Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Gosh!...Why do I bother...(Gallery)

Robo2010 opened this issue on Dec 28, 2004 ยท 47 posts


ShadowWind posted Wed, 29 December 2004 at 6:41 PM

Poppi,
Composition, lighting, modeling, whatever are not going to be learned by a gallery comment. That has never been the case. There are some things that can, like Vicky needs a shadow or is poking through, but most things that relate to art are taught over a period of time with more heavy discussion than 250 characters (or whatever it is). That is why most other websites that do such critique do so with a gallery that has a forum installed into it. This way there can be a two way dialog where the artist can ask questions and get answers to why. And can usually trust those answers come from a professional artist. On Rosity, in some cases, it's like the blind leading the blind. Is the artist giving the advice doing it the right way themselves, or is it just something that they would do a different way? I ruined a picture that I had done listening to such advice.

I know there are many that would love to have judging panels deciding whether images would even be qualified to be put up, but that would go against what IMO has made Rosity the popular site that it is. It is a place where all people with whatever goal they have for their art come to roost. I can never understand why people get so upset about something, rather than moving on to what they would like better. There are sites that fit every idea about art.

By the way if anyone wants to learn more about composition and technique, a site called WetCanvas.com has lots of articles on the subject that are extremely helpful. WetCanvas is not a digital 3D site, though they do have a small digital section. They do traditional art, but such techniques really transfer well to 3D...

It's only going to be from study or a two way dialog that artists will get real benefit out of learning what an artist has to teach. Not a short line as a comment.

ShadowWind