Look at that juvenile line art in the volcano, the lack of appeal in the angles of the mountains, the variable distance of the horizon.
Most people space lines better than that, and most people subconsciously have a consistently distant horizon.
The more I look at it, the less it looks like something that was drawn with no effort. Something drawn lazily in five minutes would have more consistency and better proportions.
It takes effort to make something that irregular, because the human mind is subconsciously driven to pattern-making.
Basically, what I'm saying is that either Moby isn't human, or he was trying hard to draw something that looked simple and juvenile while lacking the consistency and regularity of juvenile doodles.
Basically, it's not fake juvenile doodle art, it's a mimicry of fake juvenile doodle art.
I think I figured out why I get like this though, while my mind's been pondering the subject.
Maybe a little of it might be cuz I don't want my things to be ruined by showing them to my family (this is what almost killed my interest entirely in Doctor Who) but I think it might be cuz I'm scared they'll think what I like is stupid, weird, not appropriate, etc. etc.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
About two years ago, in order to fulfill the art part of my degree plan, I took Painting I. What an awesome class, and the professor instructing it, as I found out was a combat illustrator too (during Vietnam) so we really connected and I learned a ton from that man. Anyway one day he drags me to his studio and shows me this incredible abstract piece he was working on that blended 20th-turn-of-the-century abstract aesthetic with Native American style architecture and art. Of course this guy has a lifetime of experience behind him to which he invested into this particular piece that's taken him over two years to complete; and it really stunned me whenever he said, "I think I could probably get one to two thousand for this."
One of my mom's friends is a record label hotshot in New York City who purchases high-dollar art and the thing he's proudest of is this laughable mess on canvas that he paid well over $100,000 for because it was painted by John Mellencamp. Guys like Mellencamp and Moby here are automatically taken serious for a medium that isn't even their specialty (or that they display any real skill in) just because they're famous musicians. That just bugs the hell out of me.
About two years ago, in order to fulfill the art part of my degree plan, I took Painting I. What an awesome class, and the professor instructing it, as I found out was a combat illustrator too (during Vietnam) so we really connected and I learned a ton from that man. Anyway one day he drags me to his studio and shows me this incredible abstract piece he was working on that blended 20th-turn-of-the-century abstract aesthetic with Native American style architecture and art. Of course this guy has a lifetime of experience behind him to which he invested into this particular piece that's taken him over two years to complete; and it really stunned me whenever he said, "I think I could probably get one to two thousand for this."
One of my mom's friends is a record label hotshot in New York City who purchases high-dollar art and the thing he's proudest of is this laughable mess on canvas that he paid well over $100,000 for because it was painted by John Mellencamp. Guys like Mellencamp and Moby here are automatically taken serious for a medium that isn't even their specialty (or that they display any real skill in) just because they're famous musicians. That just bugs the hell out of me.
I think at that point, you're not paying for the art so much as the name and the ability to say "oh yea, John Mellencamp painted that".
I don't think most art critics would take such things seriously, but I don't know any art critics, so I might be wrong.
Usually it's the whiny part of me that wants to do nothing but play solitaire and sleep, or the irrational part of me that exaggerates things but is willing to work with a good attitude the next morning.
This time it's the quiet part of me that tells me to calm down and stops me from doing self-destructive things. That guide who watches the rest of me is the one saying it.
The irrational part of me is screaming that if I quit Physics that it means that I'm a fool who can't do basic math and is useless without a calculator; and that I can't give up now when I am actually capable of doing the class.
I can do the class, it's just hard.
Should I take the hard work and become a stronger person, or should I save myself the exhaustion, overwork, and pain?
I don't think most art critics would take such things seriously, but I don't know any art critics, so I might be wrong.
When it comes to "absolutely useless people" and "sponges on society", not much comes close to an art critic. These are the people define what "high art" is. I don't totally blame these particular folks for what they're doing, because they're being enabled by society to do so. I have to admit that if I was offered a position to be paid a rich living wage to discuss the likes of the mild nuances of a turd on a plate presented at an art show, I'd most likely do it.
