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What if...

What if deviantART allowed artists to sell individual and/or packs of cards?

Giving that the artworks are of original content, what are your thoughts on this idea?

Art cards, playing cards, collections, etc, etc...

MyTradingCards . com
www.mytradingcards.com

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I'm not in any art school. I have only attended a single art class in the time I was in high school. As for this thesis I'm writing about art is mostly for me.
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Art
Art is the expression of reflection.

The use of 'reflection' with its variable meaning as a whole is the exact word I have been looking for in describing art. When you look back onto art, sometimes you don't like what you see, sometimes it reminds you of a different time, sometimes you wonder off in a different world of 'ifs', sometimes it's simple, sometimes it's complex, sometimes it's indescribable, and sometimes all you see in art is a blur of emotion. Like a mirror, we look back to see something in art that is differentiated from our own understanding and interests with what is around us.

Art Vs Writing
While Art is the oldest form of recording moments for others to learn and/or reflect upon, Art has been the one of the longest standing form of communicating ideas and emotions. The contrast of written language and drawn pictures is not only having a semi-universal interpretation beyond individual languages; instead, the process of expressing an idea can be non-existent in the forging of a work of art and only the emotion of what the artist was feeling at the time is left in the work of art.
Art Vs Music
Art Vs Math
Art Vs Religion
Art Vs Reality
Art Vs Time

Style

The Measurement of Skill under Style
Skill, the aptitude of creating what you envisioned for others to understand to an able extent. To have "skill" is having the dexterity to communicate to another person your message with a fine effort and the unlikely chance of misinterpretation. Although Style is the distinguished differences in ideas and expressions compared with the ideas and expressions of other people. [In my personal opinion, "Popular Styles" is an oxymoron in the sense of expressing differences in conformity.]
The tricky part of skill and style that I keep running into is the result of what is the basic understanding of who knows what is what. While everyone basically knows what a face is, the differences of what is a face and what is not a face is greatly debated beyond the field of art. A artist's style can easily create a face that everyone can understand ( ^_^ ), but when the comparison of skill challenges the style of another person a general assumption of what is what is counted from each piece of art.
Although the style of an artist is something that is developed within time and the invited influences of others, as is the understanding of that artist's style by the people who take interest in the style of artwork.  

^{(Area Population - Area Interactive Influences) / (#'s of type of Imports - #'s of type of Exports) x Applied Time Expressing = Average Quality of Expressionism in area}

Communication Vs Expression


Conceptual Vs Perceptual
Every single piece of art is the combination of concept and perception, from the splotches of modern art to the calculated lines of technical drawings. If you have a varied vocabulary, you would have a understanding of concept and perception in how similar they are in meaning. While some would consider these words to be one in the same, I would like to widen the gap of concept and perception in art for those who know the differences already.
In art, an artist will divulge which side of concept and perception they are relying on the most to communicate with. Consider the raw meaning of concept(a envisioned form of thought) and perception(the viewed form of thought) to separate what the artist is trying to communicate. Does the art rely on conveying a message through action similarities and lack fine clarification, or does the art force a focused view of communicating a meaning and leave out wonderment? Beyond the extremes of the previous question lies a infinite number of levels between concept and perception in art, and a similarity to the levels of concept and perception would be like a cup of water. No matter what level the perception of water is, the concept of air that-could-be fills the rest of the container.



Photos Vs Drawings
Capturing the art of the moment and making a moment in art
Planning? Timing? Effort?
Digital Vs Traditional
There is no such thing as a tree hugging artist. Using recycled paper?
Illustrations Vs Storytelling
2D Vs 3D
Simple Icon Vs Complex Style
Abstract Vs Realism
Compiled Doodles Vs Planned Cartoons(paintings)

Viewer

Graphic Novels

1. Manga Vs Comics
2. Comic-strip(s) Vs Comic

Recognizing Effort Vs Critique for a Common style
The viewer applies what they interpret from the structure/creation of the work of art over what the viewer doesn't know about the work of art or artist
Vandalism Vs Unbridled Expressionism
In defiling art is to expresses the want of no other opinion. In the defiling of property to express art is the need to show opinion.
Inspiration of Religious Icons Vs Deformation of Religious Icons
Pornography vs The Beauty of the Human Body
The beauty of the human form is too often blurred by a desire for human affection that is subjective by how Affection is developed/perceived.* (...still needs further explaining)
Fan-Art Vs Originality

Money

Designing Boundaries Vs Creative Freedoms
Commission Vs Freelance
Protective Copyrighting Vs Shared Influence

Definition of the U.S.Copyright from U.S. Copyright Office website( Copyright. Gov www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq…)
Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works.
U.S.A.-Copyright: Visual Art($45)

Definition of U.S.Tradmark from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website( USPTO . Gov www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/… )
A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.

www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/… to clearify the differences between Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights.


