Banterfield wrote:Not that many people care about this stuff, one way or another!
True, very true!
I would rather be doing it than talking about it.
When I have an art show opening at a gallery I have to stand around and discuss with people my art....and it is so boring to talk about it:
- Why do you use that particular color? (Uh...because it was closest to my hand?)
- Where do you get your ideas? (Uh...my brain?)
- Why are all your characters so happy looking? (Uh...because I like to draw happy looking people?)
- There is a deep psychological meaning in the placing of that element in the painting, what were you thinking? (Uh...that I´ve got to get this painting done real quick and instead painting that thing out I will just leave it?)
-When you only used blue in that painting were you depressed? (Uh...no, that was the only paint I had.)
I think what's happening here is that not only do people have different artistic styles, but also different learning styles.
Some people learn best by reading - photographic memories even.
Some people are visual learners - see it done once and then they can do it themselves.
Some people learn best by doing - my wife can't remember how to get to a place if I've driven there, but if she's driven there once, she'll remember it forever. I'm also like this, especially with my day job (computers).
Some people learn best by emulating at first - just as an apprentice to a great master would.
And no matter your learning style, everyone tries experimenting, new techniques, mediums, etc.
And so I agree - as animators and artists, we are much more alike than different.
Banterfield wrote:Regardless, it's funny/endearing to see a friendly argument amongst people who, if thrown together in the same room, would probably be fast friends. Not that many people care about this stuff, one way or another! We have to find these isolated venues to even be able to have a spirited conversation about something about which most people are only marginally aware. It's reassuring, in a way. When I talk to my wife about this stuff she gets a patient, distracted look on her face.
You get a patient, distracted look? You're luckier than I. After 16 years of marriage I get the glassy eyed 'I'm going to drop dead if he doesn't stop talking' look usually punctuated by a mid sentence interuption designed to redirect my thoughts "...by the way did you take out the trash?"
As a matter of fact I'm a little nervous as I found a crumpled piece of paper in the trash she had apparently copied from the internet. It was titled "How to remove your husband's vocal cords while he is sleeping" by Lorena Bobbit.
Not that many people care about this stuff, one way or another! We have to find these isolated venues to even be able to have a spirited conversation about something about which most people are only marginally aware. It's reassuring, in a way. When I talk to my wife about this stuff she gets a patient, distracted look on her face. 