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About Me Premium Member Illustrator Mandy O'Brien21/Female/Canada Recent Activity Deviant for 5 Years
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Meanwhile! (art inside)

Thu Nov 19, 2009, 2:42 PM
  • Mood: Neutral

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Fuck, my crits always go so well! Even when I don't have anything to say--things get discussed that are really, really important to me.

Today, I asked the instructor what he'd thing if I had decided to present prints of digital work as finished work. I explained to him an idea I had of doing some pretty vast sequential work--and that it would be impossible to do it traditionally with the time constraints of class--but that I would be able to do it within an efficient amount of time if I could do it digitally.

In short, he told me it was fine--but that word I've dreaded so much came up while he was explaining this to me--and that word was "criticality". "Your work must hold criticality".

To be totally honest, instructors have used this word for my entire three years here at the college--and I had no idea what exactly it entailed. And so I assumed that it meant the work needs to hold some kind of critical meaning--or be a critical analysis of something. Which honestly--I dislike presenting in my own work--quite a bit.

But I've had issues in that past with making poor assumptions, and for once decided to ask him exactly what was meant by 'criticality'.

Turns out, my assumptions were incorrect.

He told me that criticality did mean the work needed to hold some deep meaning, or be an active analysis of something. Criticality merely means that the work knows what it is, and why. That the artist can talk comfortably about the work, understanding the connotations of its medium, discuss an understanding the history of such work and explain why they are making such work.

All of which I can do quite easily.


Man, you have no idea--what kind of weight was taken off my shoulders.

He said--any work I do in my free time--I shouldn't hide from my in school practice, and that it's a shame I felt the need to do so. If there's a type of work I like doing--that I understand and love working with--that I should claim it, and do it full speed ahead. That he agreed no type of work should be shunned over the other, especially when it is done well and presented professionally. He says work should challenge conventions and expectations--and that it's what art school should be all about.

I was left really, really impressed--and really quite thankful and relieved for this explanation--this clarification.
Man--you have no idea.

What a fantastic crit.
They've all be kind like this--I ask questions of concerns, he answers them with full support, and I leave feeling really, really good, and quite enlightened.
This has been a fabulous semester so far--and next semester for sure, I'll be a new beast in the painting studios >:]

In the meantime, this was the work that I hung up for the critique haha (it's bigger than it looks...and more straight.):



This guy was my favorite (poor photo quality lolol):

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  • Current Residence: Calgary AB
  • Interests: People
  • Favourite band or musician: David Usher
  • Favourite genre of music: There are many
  • Favourite artist: Even more
  • Favourite photographer: Kea
  • Personal Quote: Don't take life so seriously--You're not getting out alive anyways.
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Currently working as a full time artist at a video game company, and finishing off her final two years of art school, Mandy is a busy, busy art making machine.
She can't wait for school to be over and things to slow down so that she may actually spend time on her personal work once again.

fffff

For Rainy Days


publicly humiliating a fictional character
makes life feel a whole lot better

Requests, Trades, Commissions

Requests? Sorry, no :<
Trades? Really depends on if I have the time--and if I really, really, really like your work. I tend to be super fussy D8

Commissions?
Hells yeah!

sketch:
Full body: 10$
Waist-up: 8$
Bust: 5$
example: [link]

'Cel' shaded with minimal background:
Full body: 45$
Waist-up: 30$
Bust: 25$
example: [link]

'Cel' shaded with complete background:
Full body: 65$
Waist-up: 50$
example: [link]

' Painterly' with minimal background:
Full Body: 85$
Waist-up: 70$
Bust: 55$
example: [link]

' Painterly' with complete background:
full body: 145$
Waist-up: 120$
example: [link]

These are the prices for single characters. Extra characters will cost more.

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:iconkweibs:
Hey mister, I found out today that bees only see in ultraviolet...did you know that? thought it was cool and Mandy worthy lol..so if you are a bee, and i dress in ALL WHITE...you cant seeee meeeeeee
:icondamntorren:
Thanks for the watch! :D Your gallery is awesome, total watchback <3

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:iconlykouros:
Just wanted to say nice gallery you have here :)

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Many fantasy novels have dragons in them...

But only the Wheel of Time has THE Dragon.
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"If you wish to be a tower for someone, you must first be sure you will not collapse atop them." ~ Max
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~If only I knew much more then now, for eternity!~

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SAM: Social Awkwardness Man!! SO THE RESCUE!!
Me: Omg SAM you just saved me from doing something that involves confidence! Thank you!
SAM: Just doing my job! *thumbs up*
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Ok ja your art sux...XDDDDDD FAIL <3

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