Penciled In ~ Volume X - Special Edition Part I

Mar 16, 201111 min read

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Published: Mar 16, 2011

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Finally! It's officially the tenth issue of Penciled In! _{I would say "tenth week," but you may have noticed that this issue has been delayed a week for personal reasons...} If you have read the last few issues of my article, you might've heard me piping off about "Oh, watch out for the dreaded Issue X!"

Well...

This is Issue X.

And my, my have I tried to stuff this issue full of fun things! The layout will be different from the rest of the articles, since I'm commemorating this occasion (though it's not totally special

). You can start by looking at the table of contents below.

Unlike past weeks, I will be featuring only one deviant! Also, after much internal debating, I've decided to split this into two parts. This week, I have included Mollinda's interview! Next week, I will feature ideas that my watchers have thrown around about traditional art.

Table of Contents

Logistical Things for First-Time Readers

Interview with Mollinda

Featured Deviant

Trad. Art. Spotlight!

What Is It?

The purpose of my article is to bring together pieces of artwork from the Traditional gallery for artists who are interested in those media. In doing so, I hope to bring exposure to artists who might be lacking in it, and I would like to provide a platform of inspiration for other traditional artists! I haven't been able to find any articles of this nature, but if you know of any and would like me to link to them, I will!

To Suggest an Artist's Work

Please see this if you would like to suggest someone.

An Interview With Our Resident GM, Mollinda

For this special occasion, our traditional art GM graciously agreed to a little interview!

_{What quality do you think most attracted you to deviantART?

I'll be honest, when I first joined DA it was for the prints. I wanted to sell prints of my work, DA did it. I don't think I ever sold any back then but yes.

Has this site affected your personality or art?

Of course. Something that's such a big part of my life is bound to affect me. It made me want to try new things when I saw something awesome - I'd want to try it.

What exactly does being a GM mean to you?

It means educating, encouraging and exposing deviants. Kinda like being the mayor of Trad Town

I recently posed a question to my watchers about how they feel digital art has affected traditional art. The majority seemed to feel that it had neither an overtly positive or negative affect. A common consensus was that digital art allows you to add more detail and "life-likeness". What do you think?

I think digital art has ctrl+z. It has layers. It basically has a safety net. It's cheap (once you have your equipment and software) and it's not messy.

But you can't throw a bucket of paint at a digital canvas. And that's why I am a trad artist. I like the mess and the tactile materials.

As for it being more life-like - total rubbish. The only difference there between trad and digital is that with trad it takes longer. You can't do blur or alter opacity or use texture overlays - you have to do it all by hand, waiting for layers to dry. You can knock out a fairly photo realistic portrait in Corel Painter in about 8 hours. It may take 8 weeks, or 8 months to do a traditional photo realistic painting!

Even with digital media, why do you think that traditional art has prevailed still?

Has it prevailed? I don't think there's a war or anything - they are what they are. Some people prefer traditional, some prefer digital.

What do you predict for the new Installation Art gallery?

LOTS OF MISCATS And hopefully people understanding what installation is and doing it!

Do you think there's a such thing as "good art"?

Of course there is, what an odd question.

I also posed a question to my watchers about whether or not they think you have to be good at traditional art to be good at digital art, and vice-versa. They were almost evenly split. What do you think?

They are very different beasts, you may not be able to do both, you may be able to do both, I think it's a non issue.

Do you have any suggestions for people who art trying to improve their traditional art skills?

Practice and experiment! I've recently taken up collage as that's what I'm teaching my pre degree group - I like to complete a sketchbook on whatever they're doing. And I love it!

What do you see for traditional art in the near/distant future?

I don't think trends can be restricted to traditional art I know I'm the trad art gallery but that doesn't mean I think traditional art is superior to other art forms.

I think there will be a LOT more digital/traditional mixed media. Why just use one when you can use both?}

Featured Deviant

:devFacerot:

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_{I was bopping around the traditional art galleries and I suddenly saw nosebleedy screen print by :devFacerot:. This originally attracted me to his gallery, where I became lost for endless hours. I hope you find his art nearly as intriguing as I do.

_{Suggested by SanguineEpitaph}}

Traditional Art Spotlight

I would like to draw attention to a new traditional art group, ArtistsPerception. Please take a minute to have a look!

Traditional Art GMs

Traditional Art - Mollinda

Body Art - annajordanart

Sculpture - LabyrinthCreations

FAQ #18: Who selects Daily Deviations and how are they chosen?
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FAQ #873: What do I do when I disapprove of a Daily Deviation feature?

I really was reluctant about overloading this article with too much information. As I began filling it with everything I intended to, I decided that that would be too much. Please stay tuned for the next article to get the full experience of traditional art galore!

Thanks,
SanguineEpitaph!