But more seriously, me, I don't know what makes an artist. If you write a book and take some time off to work, do you somehow lose 'artist' status? Are you an artist is you produce commercial art all day? Is it publications? Showings? Distro deals? Is it having that 'passion' and knowing, deep inside yourself, where muppets and unicorns and your soul meet and dance that you are an artist(ugh)?
If you do a webcomic about sarcastic gamers and the mother-figures who love them and make ancillary deals off t-shirts are you an artist? Is it just money that defines it? (I'd be tempted to actually say yes to that. I often quote you when you once said I don't do it for the money but... I do it for the money.)
Personally, I'd imagine that notion of 'artist' is a bit of made up Romance. You do the work, other people engage with it, that's all I reckon matters.
Anything else and you end up sounding like the kind of bugger who argues 'what is art?' when you're over 20 years of age.
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Date: 2008-07-31 07:00 am (UTC)and most fine comic retailers today! He said with half a grin...
But more seriously, me, I don't know what makes an artist. If you write a book and take some time off to work, do you somehow lose 'artist' status? Are you an artist is you produce commercial art all day? Is it publications? Showings? Distro deals? Is it having that 'passion' and knowing, deep inside yourself, where muppets and unicorns and your soul meet and dance that you are an artist(ugh)?
If you do a webcomic about sarcastic gamers and the mother-figures who love them and make ancillary deals off t-shirts are you an artist? Is it just money that defines it? (I'd be tempted to actually say yes to that. I often quote you when you once said I don't do it for the money but... I do it for the money.)
Personally, I'd imagine that notion of 'artist' is a bit of made up Romance. You do the work, other people engage with it, that's all I reckon matters.
Anything else and you end up sounding like the kind of bugger who argues 'what is art?' when you're over 20 years of age.