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I'm going to start out with saying I am not so conceited I feel I should have won with my sculptures, I know they were not that good, but the thing that really irks me is every DA contest seems to follow a trend. They ask deviants to be unique, they say we can use any medium for the contest, they tell us we can be abstract.
Then when it comes time to judge, what do they do? They choose almost all digital art (out of 25 semi finalists, 23 were digital), mostly by popular artists, many which don't fit the theme, and a few which broke the rules of the contest.
There were so many amazing traditional pieces of art submitted to this contest and yet the pieces chosen as semi finalists were all digital save for two token pieces which have no chance of winning.
This post is half because I felt like ranting, and half as a public service announcement. Don't waste your time and effort with DA contests unless you do all your art on a computer.
Then when it comes time to judge, what do they do? They choose almost all digital art (out of 25 semi finalists, 23 were digital), mostly by popular artists, many which don't fit the theme, and a few which broke the rules of the contest.
There were so many amazing traditional pieces of art submitted to this contest and yet the pieces chosen as semi finalists were all digital save for two token pieces which have no chance of winning.
This post is half because I felt like ranting, and half as a public service announcement. Don't waste your time and effort with DA contests unless you do all your art on a computer.
Commissions Open!
I've gotten back into sculpting recently (Went on a watercolor painting bender for a while!), so if anyone is interested in a sculpture, I am back in business! Feel free to email me at onemillionpapercranes@gmail.com for a quicker response time! I dont check DA as often as I used to!
lucasfarrar.com is active!
If anyone is interested in my watercolors, that's where I post some of them.
Commission are Open!
I've got a lot of free time lately so commissions are open! Send me a note if interested!
I'm Back?
I apologize for leaving without notice for a while. Basically the last two years have been nothing but a series of unfortunate events, from getting evicted and the landlord throwing out everything I own including finished sculptures, to breaking up with my long time girlfriend, living on couches, and then breaking my wrist (Which meant no sculpting for a good six months) and more. And don't even get me started on 2020. You already know how that's going for most people. But enough about that. I'm ready to get back into sculpting, it's a great way to take my mind off my anxieties, and maybe I can make a few bucks while I'm at it. My inbox is full of two years of notes and spam so while I did try to respond to some I cant respond to them all. I marked everything as read. Now that my inbox is at zero again, if you have any questions or concerns feel free to send me a note! Especially if it's about something we talked about before I disappeared. I feel pretty bad about leaving people
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I remember being so upset when I entered so many contests years ago, did my watercolours (which, looking back, were shit), and never winning a thing. Even other artists who did traditional work, and some o it was absolutely stunning, lost to digital artists, and the holders friends. One artist, held a contest for a plush OC pony, and she chose one of her DA friends, and the runner up was another digital artist, who was also a friend. She did have 10 runners up, and 3 or so were traditional, but still, of the 12 she chose as her favourite, 9 were digital. I find it so sad!