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mopinko

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2. the thing about life v photo

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2020, 03:14 AM

May 2020

tho both lead to a 2d thing, w life you are sucking it all in in 3 dimensions.
to the extent that making art is about feeding a brain, that is clearly just better.
anyone feels like they do this for therapy should care less about how that 2d thing turns out and more about what went into it.

going from a photo does make it easier, but that shouldnt be the point.

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Some sketches done from life instead of photos. [View all] GreenPartyVoter May 2020 OP

Nice! LiberalLoner May 2020 #1

the thing about life v photo mopinko May 2020 #2

Looks good to me! Pobeka May 2020 #3

Quick sketches are extremely valuable lunatica May 2020 #4

Since I am a control freak, the tree sketch was harder in the sense of letting go, and the window GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #5