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JohnPatience — Freya and the Fairies
Published: 2010-06-10 15:06:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 1887; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 0
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Produced by means various and nefairyous by which I mean digital. I still have a niggling feeling that digital = cheating.
This may or may not be the beginnings of an idea for a book and I was in two minds about posting it, you know the worries we all have about someone ripping off our work. But what the hell it's better here than just sitting on my computer, and if someone steals it I'll set the fairies on em.
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It's funny you should broach the subject of that: stealing ones ideas. I just saw three different sculpts/art dolls elsewhere that were hauntingly similar to a few lines of figures that I spent quite a bit of time doing myself. But in the end, what can one do...other than sick the fair folk on them, and I'm in good standing with them....well, for a mortal.
All that aside, I like piece, despite the digi cheats, er, I mean digital media...
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If someone pinches something from my work I can usually regard it as flattery or maybe even legitimate influence. I'm sure that we are all influenced by others, we stand on the shoulders of giants and they in turn on the shoulders of greater giants. It's all a matter of degree.Hopfully the fairy folk will see to it that justice prevails.
Ta, I think.
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You've said it all quite nicely John, and I find myself having to agree with you totally. It is this line of thought that usually keeps me from charging out of my hole- so to speak- with a cudgel in hand like some mad and indignant troll.
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Ahahah you conjure up a terrifying picture there.
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Well, that would be me when I've let my temper get the better of me...but that doesn't happen too often.
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I'm rather saddened that you feel you need to equate digital art with cheating. That puts everything I do into the cheating category, too, and I already feel bad about having to do photomanipulations to contribute anything at all to this site 
I try to place things in context with other conflicts of the past (doesn't always help, but it's worth a try), like buying cars with stick shifts (macho) versus buying cars with automatic transmissions (wimpy). Or having to use a fountain pen to take shorthand, rather than one of those newfangled ballpoint pens that might skip (well, they finally did allow us to use those other newfangled ink cartridge things instead). Or an older lady I knew who thought it was terrible for students to be allowed to use calculators in class when all math should be done with pencil and paper. "Heavens!What would happen if one needed to figure something out mathematically in the field, and one didn't have access to a calculator?" In her mind's eye, using a calculator was cheating. I don't know what she thought of slide rules. Did you know there's now an International Slide Rule Museum? I suppose at one time artists who mixed up their own paints from minerals, clay, berries, or insects might have thought artists who bought their paints in tubes were cheating
There will always be a place for fine art created by traditional artists as there will always be thousands or millions of us who are continually in awe of those of you who have this special talent. For commercial purposes in our rat race world, digital art helps artists keep up with the demand for speed and production. And, of course, when requests for changes come along from the one paying for the art, digital makes that happen in a breeze. And not having to breathe turpentine fumes for hours a day can't be all bad.
I really loved Sir-Pumpkinhead's comment about trying to use Ctrl+Z to correct a mistake in his traditional watercolor. I thought that was priceless!
Anyway, good luck on your book
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Oh I really wish I hadn't made that comment. It wasn't much more than the mood of the moment. The thing is I feel under no obligation to be consistent and no one should take anything I say too seriously. Freya and the Fairies will be half manip and half trad art and I hope they will complement each other. The mood of this moment is that comparisons are odious and photo manip is an art form in it's own right.
If automatic transmission is whimpy then I have to line up with the whimps.
Everything you say is absolutely reasonable Marilyn.
Yep Sir-Pumpkinhead has a great sense of humour and I always enjoy his contibutions, as I do your's.
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Looks like it would be a lovely story to read...hope you stay optimistic about it!
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Thanks Joanna the story and the illustrations are evolving together, I have a reasonably clear idea of where I'm going with it but it isn't completely fixed yet. I think I can stay optimistic if I don't expect too much of myself, to allow the project to develop in it's own way, and to enjoy the process rather than place too much importance on the end product. Easy peasy
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I think perhaps should begin to value your jealousy' green was never my favorite colour but on the other hand mintyness can be quite nice. Bon Sunday.
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Hahaaaaa 
Bon Sunday to you and yours
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like your attitude 
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I'm really pleased you like them, I value you're opinions Jessica.
Thanks for the fave.
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Gorgeous! The digital parts work very well combined with your drawings - digital art needs skill too, so I don't feel it's cheating
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Thank you very much. Of course you're quite right in what you say about digital art, but unreasonable feelings do persist.
Thanks for the fave.
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Delightful! 
I do appreciate traditional more, but I am aware digital has it's quirks
After that threat, I doubt anyone will try to steal it: it is well-known that fairy mercenaries are the most ruthless of 'em all 
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Yeah and digital art is less stressful to produce because it's so easy to chop and change and rectify mistakes.
Fairy true Javier, fairy true.
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That is completely correct
Hahahaha!
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I think it is. It's just a matter of fitting the work in with other things and maintaining a reasonable degree of optimism.
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Thanks, I'm pleased to hear that.
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this is lovely, I like the mix of photographs and drawing
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Thank you Princess of the Moon you're very kind.
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you're most welcome
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Thanks for your kind words Terrauh, thanks also for the fave
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Glad you decided to post it...so now we can tell you how lovely it is and convince you to go ahead with your book idea!
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That's nice of you, thank you.
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Hi there, thanks for the encouragement, much appreciated.
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You're entirely welcome... You are one of my favorite artists!
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