And in all honesty; the artist is not going to be getting any better if people keep telling her that her sketches are amazing (When, IMO, they really arent).

i like , its good for me
i don’t like , its ugly for me

i have seen tastes that i would think they are pathatics ( neon green on a car ?!? ) but hey , its his money on his car , not mine

you might not like it, i might not like it, but someone else would. i personally rarely find an artwork that i like, like the other day at al raya i found the most hillarious art crap there. i didn’t like it, but i didnt insult the artist and attack him and tell him he should stop creating art and go become a banker.

you said refering to the artist “I have nothing against you as a person (actually you’re kinda cute) I just have a problem with your ‘art’”.

That is rubbish, the art is the person. It IS a very personal issue. When you attack an artists work and say that his work is bad craftsmanship then thats being personal.

From your previous posts when you were still looking for a job, and the fact that you are a creative, it made people think you were an artist yourself who wasn’t being understood by people. yet when you find a job and suddenly a misunderstood artist comes along, instead of understanding where he is coming from, you turn the table around and he takes your place and you become the attacker.

Elmohem, you reminded me of a proverb mom keeps saying: “Lo ma te3adidat el-anthaar, baarat el-sela3″.

mark, I suggest you read the post again. However I will assume didn’t skim through the post on safat and came here running to write those very well thought of comments.

first paragraph, I’m not telling her to make them bigger or make them more red. That quote just show how size and color has a ‘wow’ factor on the viewer. and with a relatively small size and a one color pallete she took the risk of satisfying less peopole. I was one of the people who were not satisfied and I think I have the right to say whatever the hell I want to say.

second, I will just quote what I already said, “I’m all for the ‘art is subjective’ and ‘there’s no good/bad art’”

fourth, I said “there’s common sense and people can differentiate a good craftsmanship from a bad one.” I didn’t say “his work is bad craftsmanship” don’t assume shit I didn’t say.

the last paragraph, WTF? I mean WTF? What does this has to do with anything? Since when I’m a ‘misunderstood artist’ and who was attacking me?

last but not least thanks for wasting my time explaining the obvious.

I MIGHT/ MIGHT NOT ADD TO THIS LATER

shosho, I will try to scan some.

Very plain, very doodley and certainly not exhibition worthy.

Just my two fils.

N.

I would like to say before I go any further that I did read this post and didn’t skim through :p
However, I must agree that art is very personal and although I’m not much of an art person I understand that art is subjective (like you said) and its also very therepautic (I’ve heard) so “attacking” the artist (yes that’s the vibe I got) like that was very harsh..

I don’t think there is such a thing like “differentiating good craftsmanship from a bad one” when it comes to art, it’s all in the mind..

Just my opinion..

Oh yeah, and NEVER think twice when pursuing a dream.. Life is too God damn short!
That’s why I’m off to work in Topshop (Yeah, my dream.. and probably every other girl’s dream just imagine the discount I’d be getting!)

“you might not like it, i might not like it, but someone else would. i personally rarely find an artwork that i like, like the other day at al raya i found the most hillarious art crap there.”

Did you just call someone’s art ‘crap’ while you were preaching me on how I should approach art and artists. Isn’t that, like, … um .. HYPOCRITIC?

“… and tell him he should stop creating art and go become a banker.”

Where did I say she should stop making art and become a banker? are you still pissed about the NBK thing?

“From your previous posts when you were still looking for a job, and the fact that you are a creative, it made people think you were an artist yourself who wasn’t being understood by people.”

I never whined about how people didn’t understand me and I didn’t start ‘looking’ for a job until very recently. Yes, I got few offers while I was freelancing but still I wasn’t really ‘looking’ and if it means anything for you, I haven’t got paid yet so I guess I’m the same ol’ me.

NWMH, Would you please tell me what do you think ‘I am’? Is it necessary to like everything I see if I was into art and design?