Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Is it really my art?

Grammaton opened this issue on Jul 13, 2003 ยท 40 posts


FyreSpiryt posted Sun, 13 July 2003 at 10:29 AM

Yup, Marque, it does. I think it's a little overdue. ^_~ Actually, I struggled with this at first, too. Lots of people do. We're trained that art is this mystical far off thing that only certain people can accomplish, and it's hard to get out of that. I like Scott McCloud's definition of art in "Understanding Comics". He defines art as anything that is not done to fulfill a basic survival need. Very amusing 2-page spread of a caveman. First he's chasing a woman (reproduction), then he's sighted by a sabretooth tiger and running away, evades the tiger as it leaps at him, he dodges and it goes careening over a cliff. Now what? Look for another cavewoman (reproduction), find some food? Nope. Blows a raspberry after the sabretooth tiger. Art. :)