Menorah be the one

Menorah be the one
Menorah be the one. artbytonybulmer.com

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Photoshop the new fantasy art?

Yes, I love Photoshop juicelings, but give me a break, when was the last time you actually drew anything, or…painted something? (That home decorating project in the back bedroom and the the xmas/birthday card you made last year don’t count.) Life like art, is about being willing and able to be wrong so that you can progress, make something new and tangible. You do not get multiple undo levels in life. You don’t get to ‘touch out’ the imperfections. Fantasy illustration was the big artistic thing back in the seventies and eighties. They were halcyon days when the airbrush and masking film ruled the world. Now they are memories in the Photoshop tool palette. Today we hear the pejorative ‘airbrushed’ whenever some Photoshop happy junior (or not so junior-ha-ha) has run their ham fisted pinkies over the voluptuous curves of the latest celebutant/media hag. Isn’t it time you all got your fingers inky? Picked up a paintbrush? or at least used that pencil for something other than… What do you use your pencil for juicelings?

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