Category: Art Theory
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Is this a helpful definition of art?
[Note: This is a re-post from 2010 — but I’m still thinking about it and I’d deeply value your input, now that there are more than two people reading this blog.] “But is it art?” Now there’s a frustrating question. Yes! No! I have no idea! When’s lunch? As you walk through a gallery, the…
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Compassionate Creativity
I recently found an old notebook with random musings on creativity. Since this blog now serves as my more general notebook, I thought I might put some of the more interesting pages up here … this isn’t because they’re profound, just because this blog has a search feature and my notebook doesn’t. Compassionate Creativity: Creating…
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Jared Chapman
Caught a major break today with the discovery of Jared Chapman (thanks, Drawn!). He’s part Scott C., part Kate Beaton, part Emily Carrol, and very much win. (Those three are a breed of American* illustrators/comics artists whose work I really respond to as non-Manga, non-Herge, authentic, emotional, graphic, and clear.) *Canada is in North America,…
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3rd World Design, take 2
Thinking about 3rd World Design. View larger to read my ramblings & musings.