In which I bitch about art. Again. Maybe I oughta make some instead of complaining. I wonder how long a title can be before tumblr truncates it…
Here is a breakdown of “good art” (read: “popular”)that I see on places like deviantart, tumblr and various “art communities.”
-Illustrative (sketches, drawings, paintings, etc):
-Anthropomorphic representations of celebrities and/or infatuations as animals in stock, 3/4 poses on a white background.
-Anime-style representations of celebrities and/or infatuations in positions and postures that mimic extant still images.
-Detailed, busy landscapes of fantastical locales.
-Poorly done throw-ups that are miscategorized as “graffiti” or “street art.”
-Erotic versions of all of the above
-Sculpture (3D modeling, physical objects, architecture)
-Faces and bodies detailed down to pore level, but unskinned
-Skinned versions of the above
-No architecture, outside of minecraft screenshots
-Photographs of plastic model kits and associated dioramas
-Erotic versions of all of the above
-Photo and Video
-Music videos of anime shows set to metalcore or Nightwish.
-Instagram-style (read: excessive lens flare, bad color balance, poor focus, grainy) photographs of nondescript, boring scenes, shot with thousands of dollars of equipment
-Instaram-style photographs of nondescript, boring scenes, shot with cellphone cameras and uploaded through instagram
-Nude photographs of willowy models in abandoned and/or decaying structures, or otherwise draped over inanimate objects like a discarded pair of pants.
-Nude photographs of women stretching, making coffee, reading the newspaper, mowing the lawn or any number of chores, duties or activities that would most likely not be performed nude.
-Nude photographs of willowy models lounging around and looking bored inside expensive, baroque apartments
-Photographs of flowers, trees and plants, photographed in the same manner as they are depicted in Audobon field guides (i.e. center frame, leveled, with macro shots existing to primarily showcase the color of the object, not its form)
-Photographs of pets
-Instagram-style variations on these themes
-Astrophotography, celestial objects
-Generic landscape shots
This list isn’t solely of things I hate, because that’s far too easy to make. I did throw in things that I actually like, and I think it’s pretty obvious as to what’s what. Suffice to say, “Good art” isn’t. No one cares about EL Lissitsky anymore (if they ever did)— they just want to make pictures of a furry Matt Smith having sex with a furry David Tennant.