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HURF.

No I definitely understand what you're sayin' with the talent thing, I just didn't expect the wall of text, haha.

ANYWAY.

Thanks for the compliments on my work!

A made this in a few hours trying to go real fast, cuz I wanted to see what I could get done .... really fast! xD anywho, it's done, more or less.
I also wanted to make something rich with color ._.



derp

The vibrancy of those red lines gives them a wonderfully surreal quality.

(Is that a figure reclining at the back behind the drapes?)

I really like that piece, aaawhyme! The style is really cool, and nice use of colour too. I hope you do more like this.

And all the other art here is amazing too.

Btw, I agree with Duskglass about the whole "talent" thing and I was actually thinking the same thing before you wrote all that. I find you get that in other fields too, like music, and it is a shame.

Anyway, keep up the good work everyone!

Music is still an artistic profession; when I said that it's an uncommon word to be applied to non-artisty jobs I meant it to include all art forms including nonvisual arts. Sorry if that was unclear!
But what it all comes down to is, 'talented artist' = naturally good at art = doesn't need to put forth effort to become good, which is related to the mindset that [any given art form] is not a real occupation. If a person can't see the value of what the artist does and acknowledge that art is skilled labour and the product of many years' training... then that person isn't going to want to pay the artist what their work is really worth.

......hrgh I promise I'll post actual art soon xD;;;

Yeah I understand and it really is a shame people think like that. Though I do think some people use "you are talented" as a compliment not because they mean to say the artist didn't work hard, but that they are talented because they worked hard. Perhaps "skilled" would be a better word...

But yeah, though I'm not in an arts profession, seeing people do that annoys the crap out of me too. Especially when they say "well you're so talented and do art for fun, so why should I have to pay you for it?" I hate it when people treat artists that way.

One time I came across a post where a dude was actually telling people how to abuse artists most effectively... it was terrible. (I think they were writing to the indie game crowd; that's where I see a lot of this happening? And there's also this post-- I don't know if that person is seeking a free artist, but it's likely given the phrasing of the post and the fact that they didn't make any mention of payment.)
It's sad that there are people who think it's okay to underpay artists (or not pay at all aside from promises of 'exposure'), and that there are artists who don't understand the value of their own work because they have had it hammered into them that they aren't valuable. Unfortunately it seems to be pretty ingrained...

....anyway, here's the most recent thing I made!

rawr...

Namesake fanart! C:

I keep stopping by here and quietly lurking XD You guys have posted some lovely stuff ;u; I finally decided to try and join in too. n.n

I hope you continue to join in! I love seeing the variety of things other people post. :>

this one is technically an older thing, but I only just got around to scanning it:
(made this for a class about a year ago, but shenanigans happened that prevented me from posting it right away-- it's a weapon design for my comic.)

and this one's an intaglio!

wonk

I thought of doing something like this awhile ago.
Being away from my tablet makes me sad.


Just finishing up my exams, I was messing around on CS5 for a bit, and then I decided "Why the hell not". If I didn't break off to do other things this would've take me a mere two hours. This is the first time I've painted skin and felt happy about it.

Left to right: 
Dargonax
Hunger
Ice Armour
Shiva
Hydra
Dark Armour
Starved
Gallex

Costume design for a Sanskrit play, and a couple gift drawings! (The first is actually over a year old; other two were done within the last week.)

Hahahah

Wus and Rensfield



Annnnd Dae and Rensfield XD

Just a couple new things!



(I've posted a few WIPs/alternate versions of this one here xD )

gloweeeeee

So I guess I drew some things....

Ohh look.
I made a thing.
I'm happy with it ;_;

I still really like the curtains girl ;3;

I guess this one is finished enough for the 'finished art' thread... xD;;

(he's another character from the same story as elizabeth!)

Aris and Rem ;u;
(suddenly a cute thing happened)

Hi guys do we like fan art here?

well, y'know, why not?

Holy COW these are all so amazing! Good job you guys XD

just a quick thing! :>