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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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Art: Hard Work & Respect

(A/N: Art theft is not appreciated in this post, or condoned. If a topic wasn't explicitly mentioned, it's not the topic of discussion.)

Art is in the hard work someone puts into making it. In the originality, the hours it takes, and the respect they have for teachers and inspiration. It is also said, that respect is earned, not given.

If these concepts are very important in art and in general, you would expect them to be seen through and through. In all their complexity. But, it's very evident that the worth is only seen when it's physical. Which doesn't regard the entirety of those very human concepts at all. And if it's human, it's complex.

Would it be okay to tell a depressed person that simply getting up from their bed wasn't hard work? Absolutely not. Someone could say that it only took them a few moments to physically get up. They didn't sweat, or spend hours physically, they just barely moved their body.

But that does not mean they didn't work hard---it means they just did so INTERNALLY. They were MENTALLY working tirelessly to get to that point of action. Hard work isn't just physical. Addressing it as if that is the only way for it to be acknowledged isn't respecting hard work at all. It is only respecting it when it's obvious or convenient, which is so deeply lazy in itself.

The same goes for artists. If an artist only takes an hour or two on a piece that takes you 3x as long, that doesn't mean they didn't work hard. Maybe it took them days to fine tune their concept for that piece. If all they can manage is a piece that took them 30 minutes, that doesn't automatically mean they are lazy. Maybe that effort wasn't a physical one, but mental, or internal. There is no way to know unless there was actual effort put into finding out---like simply asking them.

Every person on earth is different, that's the beauty in being human. Why is that beauty only seen when it's on display, not when it's quiet? If a person spent hours perfecting a concept before putting it on paper, or even simply just getting themselves motivated enough to try at all, is that not hard work? Just because it's quiet doesn't mean it's any less loud so long as you just look. It isn't any less respectable, hard-working, and beautiful. It's their process and a point in their journey. If a beginner just started doing art, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY JUST STARTED DOING ART. That is art in itself. The beginner is as much art in themself as the master is.

And if the first response to a beginner making something is, "Wow, that's such a lazy piece. Mine took me four days. Maybe actually spend time on it?", how is that motivating ANY sort of actual growth at all? If you only tell someone that is LEARNING the bad, they will only see the bad. Because people who are being taught are impressionable. What you say is what they hear, and only as much as that is.

Unwarranted advice or criticism that isn't actually constructed understanding the entirety of what it's criticizing doesn't actually critique that much at all. It only addresses what it wants to, not what needs to be, or what should. It just magnifies the bad and ignores the good. That isn't teaching someone at all, that's just disrespect in another font.

Practicing the things that you claim to live by, genuinely, not ironically---but with actual authentic effort, really says just as much about respect and hard work as any physical effort does.

This is all the same as how a painting isn't lazy if it didn't take as long as yours did. It only took Vincent Van Gogh 4 days to complete his paintings. Imagine telling a great artists like him that his work wasn't good enough because it didn't take weeks. How is that in itself even respectful? You can't preach a concept and ignore parts that make up its foundation at the same time. It will fall apart. Just as you shouldn't be surprised when you receive disrespect after not giving any at all. Being passive doesn't make words any less disrespectful either, it just makes them what they are---still disrespectful.

Isn't everyone's own individual human expression said to be art in itself? Would so many great things exist without the dreamers you disrespect for dreaming instead of doing? Where is the originality in dismissing where your idea came from, all to put down the people who thought of it originally instead of creating?

Expressing something that isn't easy to say takes hard work, a lot more than just saying something you know everyone will agree with. Every movement in the world, every artist that wasn't seen as great in their time, were the ones working hard to express something no one listened to or respected. And if today you choose to not listen, to judge and laugh instead of work to understand, back then you could have easily been those who dismissed an artist that is now great, too.

“Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” - Vincent Van Gogh

So as you consume their work, think of how they went through that judgement and criticism. And how you might be contributing the that cycle. There is always time to reflect and stop.

And in all, the greatest way to appreciate art and artists is to appreciate all their efforts, too. Whether physical or mental.

There is a balance in respecting both, but only choosing one to live on isn't appreciation at all. This post was to talk about the less acknowledged of the two, but BOTH are important, not just physical. Appreciate art in all its complexity. That's what makes it beautiful.

#artists of tumblr #both are important #you can't have one without the other #beginner artists #beginner artists are welcome here #and appreciated

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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Vi has her bunny, a curious, timid, ingenious, witty little creature.

And Jinx has the crow, a quarrelsome, social, communicative, and protective creature.

It's almost like Vi and Jinx carry things that remind them of each other, because to them their sister is what comforts them the most.

#sobbing on the floor #arcane jinx #arcane vi #jinx and vi #vi and powder #arcane theory #i'm in shambles

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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«Water is darker in the depths

whether you are an ocean or a puddle.

