Post by <3 :] Mirannah :] <3 on Jan 14, 2014 19:20:52 GMT
I'm warning you bros and brosephinas in advance that this is gonna be incredibly long-winded.
So, I major in art and creative writing at college, but I don't talk about it much, and I pretty much never show my work because of how insecure I am about it.
It's like, even if I enjoy doing it, which I really do, just the fact that I like it doesn't make it good enough to actually show off and be like "look see, I'm an *artist.*"
Having to actually design a website and be public with work from my classes kind of, like, heightened that insecurity to a nasty, unbearable degree where I almost don't even want to claim being a creative anymore.
So in hindsight, being an art major was one of the worst decisions of my life, one that constantly leaves me doubting myself and whether or not I'm worthy of being called an artist, and whether or not my work is worthy of being called art.
But internal conflicts aside, because of college and because of how crazy I am (all of you can attest to that) I have a decent-sized body of work, that might as well get some use taking up space in this board. .-.
By my school standards, I'm a "traditional mixed-media student, with digital influences"---that's my official category. lol
Okay, so it's best to start out strong, right?
Something that I always have fun doing is paper-cutting-----yes, it's an official method of making art, and there are artists that specialize in it. It has, like, a crazy cult-following on the internet.
So the first two paper-cuts are actually inspired by the Dragon Age series, because I'm a major fan of it, and because I'm a dork that loves to obsess over things for indefinite amounts of time. The dragon from the first one is the actual arch demon from the game, and the second is *obviously* from DA2, which you'd know instantly if you played the game. (The statues totally give it away.)
This third piece was a metamorphosis assignment in which you were to take one thing and *clearly* transform it into something else, and be able to defend why you chose it, and what it means.
An art major is nothing but justifying to a bunch of people why your brain told your hands to make something. I'll let you guys wonder about it, perhaps it'll inspire some sort of life-changing internal debate. It will, at least, spare you the time that you'd otherwise have to fill with reading.
It's mixed media, with paint, marker, pen, graphite, and fake floral accents.
So, I major in art and creative writing at college, but I don't talk about it much, and I pretty much never show my work because of how insecure I am about it.
It's like, even if I enjoy doing it, which I really do, just the fact that I like it doesn't make it good enough to actually show off and be like "look see, I'm an *artist.*"
Having to actually design a website and be public with work from my classes kind of, like, heightened that insecurity to a nasty, unbearable degree where I almost don't even want to claim being a creative anymore.
So in hindsight, being an art major was one of the worst decisions of my life, one that constantly leaves me doubting myself and whether or not I'm worthy of being called an artist, and whether or not my work is worthy of being called art.
But internal conflicts aside, because of college and because of how crazy I am (all of you can attest to that) I have a decent-sized body of work, that might as well get some use taking up space in this board. .-.
By my school standards, I'm a "traditional mixed-media student, with digital influences"---that's my official category. lol
Okay, so it's best to start out strong, right?
Something that I always have fun doing is paper-cutting-----yes, it's an official method of making art, and there are artists that specialize in it. It has, like, a crazy cult-following on the internet.
So the first two paper-cuts are actually inspired by the Dragon Age series, because I'm a major fan of it, and because I'm a dork that loves to obsess over things for indefinite amounts of time. The dragon from the first one is the actual arch demon from the game, and the second is *obviously* from DA2, which you'd know instantly if you played the game. (The statues totally give it away.)
This third piece was a metamorphosis assignment in which you were to take one thing and *clearly* transform it into something else, and be able to defend why you chose it, and what it means.
An art major is nothing but justifying to a bunch of people why your brain told your hands to make something. I'll let you guys wonder about it, perhaps it'll inspire some sort of life-changing internal debate. It will, at least, spare you the time that you'd otherwise have to fill with reading.
It's mixed media, with paint, marker, pen, graphite, and fake floral accents.