I really try to avoid your thread Gene & just let you do what your doing
I have no malice or dislike towards you what so ever and have never attacked you in a personal way
or made comments about your character, but I have bluntly criticized your work
and only your work, you know what I think of it so won't rub it in again.
When I first saw what you are doing I had a very knee jerk reaction and made the comment
about it looking like the work of a 5 year old and that's what it looks like to me
this was a very blunt and insensitive remark so I edited that post and toned it down
but kept the same criticism intact, which you like to say I changed my post after "attacking" you.
I approach society these days with a blunt but honest world view, I am opinionated which few people can deal with any more
in this PC driven world, your not a kid & I am not trying to be your friend, this is a site that is suppose to be for adults
so I am not here to coddle or back slap you for being "special" rather then mediocre.
What this means is go ahead give me hell back, I said something you didn't like (A criticism of your work) and you returned
with personal insults & attacks on my character, which I gladly took from you because I criticized your work in the first place
it is what I should expect from being blunt & critical, I expect anyone here to return the criticism my way.
Clearly a few people here don't know the difference between "Criticism" harsh or other wise & outright personal attacks
but there is a difference.
As to your remark about myself not knowing anything about "Digital Art" let me leave you with this
you say you have been doing it for years, so maybe you remember the 3D Landscape software "Bryce 3D" it very popular in the 80s & 90s and still around today, I designed an add-on package for it called the "Planet Bryce Kit" that got very popular in the Bryce community
in the mid 1980s, I finished Art school in 1977 & got my first professional job 2 weeks later working as a graphic artist for "Burmys Surfware"
anyone around back then might have worn some of the many T-Shirts I designed.
I got so involved in Digital Art that it led to a future in the Computer industry which I still do today
unfortunately for me it is all on the computer side of the business these days, but I still freelance when I can.
so I hope that answers your insults about my Digital Art back ground.
So with that background I am very clearly knowledgeable on how you are "creating" your pictures and applying
multiple filters to change backgrounds, textures, colors and that it takes absolutely zero skill to do so
who hasn't just played with Photoshop filters for hours, but "Art" it does not make.
As for making "Tiki Art" there is a history & culture that needs to be recognized & acknowledged, Which you seem unaware of
and this is where my criticism stems from.
To everyone else at no time have I said that Gene was not welcomed here or can't post his work, nor have I returned any insults
he has directed at me, Swizzle you will find me making many other criticisms to others like "not Tiki" etc. if you really read many of my posts
but I usually say positive things to others who show skill, artistry & promise on the whole.
Gene I will do my best not to "Bully" you in the future, now have a nice day.
