I wish I could forget about the girl who broke my heart when I was a teenager, but it seems the world doesn't want to let me, because she's famous now, while I'm struggling. How do I deal?
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posted by anonymous
on May 17, 2013 -
46 answers
When I get an email from someone asking if I'm interested in doing a big long-term project, how do I know if they're legit or if it's something worth my time and effort?
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posted by picklenickle
on May 3, 2013 -
9 answers
I work for a non-profit organization. We applied for, and received, a grant to commission original artwork for our building. We chose an artist who proposed a mural. The contract is signed with the agency that is providing the grant, and work is set to start on the building soon. Problem is? One of the members of the Board found a very similar mural online, painted by a different person. Help.
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posted by anonymous
on May 3, 2013 -
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What bands and albums should I listen to now that I'm finally able to stream almost anything ever made? Extended information as to my taste preferences inside.
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posted by jsturgill
on Apr 29, 2013 -
18 answers
There are some people who are excellent draftsmen when it comes to drawing. Their sketchbooks are full of architecture style drawings or similar, with straight lines as if drawn using a ruler and little erasing. Or they're sign painters or car details who can just pick up a brush and literally draw a straight line on the car as they're walking the length of it. No visual planning or measuring or masking off areas, they just do it.
Are there scientific studies about the particular set of physical and mental skills these people have and what exactly those skills are? Are their specific differences in their brain or anatomy that enable those skills?
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Nov 20, 2012 -
24 answers
How do they do that? Artist edition... Please recommend how-to's and how I do this blogs/videos etc...
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posted by jrobin276
on Nov 10, 2012 -
6 answers
On a deadline: Help me find the name of an amazing, bizarre, crude, disgusting artist whose childish paintings of people in extreme situations surrounded by thought/speech balloons/bubbles I saw in a Lower East Side gallery around 2010-2011.
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posted by StopMakingSense
on Oct 8, 2012 -
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Students of art, lovers of philosophy, can you recommend a book I can buy as a gift for a friend?
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posted by Chichibio
on Jul 25, 2012 -
17 answers
How do I find work as an illustrator / artist? I've been drawing for years and people think I'm good enough to ask me for the occasional commission / spot illustration. I'd like for this to happen more often, and maybe get paid now and then.
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posted by hellojed
on Jun 2, 2012 -
3 answers
Do you know of any good art and/or documentary blogs that profile artists or filmmakers?
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posted by chara
on Apr 6, 2012 -
5 answers
Help me track down some mystery artists! Vague memories within!
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posted by jph
on Mar 16, 2012 -
4 answers
Trying to recall the name of a performance artist/photographer. She used disguises (prep, ghetto, etc.) to pass as a member of various in-groups. Then she photographed herself socializing in these groups.
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posted by cymru_j
on Mar 8, 2012 -
2 answers
Contemporary art and performing arts in Japan? I will be living in Tokyo for about 4 months soon. I plan on checking out the arts and performing arts (theater, dance) contemporary/emerging/experimental/however-you-want-to-call-it scene. Any recommendations?
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posted by kitsuloukos
on Feb 6, 2012 -
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For those that keep a journal/diary/sketch book: When you start a new book, how do you continue to track and use the good ideas and projects in your old books that you'd like to pursue?
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posted by ooklah
on Jan 16, 2012 -
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I want to move on and grow and get better, but I feel like I'm at the foot of Everest. Help me not hate my art. How can I find the courage to make the art that I need to make in order to feel fulfilled and honest in my work?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 4, 2011 -
21 answers
How do I find an artist or Graphic Designer to do some pieces for a boardgame I am designing for cheap or free. Or am I doomed?
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posted by Cogentesque
on Sep 3, 2011 -
17 answers
Who and what are some examples of artists who painted or created the exact same thing every day?
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posted by Unred
on Aug 3, 2011 -
17 answers
This is a screencap from an episode of the "Ray Bradbury Theater" series from the 1980's. I tried using the Google Goggles app on my phone, both with the picture on my TV and on my computer monitor, but it can't scan it all the way. When it does come close, it can identify it as some sort of iconography, but that's it. Does anybody have any idea who the artist might be, or the title of the painting itself?
