Quote - Bagginsbill wrote:

OK - the CG artist community defines a CG artist as somebody who creates an image using content THEY CREATED. Period. The community known as CG artists gets to say what they mean by that.

People who do not agree with that are trying to say otherwise, and claim to be CG artists.

I'm not interested in the definition of art.

I am interested in the definition of CG artist. Which is what this is really about. So let's discuss that.

And I really don't mean to discuss CG artists. I mean, the interesting question here is this:

When an artist community (sect, subset, group, etc.) defines itself with a new term, and other people want to appropriate that term to confer upon themselves the honor and admiration that normally acrues to those for whom the term fits, without actually acquiring the skills necessary and without actually doing the work (but doing other work that falls outside the definition) then the big question is - what should happen?

CG artists define themselves around the idea that they can create anything from nothingness. A real CG artist (not a fake) can and does realize the vision by a God-like creative ability - to cause a shape to appear where none existed before. A CG artist does not "open a can of content" or "thaw a bag of content". They create, starting with vertices and edges, a shape that never existed before.

Some people want to argue about this definition. Why?

Just make up some other kind of art name involving a digital collage of 3D elements.

BB, I usually enjoy and find valuable the info you impart, but I have to respectfully disagree on this as I have found and believe otherwise.

The community at CG Talk/CG Society did not create the term CG art.
CG art comes originally from a Japanese term. And it's defined as artwork created with the assistance of a computer. A pretty wide encompassing definition if you ask me.

I really don't care what a bunch of wannabe modelers think. Modelers are the only ones who seem to think that CG art should only include models created from scratch. Professional commercial CG artists do not create everything. They'd never meet their deadlines if they did. Most pros I know do not have a problem with Poser or DAZ models. They think some of the artwork made by users stink, but some of the art made by alleged CG artists (usually punk kids) who roll their own is sub-par as well.