DeviantArt Alternative?

[HankBukowski]

I don't really browse the photography there, but the drawing/painting scene there seems really strong. One of my favourites being Denis Peterson who is one of the prominent & premier photo/hyper-realists in NYC. Through his favourites you can check quite a community of talented artists.

Searching for him.

[Zain Adeel]

http://charlie140588.deviantart.com/

i just love her work!!!.. i wish i was that good.

check her out!.. http://xiaocaca.deviantart.com/ i have so much respect for her...

[HankBukowski]

I don't really browse the photography there, but the drawing/painting scene there seems really strong. One of my favourites being Denis Peterson who is one of the prominent & premier photo/hyper-realists in NYC. Through his favourites you can check quite a community of talented artists.

Really like him, however I dont see anything not done before by the likes of Chuck Close or Robert Gniewek.

Take a look at this painting by Gniewek.

Yes, that's a painting.

http://charlie140588.deviantart.com/

i just love her work!!!.. i wish i was that good.

check her out!.. http://xiaocaca.deviantart.com/ i have so much respect for her...

Both are great, however I dont consider them art. The first one is an illustrator. A formidable one.

The second one. She's talented, but I see too much of Rothko and Bacon on her work. She lacks her own voice. That is problematic specially since she's a painter. For better or worse, painting is death,

BTW, loving the April's fools feature on Deviantart :p

[Zain Adeel]

http://artgerm.deviantart.com/

http://lolita-art.deviantart.com/

http://andrewnewtonart.deviantart.com/

http://juarezricci.deviantart.com/

http://papaninja.deviantart.com/

few gems of dA

yea i just noticed the Troll :p

and that painting u posted.. its brilliant. But he wasnt playing by the rules. That building on the back is too black if he was going for realism. but i get the whole effect..

[John S. Veteran]

Just a word in case anyone complains at some point. This thread was originated a few years ago, but clearly has value. So please carry on, guys. :)

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Just a word in case anyone complains at some point. This thread was originated a few years ago, but clearly has value. So please carry on, guys. :)

Ah, just noticed! :pinch:

Silly One Post Wonder's reviving threads.

[Lamp0]

Really like him, however I dont see anything not done before by the likes of Chuck Close or Robert Gniewek.

That's a bit of a simplistic evaluation.

Just a word in case anyone complains at some point. This thread was originated a few years ago, but clearly has value. So please carry on, guys. :)

damn! How come some folk end up bumping such old topics?

[HankBukowski]

That's a bit of a simplistic evaluation.

As simplistic as this context allows me to. Like I said, I do like his work, but I think I'll need a lot more than that to forfeit my original statement.

[BillyJack]

It is always hard to define what is crap and what is not. Someone people might see it as art and some might see it as crap. What do you accept and not accept. The idea is to come up with some kind of tool that will determine what is crap and not. Maybe have a committee that reviews the art and determines if it is art or junk. With a good variety and large amount of people on the committee they should be able to do a good job at determining art and crap. Although this would be tedious. Another option is to have a ranking or rating system. By default the art is a middle rating. If it falls below a certain rating within a certain period of time then remove the art. I have not been on DA in a long time. Does DA allow you to filter by rating? If you only look for art with a certain rating or higher then that should filter out stuff you do not want to see. I think DA is slow and rarely use it due to the speed.

[Nadja]

DA has become the largest repository of cat pictures on the planet :rofl:

One has to sift through so much mediocrity and junk to find real artistic gems that jump out the page.