are vectors/vexels really art? |
are vectors/vexels really art? |
May 24 2010, 05:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,454 Joined: Nov 2008 Member No: 696,018 |
... after talking to two people who are convinced that my vectors are easy to do and not creative in any sense, i've sort of just become... discouraged. i feel like a fraud just copying over someone else's creative concept, photo, creation, etc. even when i do add my creative nuances, it feels cheapened now that i'm using someone else's work as my base.
for example. idk. (this is where you say "don't listen to him, mel, keep doing what you're doing, we still think its cool" ... really, really in need of encouragement after being told that i shouldn't be proud of what i do) >.< but seriously... what are your takes on this issue? oh yeah, ok he called it "painting over a photo" which i guess is a good analogy. but who the f*ck doesn't use something else as a base? i never said i was an illustrator. |
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Aug 10 2010, 03:55 PM
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torn Group: Official Designer Posts: 953 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,718 |
Iunno, I don't think you have anything to feel ashamed about. I think I see, a bit, where ToonDeaf is coming from. Vectoring an Ironman poster is a little different than vectoring a stock photo, or even a copyrighted photo of a celebrity. Not to say that photos aren't art, but for the poster, someone had to draw/CG it, which, I think, people feel involves more.... art-ing (creativity and all that) than photography.
That said, ToonDeaf seems to think you "stole" the artwork by making a vector of it. I disagree because a) you openly stated that your base was the Ironman poster which is copyright Marvel etc etc and the vector was done for practice in gradient technique b) it's for personal use and you're not making money off of it and c) it's a friggin' amazing piece of art. Yes, art, if not in terms of creativity then definitely in terms of skill and technique, like JC said. It's something you should be proud of! Whether or not it's art, what you do is amazing. I would hate to see you stop vectoring because of something like this. |
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