>be barn/ic/le>see good art with a realistic/realism-leaning style>HURR SOVLLESS>see a turd artwork that looks like it was drawn by a high schooler at best (something like picrel)>HURR SOVLWhy? Why do you fuckers insist on doing this?
Seems like crab behaviour.
>>7718778crabs can't be happy for someone else if they aren't below them
>>7718778I don't think it's down to realistic vs. childlike. Nobody would say Michelangelo's or Leonardo's drawings are soulless. To me, it's a matter of the work feeling too mechanical, as if anyone could have done it by following a prescribed set of steps. Photorealism is perhaps the most obvious example. Soulful work shows the imprint of its author's mind. It shows discrimination, decision-making, emphasis and de-emphasis. Tools that are more responsive to subtle changes in pressure and angle, and less amenable to correction (such as nib pens, brushes and ink) tend to produce more soulful work, which is why digital struggles to match the soulfulness of trad. But this is not a hard and fast rule. An oil painting with a high degree of finish can be soulful if it is designed, and the expression is poetic/expressive rather than purely mimetic.
>>7718926John Henry Fuseli is a good example of soulful oil painting. His work is "realistic" in the sense of exhibiting anatomy, form, volume, space and lighting, but it is also clear that his figures are invented/idealized and his lighting is designed to direct the eye of the viewer rather than to be strictly accurate to a particular lighting arrangement. Nobody else could have done this painting in precisely this way, except by deliberately imitating Fuseli after the fact. This is not something you would arrive at by copying references.
>>7718778Seriously, what the fuck is this shit?
If you can't recognise soul you don't have one. Enjoy your eternal search for meaning
>>7718778Aww cute art, looks like Odysseus and Penelope
>>7718778Maybe you’re a based schizo after all. That art in the op is dogshit.
I like it. It's got the two faces at the apple core, cute lil pun. SOUL.
>>7720893I'm not a schizo.
