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Okay, has this ever happened to YOU? You know, you happily post your latest creation here on dA, and some lamer comes along and comments, “Oh, but what you’re doing isn’t ~real~ art!” Or, worse yet, “Well, at any rate, you're not a very talented artist!” We all like legitimate critique of our work, but nobody needs such lame snobbery as this!

Worse still, I’ve seen this kind of attitude cropping-up in the forums a lot more recently. By way of example, check out these representative threads:

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I fear that we at dA may need to brace ourselves for an onslaught of art-snobbery in the coming weeks. So here is my new, standard reply for any and all art-snobs, in a handy, easy-to-understand graphical format!

This is a wallpaper … feel free to download it and use it, of course! But also feel free to use this as your OWN response to any lame-ass who dares to criticize the kind of art you do, or your standing as an artist. But don’t use it to slam people who give you legitimate critique in an effort to help you develop as an artist!

For lot’s more cool wallpapers, be sure to visit my gallery:
*Laurion

Stock Photo Credits:

This wallpaper is a photo-manipulation, using the stock photos from the following stock image sources:

(the female in the foreground)
(the "full-moon")
(a wall texture)
(a wall texture)

Disclaimer:

This is a political wallpaper; I use it to make a personal commentary on the current state of affairs in the art scene here on DeviantArt. If you happen to disagree with me … then make your own wallpaper and set the record straight.

Attention Wallpaper Lovers:

Wallpapers get a lot of downloads, but they seldom get very many comments. If you like a wallpaper (by me or anyone else), please please please give it a fav, and leave a comment saying why you like it! And if you don't like it, tell us why! This is very important to those of us who make the wallpapers you download, and not just for reasons of ego-gratification. Some people think of wallpapers as so-much eye-candy ... but they are so much more also. Since you download it onto your desktop, a wallpaper can be a very personal choice, as it is something that stares back at you from your monitor everytime you start your computer. The production of decent wallpapers, like any other kind of art, requires feedback, comments and criticism! So much for my rant ... enjoy the wallpapers, and say something, damnit!!!

Attention Digital Artists:

Have you thought about posting some of your work as wallpapers? The DA community is very much about exploring avenues for creating digital art that is more than "just" eye-candy. But, sometimes, it's fun to remember that art can be as much about function as form, and one of the most traditional ~practical~ uses of digital art is as wallpapers. You might enjoy making and sharing wallpapers that, hopefully, look good and yet make the viewer stop and think for a second, or at the very least do a double-take. You might appreciate the challenge of creating a personal system of syntagmatics that successfully presents complex issues in a "pop-art" medium that tends to be highly iconic in nature. Finally, you might feel a sense of mission in working in a DA genre that really hasn't fully evolved beyond the representation of eye-candy as art. Anyways, think about it ...

Description
Okay, has this ever happened to YOU? You know, you happily post your latest creation here on dA, and some lamer comes along and comments, “Oh, but what you’re doing isn’t ~real~ art!” Or, worse yet, “Well, at any rate, you're not a very talented artist!” We all like legitimate critique of our work, but nobody needs such lame snobbery as this!

Worse still, I’ve seen this kind of attitude cropping-up in the forums a lot more recently. By way of example, check out these representative threads:

[link]
[link]
[link]

I fear that we at dA may need to brace ourselves for an onslaught of art-snobbery in the coming weeks. So here is my new, standard reply for any and all art-snobs, in a handy, easy-to-understand graphical format!

This is a wallpaper … feel free to download it and use it, of course! But also feel free to use this as your OWN response to any lame-ass who dares to criticize the kind of art you do, or your standing as an artist. But don’t use it to slam people who give you legitimate critique in an effort to help you develop as an artist!

For lot’s more cool wallpapers, be sure to visit my gallery:
*Laurion

Stock Photo Credits:

This wallpaper is a photo-manipulation, using the stock photos from the following stock image sources:

(the female in the foreground)
(the "full-moon")
(a wall texture)
(a wall texture)

Disclaimer:

This is a political wallpaper; I use it to make a personal commentary on the current state of affairs in the art scene here on DeviantArt. If you happen to disagree with me … then make your own wallpaper and set the record straight.

Attention Wallpaper Lovers:

Wallpapers get a lot of downloads, but they seldom get very many comments. If you like a wallpaper (by me or anyone else), please please please give it a fav, and leave a comment saying why you like it! And if you don't like it, tell us why! This is very important to those of us who make the wallpapers you download, and not just for reasons of ego-gratification. Some people think of wallpapers as so-much eye-candy ... but they are so much more also. Since you download it onto your desktop, a wallpaper can be a very personal choice, as it is something that stares back at you from your monitor everytime you start your computer. The production of decent wallpapers, like any other kind of art, requires feedback, comments and criticism! So much for my rant ... enjoy the wallpapers, and say something, damnit!!!

Attention Digital Artists:

Have you thought about posting some of your work as wallpapers? The DA community is very much about exploring avenues for creating digital art that is more than "just" eye-candy. But, sometimes, it's fun to remember that art can be as much about function as form, and one of the most traditional ~practical~ uses of digital art is as wallpapers. You might enjoy making and sharing wallpapers that, hopefully, look good and yet make the viewer stop and think for a second, or at the very least do a double-take. You might appreciate the challenge of creating a personal system of syntagmatics that successfully presents complex issues in a "pop-art" medium that tends to be highly iconic in nature. Finally, you might feel a sense of mission in working in a DA genre that really hasn't fully evolved beyond the representation of eye-candy as art. Anyways, think about it ...