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Your Art is NOT Yours. (video)

Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,863
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Drew Spence from The Dynamic Universe speaks on the artist reaction to any sort of critical response and why letting go of your art is the way forward to dealing with negative feedback. It’s not about a ‘tough attitude’; it’s about understanding the relationship between the artist and the audience. When you LET GO, you grab a hold of the higher meaning behind art.

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  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,488
    edited March 2019

    Thanks for posting. Initially, I thought, "I'm not listening to a 26 minute video right now," but you pulled me in with all your insights, and it went by in a flash. I keep telling the little ones, "If you won't do it for free, why should you get paid for it?" It's not just artists that are hypersensitive; it appears that US "culture" has socialized younger people to be incredibly resistant to even constructive criticism. Of course, this makes them prime prey for deception and delusion.

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  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,855

    So to summarize, "don't have a thin skin", LOL.

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,863

    I think I said a little more than that,

     lol

  • akmerlowakmerlow Posts: 1,124

    Good to see thread is about this (before clicking to link i thought its about copyright issues like https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/304411/is-it-your-own-art-or-not

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited March 2019

    Making the step of distancing yourself from your art before you publish it is really an important step. It's also a really difficult one.

    *begin ramblings*

    I mean, doing the images gives me joy, setting them up, rendering, tweaking. Then, when I put them into the frame of the comic, more often than not, some details I worked hard on are hidden outside of what is visible, because of adjustments to the layout (yeah, still learning here!). Getting proper feedback is vital, and often inspiring. I know it has helped me a lot in developing as an artist - though I certainly had some bitter pills to swallow and a reality check before I could make (I hope) progress.

    But when you are feeling insecure about yourself and your work, when your inner critic is telling you "See, they think you're not doing it right, so why don't you stop it altogether?", it's getting very hard. Fortunately, I have no ambition to become a professional artist - I just want to tell the story with good and capturing images, and hope to gain an audience who will enjoy the final product. But even then, basically on a hobbyist level, you need to stay humble and grow a tough hide. I have no idea how those aiming to become pros deal with it, when I so often read about that same inner critic and the self-doubts in their posts.

    Because... even if you decide to let your artwork "children" go into the world with every intent not to care, they'll still remain your "children" and are able to hurt you. Perhaps not as much as with a 'helicopter parent' type of artist, but... yeah.

    *end ramblings*

    In any case, a very nice and thought provoking pod cast you made there, Drew!

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  • MisselthwaiteMisselthwaite Posts: 961

    I echo your ramblings, Bee :-) 

    I don't think I'm getting tougher... maybe my picture-babies are ;-)

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,863

    Thanks. I plan on doing more.
    And some suprising topics- I might add.

  • mmkdazmmkdaz Posts: 335

    I really appreciate your insight here. Especially for filtering (good and bad), and when you are ready to go pro. Thanks!

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,863

    Thank you! It was good to finally get this sentiment out there..

  • LinwellyLinwelly Posts: 6,070

    truth be spoken ( iad to chuckle a few times when I found myself in there), I'd like to add one point: everyone has phases when they feel insecure about their art, or phases when you have the impression you're working hard but its not developing. That happens and it will pass. It will pass sooner when you have someone to talk about it (and I feel this forum is a good place to exchange and grow) and if you feel stuck it's time to tackle things from a different side

    Drew, one question, how did you get your curser to add the red dot? I think that might be usefull and better seen for the webinar, so I want to try and get that.

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,863
    edited March 2019

    Well said.

    The software that I use to screen capture is liteCam HD. In the settings menu are mouse options and effects.

    https://www.litecam.net/en/product/litecam-hd/

    For windows, there are also custom mouse pointers that you can download and swap. There's a bunch of free ones on Deviant Art.

    https://www.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/cursors/popular-all-time/

    Those work well too.

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