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Skanky Vamp

Skanky Vamp

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Columbian artist Yosman Botero has created a series of brilliant artworks of 3-dimensional animal portraits in the series called ‘Taxonomy’. He paints the details of the animals onto layers of plexiglass using thin brushstrokes that heavily resemble fur. As light is cast on the layers of glass stacked together, it creates the illusion of depth, making it seem like the animal heads are preserved in that space.

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Oh man. I'm gonna need this guy to draw me a Buster head for when he is no longer here. 🙁
 
Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
they look amazing.. very lifelike
Maybe this is how they are going to do the Whitney Houston World Tour from this thread:

Whitney Houston World Tour 2016

When I used to work on cockpit display R&D, we had one design where a display was spinning around a vertical axis and the display was updated for the particular angle so you could get the impression of a 3-D image. Another one had a display with prisms in front of columns of pixels so you could get the effect of a 3-D image due to the different angle to the eyes. (The normal 3-D mechanism of polarizers at right angles is not allowed in an aircraft since polarizers may block the glint of an aircraft in front of you.) The trouble with the prism display is that you had to be "in the zone" like you were looking at Salitsky dot "magic eye" patterns where you stare at a picture of a dog and you see a sailboat. This was intended for approach control showing a 3-dimensional goalpost in the sky pattern. The trouble is, if you were not in the zone to see it, it was not going to help you.
 
I hate everybody.
 
Artists make me jealous that I'll never be as talented as them despite studying art and art history for almost 10 years.
 
Is there a cliff nearby? I think I feel the need to see if I can fly.

Also, Lyrificus, haven't heard that for a while, lmfao.
 
Lyri said:
Artists make me jealous that I'll never be as talented as them despite studying art and art history for almost 10 years.
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I'll tell you something, I don't believe in talent. Here's why:


This is John Coltrane in 1946. He does not sound like Trane. In fact, he doesn't sound very good at all. Hearing this - the guy clearly has no talent, why does he even try? Stop playing, sell your horn on eBay loser! This is John Coltrane in 1964:

 
brinkster130
brinkster130
I think some people are born with natural talent and others have to really hone their skills to become talented
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You can not believe in gravity also, but doesn't mean it's not real.
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I can measure gravity, I can't measure talent. What I can measure is the amount of work. Shockingly enough, all those supposedly talented people, they have one thing in common - they put a lot of work into honing their craft.
 
EVIL UU said:
I can measure gravity, I can't measure talent.
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Sure you can. The problem that you seem to have in measuring it, is like art, it is subjective. But that is how you measure it. Well, not you in the literal sense as you say you don't believe in it, but that is how other people measure talent.
 
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EVIL UU
EVIL UU
This is nonsense.
JCoatsworth said:
There are people who learn a certain craft more easily than others. That's what I'd call talent.
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If talent is just improved efficiency then mastery over one's craft really is about work and everyone can become a master as it's just a matter of time.
 
EVIL UU said:
If talent is just improved efficiency then mastery over one's craft really is about work and everyone can become a master as it's just a matter of time.
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Not necessarily. Of course hard work is always part of becoming good at something and motivation plays a big role, but, I imagine, just as there are people who get good at playing an instrument very quickly, there are people who'd need years of practice to be as good as the other person. And if said person practices a few hours a day for twenty years, it is reasonable to assume that the less talented person would need very much longer, and thus, will never reach that level of skill.
 
EVIL UU said:
@brinkster130

Find me an artist who didn't have to hone their skills.
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What about Aelita Andre, or Wolfgang Mozart, or Tiger Woods? All were (are) considered child prodigies of their craft. Sure it took practice to get to the top and become masters but all were born with some talent; and arguably more than the average person.

EVIL UU said:
If talent is just improved efficiency then mastery over one's craft really is about work and everyone can become a master as it's just a matter of time.
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I agree with this to a degree. You can certainly work at something and become significantly better; but there are some things that certain people won't be able to master no matter how hard they try. Not everyone can run a 4 minute mile, not everyone can paint like Michelangelo...that's just they way the world is. But if people hone their skills and work at something there is always the possibility that they find success in that craft.
 
Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
He was rebuked? Is he now Sadwell?
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