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[link] sofacandy.com : portal to all of my sites

if these american apparel ads continue to be on my page, I'm going to leave deviant art.

it disgusts me that every site on the internet has to compete with myspace and lower itself to their standards.

some of the best graphic designers are a part of this site and still the layout continues to be dumbed down to be over-simplifed and cookie-cutter. normally I would be ok with minimalism, but it's the reasoning that bothers me.

down with art! we are too impatient for it!


I wish the banners would be brought back, and everyone could display their banner on their own profile.

someone said "these new catergories make me feel inadequate" and I didn't realize what they meant (or maybe I did) till now. I just tried to organize my gallery after looking at a rather impressive gallery of work. I know my gallery is sad, but that's who I am. but these catergories and the scrap page, while both good ideas, just give off this artistic elitism. there's an emphasis placed on "polished, refined, and completed ... art ... to showcase [and] exhibit." and thinking about this makes me want to leave deviantArt, or at least delete my submissions that aren't perfect or finished. but is that a feeling for someone to have in a comunity? should I feel left out or not good enough? I'm still an artist, even if I don't fit someone else's definition of one. I joined deviantArt so I could get feedback on my work, because I'm very indecisive and base part of my opinion on something on what other people think of it, but ever since I joined I've felt inadequate. I wanted to have a perfect gallery like everyone else, I wanted to submit things that would be more likely to get comments. ok, I don't really know where I'm going with this, it's starting to sound like everything else that's wrong with me. maybe I will delete half my gallery. writing things like this just depresses me.

ok, I rememberd another point I wanted to make. isn't this classification of subject and purpose of artwork demeaning to art in general? I thought art was all about interpretation, even if the artist intended to portray a specific feeling or idea. who cares if a photo was unplanned and random if it holds a certain meaning to someone viewing it? and personally, I think medium and technique is more important in classification than subject.

and will these images EVER STOP BEING BROKEN. it doesn't help my gallery look any better!!!

ok, I love the new catergories, I've been waiting for these since I joined deviantArt. but I'm still confused, what about something you drew, scanned, and changed in photoshop, is it a traditional drawing, digital drawing, digital photo manipulation or what? and what does 'digital darkroom' mean.. I always thought that was a clever way of saying you used a digital camera, but now I'm not so sure, why would there only be one option for digital photography? so I guess all photography is clumped into one now? maybe I'm just a moron.

and will there ever stop being broken images?

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~Claire


jim--» «--me

"stop it!"

...hehehe.

it's funny how little I have to show for myself. :sigh: ..oh well.

~Claire

p.s. of all the crazy moods they have listed, why isn't "lazy" one of them? every time I have to pick a mood, there's never the one I want!! hrmph.

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jim--» «--me

"stop it!"

...hehehe.