Is Google is killing art?

[suzelle]

15 hours ago, Bob Blea said:

I hear you there!  I never could paint people that looked close to proportional.  I haven't been able to carve them either.  Human brains are so hardwired to recognize faces that any little oddity stands out to us.  Even Al Stohlman's carving of people look a bit creepy to me.  I stay away from carving people, but anything else is fair game.  It gives me great respect for Renaissance  artists who painted or carved human forms so spectacularly.  

Bob, Yes I agree with you there! The Renaissance artists were amazing! About replicating the human face (in whatever art form)... yes it does stand out when something is wrong with the way a face looks in an Art piece. Another thing that really stands out for me (when it's not right) are hands and feet. Also very challenging to master these subjects as well. But I guess the key is - keep at it! Just make a start! Practicing in leather would be quite expensive though! Probably best to do your mastering on paper first, til you get that right!  

[immiketoo]

18 minutes ago, suzelle said:

Bob, Yes I agree with you there! The Renaissance artists were amazing! About replicating the human face (in whatever art form)... yes it does stand out when something is wrong with the way a face looks in an Art piece. Another thing that really stands out for me (when it's not right) are hands and feet. Also very challenging to master these subjects as well. But I guess the key is - keep at it! Just make a start! Practicing in leather would be quite expensive though! Probably best to do your mastering on paper first, til you get that right!  

Faces are my main area of carving.  And then the whole human, and hands and feet are tough.  Proportions are key.  Its even harder when it's someone you know.  Ive seen baby portraits that are hideously disfigured, or faces that would scare clowns.  Hell, I've made a few of them.  One of these days I'll draw a face and try tooling it just for fun.

[Sheilajeanne]

18 minutes ago, immiketoo said:

Faces are my main area of carving.  And then the whole human, and hands and feet are tough.  Proportions are key.  Its even harder when it's someone you know.  Ive seen baby portraits that are hideously disfigured, or faces that would scare clowns.  Hell, I've made a few of them.  One of these days I'll draw a face and try tooling it just for fun.

LOL, immiketoo!  I know I have a bit of artistic talent. I used to do pencil sketches of my favourite movie, TV and rock stars when I was in my early teens. My mom was quite surprised because she had a sister who was a professional artist (studied at Ontario College of Art) so she KNEW the human face and figure were one of the hardest things to do well.

I really wish I'd kept it up. I also used to sketch horses a lot, but that didn't go anywhere either. I look at what people are doing on the Art of the Horse FB page and feel like I have NO talent whatsoever...

But, maybe, maybe I'll get the confidence to try it someday with my leather work...

Oh, yeah, and EXACTLY what Bob Blea said above! Even when using Craftaids and other designs from the Net or from Tandy, I often want to tinker with them and add my own personal touch. Maybe it's just resizing the design, or changing a couple of things to make it fit better. You learn by doing this, rather than slavishly copying the same design again and again.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Sheilajeanne

[Sheilajeanne]

Here's a sketch I did when I was about 15. Bonus points if you can identify the TV show it's from. I never quite finished the jeep - it was hard to find a reference photo to get the details EXACTLY right! (Pre-internet days...lol!)

 

[Fowlingpiece]

Rat Patrol!

[immiketoo]

Ah...never saw that

 

[Sheilajeanne]

Yup, we have a winner! :D I had a huge crush on Chris George, and Gary Raymond certainly wasn't hard on the eyes, either...  

It only ran for 2 seasons, so a lot of people don't remember it.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Sheilajeanne

[Tugadude]

I don't do carving but I do add some "artistic" design elements to my work sometimes.  I use google extensively for inspiration but I always frown upon direct copy.  I'm not saying it is wrong, but as a personal choice, I don't do it.

I think google or any search engine, yahoo, etc. are neither good nor bad.  Anything has the potential to be used for good or bad and the function of a search engine can inspire one to create art or cause them to become a copy artist.  It is up to the individual to choose which path to take.

[immiketoo]

6 minutes ago, Tugadude said:

I don't do carving but I do add some "artistic" design elements to my work sometimes.  I use google extensively for inspiration but I always frown upon direct copy.  I'm not saying it is wrong, but as a personal choice, I don't do it.

I think google or any search engine, yahoo, etc. are neither good nor bad.  Anything has the potential to be used for good or bad and the function of a search engine can inspire one to create art or cause them to become a copy artist.  It is up to the individual to choose which path to take.

It's not meant to be taken literally as Google, as any search engine will produce the same results, but Google it is the most popular phrase when looking of info.

 

[ABHandmade]

It seems to me that photography and painting may well exist together. That is, creating your own art work in one case does not exclude the use of ready-made templates from the Internet in another. And vice versa.

PS. By the way, photography is also considered an art

Edited May 8, 2018 by ABHandmade