arrogantchild
- Posted: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:53:34 +0000
So, earlier this month I was talking with my friend about a certain artist. This artist has a very distinct artistic style, and up until this little chat we had my friend was actually a bit of a fan.
Then I told him about how this particular artist had drawn some...pornography or something featuring hermaphroditic anthropomorphic snake people/nagas and pointed him in the direction of the images and a webpage chronicling the artist’s n00bish behavior on the intarwebz.
At first it was good for a laugh, but then later on I actually found out that he was kind of upset about it. A couple of Days ago two of that artist's works made it to the front page of the favorites section of DA. I informed him and he seemed a little...miffed about it?
"How is that person on the front page? She's disgusting...why would any one fave a person like that? EW!"
And I was all "Whaaaaaaa?"
You liked her just a second ago!
So now I'm Asking Ye...
Does knowing that the artist behind the art is a "terrible" person make you dislike the art?
Does knowing that many other people have a disagreement with an artist make you not like them?
Do you thing that gaining a bad reputation in online communities like Deviantart could really hurt your art career in the real world?
In general, what influence does a bad rep have on an artist and her art?
I've always liked to consider the two (the artist and the art) as two separate things...but other people not so much it seems...
EDITS: For the record, this wasn't meant to portray any artist in a negative light. I'm pretty much have no opinion about them, but I thought that they were a good example of an artist gaining a bad rep because of personal disagreement and not necessarily because of poor art skills.
On another but slightly the same note it should be taken into consideration that most accounts of her will most likely be biased, because people like drama better.
Then I told him about how this particular artist had drawn some...pornography or something featuring hermaphroditic anthropomorphic snake people/nagas and pointed him in the direction of the images and a webpage chronicling the artist’s n00bish behavior on the intarwebz.
At first it was good for a laugh, but then later on I actually found out that he was kind of upset about it. A couple of Days ago two of that artist's works made it to the front page of the favorites section of DA. I informed him and he seemed a little...miffed about it?
"How is that person on the front page? She's disgusting...why would any one fave a person like that? EW!"
And I was all "Whaaaaaaa?"
You liked her just a second ago!
So now I'm Asking Ye...
Does knowing that the artist behind the art is a "terrible" person make you dislike the art?
Does knowing that many other people have a disagreement with an artist make you not like them?
Do you thing that gaining a bad reputation in online communities like Deviantart could really hurt your art career in the real world?
In general, what influence does a bad rep have on an artist and her art?
I've always liked to consider the two (the artist and the art) as two separate things...but other people not so much it seems...
EDITS: For the record, this wasn't meant to portray any artist in a negative light. I'm pretty much have no opinion about them, but I thought that they were a good example of an artist gaining a bad rep because of personal disagreement and not necessarily because of poor art skills.
On another but slightly the same note it should be taken into consideration that most accounts of her will most likely be biased, because people like drama better.