(This is partly a lengthy message to some of the Vector Artists out there, and this is also a lengthy encouragment to those that think their artwork is "no good")



So there has been a small, recent hub-bub of various situations around Deviant Art, of which yours truly has only been exposed to the bare minimal aftershocks due to a perpetual habit of sticking to my own little, dark corner of the Deviant Art space. However, I have come across a curious question for the artists, the lurkers, the favers, and the Deviantz (yes, with a z).


Let me just get to the very center of what is eluding to me at this time:



How much of yours and other's artwork is the *Concept*, and how much of it is the *Execution?*
And also, how much *Novelty* is presented in either the Concept or the Execution




Truly, in erstwhile, think of what you are looking for in your own artwork, and what you are looking for when you decide to pass along a fave to another.

***Execution is how well you put together the piece, the technical parts that can be analyzed, the more concrete side of the Artwork coin. Some artists you will notice have a beautiful, and distinct style of Execution that makes them unmistakable against the crowd, and which may just keep others coming back time and again for another look at how well someone technically puts together a piece of living, breathing, Art. How much pizazz do they offer, or how little of the Execution is really important in they're work.***

***Concept is the elusive yet instinctual idea behind a piece of work that may range from the simple portrayal of a favorite character or the complex provoking of the senses and realizations of messages (or lack thereof). Concept is a hard to understand thing, it is so subtle and yet so powerful at the same time.***

*** Novelty or Novel on Dictionary.com is Defined as "nov⋅el2 [nov-uhl]
–adjective of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea." ***

We have many talented artists here, there is no doubt of that.


***Where do you stand in terms of your own Concept and Execution?***
Are you like me, a person of many Concepts, erstwhile ideas, and one who wishes to convey more than anything a feeling or reaction, but has trouble pefectly executing that same idea once it gets onto the medium (be that medium anything).


Then again you may be somewhere in between, someone with "Right Stuff" to successfully blend all of the above into what may just be some of the most breathtaking pieces of literature or visual works that Deviant Art has ever seen in one neat little package that poses more power and beauty in the blink of an eye or the passing of a sentence (I am trying to include literature in here too, just to let you know )


*** On this note***

Some artists out there I have seen are VERY good at their Execution, and furthermore are >NOVEL< in their Execution of a piece. For example: Even those that do primarily Fan Art in their works and offer next to little Novelty in Concept of Work can STILL be excellent artists if they offer a Novel way of Executing that artwork. Their style may be distinct, as the artwork of Sailor Moon is distinctly different as compared to the artwork of Van Gogh.

However I've also seen those that copy the exact pose of a favorite character (which is fine, no really, that is fine there is nothing wrong with it), maybe even trace the picture or a screenshot of a character in a Vector Program (and that, ladies and gentlemen, is also fine!). How one person presents Fan Art of their favorite character may be more Novel compared to how another who presents Fan Art that looks like a carbon clone from the source. Both are fine.

**I have a question that nobody needs to necessarily answer but to at least ponder:**

To those that desire nothing more than to just recreate Character B from one Anime or Character X from a comic, and do not wish to take the drawing any further then the exact representation of pose and color. You may have a piece of work that looks exactly like the screenshot or picture you have taken your inspiration from, and you may have a TON of favorites...

But also think about it. They are not favoring your Novelty, and technically not even favoring your Execution, and then furthermmore they are not even favoring your Concept, they are actually, favoring someone else's. It is another artists dream and Concept on your gallery and has next to nothing of your own soul in it.

If that is good enough for you, then why not, it is good enough for me too.


** To those that think they're artwork is "No Good" **

I once came upon a beautiful piece of artwork that subsisted of an Angel holding a sleeping, curled up, baby dragon in her hands on the brink of heaven's gate, and the thought of the picture was that the Angel was truly unsure of whether the Dragon needed to be sent out as an outcast, or if the little ball of fire deserved more. The Concept was to me, amazing. The Execution however, many deemed "immature" you might say for lack of a better word.

You may not be able to perfectly draw a horse, a cannon, or a whatever. But you can still illicit a passion or thought or even a realization with pure Concept alone. Never give up. Ever.


And to those that have gotten this far in such a lengthy, textbook style of a post; Thank you, and Wow.