oxsugarxcoatedxo:

pinkuchama:

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Hmmm~ 

If an artist only plans on being the only person to see the work they make— like ever, for all time— it’s probably not.

But art is communication.  We use it to transfer ideas.  Especially in the case of visual art, knowledge and command over depicting anatomy (human, mechanical, etc.) is important, not because visual artists have any sort of duty to represent an object as it appears in nature anymore, but because we need a common starting point, to know how much has been changed or reinterpreted for the sake of the art’s message.  The more the artist knows about anatomy, the more the artist commands.  We can focus on the work rather than question whether or not it was what the artist intended.  We’re not as distracted by the artist’s failings in that specific capacity (unless, of course, that’s the intent).

Haha, I think that sort of answer is a by-the-book one, sorry about that. 8|;;;

P.S.:

  1. Sorry, I don’t know if this sent because my asks don’t seem to work right, like ever.  So I posted it as well as sent it privately~ D8
  2. It’s talking about art, it goes in the art blog! 8)
  3. I don’t answer homework questions for lazy strangers (the art forum I used to hang out on had its share of people who were too fucking lazy to write their own essays and we got that constantly), but if you gotta get opinions for some school project or have a curiosity I’m usually cool with that and use my own discretion. Bryanna’s a cool lady. :)

Thank you so very much Pink!!!!

To all my followers, you guys should definitely check this lady out c: 

I first watched her on deviantart back when I was 13 (oh lordy, so long ago) and I’ve followed her art and wow, she is just a wonderful wonderful artist and a really awesome gal to talk to. So yeah, go check her out.

I AM SO SORRY I DREW A LOT OF EVIL THINGS BACK THEN PROBABLY GOING TO HELL YUP. 8|;;;;

Hmmm~ 

If an artist only plans on being the only person to see the work they make— like ever, for all time— it’s probably not.

But art is communication.  We use it to transfer ideas.  Especially in the case of visual art, knowledge and command over depicting anatomy (human, mechanical, etc.) is important, not because visual artists have any sort of duty to represent an object as it appears in nature anymore, but because we need a common starting point, to know how much has been changed or reinterpreted for the sake of the art’s message.  The more the artist knows about anatomy, the more the artist commands.  We can focus on the work rather than question whether or not it was what the artist intended.  We’re not as distracted by the artist’s failings in that specific capacity (unless, of course, that’s the intent).

Haha, I think that sort of answer is a by-the-book one, sorry about that. 8|;;;

P.S.:

  1. Sorry, I don’t know if this sent because my asks don’t seem to work right, like ever.  So I posted it as well as sent it privately~ D8
  2. It’s talking about art, it goes in the art blog! 8)
  3. I don’t answer homework questions for lazy strangers (the art forum I used to hang out on had its share of people who were too fucking lazy to write their own essays and we got that constantly), but if you gotta get opinions for some school project or have a curiosity I’m usually cool with that and use my own discretion. Bryanna’s a cool lady. :)

kryallaorchid:

You mean it’s not like this?

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You have soiled my illusion of where you work. SOILED IT!

8O

MADAM I AM A PROFESSIONAL that only happens during staff meetings.

(Source: pinkuchama)

Android #57821, Cindi Mayweather.

(Yes, this is Janelle Monae, if you’re unsure. Been watching the Many Moons music video/short film a lot, can you tell?  Totally waiting for her new album to come out, ahhhh~!)

kryallaorchid:

pinkuchama:

Plus ‘sleeping with the boss’ makes all sorts of comical sense.

DAMN RIGHT, I SLEPT MY WAY TO THE TOP OF THIS COMPANY. 8|

YOUR COMPANY, YOU OWN IT, YOU CAN RUN YOUR BUSINESS ANYWAY YOU LIKE AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE STAFF MEETINGS IN THE NUDE YOU’RE ENTITLED TO! 

# HAHAH 
# AS LONG AS YOU DON’T GO NUDE FOR CLIENTS
# ’HONEY CAN I HAVE A PROMOTION?’
# ’YOU KNOW IF YOU ASK ME ANYTHING WHILE YOU’RE NAKED I’LL SAY YES’

AHHH, ahhh.

AHHH SEE ‘CAUSE sometimes we have people working for us, so that would be really really really really really really really really awkwaaard~ 8|;;

I thought that was how the rest of the guys got hired D: With you I just assumed it was straight-forward nepotism. I’m awash in disillusion.

What’s the problem? 8D I am show you all my trade secrets!

virotesfavoriteart asked: Wow! You own your own company? That is amazing! I mean it. Can you tell me a little about that company? Like, does it have a website? Or do you operate all under private connections. (As for my ask box...I must have left it in my other pants)

I promise, owning a business isn’t by default impressive— anyone of age here can get a business license and say they own a business. For contractors like my husband and I becoming incorporated made sense for tax/legal reasons, for starters.

(Crap, that posted before I finished, stupid phone.)

