No doubt much has been written about the relation of an artist and his works, of how the initial image or 'vision' is actually conveyed via the chosen medium, be it visuals, music, writing, poetry, or so on. While I've struggled with the topic myself a little, namely in writing when juggling between gothic styles and the more conventional approaches, it was only recently, when starting to learn drawing, that the thought concerning the lack of technical skill begun to harass the mind - in other words, does one's lack in skill inhibit the expression of his 'true vision'?
At first the answer seems obvious - a clear "yes", for if one can merely draw stick-figures in stead of beautiful gothic ladies, then very little of the original intention gets conveyed. However, can there be any point when one's skill with the pen gets too good? Will the minutiae detailing cloud the unique touch that a less-skilled artist might have? Again the answer seems somewhat obvious - a stout "no", for said details will surely only aid giving flesh to the tiniest hazed details that would otherwise be left uncertain, or perhaps altogether out of the picture. Despite coming to know & understand all this, I've begun to notice some... benefits - although of questionable kind - when it comes to lacking finer technical skill. While all the earliest attempts have been rather pitiful and unquestionably worth nothing, now, when feeling a bit more confident with the pen, but yet still remaining firmly in the "amateur" -category, some new insights have revealed themselves... namely the "uncanny valley" that seems beneficial in what I've been meaning to convery with the dark, somber imagery of the two sisters of melancholy, Sophia & Deliria (who are familiar to the handful of you who've read the relevant stories). Of course, in the end, the judgement of the technical skill or lack thereof falls on the observer; as in, does he or she perceive these works of questionable art as "good" or not - do the slightly off-base faces and angles serve any discernable purpose in delivering the intented aesthetic of gloom and doom, or is it just plain poor artwork that distracts from the overall experience? The artist himself is, of course, in a poor position to answer this question, having the obfuscating cloud of self-doubt standing fast in front of him.
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