tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post642735354628895634..comments2024-03-01T00:08:48.145-08:00Comments on Dave Rapoza: The Community and PersonalitiesDave Rapozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04449519975867552709noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-89064807786927405422016-02-19T23:06:22.102-08:002016-02-19T23:06:22.102-08:00Great views dave ! Should change this definitely.
...Great views dave ! Should change this definitely.<br /><a href="http://www.designsmag.org/" rel="nofollow">-</a>Mixxerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382615983101640772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-14577726666943132622014-09-02T07:21:31.959-07:002014-09-02T07:21:31.959-07:00great read again, thanks for this dave.
probably ...great read again, thanks for this dave.<br /><br />probably a bit off-topic, but the facebook community with some of its "speakers" really starts to annoy me.<br /><br />its all about their opinions, u need their stuff to compeed in the industry, you need to give money to them and u need to kiss their asses and push their ego even further.<br /><br />there are some "personalities" yeah..they are definitely way above already. <br /><br />however this will affect my career, i really dont want to be a part of this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163543040323714348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-87639195273824249272014-09-01T15:40:21.435-07:002014-09-01T15:40:21.435-07:00It's kind of scary how easy it is for people t...It's kind of scary how easy it is for people to hold people like yourself up to standards of perfection and start picking at every perceived or potential flaw, no matter how small. I don't envy you that.<br /><br />That being said, I'm glad I haven't fallen into that mindset with my favorite artists and illustrators, you being one of the top. You are a huge inspiration to me, with your artwork as much as your down-to-earth attitude, but at no point have I thought you were or should be without faults, or without room to learn and get better like the rest of us.<br /><br />Long story short: don't worry, you're still awesome, and I'd totally just hang out with you and laugh when you pull apart my artwork :PTybertimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449634337962940839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-15101943117681860172014-08-30T04:28:32.906-07:002014-08-30T04:28:32.906-07:00Did I said already how much I'm loving you mor...Did I said already how much I'm loving you more, dude? Well, there you have it.<br /><br />No one with a minimum of sensibility needs to take your words with any grant of salt - your words are simply FACT. It doens't only reflect your opinion, it certainly reflects some "artistic common sense" (as much as there isn't such thing, especially in this crazy, ego-filled universe of creative people we're living in - with several exceptions, of course). <br /><br />At first I thgought I was the one who was wrong, thinking of the EXACT SAME THINGS and reaching the same conclusions as you - even if I couldn't be more far away of being a "personality". I'm a nobody, in fact. But it's just because I'm the one holding the gun facing the war, and not the one behind the trenches pretending to be a hero, and I know that you know what I mean. I'll always prefer to be the anonymous soldier - in fact, I don't even think I have other option.<br /><br />You became a personality on your own rights - you made this all happen SOLELY based on your hard work and your good attitude torwards other folks, spreading the knowledge. That ressonated with people. And knowledge, for me, it's just like happiness for Alexander Supertramp - it only makes sense when it's shared.<br /><br />You see how silly and naïve I do sound?! But it's because it's THAT simple! It's pure, silly truth.<br /><br />I got tired of Facebook because of the "art gurus" everywhere. Ok, some of them are nice, but MOST are just the kind of people you described, and I think we REALLY don't need to develop about them further - it could ruin our karma. ;)<br /><br />Thanks for taking this out of your chest - you took from mine too, and certainly from a LOT of other folks around. "Likes" as a sign of success,? it's just TOO dumb and arrogant to be discussed at all.<br /><br />Well, if you allow me, I'll get back to the anonymity - there's a bunch of work here, and someone needs to get things done.<br /><br />Peace!Rafael Sarmentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00719797558792389902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-21489342721137398292014-08-29T15:49:31.776-07:002014-08-29T15:49:31.776-07:00Hi Dave, I remember when we chat via Messenger and...Hi Dave, I remember when we chat via Messenger and you was fighting with a fat orc for WoC, and you always told me that you want to keep working on your skills, I see that now you feel out of the context and I understand because everybody have the same problem. The art community is almost dead because the social networks, the people don't share their thoughts and they just comment "cool, nice, like" and other just press the like button.<br />Some artists use this kind of "metric system" to say "ok, I'm a famous artist because I have 20k likes or followers", and as you said.. some people don't know who Craig Mullins is. I heard people say "the new Dave Rapoza art don't have the same likes than before"... is that something important? ShareS? Likes? What happens with the starter artist that investigate, ask for tips, and save the images on a folder to study later? Where they go? They are on a hidden forum? They just disappear?<br />Personalities are now the new toy of Social networks, more likes/shares/balloons/ more famous. <br />And most of that people don't have the need of have a job, they are just trying to make Dad proud on Xmas dinner.Carlos Cabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588684254249170845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-38169670777137850612014-08-29T13:37:29.448-07:002014-08-29T13:37:29.448-07:00I have to admit when you first starting your strea...I have to admit when you first starting your streams of studies, you came across very genuine, even if I thought your screen name was a bit crass for crass' sake, and I think I probably fell into the category of putting you up onto the pedestal that internet 'celebrities' tend to get. But watching your One Fantastic Week interview, I realised a lot of the preconceptions I'd had about you were very wrong, and you were just a regular guy working damned hard to get to where he did. I think not that long ago, I craved the kind of attention you got from CD, the big fish in the small pond of digital artists, but between you and few other of the people whose work I admire giving out a similar message, I'm realising now that you shouldn't create for the sake of fame or money (though sometimes those things help) - you should create because you want to and because you feel your story should be told, even if it's to yourself. I view your work differently now, than I did - I've enjoyed your star veil and Black Witch stuff immensely, but even more so now knowing you're just a regular guy who goes through the same ups and downs we all do. Mostly because it makes that goal of perhaps getting my vision out to a public that cares about it seems a little more achievable now. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05142003383121475027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787981366717981213.post-44938927526181567072014-08-29T11:45:45.757-07:002014-08-29T11:45:45.757-07:00Now to get good!Now to get good!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03051947324866898549noreply@blogger.com