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 -
10 answers
I'm seeing reporting that bothers me that my state tax authority is targeting artists for auditing based on what sounds like some specious assertions regarding whether their business models and expenses are appropriate. I realized I don't know what I should do to formally protest these actions.
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posted by Luke Skywalker
on Apr 30, 2013 -
10 answers
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
I figure if a practice space is open 24 hours it would be hard for the staff to determine if I'm living there or just practicing music alllllll the time. However, I also figure that a 24 hour practice space expects that starving artists will be trying to live there. However however, I also figure that the kinda people running a 24 hour practice space are cool with people living there and are kinda trying to say "shhhhh, don't tell nobody but this is a place where we turn a blind eye to starving artists trying to live here".
I just wanna beat on my drum all day.
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posted by defmute
on Apr 21, 2013 -
32 answers
I am searching for the name of a painter. I am going to describe one painting I clearly remember. I saw these paintings when I was a child.
The book of his works had the same theme of monkeys and skeletons involved in everyday activities.
In the painting I remember, a skeleton (it may have been a couple) is in a bed with white sheets and leaning over to put out the light on a nightstand. There is a monkey or baboon sitting on the room's window sill.
The images are realistic bordering on illustrations.
This is all I have. And this is why I came to metafilter.
Thank you for your help.
posted by M83
on Mar 16, 2013 -
7 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
Hello Austin, Where are my people?
I recently moved to Austin, TX from Fargo, ND (of all places).
I've quickly discovered that this place is flooded with awesomeness, to a point of being mildly overwhelming.
Thus, I am asking for help with finding things and people with similar tastes.
I am, a maker crafts person type, I mostly sew and knit but I have a background in sculpture and some interest in learning electronics.
I am also a cyclist, who loves chill coffee houses and a sense of community.
I'm looking for:
1. a place to consign/wholesale goods I make, mainly plush toy monsters, before the holiday season. also craft fairs
2. a couch, or a place to find a couch (secondhand); thrift stores dont seem to have much in the way of furniture.
3. a good, non-chain, hardware/surplus store.
4. a good fabric store
5. a job
6. fellow makers
posted by misformiche
on Oct 21, 2012 -
11 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 -
4 answers
Who painted this painting? I can't read the signature but want information about this artist? Rob Soba? My GoogleFu has failed me here. Photos of paining and close-up of signature
here.
posted by nancoix
on Aug 6, 2012 -
2 answers
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
Does anyone know the name of the artist who drew/painted a picture featuring a woman blowing dandelion spore presents?
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posted by demesne
on Jul 3, 2012 -
6 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
Help me identify an eccentric artist that gave tours of his house in Seattle around the year 2000. He was obsessed with a number (four or five, maybe) and had many conditions for his tours that hinged upon that number (i.e. needing four people to tour the property, and tours being available in four minute or four hour duration). He might have gone by "[
first name] Art".
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear
on Apr 11, 2012 -
1 answer
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
Can you help me remember the name of this electronic musician from the almost uselessly small amount of information I'm able to provide?
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posted by The Discredited Ape
on Apr 3, 2012 -
21 answers
A friend of mine is a serious artist/painter who's asked me to be his agent so I was wondering how to structure the money side of the equation?
Is there a standard agent's commission based upon a percentage of the price of each painting sold through the gallery or galleries?
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posted by tangyraspberry
on Apr 3, 2012 -
2 answers
I was in Paris in April of '96 and kept hearing her song everywhere but never got a chance to pick up the album, which I assume had just been released. It's a solo artist (I'm pretty sure), slow, acoustic guitar, and the video had her sitting in an empty derelict apartment while people peered in through the peephole. I've tried everything I could to find it but gave up until I discovered Mefi. If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear from you.
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posted by princeoftheair
on Mar 27, 2012 -
4 answers
Help me track down some mystery artists! Vague memories within!
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posted by jph
on Mar 16, 2012 -
4 answers
Please help me remember the name of the graphic artist, popular in the early '90s who did stylised (mostly African-American) figures garbed in primary colours, often combined with inspirational words; the most popular line was available in posters, t-shirts, and even bookmarks.
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posted by batmonkey
on Mar 16, 2012 -
17 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
Calling all artists: which paint should I use for vintage-style lettering on leather and treated canvas?
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posted by aquafortis
on Feb 26, 2012 -
2 answers
I need to figure out if my coworkers and I are owed overtime pay. I'm getting conflicting information everywhere I go, and if I need to refer to a lawyer in the end so be it. Maybe you guys can help though... We're salaried video game artists in California.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 16, 2012 -
18 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 -
4 answers
I'm worried about pursuing my dream job as a graphic novelist because of worsening vision. Can any severely nearsighted artists or others in vision-intensive careers speak to this?
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posted by iadacanavon
on Jan 19, 2012 -
19 answers
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 -
8 answers
A friend of mine was given an unidentified sculpture and he has tasked me with finding the name of the original artist. The sculpture itself is large and extremely intricate which leads us to believe that it was made by a well-known artist. The only problem is that there are no markings anywhere.
Here is a pulled-back view of the whole piece. Can you please help us identify it?
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posted by infinitefloatingbrains
on Jan 10, 2012 -
7 answers
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
I'd like to get hold of a long list of all the songs that have been on the "Now That's What I Call Music" music compilation (from number 1 right up to the current 79). Is that possible and, if so, how?
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posted by mr_silver
on Sep 15, 2011 -
7 answers
Artist filter: Who painted this amazing painting seen in Massimo and Lella Vignelli's apartment?
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posted by ljesse
on Sep 9, 2011 -
3 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 -
15 answers
Please suggest some older (or not) books/films/things that talk about the idea that you're just going to be bad for a long time before you're really successful at, or really master something (particularly an artistic pursuit).
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posted by Glinn
on Jun 9, 2011 -
7 answers
