I have come to understand the "it looks like a photo" comment as a compliment, but it is stil strange to me on some levels. When someone says that, I always say thank you, but really I wish they would say "it's nicely rendered" or ideally "it's surrealistic". If I wanted a photo I'd use a camera and not slave intensively for many hours. I feel that the hand drawn translation not only goes further than a photograph in describing it (bringing stroke by stroke interpretation, expression, and close scrutiny into the equation), but the mark making is unmistakable as drawing and personal style. Maybe it's just me.
I wonder about that too. Whether a photo of the memory might be enough of a reminder of a place or a person. Although something happens to the original image when you do a piece of art of it. It glorifies it, and somehow it makes the image more important. I fnd this especially with drawings turned itno paintings, it's like the drawing settles or something. I can't explain it.
And now think about this. You turned a photo into a drawing and now have posted it on the blog as a photo. Maybe you should draw the photo you posted on the blog now, take another photo and post it again? hehe
I actually like this photo of your well rendered drawing more than the actual drawing, I think it has more contrast, unless of course you reworked it since I last saw it.
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8 comments:
Charcoal drawing.
Nice charcoal drawing.
how big?
Really? Wow. I really thought it was a photo.
that`s crazy micro
nice - I have some pics from my time in korea that are a lot like this.
I have come to understand the "it looks like a photo" comment as a compliment, but it is stil strange to me on some levels. When someone says that, I always say thank you, but really I wish they would say "it's nicely rendered" or ideally "it's surrealistic". If I wanted a photo I'd use a camera and not slave intensively for many hours. I feel that the hand drawn translation not only goes further than a photograph in describing it (bringing stroke by stroke interpretation, expression, and close scrutiny into the equation), but the mark making is unmistakable as drawing and personal style. Maybe it's just me.
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I wonder about that too. Whether a photo of the memory might be enough of a reminder of a place or a person. Although something happens to the original image when you do a piece of art of it. It glorifies it, and somehow it makes the image more important. I fnd this especially with drawings turned itno paintings, it's like the drawing settles or something. I can't explain it.
And now think about this. You turned a photo into a drawing and now have posted it on the blog as a photo. Maybe you should draw the photo you posted on the blog now, take another photo and post it again? hehe
I actually like this photo of your well rendered drawing more than the actual drawing, I think it has more contrast, unless of course you reworked it since I last saw it.
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