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For those of you who already watch the journal you will know something of the talk about a DA Art Book.
Though delighted by the prospect initially I thought it was also somewhat questionable for various reasons. You may visit the findings (taken from a poll) in his latest journal gilad.deviantart.com/journal/1…
Alternatively I have highlighted a few of them below:
(As taken from Gilad's Journal with his kind permission)
The General idea
The internet provides an easy access for users and watchers to see art in the community. However, looking at art over the computer screen doesn't always do it justice. We tend to give it short look. Gilad even conducted a poll in this regard - see the results here gilad.deviantart.com/journal/p…
You also see a lot of work that is not really art, but more of a personal record, you see stolen work (that you don't even know is stolen)
The big print format (20*30 cm) allows for better impact and really provides depth to your work.
We can produce an yearly DA album with the best pieces in each DA category (say 5 pieces of each category) Since there are over 100 categories it will be very varied in art and point of view. We can even do different volumes for photography, traditional art, digital art, etc since they are generally very different for their target audience.
How to choose pieces?
What was evident from Gilad's poll was how to select pieces without offending users. His suggestion was the appointment of an art treasurer, as an editor & selector to the book (which is very common for art projects) or even a few art treasurers for the basic categories. They could give an outside look and choose based on their artistic point of view. Selection would need to be objective & quality driven.
Budget?
This is open to debate. It could be a community project. Each user that places work in the album pays a relative funding (and earnings later). It can also be funded by an investor, that can also do a big exhibition to follow the book. It can also be the DA site funding it to break the WWW boundaries and acclaim it's place in the Art world by targeting new audiences. It shouldn't be too expensive thinking about the huge amount of users. It can also be lucrative just thinking of how many people will be interested in it (just start with our family and friends)
-I would personally like to make a note in this regard. There are many times that I make reference to my gallery on DA to those outside of the community within the 'Art world' that know nothing to very little about DA. It's an unfortunate fact, but the Art world at large does not always fully recognise the talent represented in this community.
Taking our art out of the cyber realm & offering it in condensed printed annual that people could own - could see some dramatic results.
Enough said
Please feel free to post your own suggestions or concerns. With enough of a response - perhaps this can be put forward to the DA governing body.
We are this community - lets make this idea work for us
Get involved, talk to your friends, start a chat room...
Let's get the wheels turning
A small selection of work I would love to see printed:
(then again I'm not a curator - but I'm sure you get the idea)
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For those of you who already watch the journal you will know something of the talk about a DA Art Book.
Though delighted by the prospect initially I thought it was also somewhat questionable for various reasons. You may visit the findings (taken from a poll) in his latest journal gilad.deviantart.com/journal/1…
Alternatively I have highlighted a few of them below:
(As taken from Gilad's Journal with his kind permission)
The General idea
The internet provides an easy access for users and watchers to see art in the community. However, looking at art over the computer screen doesn't always do it justice. We tend to give it short look. Gilad even conducted a poll in this regard - see the results here gilad.deviantart.com/journal/p…
You also see a lot of work that is not really art, but more of a personal record, you see stolen work (that you don't even know is stolen)
The big print format (20*30 cm) allows for better impact and really provides depth to your work.
We can produce an yearly DA album with the best pieces in each DA category (say 5 pieces of each category) Since there are over 100 categories it will be very varied in art and point of view. We can even do different volumes for photography, traditional art, digital art, etc since they are generally very different for their target audience.
How to choose pieces?
What was evident from Gilad's poll was how to select pieces without offending users. His suggestion was the appointment of an art treasurer, as an editor & selector to the book (which is very common for art projects) or even a few art treasurers for the basic categories. They could give an outside look and choose based on their artistic point of view. Selection would need to be objective & quality driven.
Budget?
This is open to debate. It could be a community project. Each user that places work in the album pays a relative funding (and earnings later). It can also be funded by an investor, that can also do a big exhibition to follow the book. It can also be the DA site funding it to break the WWW boundaries and acclaim it's place in the Art world by targeting new audiences. It shouldn't be too expensive thinking about the huge amount of users. It can also be lucrative just thinking of how many people will be interested in it (just start with our family and friends)
-I would personally like to make a note in this regard. There are many times that I make reference to my gallery on DA to those outside of the community within the 'Art world' that know nothing to very little about DA. It's an unfortunate fact, but the Art world at large does not always fully recognise the talent represented in this community.
Taking our art out of the cyber realm & offering it in condensed printed annual that people could own - could see some dramatic results.
Enough said
Please feel free to post your own suggestions or concerns. With enough of a response - perhaps this can be put forward to the DA governing body.
We are this community - lets make this idea work for us
Get involved, talk to your friends, start a chat room...
Let's get the wheels turning
A small selection of work I would love to see printed:
(then again I'm not a curator - but I'm sure you get the idea)
:thumb49062826:
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Mature Content
Taking a great photograph - part 1
Everywhere I look people are taking photographs. Nearly everyone I know has a camera of sorts. These days you can even snap away on your cellular phone. But what makes a really great photograph ? What separates an image from the pack and makes it truly remarkable ?
As astounding as technology is, I do not believe it is always the size of your camera that counts. This is not a technical journal. To be honest, I suspect I could be more in tune with current trends, but I own a very basic middle of the range SLR reflex camera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera Nothing special. I could seriously do with an upgrade ! So I won'
Beach of Tragedy
Long beach, Kommetjie
Cape Peninsula
29May2009
Approximately fifty-five pilot whales washed up on the shores of Kommetjie beach during the early hours of Saturday morning 29 May 2009, prompting a massive all-day rescue effort. Hundreds of locals wearing wetsuits or shorts braved high winds and rough waves to try to push them back into the sea.
Many of the whales were being beached once again as soon as they were returned to the water.
The whales, about 3m (10ft) long, are common to the waters off South Africa.
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It was a sad situation, we tried to move them towards the sea, they would go and we would be a
Orange/3rd DD and Thanks
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WOW!, my third DD and the second one in this series
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Thanks to all for your support and comments.
Even though I do read them all,it is not always possible for me to respond to everyone individually.
These photos are still paying off dividends, both in and out of DA. What a ride it's been.
Please also support the news article on this series if you haven't done so already.
http://news.deviantart.com/article/57866/
At some stage I hope to publish a book of my art, writings and photography. This series would definitely make a feature.
Thank you DA
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ORANGE
From DA
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Don't take this PERSONALLY !!
Don't take this Personally
But I am Big
You are small.
You are in my way
Will you stand or will you crumble ?
This is going to be
a very busy day
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At the end of the pier
Kalk Bay harbour
Cape Peninsula
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The 1st September is traditionally known as the 1st day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
The spring of 2008 swept in with a tide of catastrophic proportions, accompanied by a wave of storms that is said to be the worst in the Western Cape region, for over 20 years.
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The response to this series has been somewhat overwhelming.
But perhaps more overwhe
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