[ SECRET POST #130 ]

[grayout.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #130 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.
U
17.

18.

19.



Notes:

Posting for Liz! Not sure if notfandom 1 is some fandom or not, didn't think so...

Don't forget to vote in the poll!

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 58 secrets from Secret Submission Post #019.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 ] not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

18. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. MARRY ME. SUCKY ART IS NOT ART! IT IS UNIVERSALLY CRAP!

This is coming from someone who considers themselves to be something of an artist...the drawing used as the base for #18 isn't that bad. In fact, it's rather good. Let me point out the reasons why.

1. The medium looks to be charcoal. Charcoal is hard to control with any degree of success--it's smudgy, dirty, and to be able to get such detail with it is an accomplishment, especially since it's usually used as more of a sketchy medium, is a wonderful thing.

2. The cookie-cutter anime style is what may be popular, but coming from someone who's fallen into that style rut, it's a horrible thing to get out of, and it looks practically identical to every thing out there. Art is about the artist's expression, and not being able to exactly copy what's placed in front of them--we have photocopiers for that. Fanart, while based off a character, is also about being able to render that character in the artist's style.

While it's certainly not a perfect drawing, no artist will ever consider their work to be perfect. An artist is their own worst critic. Fortunately, there is also room for improvement.

[micchi.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. Hard. In the pants.

[(Anonymous)]

*borrows a statement from above*

"In fanart, you try to portray a character with a given set of characteristics. If you can't portray those identifying characteristics in the piece, it has failed as fanart."

I think that about sums up my opinion. Yes, they put a lot of work into their piece. Yes, their style is not the typical pretty boy look or whatever is popular now. Yes, as a stand alone piece, it is not that bad, but if the identifying bits of the character you're trying to draw are absent, that fanart just isn't fanart. It's still art, but it's not fanart.