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Interesting. I'd say picking the right colors, textures and shapes to make a group of people feel nostalgic about video games that don't exist, that takes real

Interesting. I'd say picking the right colors, textures and shapes to make a group of people feel nostalgic about video games that don't exist, that takes real skill. It sounds like this art didn't do anything for you. But it did for others. This[1] didn't do anything for me either. But I sure as hell wouldn't be selfish enough to say it's not art. [1] http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/chapter/01/ http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/chapter/01/

fractallyte 6y ago
So, while individual pieces are fairly simplistic (and even amateurish, to a technical artist), taken as a whole they create a context and evoke a mood -> impressionism! Is that a way to understand it?
- egonschiele 6y ago
  Yeah, that's one way to understand it (though I wouldn't call this impressionism). At the most human level, I'd say if someone connects with it, it's art. I did connect with these pieces so was bummed to see someone insulting them -- and an artist, no less. For example, I loved these: https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga47.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga47.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga36.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga36.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga46.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga46.html But it's hard to say why ... and that's where I can start to ask why and start engaging with the work.
egypturnash 6y ago
Did I say this isn’t art? No. I said it looks like someone who just got a new tool fucking around with it, and that it looks much like what everyone who just got a copy of Deluxe Paint 2 tended to create. You make some patterns, you pick up some chunks of art and drag them around as brushes, you do some perspective fills. All this needs is some color cycling and it’s hit all the cliches of “I just got Deluxe Paint”. And thanks for trying to turn this into a personal argument by dissing my own work. Very classy. I’d think someone swiping the name of a dead Expressionist would be all for my animation-influenced distortions or anatomy in the name of expressiveness, but whatever.

fractallyte 6y ago

So, while individual pieces are fairly simplistic (and even amateurish, to a technical artist), taken as a whole they create a context and evoke a mood -> impressionism! Is that a way to understand it?

egonschiele 6y ago
Yeah, that's one way to understand it (though I wouldn't call this impressionism). At the most human level, I'd say if someone connects with it, it's art. I did connect with these pieces so was bummed to see someone insulting them -- and an artist, no less. For example, I loved these: https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga47.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga47.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga36.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga36.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga46.html https://www.suzannetreister.net/Ampages/Amiga46.html But it's hard to say why ... and that's where I can start to ask why and start engaging with the work.

egypturnash 6y ago

Did I say this isn’t art? No. I said it looks like someone who just got a new tool fucking around with it, and that it looks much like what everyone who just got a copy of Deluxe Paint 2 tended to create. You make some patterns, you pick up some chunks of art and drag them around as brushes, you do some perspective fills. All this needs is some color cycling and it’s hit all the cliches of “I just got Deluxe Paint”. And thanks for trying to turn this into a personal argument by dissing my own work. Very classy. I’d think someone swiping the name of a dead Expressionist would be all for my animation-influenced distortions or anatomy in the name of expressiveness, but whatever.