Quantity Sales Vs  Quality Product

Web

Webcomics and Webmanga
Much of the Internet considers a Webcomic as one or more illustrated cells that expresses a joke and/or progression of a story. There is not much of a difference in a Webcomic and a Webmanga; however, a Webmanga is a series of several illustrated cells that progresses a storyline. The major difference between a Webcomic and a Webmanga is the artist's influence of storytelling.

1. DrunkDuck: The Webcomics Community  ^{wiki:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunkduc…}
2. SmackJeeves Webcomic Hosting  ^{wiki:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smackjee…}
3. ComicGenesis: Webcomic Hosting  ^{wiki:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Ge…}

Internet Galleries

1. DeviantART(dA)  ^{wiki:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviantA…}
2. Gfxartist  ^{wiki:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gfxartis…}
3. SheezyArt(SA)  ^wiki:[none]

Hot-linking
Types of Protection?
Ripping
Prevention?Confrontation?Pursuing actions?
Legal Matters
Global Copyright Protection? Poor-man's Copyright?

Misc.Catagories

Structure of an image Vs Outline of an Image Creating?

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It's improbable for me to receive schooling at this time so I've going to Unschooling. Yes, Unschooling is a word. Unschooling is a form of Autodidacticism. Yes, autodidacticism is a word, too. I'm teaching myself with a my own curriculum and everything, if you don't understand what I'm saying.

As though as I would like to explain one of my grand plans - I'll just summarize that I got 5 major stages that I was to go thru; Beginner, Advanced, Theory&Application, Crystallization, & Sustainability.

I figure I may get some outside input while I'm setting up my own schedules and exercises for next week.

So!
IF you were to teach art, what lessons & exercises would you give out?

Hey, everybody.

Sorry I'm flaking out. I'm healthy(-ish), I work ( video footage of me running around delivering papers-> tinyurl.com/kkuox7 ), I'm a year older, and I'm still trying to find my Mojo.

I'm not back, but I'm not leaving. I just have no computer to update from (aside from txting from my cell phone to my twitter account) or view the internet. I'm getting some withdrawals not being able to look at everyone's art and comics *scratches arm*.

I'm just posting to say I'm alive and then I'm getting off my brother's computer until I can save enough money to get a new computer.

Life has decided to toss a couple more challenges my way to help me grow. My brother is having horrible pains around his stomach due to what we think is his gallbladder. It's expensive to fix and my brother and I are hard working to pay our bills. Our pride is going to kill us but I understand that few people during this time can help.

There was someone who did help out, but I basically sold my soul to get some money upfront to help my brother out. I've been commissioned to make a mosaic. A fairly size-able Mosaic that I have no tools or materials for. Not only do I have a problem with getting the pieces together but I'm having trouble getting myself together to finish it. I won't pick up any other projects until this one is done.

My self-doubt is crippling me to the point that I'm fighting back. I know I won't not be able to be same after this but I've gone back to the basics, or I should say, I've retraced my memories of how my passion for art came about. I'm trying different(and slower) ways to better my passion.

My latest development with myself was with a cynical thought on others in the professional field of sports. Like most(americans), we have came to the assumption that most professional players in sports are only in it for the money. All that talent that gets all that fame, but what happens to the player when you take away that fame? Does s/he still have a will for that talent?

'Athletes' push themselves to be the best that they can be.
'Entertainers' are pushed by the audiences that are around them.

In my past I developed my passion for art out of just being an 'Entertainer'.
I now want to be a athletic artist that pushes himself.

It's hard for me to draw expecting that no-one is going to see it. And that thought is what was slowing me down.

As you can see I'm not giving up and* Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run, around and desert you, Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say, goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

We've know each other for so long, Your hearts been aching, But you're too shy to say it. Inside we both know whats been going on
We know the game and were gonna play it.
And if you ask me how I'm feeling, Don't tell me you're too blind to see.

Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run, around and desert you, Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say, goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Give you up. give you up, Give you up, give you up, Never gonna give, Never gonna give, give you up, Never gonna give, Never gonna give, five you up.

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling. Gotta make you understand.
Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run, around and desert you, Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say, goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Hugs and Kisses,
Mighterbump