Ariel
03-05-2005, 04:39 AM
Very interesting interview of a very talented (as well as blunt and outspoken) artist.
http://www.cgchannel.com/news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=3881&pageid=0
Here's a quote about artists and technology:
"Computer Artistry is the Pied Piper of today’s market…It is stunning, seductive, and it is allowing a whole generation of artists to be entirely dependant on its sophisticated software. I know people who are successful artists, but who are totally crippled without Photoshop, Maya, or Painter…They can’t survive a Job with just a Pencil in hand…They only have to pray that the current Look is not a passing fad, and that everything they are learning to do in order to distinguish themselves will not be rendered obsolete, like the airbrush – the Yardstick of 1970’s commercial artistry – which was dumped almost overnight…
Don’t get me wrong, I am not against digital technology…I am merely saying it is a tool for the Men, not the Boys…
People, as always, should learn to walk before they can run…Artists should practice their chops, and remember that drawing is what entitles them to a career that is life-long…Not Bill Gates, and not Steve Jobs…Those guys are Technology peddlers, and they aren’t interested in what’s left in the field after the Locusts have gone."
http://www.cgchannel.com/news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=3881&pageid=0
Here's a quote about artists and technology:
"Computer Artistry is the Pied Piper of today’s market…It is stunning, seductive, and it is allowing a whole generation of artists to be entirely dependant on its sophisticated software. I know people who are successful artists, but who are totally crippled without Photoshop, Maya, or Painter…They can’t survive a Job with just a Pencil in hand…They only have to pray that the current Look is not a passing fad, and that everything they are learning to do in order to distinguish themselves will not be rendered obsolete, like the airbrush – the Yardstick of 1970’s commercial artistry – which was dumped almost overnight…
Don’t get me wrong, I am not against digital technology…I am merely saying it is a tool for the Men, not the Boys…
People, as always, should learn to walk before they can run…Artists should practice their chops, and remember that drawing is what entitles them to a career that is life-long…Not Bill Gates, and not Steve Jobs…Those guys are Technology peddlers, and they aren’t interested in what’s left in the field after the Locusts have gone."