Photoshop is amazing.
And okay, fine. Photography is fucking hard if you don’t understand all the buttons - which I don’t despite taking a class last semester all based on the technicalities of photography. I should have paid more attention, but at least I still have the slides I need to go over again. And I definitely need to do that because I got into a constructive crticism, hands-on photography class that I applied for. I am super excited about that class, I mean out of 80 people they picked 16..So it’d better be good!
The only thing I have to say about the class was that it was crammed with the typical weird, artist people. Or artist wannabes, anyways. They were all like this guy I knew in AP Studio Art in high school - DDM. I thought it was ridiculous how they acted completely knowledgeable and enveloped by art with tattoos, piercings, multiple gauges, and expensive indie/hipster clothes when many of these people can’t actually draw. They go out of their way to be purposely crazy and erratic to stand out, when they are probably normal, down-to-earth people. When half of them don’t understand what “aesthetics” mean and how technical art can really be. It’s even more hilarious because I was dressed as a prep; I think I envy them a little though. I wish I could have the guts to dress like that and not worry about my future - like getting jobs and such.
And who knows? Maybe half of them can draw. Again, I only value people who are honest with themselves. And being a fake artist isn’t very appealing. Then again, I am so biased towards traditional art. I still think that it is more legit.
Word of advice: Don’t go into photography if you don’t have the time & money for it. It’s a waste of money. It’s a waste of equipment. Don’t use it as a point-and-shoot, that’s just retarded.
I’m not used to digital art, but anytime I do it, it is freaking tedious. While taking a photograph is a fraction of the time to drawing it - getting the picture to look the way you want and photoshopping it perfectly - is ridiculously frustrating and sometimes impossible. I can’t even imagine just have raw pictures look great; I always end up touching up the photographs.
I like it though. Photography, I mean. It’s another form of art I can learn and it pairs nicely with my traditional art and digital tablet.
I want to live the life of an artist.