linework on my multihead spinal structure sketches.
Then I will draw buildings, and it will lurch drunkenly toward Rococo. All of this stylistic discord is moot, of course, until I have things be... on the internet... that is a bigger stumbling block than bawwing over the linework on my multihead spinal structure sketches.
You know, it'd be cool to have this all hotlinked, editable and maintainable.
Just had a go in google docs here - kinda ganky but could expand and work OK.
Just had a go in google docs here - kinda ganky but could expand and work OK.
Comments