Um, anyway, yes we have a site (we’re a technology-based consulting company— that’s pretty necessary), but I don’t link my personal sites to that stuff, because I don’t want my NSFW fanart blog coming up in searches related to the company. 8|  (Plus, I wouldn’t want this coming up in related links to some of our high-profile clients; just… NOOOO no no no no.)

Most businesses work under personal connections, though.  You usually get work through who you know, etc.

virotesfavoriteart asked: Hello pinku. I've seen a few of your robstar drawings and I am impressed. For an artist, good exposure helps a lot. I want to make an iPhone game and through that medium your work could potentially be seen by many. Someone may find interest in your style and hire you. Unfortunately I am Not that guy. I am just a fan of robstar kryallaorchid fanfiction. A fan that wants to make a free video game. Let me know if you are interested

Hi, (Um first off, SORRY— I accidentally saved this to drafts, and can’t answer privately anymore.  Plus, you don’t have asks enabled so I can’t send you a message…)


Glad you like my work!  Sorry, I do this sort of stuff for a living through my own company (graphics for iPhone apps are among the things we do). No time for work without pay. (Plus I think my husband would get jealous if I did graphics for games that he didn’t make. ;) ) Hope you find someone, though! Good luck with your game.

Batchix awesomely let me use her spare right-click button because mine fell out of my tablet pen, so the plan was to draw today and be like, “Wow cool Batchix helped me out!”
That didn’t happen much, I ended up using all of our tissue instead.
(And argh, Batchix I just realized— if anything happened to you and D, I’M SORRY!  My human contact last week was: 1. Rock festival, 2. Podcast recording  3. Your party, 4. Jelly Belly factory tour, 5. Grocery store, adslfjsdlf!!)

Batchix awesomely let me use her spare right-click button because mine fell out of my tablet pen, so the plan was to draw today and be like, “Wow cool Batchix helped me out!”

That didn’t happen much, I ended up using all of our tissue instead.

(And argh, Batchix I just realized— if anything happened to you and D, I’M SORRY!  My human contact last week was: 1. Rock festival, 2. Podcast recording  3. Your party, 4. Jelly Belly factory tour, 5. Grocery store, adslfjsdlf!!)

kryallaorchid:

It’s a shame a lot of people think of black and white as unfinished, I often prefer black and white art more than coloured, especially when the artist concentrates on the tone of a piece. It amazes me when an artist can create an image and then side by side lay down two different types of tone, just by using two colours (or three if you count grey), and have each piece channel a different message. That’s skill.

There’s a world of difference between colour and black and white too. A night sky gives a different feel than a sunset, for example. But there doesn’t have to be colour in a piece for it to be finished.

To equate it with writing, a lot of people don’t understand the merits of having a pure dialogue piece or a piece without any dialogue. I’ve had critique on my original works where I’ve delibereately tried one of these methods and gotten told “It was good, but you need dialogue/description.” Yes, having a mix is good, but sometimes you want to write/draw in a particular way, you want a message portrayed this way.

I think a major artistic difference between drawing and writing is you get to hide little tidbits in your picture (sneaky open condom wrappers and other such details you really have to study to see), the eyes often see what they want to see, where as I would have to spell out everything I want the reader to take away from the piece (and therefore have my reader take away exactly what I want them to have). Interpretation becomes different.

It’s the same here, the lack of colour changes an interpretation of a piece, even if you originally intended the message to be… I dunno… softer, less implicit, more dreamy? the solid black makes it more striking.

You know, I also find it funny, artist will often have people say “That piece is so you” to you, but I’ve never had anyone ever say that about me. (Am I missing out? Nah).

It’s sorta irritating to see people say that in writing, when it’s just as diverse in terms of devices.  Surely, if you read a piece that’s all dialogue in capable hands, it’s clear to know that this is deliberate (removal of information evoking heightened emotional response because blahblahblah imagination, it works in visual art too), so when people say that I tend to think they’re beginners.  And that’s fine, they’re showing what they know, I think that’s cool, but it’s still irritating when a single element is isolated and people take that as incompleteness.  And maybe sometimes it is, and sometimes it’s a crutch or gimmick.  

I’m sensitive to color, enough that I actually sort of hate when it’s too loud and for no purpose (of course, I like colorful things in capable hands) and I get my work described as “monochromatic” by instructors because of that.  As a strategy I can be found limiting it, because it’s natural to me, but it’s not like I didn’t go through the same training (mixing paints, color wheels, value charts, relationships, etc.) as other painters.  It might be why I like accents a lot (because they SHOUT or punctuate), or limit palettes (I use lots of triads and resort to primary color schemes because they make me happy).

But it’s also tiring to have people insinuate that if you don’t demonstrate every skill you have in one work, you don’t have a full skill set.  I think it’s why people tend to hate on modern/postmodern work (writing and visual), because what postmodern and modern stuff often does is emphasize and isolate specific elements.  To me, when I consume that sort of work, it teaches me how much skill can go into each individual discipline, even though to a layman who isn’t trained to see how well a person is at a specific skill (and I don’t think they have to be, but there’s limits on what input they offer) there’s frustration, questioning why a work is “good.”  Hell, sometimes people who are trained that much can’t even see it without having it pointed out to them.