To me art is defined by appeal. That's a really subjective definition, I know, but there's a lot of stuff out there that a lot of people genuinely like (and are not told to like.) Like Robert Crumb's work, for instance. People really loved his stuff like "Keep on Truckin'" when it came out because it had broad appeal. Norman Rockwell's work is the same. Some of the shit being churned out today -- one that comes to mind is a horrifically carved statue of an anime character (like how an 8 year old DA artist would draw one) shooting out jizz that is swirling around him and which recently sold for a heinous amount of cash -- does not fit this description. At all.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
I'm studying my stuff for a test tomorrow and I'm going to drag you all into this
so this computer is executing a program that is 50% multiply operations, 20% divide operations, and the remaining 30% is every other kind of operation.
Obtain the speedup factor gained if the divide operations run at 3 times faster.
Some of the shit being churned out today -- one that comes to mind is a horrifically carved statue of an anime character (like how an 8 year old DA artist would draw one) shooting out jizz that is swirling around him and which recently sold for a heinous amount of cash -- does not fit this description. At all.
Sounds like something the Superflats would do to criticize anime.
Of course, I'm pretty sure they don't even consider themselves true art, so...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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The first three are really quite lovely to me, if extremely simple, but the the last one is...? I'm not sure whether it's actually just one colour painted matte (plausible) or whether the photograph is missing some nuance in the colour and brushstrokes (also plausible).
*shrug*
Also, regarding the conversation on the last page: Wasn't Rei Ayanami modelled on the classic symptoms of schizoid personality disorder?
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Isn't that the cover to his first album?
I am 99% sure that is the cover to his first album.
Christ, I can't escape the damn irrational fear of judgement.
Well that's just weird.
I dunno, not any stranger than the Thomas Chimes exhibit I saw years ago, I guess.
Behold the many moods of Ironhide.
pictured: annoyance, surprise, battle fury, and uh....I don't even know
not in that order, either.
Also I kind of want to check his music out, maybe I will later
Actually ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK is on [adult swim]'s website.
....
just saying.
Yeah, I don't get me either.
Most people space lines better than that, and most people subconsciously have a consistently distant horizon.
The more I look at it, the less it looks like something that was drawn with no effort. Something drawn lazily in five minutes would have more consistency and better proportions.
It takes effort to make something that irregular, because the human mind is subconsciously driven to pattern-making.
Basically, what I'm saying is that either Moby isn't human, or he was trying hard to draw something that looked simple and juvenile while lacking the consistency and regularity of juvenile doodles.
Basically, it's not fake juvenile doodle art, it's a mimicry of fake juvenile doodle art.
If you really want a musician who can't draw for shit: Das Racist's Kool A.D.
At least the comic strip I saw him draw was pretty bad in the art department.
Maybe a little of it might be cuz I don't want my things to be ruined by showing them to my family (this is what almost killed my interest entirely in Doctor Who) but I think it might be cuz I'm scared they'll think what I like is stupid, weird, not appropriate, etc. etc.
Wait, should this go in the anxiety thread? Bluh.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
NOW
WE SHALL BE TF2 BROS. AT SOME POINT. AFTER I BEAT MASS EFFECT.
AND ALSO SPACEY
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Tre, if you're comfortable with it, I'd like to have your steam name.
too tired to forgive and too battered to ever forget
I am the labour
I am this
I hang as your beloved hex
I'll bring the nails and fevers of bad dreams
Nail him
Burden her
Kill you
Bury them
Its all the same
Great leveler, try to forget my name on a day like this
Holding your rope, try to forget me now
I think at that point, you're not paying for the art so much as the name and the ability to say "oh yea, John Mellencamp painted that".
I don't think most art critics would take such things seriously, but I don't know any art critics, so I might be wrong.
so yeah, I've decided to read Dresden Codak.
Usually it's the whiny part of me that wants to do nothing but play solitaire and sleep, or the irrational part of me that exaggerates things but is willing to work with a good attitude the next morning.
This time it's the quiet part of me that tells me to calm down and stops me from doing self-destructive things. That guide who watches the rest of me is the one saying it.
The irrational part of me is screaming that if I quit Physics that it means that I'm a fool who can't do basic math and is useless without a calculator; and that I can't give up now when I am actually capable of doing the class.
I can do the class, it's just hard.
Should I take the hard work and become a stronger person, or should I save myself the exhaustion, overwork, and pain?
I'm leaning towards the former.
Sounds like something the Superflats would do to criticize anime.
Of course, I'm pretty sure they don't even consider themselves true art, so...
I've completed my Mario game episode thing.
Since some of you expressed interest in playing it, I would like to share it...
...but I'm having trouble figuring out where and how to upload it.
:(
^ah, cool
AAAAARGGGGHHH