"Technically perfect, realistically rendered" work, when supported by a worthy scene, is my, likely unreachable, fantasized goal. Screaming, repulsive, over saturation is simply driven by a crass reach for the fringe market. Not original, but cleansing to write.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, you won't go bankrup catering to the tasteless masses. Yet those > who are certain that specific techniques are categorically > "tasteless" are frequently captive to their own narrow thinking. > Almost any style of representation can be done in an artful way, > including a high saturation cartoon look. Straight, down the middle > of the road photography doesn't represent the entire spectrum of what > can be good. That being said, Turner's work isn't spectacular, but > it's no worse than a lot of the technically perfect, realistically > rendered pro work that I've seen. > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Jun 28, 2006, at 8:18 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > I've seen some portfolios from working pros with similar highly > > > saturated work. Some of them are making a lot of money. It's > > > different, > > > it's not realistic, but it's not necessarily bad. It's just a > > > different > > > way of looking at the world, and -- by the way -- when done well, > it > > > can sell. > > > > Yep. "No one ever went bankrupt by underestimating the good taste > of > > the American public." > > > > Bob > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