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posted by Corpsegoddess
on Jul 1, 2011 -
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I'm designing a card game and I have most of my own art for prototyping, but eventually want *real* art. I have no place where to look for such a thing or how much it would cost. Does anyone have any ideas on what sort of going rate such a thing would cost? Do you pay by the hour? Any tips are greatly appreciated.
posted by symbioid
on Jan 3, 2011 -
7 answers
Do you have any experience working with art gallery-specific database systems? I'd love some advice on choosing the right software to help organize a mid-career artist and his sprawling archive.
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posted by Chichibio
on Dec 9, 2010 -
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Artist trivia time!
I love this painting! Does anyone know who the artist is? It's a painting with a sculpture of similarly-shaped heads next to it...but I just saw it randomly online and haven't the first clue of who it might be. Has anyone seen anything like it before? (other than on Easter Island)
posted by KiddAnnica
on Nov 13, 2010 -
5 answers
I'm looking for a sci-fi artist's webpage. The only thing I remember is a (digital?) series of painting of a sprawling city inside a cylindrical crater (or possibly at the base of a tall spire).
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posted by archagon
on Sep 4, 2010 -
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We want an online searchable artist registry for our small-town art council. Wave our magic wand and we'd have something
just like this or
this. But we have to be realistic. Bottom line, we have $1k. What do you suggest?
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posted by AnOrigamiLife
on Jun 4, 2010 -
3 answers
I need help identifying/remembering a visual artist who work(s|ed) with text. Shortish, punchy phrases; female; I first saw her work around 2000-2002. Anybody?
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posted by penduluum
on May 7, 2010 -
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Help me become a better (comic book style) artist so I can illustrate my own scripts. I need to become better at sketching, primarily. The human figure mainly, but also backgrounds and layouts. I don't have $$ for an extensive course, so I'm looking primarily for books and online tutorials. (I also need to find artists to illustrate scripts I don't have time to do myself, if anyone's interested.) Thanks.
posted by Shane
on Mar 5, 2010 -
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I am looking for the name of an artist that had a studio in NYC during 9/11. Their paintings were huge (7 to 10 feet high min) with a planet or part of a planet with great surface detail and high contrast - black or very dark background. The works were stunning.
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posted by inquisitrix
on Dec 28, 2009 -
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What software should I use to replicate the delay/looping effect that this video employs? I would need a metronome monitor separate from the input mix. It would be amazing to tweak the length of the decay too.
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posted by supyo
on Dec 20, 2009 -
5 answers
My friends and I are starting an artist collective in Phoenix, Arizona and we desperately need help thinking of a name. Can you help?
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posted by Bageena
on Dec 7, 2009 -
21 answers
I have a piece of art and I’m trying to find out what to call it (print, reprint, etching, lithograph)? Hope me?
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posted by bunny hugger
on Aug 27, 2009 -
4 answers
Do you recognize the photographer/artist whose work is hanging in
this dining room?
posted by B-squared
on Aug 9, 2009 -
6 answers
Which are the best artist residency/studio programs around the world? I am looking for programs which are innovative and are multi-disciplinary.
posted by tusharj
on Jul 14, 2009 -
3 answers
I live in Madison WI and am looking to move to a larger city, under the impression that being in a larger city will provide me with more exposure and greater opportunities. I was thinking of moving to the outskirts of Chicago because it's close to my family in Madison and I love it there. I also miss Denver CO where I was born, but am unsure what kind of an art community it has. Does anyone know what cities are best for making a living as an artist? I have a degree in illustration but am also trying to get into gallery shows as well if that helps. Thank you very much for any advice.
posted by RaceTheDream
on Mar 31, 2009 -
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I'm working on my PhD in artists' books at the moment. Recently, pursuing aspects of creativity from a cognition-and-creativity viewpoint has become interesting to me. I need a toehold on the science, here.
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posted by aesop
on Mar 3, 2009 -
5 answers
Who was the comic book artist who improved his hand-drawing skills to mastery?
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posted by lore
on Jan 29, 2009 -
6 answers
Who is the artist behind / what is the name of
this painting? And what do you call art like this?
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posted by GenTso
on Nov 21, 2008 -
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