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Sep. 2nd, 2008 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lenora_rose(I'll put the shameless self-promotion up top: in the process of making sure all the photos I needed were on flickr in the first place, I added a few truly old works to the not-pottery section; mostly pencil art. I mean to scan in some newer 2D work and photos of older 3D work One Of These Days)
Shock of shocks, Chris Quilliams got into WFC's art show. (If he didn't, it would have been a scandal. He's That Good.) At least, he's on their list of artists known to be coming. I can't say for sure if they told him.
I, on the other hand, haven't heard one way or the other. And I sent in my jury submission in JUNE.
I sent a query to see if they even got it.
I also looked at the pictures I sent them, and started having real doubts; were these *really* high enough caliber works to make it past a jury? I looked at the web sites of all the artists linked to whose work I didn't already know (And weren't sickeningly busy; art sites have to be image heavy, but there are limits.) Some are semi-pro -- awkward or slightly off bodies and/or faces (it's hard to tell from a quick glance over a web site whether it's deliberate style or just not-quite-practiced enough. Of course, I've seen the reverse be true; works that looked better in small on-screen shots than in reality.) So clearly I don't have to be Quilliams quality to make it.
But argh. Now I'm doubting everything; the work I put into my models, the grades I was given for the work, my self-assurance.
IN case you're wondering, these are the exact photos I sent:
Two of the cell bowls
Nessie (Two views)
Fetch (Yes, the gryphon found himself a name)
(I picked Steve's photos over Colin's for this last because they looked slightly more professional. I think Colin caught some better angles, though.)
Yes, to a degree, by posting these, I *am* asking for petting and reassurance that I'm actually any good. IF IT'S TRUE. I'm also looking for people to say that either the photos or the real works don't look good enough, if it happens that this is the case. Critique is as welcome, or more welcome, than the warm fuzzies.
Shock of shocks, Chris Quilliams got into WFC's art show. (If he didn't, it would have been a scandal. He's That Good.) At least, he's on their list of artists known to be coming. I can't say for sure if they told him.
I, on the other hand, haven't heard one way or the other. And I sent in my jury submission in JUNE.
I sent a query to see if they even got it.
I also looked at the pictures I sent them, and started having real doubts; were these *really* high enough caliber works to make it past a jury? I looked at the web sites of all the artists linked to whose work I didn't already know (And weren't sickeningly busy; art sites have to be image heavy, but there are limits.) Some are semi-pro -- awkward or slightly off bodies and/or faces (it's hard to tell from a quick glance over a web site whether it's deliberate style or just not-quite-practiced enough. Of course, I've seen the reverse be true; works that looked better in small on-screen shots than in reality.) So clearly I don't have to be Quilliams quality to make it.
But argh. Now I'm doubting everything; the work I put into my models, the grades I was given for the work, my self-assurance.
IN case you're wondering, these are the exact photos I sent:
Two of the cell bowls
Nessie (Two views)
Fetch (Yes, the gryphon found himself a name)
(I picked Steve's photos over Colin's for this last because they looked slightly more professional. I think Colin caught some better angles, though.)
Yes, to a degree, by posting these, I *am* asking for petting and reassurance that I'm actually any good. IF IT'S TRUE. I'm also looking for people to say that either the photos or the real works don't look good enough, if it happens that this is the case. Critique is as welcome, or more welcome, than the warm fuzzies.
