are vectors/vexels really art? Options

[batman]

... 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.

[Butterface89]

i see you have a bong in your personal photo even though i know that's not you

i'm not sure that i understand what you're asking me, fact of the matter is though, cb's field of products is no longer in demand because customizable sites such as xanga are no longer popular. just a change in the internet's tastes

Thanks, Simba. Response much appreciated:D I don't know what the bong in my photo or whether this is me in my photo has to do with Art/Vectors being "real" or not. I'm sure you didn't mean it but that sounded kinda like you were trying to insult me by brining up what my picture looks like. Weird.

i see you have a bong in your personal photo even though i know that's not you

i'm not sure that i understand what you're asking me, fact of the matter is though, cb's field of products is no longer in demand because customizable sites such as xanga are no longer popular. just a change in the internet's tastes

Oh P.S. No offense but since you 'did' bring up personal avatars, you have a WOMAN in your personal pic but then it says MALE just below it. o.O. Want to shed some light on that?

This post has been edited by tokyo-rose: Sep 27 2010, 07:24 PM

Reason for edit: Merged double posts. - Cristy