tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760854303694440563.post5859433493601269135..comments2023-05-04T18:54:18.819+03:00Comments on OneSketchist: Musings on modern feminismVictorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866326314279698355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760854303694440563.post-43009427931116382952014-04-02T11:56:17.504+03:002014-04-02T11:56:17.504+03:00Well, I think the core message of the whole entry ...Well, I think the core message of the whole entry could be summarized by saying that we need to pay more attention to how we raise and educate the coming generations. I believe it is within the early developing years in a child's life that the groundwork for how this child will perceive women in the future is set, and that groundwork doesn't change and is often in fact amplified as a person grows. It's because the world has been such a patriarch place, and it follows and lingers with us today in e.g. our literature and the subtle nuances that children pick up from the world around them.<br /><br />Where I got the inspiration from... Well, prior to this, I drew another, similar picture. Both featured this woman, looking slightly upwards. What I wanted to do was just draw another one, to try to further hone those proportions and practice drawing women's faces in this quite awkward to draw position. The sketch turned out quite satisfactory, so I figured I might as well make it special, so I drew that smoke thing. And the skull. Skulls are perfect, because they don't require you to get all that creative, and at the same time they're quite complex, shape-wise. They're just great practice.<br /><br />Generally, as an artist, a lot of my inspiration does in fact come from other people's work, and I'm sure that's the case for most of us. While it's rare that I would copy anything, it's healthy practice to play with other artists' creative concepts, to play with them and try to make them your own. And it also takes the pressure off being awfully creative and lets you focus on developing your technique.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866326314279698355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760854303694440563.post-12578034231875847562014-04-02T00:44:30.640+03:002014-04-02T00:44:30.640+03:00It's nice to finally see a new post from you, ...It's nice to finally see a new post from you, and a good one at that. I don't really have that much to add, I pretty much agree with you. If one would want to use psychological terminology for how these "sexist" thoughts are taught to us, making us not even really reflect upon them as sexist, one would probably blame that on inner working models. They have, as you said, pretty much become a natural part of our every day; even to the extent that you can find instances of it wherever you look. But I don't believe that one can easily get around that, since many animals - not only humans - react differently to different kinds of groups or categorizations, by instinct. To begin with, we use labels to simplify things - this is a man, and this is a woman. After that, you begin to misuse those labels and apply them to situations where they don't belong. If the human species ever evolves past that, it will be far after our deaths, not to speak of coming generations. Sigh, this is not really an issue you can write a short text about and be done with it... No matter how many books one would write, there would always be something left to mention :/<br /><br />Although it doesn't directly correlate to the post, I like your drawing :) I see that you too have a certain drawing towards skulls, which is interestingly usual for artists, overall. I guess that has to do with what a cranium symbolises.<br />What usually inspires you to create art? I always find that the inspiration can be born from pretty much anything at all. It can come from the weirdest places, or just casually be born from seemingly nothing at all o.O<br />I was just wondering why you decided it would be a good idea to draw smoke coming out of the eyes of a girl with that kind of an expression :p<br /><br />Ps. YES; THE MATRICULATION EXAMS ARE FINALLY OVER GWABHALABABABA!!!!....Shadow Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059281133675679438noreply@blogger.com