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  valid invisibility rocks
  by Levi Buzolic

  US$23.94

  CSS is fun.

• "You're not doing ART right!"
  by BlueKnot

  Got an interesting and somewhat saddening bubblemail today. An artist who was being criticized for digital manipulating a photo and dari…

  Got an interesting and somewhat saddening bubblemail today. An artist who was being criticized for digital manipulating a photo and daring to call it “art.” They wrote to me because I also work in digital art, and asked my opinion. First let me describe the Artwork in question. It had started as a photo, then was converted to a line art drawing using software. (And by the way, if that sounds easy to you, you haven’t tried. Sure the software does most of the “work”... once you find good settings for your particular image! ...and that can be a major headache!) But more than this, the Artist had gone over each section, adjusting color and gradient. This was not a lazy piece of work. I started off addressing the work: “I actually like both versions; it’s clear that some people just don’t ‘get’ that the intention is a sort of digital impressionism, not photorealism.” “I note you said ‘Photographers’ were panning it. There are some – not all – in that category who are …. er, “purists” is a nice word. Let’s use that. The purist feels that the skill and effort of capturing the perfect picture is the ultimate achievement – they and their camera vs. the world. For them, digital manipulation is a distasteful “cheat.” Maybe to smooth over a flaw or two in the otherwise perfect picture, but it shouldn’t alter the overall look of the picture (so they say.) Fine for them, but some will insist on enforcing their opinions on everyone else.” “You have started with a great photo, and then you saw more in it: it became the canvas for another work. And you’ve done a fine job. Even if you’d just “run it through a filter”, that was your decision, you made the input of altering the picture that way. (And sometimes that yields spectacular results… look up a guy by the handle “lightsmith” here. I like his name, too: he doesn’t just capture the light with his camera, he works it over in photoshop as a smith does iron.)” The artist also asked me if I had ever “gotten flack from other artists because you don’t get your fingers dirty with paint?”... “Have I gotten flack for not getting my fingers dirty? For not even using a camera? Well, not so much personally but I’ve seen it over and over in other communities. I look at it this way: The photographer does not usually sculpt or give birth to his or her subject, they do not cause the sun to rise or the landscape to teem with flora. They take what they find and use it, manipulate it, frame it and capture that wonderful image that they saw and wanted to share. I have pictures in my head… to get them out I use models created by others and software I did not write, but I carefully place, pose and arrange. I adjust the light, changing it’s intensity, color or direction (an ability some photographers would kill for!) I compose and frame my images the same way as the photographer, I just have a somewhat fantastic camera and infinitely patient subjects. ;) “ But the big question in the email was Is it Art? “To borrow/paraphrase the definition of a friend of mine (“GoofyFoot” here) ‘Art is anything created by one person capable of eliciting an emotional response in another person.’ “ “And if I were to extend it into the definition of an artist, I’d say “A person capable of creating Art, as defined above, and who does not deny the validity of someone else’s ‘art’” ... because once you cross that line, you’ve become a snob, and the only reactions you can create are unpleasant ones.” And there you go. If it makes you feel, it’s Art. It doesn’t mean you have to like it. I’ve seen plenty of Art I didn’t like. It doesn’t mean that your way of doing Art is “wrong” and you need to do it that way. But what it does mean is that however it was created is a valid way of creating Art; and you have no right to deny the legitimacy of it because techniques were used that you don’t approve of. The traditional media artist critisize the photographers for “just snapping pics of what someone else created.” The photographers criticize the digital artists for working in a medium that has “undo.” The digital painters criicize the 3D artists for “playing with digital dollies and letting software make all the art.” The ‘pro’ photographer criticizes the photographers who “manipulate their work artificially.” The ‘pro’ 3D artists criticize the hobbyist for “not making their own models.” The oil painters criticize the watercolor artists for working in a “lightweight medium.” It’s all ridiculous. I have a friend who likes to turn the tables and ask the painters if they bind their own brushes and gather and mix their own pigments. After all, if you don’t you’re taking credit for work that is partially someone else’s. ;) Art comes in all flavors. And while it is part of redbubble’s massive organization problem, it is also one of the things that makes redbubble great. They (almost) got it all. I would never go to a photography-only site, but I’ve seen some awesome photos here that I’m glad I didn’t miss. Excuse me, I should have said “I’ve seen some awesome Art here that I’m glad I didn’t miss.”

