I do find the Forever stamp fascinating. Imagine in a thousand years from now with flying cars and shit like that, and this stamp would still be good. Isn’t that awesome?
Postcards from Atlanta
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner, now I have to go back to vegas again at some point.
I do find the Forever stamp fascinating. Imagine in a thousand years from now with flying cars and shit like that, and this stamp would still be good. Isn’t that awesome?
I do find the Forever stamp fascinating. Imagine in a thousand years from now with flying cars and shit like that, and this stamp would still be good. Isn’t that awesome?
Concerning Art
If you had known me long enough, you might have heard me talking (or whining, depending on your point of view) about art, my lack of formal art training, and how I regret it.
Why didn’t I go to art school?* Well, to understand how I ended up in the current state of affair, I have to tell you a little about my life story; I grew up in a lower middle class family. My exposure to art was limited. When I heard ‘art’, it conjured up the likes of Picasso, Van Gogh, the modern pop art, expressionism and abstract art, those of which I didn’t find appealing in the slightest.** I read manga growing up, A LOT of manga. Name the popular manga in ’80 and ’90, chances are that I have read them.*** Naturally and typically, that led to me wanting to draw my own, and draw my own I did. By the time I finished Highschool, I was already published in then leading Thai comic magazine. And worked professionally as a comic artist. When someone mentioned art school, all the images I had in my head were of those people sitting around sketching balls and cones, or splashing colors onto canvas randomly, or drawing lifeless fruits on table.**** That wasn’t what I was interested in. I drew because I wanted to tell stories. I didn’t want to draw what I saw in front of me, I wanted to draw what I saw in my head. So, trying to go to art school didn’t even cross my mind, I never even considered it, I hated art, I like manga. Or so I thought.
I know It was naive and stupid. So what changed?
Around 2007, I became disenchanted with Manga. I won’t go into details. It suffices to say that I want to do something more, something else. I became interested in realistic style CG, concept art. I subscribed to ImagineFX magazine and started to hear names like William-Adolphe Bouguereau (never got his name right), Arnold Bocklin, Gustave Dore, J.C Leyendecker, John Singer Sargent, and Ilya Repin. And I realized, shit, this is art and I like it.*****
And this is the skill level I want to attend.
I just wish it didn’t take me this long to find out, and hope it isn’t too late.
[more on this later, I think.]
Why didn’t I go to art school?* Well, to understand how I ended up in the current state of affair, I have to tell you a little about my life story; I grew up in a lower middle class family. My exposure to art was limited. When I heard ‘art’, it conjured up the likes of Picasso, Van Gogh, the modern pop art, expressionism and abstract art, those of which I didn’t find appealing in the slightest.** I read manga growing up, A LOT of manga. Name the popular manga in ’80 and ’90, chances are that I have read them.*** Naturally and typically, that led to me wanting to draw my own, and draw my own I did. By the time I finished Highschool, I was already published in then leading Thai comic magazine. And worked professionally as a comic artist. When someone mentioned art school, all the images I had in my head were of those people sitting around sketching balls and cones, or splashing colors onto canvas randomly, or drawing lifeless fruits on table.**** That wasn’t what I was interested in. I drew because I wanted to tell stories. I didn’t want to draw what I saw in front of me, I wanted to draw what I saw in my head. So, trying to go to art school didn’t even cross my mind, I never even considered it, I hated art, I like manga. Or so I thought.
I know It was naive and stupid. So what changed?
Around 2007, I became disenchanted with Manga. I won’t go into details. It suffices to say that I want to do something more, something else. I became interested in realistic style CG, concept art. I subscribed to ImagineFX magazine and started to hear names like William-Adolphe Bouguereau (never got his name right), Arnold Bocklin, Gustave Dore, J.C Leyendecker, John Singer Sargent, and Ilya Repin. And I realized, shit, this is art and I like it.*****
And this is the skill level I want to attend.
I just wish it didn’t take me this long to find out, and hope it isn’t too late.
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| Howard Pyle - Marooned |
[more on this later, I think.]
* I actually forgone university entirely, but that’s another story.
** I still don’t.
*** Please don’t test me, I probably only know Thai title, and only those that popular in Thailand :3
**** I understand that this is not an accurate portrayal of art school, but this was how it was portrayed in Thai movies.
***** This is not, I repeat, NOT, an implication that manga or comic isn’t art. Because I fully realized that it is. But this is not what this post is about.
** I still don’t.
*** Please don’t test me, I probably only know Thai title, and only those that popular in Thailand :3
**** I understand that this is not an accurate portrayal of art school, but this was how it was portrayed in Thai movies.
***** This is not, I repeat, NOT, an implication that manga or comic isn’t art. Because I fully realized that it is. But this is not what this post is about.
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