Satoshi T oh nice tookaInspiration!
Katrina Yu Maybe shoot it from a different angle to give it an oomph! Because the arm is not quite working so you have to compensate with an interesting angle. It might help give you the mysteriousness of Aretzky's photo too!
Ian Prince Yeah, the arm kinda looks wierd and it lacks most of the poetry of @aretzky 's photo. I'll have to give it another try, and maybe try a different angle like you suggest :)
aretzky Wow! It is great feeling to inspire someone. Thank you! The day after taking that picture I've been thinking about it for a long time. The left side of the image is darkened. I do not see anyone but I feel there is someone there. I think the space is the key.
Ian Prince As they say copying is the sincerest form of flattery. Well deserved in this case :) As @Katrina says, there's a mystery to your version :)
aretzky I took that photo during the concert. Maybe that is the difference?
Katrina Yu Can I add something about copying? Sure, copying is the sincerest form of flattery for the artist but copying hurts the person who copies.
Here's the problem with copying: Copying skips understanding. And understanding is how you grow. One must understand why something is done that way or why it works. Merely by copying you miss the whole layers, what you have is just the last layer not what's underneath it.
That's why imitation always break down so quickly because it lacks depth and details. They miss the relationship between the spaces, the proportions, and the colors on why they work that way. It may come pretty close but there's just something not right about it.
I've seen more than a handful of people here on Tookapic who copies someone's artwork down to a T for their photographs. Plagiarism aside, they are missing out on a lot of things in terms of creative growth.
I can show you the side-by-side comparison of the copy (w/o the name of the person of course) and the original to see what I meant with the missing depth.
But I have to do it thru messages. If you're interested, just send me a message.
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I tell you this because I see you are always pushing yourself to grow as an artist. I've received wonderful messages/advice from artists that I look up to and this is just me paying forward.
And you know what they always say don’t be worried about those copying you. They are copies. Worry about those doing it differently than you. They are originals.
Here's to never stop growing.
Ian Prince That's really very interesting. You've put into words something I've only subconsciously understood. My pale copy is a perfect illustration about missing out on so much. And there is learning and growth in that :) So thank you Katrina.
The concept of copying also makes me reflect on doing art from the head or from the heart. I've often found my better photographs are the intuitive ones, the ones that come from feeling, from the heart. Those that I over-think often lack soul, which kinda of makes sense when you think about it!
Without "feeling" the concert like @aretzky did and with the mental effort of imitation... et voilà: a photo that doesn't really mean much beyond the hommage to @aretzky (which I stand by of course).
Ian Prince The other risk of "copying" is of course the risk of copying oneself! I wonder how many artists, especially the renowned ones, end up copying themselves. Quite by coincidence, and just recently, Bernard ("73 days later") and I were discussing just that about Pierre Soulages' work.
Mikołaj I'm a simple man: I see a musical instrument, I press like :)