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  THAT WAS NOT A VALID RESPONSE
  by ToastedGhost

  US$23.94

  Banks / Governments / corporates Please now state the new “NO” THAT WAS NOT A VALID RESPONSE

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  Valid only rich and famous
  by Cliff Vestergaard

  US$30.59

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  Valid only for the rich and famous
  by Cliff Vestergaard

  US$32.78

  get out of jail free

• It's Amazing
  by Jim Caldwell

  Love and relationships

• Is it just me?
  by RoughDiamond

  Or does this happen to everybody. When accessing an art work, the screen will automatically scroll down to the very last comment when i…

  Or does this happen to everybody. When accessing an art work, the screen will automatically scroll down to the very last comment when in reality I would like to see the work and read the comments from the top instead of having to scroll back up again … and some of these have tons of comments!!! Is this a bit petty or a valid point?

• Enlightment
  by Stephen Mitchell

  I often read through the various forum-entry’s around RB and many blogs around the “WWW”: . Sometimes I feel the need to …

  I often read through the various forum-entry’s around RB and many blogs around the “WWW”: . Sometimes I feel the need to respond, but invariably they end up quite lengthy. Thus, I often convert my thoughts to prose or short stories for publication here. / / Here are three separate yet entwined written pieces that I didn’t want to be a statement for one situation, but an idea for for a few. 1. Perpetuate the evil, and life will remain as is. Finding solution through education and compromise, and your answers will help make a difference. Neither your religion nor ballot makes the country, it’s who YOU are that makes the people the country. 2. While many seem to think that burning flags, raising effigies and vandalizing for the sake of revenge is the only way to retaliate, I prefer to dwell on what I do have. I have free speech, but I don’t have to use it all the time. I could march in the street, but I prefer to shoot photographs of such events. I have food, water and a roof over my head, yet somehow I represent the minority. Civilisation needs to be built by the people, not the geography nor the state. 3. According to wikipedia , ‘enlightenment’ is the acquisition of new wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception . / In Zen it is the state of being with no mind, the disappearance of the ego, the loss of all identification with the body and the mind, and the freedom from beliefs, opinions, ideals and concepts. Not to be confused with escapism, enlightenment is attained by those who don’t feel the need to pass opinion nor judgment on everything. Rather, they listen, learn and apply. Ok, so it’s a little rhetoric that may seem a tad naive, but the concept is amazingly simple. We should all try it sometime. PS. When I was a teenager, yes, my views were narrow-minded and uneducated. Twenty two years later I now have a more ‘enlightened’ view of religion, civilisation, communication and many other subjects. I’m not an expert in any one thing, but I do have an opinion on most. When I don’t know enough about a subject to make an informed opinion, I do enough research to play ‘devils advocate’. Thanks to the internet, education and enlightenment is free. Yes, this piece was previously in my ‘Writing’.

• Thank You! I'm Joining the Group
  by Patricia L. Ballard

  Today marks a change in my art. Someone bought a framed print. Thank you so much to the person who bought it! I’ve been feeling insecure …

  Today marks a change in my art. Someone bought a framed print. Thank you so much to the person who bought it! I’ve been feeling insecure with the switch from weaving to digital work. It was necessitated by allergies. Can’t take the dust and flying fiber these days. I’ve spent years learning to use Photoshop, and it’s finally starting to pay off. It had alreay paid off for me in that I’ve just loved getting to know all of you and beoming a part of the community. The sale is an extra bit of validation.

• Wishes, Wonders, & Total Amazement
  by EmeraldSun

  Wow! Another enlightening, amazing week has gone by at home and on my RedBubble world. I have gathered and learned so much on this we sit…

  Wow! Another enlightening, amazing week has gone by at home and on my RedBubble world. I have gathered and learned so much on this we site, and even more to my surprise made some wonderful acquaintances with folks from EVERYWHERE. I am even able to now belong to a group for people with disabilities. THAT spells freedom for me. When I saw it, I became choked up. I feel like I am now validated as a person to be taken seriously….maybe I didn’t put that well, but it is an issue all people with many challenges have to deal with. Self worth. I have run across many wonderful groups to join. I am going to have a lot of fun. I do mean fun. Art for me IS exciting and fun. My cup runneth over with exuberance! LOL :D .............More of Life On That Hiway, ya know??!!

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  SPILT MILK
  by LOUIS VAN DEN HEEVER

  US$3.42–US$91.20

  Acrylic on canvas / 76×38cm-Original available

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  VALIDATED
  by thesoftdrinkfactory

  US$34.91