Twitter Tumblr FacebookFuraffinityI was on tumblr in class today (Macro Economics LOL) and I stumbled across a particular post in the Artist Confession blog about how Photoshop is not 'intended' for art/drawing and was pushing that artists who use this tool are misguided etc etc yadda yadda. The comments were pretty backlash filled, but I wanted to post a journal concerning it as I have come across alot of artists (including old Idols I've had who have said time and time again that PS is 'not a legit means' of making good digital art/painting/etc and other tools like Corel Painter, SAI, and Illustrator are." Here's the deal, in case any of you are under the impression that you can only create art using the tools designed for the job or specific task of doing so:
Program function is largely irrelevant when it comes to digital art. Yeah, I said it. Yeah sure, Adobe might advertise that 'Photoshop is designed to work with photos (hence the name) and that it isnt really designed for digital painting/art/etc, and that other programs are designed for such, or your art teacher might say 'digital programs like photoshop aren't legitimate means of creating works of art for the sake of the traditionalism in art that they staunchly believe in. PROGRAM does not and never will define the artist or the quality of their work. I have seen spectacular works of art on dA, done in programs ranging from MS PAINT to Microsoft Excel, or even traditional mediums going from candlewax to barbeque sauce. If you have the creativity, what the hell does it matter if some program is intended for a different purpose than you are using it? YOU define the creativity, YOU define how things are used. If you can make something fantastic using something unorthodox or unconventional means, what art teacher or person is able to tell you otherwise? Yeah people will have opinion on what defines art, but that's your job, and if they don't agree with your methods of creating it because it seems 'illegitimate', then so be it.
(end rant because I'm leaving class.)
You and your own creativity define your art, not the program, or the media.
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"Ooooh! Look at me! I'm drawing commissioned art with a non-art program!"
Now picture that scenario. Do you think the person paying you to draw something will care what program you use to create the artwork? No, not really. That person just want a pretty picture done. So if that person is satisfied with the end result and doesn't care what you use (aside whether it should be a digital/traditional painting or in vector style or something) then why should the artist? The person paying just wants a specific type of art done in ANY WAY necessary. The people who bug you when you use the "wrong" tools are usually your professors, like you mentioned, but that's about it. I remember how I got yelled at for not using a specific tool in Adobe Illustrator during class, but even with that I still don't use it when making client work because I never needed it. I doubt the client even gives a shit. If the way I do vector art is efficient and it makes the client happy then I don't need that feature that my art professor made me do.
Now here is the kicker. It is true that if you work in a building the art director might look over your shoulder, and if that person has any art experience, they might also tell you that you are using the wrong tools. However, what are the chances that the art director's "correct" tools are the same as the art teacher's "correct" tools? Sometimes they might be similar but the thing is that when working in a studio, your boss will just try to shape you to do things his or her way. In this case the art teacher's "right" way might not matter anymore.
To put it this way, you made me realize that it's high time to get into the groove or I'm gonna get left behind...
Dude you literally just made my day. I mean I actually prefer SAI over photoshop honestly, it gets what I want done, and I like all the different tools it provides. Ive also seen like AMAZING work done by people with MS paint, I mean really?
I love this, this just makes me smile honestly.
I guess no one told the poor guy we have paint for that sort of thing.
If you can master Corel Painter, good for you. If you can master PhotoShop, good for you. If you can master MS Paint, good for you. (Though I'd probably have more respect for the person who uses MS Paint. That's just my opinion.)
Peace.