Which artist isn’t proud of his own art? And who doesn’t want to be admired?
Imprivisation is the most important term of an artist’s work. We build up our improvisation by looking at one’s other art or by getting compliments because we want to show them more. We want to offer new art for the people to look at. The reason I bother to show my art is that I want to know what people and fellow artists think of it. I was never sure about the quality of my drawings, and my classmates were too stupid to tell me what they thought (except for that, they always wanted that I draw something for them – so I swore to stop showing my pictures to someone in RL.) That’s the reason why I wanted to show it, and why I still do it…
What is a topic without replies? An empty box with a saddened autor who sits in front of the screen, waiting for posters because no one is interested to say something about the drawings. “Maybe they look at it and only say that they are good because they disport with them…” – are the thoughts of the artist. Must that be? I think that replies are important to art topics, especially for the ‘beginners’. It’s even very worthwile to say one good word (for the beginner, I meant) . For example “Oh that picture is great, post more”. But you noticed that you need more day by day. You see this sentence that you liked so much at the beginning as a spam and begin to label this person as a brown-nose (please don’t think that I do that, that was a generally speaking.). You’ll begin to wish more to read about your drawings, even criticism or funny comments. The more you see criticism, the more you want to better your artwork. And when you see funny comments, it is fun to post more drawings. “Maybe they’ll say more funny things. I’m going to post a sad picture” – You are going to try something new. You unconditionally want to build up your self-esteem. The style you used so long has been discarded. The new style will caress the eyes of poster. And the artist is happy about his admirer. And they even change their style of drawing absolutely unconsciously! Isn’t a reply advantageous?
I rarely reply to other art topics, but I usually look at the artwork. I don’t go to the topic because I want to see if the person became a better artist than me, I look for very interesting characteristics on their pictures. Only when I found some, I can think of a reply. I don’t know how some people look at drawings. Maybe they just crisscross the topic with their eyes and look very short at the artwork. I hardly ever post to topics because I take me time to look at drawings. I look at every detail on an image and think of how the artist used to sketch/colour it. The same in Dragadon’s art topic : It’s longer than two pages now, and I replied once. I replied because I saw that her drawing style is in progress, which makes it more interseting (for example she looks for more detail, colours the drawings by hand and more.). In my opinion, when people want to say something to the drawings, they should say what they really mean, not only the usual words to charge their status!
I never noticed that there are people who love to reply more to their favorite artists. Every artist here gets more or less replies than another. But is that as bad? Maybe the one who has less replies can read more except for “Hey, your drawings are cool, keep them up!”
And the artist who is ‘rich’ of replies is offended because spammers crossed their way on this topic? Well, even when replies aren’t belong to me (in another art topic), I read them anyway. Sometimes I just can roll my eyes and click that thread away. But Teal’s replies are very good. She even can tell you what you should improve (on details). Sydney’s replies are very precise. And I miss Lampion’s replies anyway.
Beginners should be patient with their first art topic. Maybe there are some people who don’t dare to post the first reply in the topic and wait till someone did the first step…We never know. The same with my first topic : The drawings were too big, I even didn’t know what JPG is! And only a few forumer posted to it (among other things, a famous spammer). I was a bit depressed because I thought that my drawing skills were so bad that nobody dares to reply. But I never gave up and started the second topic…
Well, I think you can know about the results. I was happy and couldn’t stop to do it.
Now, I can’t post as much as I used to. The school began, and I want to reach my destination : The University of Leipzig. I have to go a very long way till I can study art. And I noticed that drawing Mudokons and other odd creatures I have drawn are peanuts. That’s the reason why I started to draw humans, landscapes, portraits, animals and architecture. Drawing Oddworld pics are just an interest I want to keep.
So, replying to art threads are too useful to overlook. They are wanted. They make that the artists are working autodidactical. Give them a change to read really worthwile things, and not only compliments.
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Do you see? Mainly what I am saying symply don't worry just enjoy your work. Thats where the success comes in to play.