And really, I think the only reason why someone hasn’t said that to you is because it takes more work, but I think it’s there. 8|  Even when reading fanfic there’s a feel (with you I can recognize pacing and tone unique to you that matches even how you answer stuff online, but I AM SO LIMITED IN THAT SKILL) for different authors.

(Source: pinkuchama)

kryallaorchid:

pinkuchama:

Do we mention the implication they’re doing some sort of narcotics too? And alcohol, there’s a faint double image there. Oh queen of hearts you, I love this.

8DD You’re the first person to point out the double image (to be fair, sometimes people add that stuff for an illusion of depth and with no real meaning), because I thought pairing it with that stained-looking background treatment would give a better clue about that. (And of course there’s a point where we just can’t control a viewer’s reaction/intrepretation, etc.)

Unfortunately it didn’t print well in the black/white version so I had to remove it: 
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The black and white version gives even more of an implication of nefarious goings-on, with the silhouettes and lighting. Kinda give the grungy feel of a noir-type, with the 30s detectives and commonplace opium dens.

For me, the colour version implies they’re in the middle while the black and white they’re coming down.

I can see how the double image wouldn’t have worked on the black and white, but it’s very effective in the colour.

# I DUNNO WHICH ONE I LIKE BETTER!
# I THINK THE BLACK-AND-WHITE MAKES ME FEEL MORE
# YOU MUST JUST SIT THERE AND HAVE A GOOD GIGGLE WHEN PEOPLE COMMENT HOW PRETTY IT IS AND HOW ITS SO YOU

That’s pretty relieving to see— lots of people tend to think that things without color are “unfinished” and that bothers me to varying degrees (like they have no appreciation for the separate kind of skill that handling color really is and that color has meaning so removing it changes things).  On one hand, it sucks— I had to change the tone of the image for practical reasons (that print was done on a laser printer, we were out of color toner, had to pare the pic down), but there’s something totally sobering about solid black.  

And you have a good instinct— I was taught that removing color can put more focus on the action.  The day when someone said it was “me” I just… snickered because she was right.  Not in the way she thought she was, though. 8D

nothereason:

pinkuchama:

(Also this is an old Gaia avatar, hahahaha.)

it’s probably weird how i can always tell when it’s a gaia avi. xD

Hahaha, because when you put those items on a person they look ridiculous and the size proportions are weird. 8D (I think they’re cool anyway, though.)

Do we mention the implication they’re doing some sort of narcotics too? And alcohol, there’s a faint double image there. Oh queen of hearts you, I love this.

8DD You’re the first person to point out the double image (to be fair, sometimes people add that stuff for an illusion of depth and with no real meaning), because I thought pairing it with that stained-looking background treatment would give a better clue about that. (And of course there’s a point where we just can’t control a viewer’s reaction/intrepretation, etc.)

Unfortunately it didn’t print well in the black/white version so I had to remove it: 
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This thing is old, and there’s a custom 5-foot-wide black and white print of it hanging in my living room.
I’ve grown to love this picture because when oblivious older relatives come over, they usually just say, “You drew that?  Wow, it’s so pretty!” (I don’t show my relatives many of my drawings) or “I think this picture is really you.  It’s so rock and roll!”
Not trying to be a dick to them— they’re relatives, I love them.  They’re very sweet, and they’re showing an interest in/support for things I make.  Thankful for all of that.
But we see two different images— I love this picture because those same people haven’t registered the opened condom wrapper on the ground, his open fly, shirt on the ground, etc. and haven’t realized that because this is a drawing, I’ve made a conscious choice about all the items appearing in the image, and how that affects the drawing’s narrative.  If they did I’d get slapped/scolded a whole lot more than I already do. 8D  
To me they’re a litmus test of what sort of things people excuse in images without much thought, and what one can do with that ability…
(Also this is an old Gaia avatar, hahahaha.)

This thing is old, and there’s a custom 5-foot-wide black and white print of it hanging in my living room.

I’ve grown to love this picture because when oblivious older relatives come over, they usually just say, “You drew that?  Wow, it’s so pretty!” (I don’t show my relatives many of my drawings) or “I think this picture is really you.  It’s so rock and roll!”

Not trying to be a dick to them— they’re relatives, I love them.  They’re very sweet, and they’re showing an interest in/support for things I make.  Thankful for all of that.

But we see two different images— I love this picture because those same people haven’t registered the opened condom wrapper on the ground, his open fly, shirt on the ground, etc. and haven’t realized that because this is a drawing, I’ve made a conscious choice about all the items appearing in the image, and how that affects the drawing’s narrative.  If they did I’d get slapped/scolded a whole lot more than I already do. 8D  

To me they’re a litmus test of what sort of things people excuse in images without much thought, and what one can do with that ability…

(Also this is an old Gaia avatar, hahahaha.)

Then they had a ladies’ night.

Then they had a ladies’ night.

Hello, my nickname is Pinku and I'd like to get paid to draw comics. :D I swear it's not a Titans-only blog, but I do draw them pretty often.