And below, there, at the very bottom -

there is despair. Pain. And horror.»

#powder fell down a well #arcane #arcane fanart #arcane powder #arcane jinx

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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Sevika when she was getting her ass beat by literal kids (Vi, Caitlyn and Jinx 💀)

#thought this was the bar fight scene for a min #couldn't tell the difference #see imagine getting your arm taken...#twice.......#by a little dork half your age.......#scratch that THREE times #caitlyn scoped her ass #HAHAHA #arcane #arcane memes

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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Someday, I'll be looking down from a big stage

Forget all about the heartbreak

Look what I've made with my tears

When they see how far I've come

I'll sit back and laugh at all the things they said

All the tears l've shed, oh

Look what I've made with my tears

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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Cassyette's new music just came out! The lyrics painfully remind me of Jinx :,) i'm sobbing

I could be high as the moon

Summer in bloom

But I'll find a way to come back down too soon

Then I'll be green, the monster in me

Will make me sicker, sicker than the sea

It’s so bad I’m blue all the time

I...I feel like taking a dive...

Why am I like this?

It’s so sad I’m blue as the sky

I, I think I’m outta my mind

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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"you will look for themes and motifs in media that isn't worth the effort" i will look for themes and motifs in the dirt. on the ground.

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khaotic-neutrxl · 3 months

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Arcane - Yin and Yang Theory

(also a mix of some color theory/symbolism)

"There is good in the bad, and there is bad in the good."

Hi :)! This is a theory I like to practice when there's two paired characters in media. I use Yin and Yang + regular color theory visually to define character motivations/characteristics:

I use clothing to define how they appear/project to others. Because hair is very personal symbolically, I use it for their inner self. So for Yin, white hair and black clothes. Opposite for Yang.

It's a way that helps me visualize, see moral motivations of characters + learn more about them. But also good for more theorizing, purely for fun and understanding. To start, here's some of the theory symbolism:

> Symbolism (Color Theory):

White (Brightness, Performer, Innocence, Emptiness, Beginnings, Purity, Carefree, Flexible, Emotional)

Black (Darkness, Spectator, Maturity, Depth, Earth, Ends, Seriousness, Passive, Cold, Stillness)

> Yin and Yang:

Yin (Contraction, Black, Moon, Cold, Imperfect, Bad, Negative, Downward Seeking, Nighttime, Water)

Yang (Expansion, White, Sun, Hot, Perfect, Good, Positive, Upward Seeking, Daytime, Air)

(I use both theories here, because both sets of traits from both the symbolism and Yin/Yang can help with understanding/aligning)

At first it may seem the opposite, but looking at their characters as a whole---In this case, it seems like Jinx is Yin and Vi is Yang.

I'll explain below more in depth of why, after visual examples...

Visuals:

Jinx Vi

Here are inspiration pictures (clothing colors included) for more reference:

white hair black hair

(light inside) (dark inside)

dark appearance light appearance

(dark exterior) (light exterior)

It'd make sense that Vi would have the more righteous, lawful, lighter exterior while internally she isn't as perfect as her appearance. Darker, and can hurt people she loves in bad moments despite her usual light, comforting image. Something Jinx took after and sort of personified in a way, as a way to defend herself. Using things she learned from someone she saw as "strong" growing up.

She sort of acts now opposite of Powder, on the attack instead of spectating. As a result, not by nature like Vi. As Jinx she uses an innocent appearance more to her benefit to then dish out her darker side when her opponents are vulnerable. Something this theory kinda points to her adopting from someone she imitated and looked up to, Vi. Who uses this pure sensibility to be morally just and have a responsible image, rather than Jinx who lets it out when she feels she needs to have strength. Who seeks that perfection of Vi, instead of innately having it. And she became that "strength" she admired to fight her sense of weakness.

Thinking of this theory made me remember one that ties in well---the crow theory I made a while back. Visually, not sure if it's the wings or beak, Vi really reminds me of the crows when I see her.

Would explain why it's so significant for Jinx, to have crows following her. Calling to her. Like Vi just looking for her sister. But to fearful Jinx, it felt more as though she was being hunted than accepted for who she is now, being like a prey followed by a predator. Not to say that's Vi, only in the sense of showing the state of Jinx's mind, her clouded perceptions from trauma.

But, innately, at the end of it all Jinx has innocence in her. Hidden away. Not as constant image, but as something she once was, that she is deep down, Powder, who just wanted to help.

The tragedy being despite having good in her, she didn't have the chance to show it without something going wrong, so she was seen by others as that bad appearance despite her good intentions.

She's soft on the inside, but doesn't put up a more pure front to seem more "righteous" or "lighthearted" regularly like Vi. Only when she uses it defensively, feeling threatened, not for any social reason but to protect herself.

Instead, she hides that weakness and projects herself with darkness. Now completely hiding her "good", snuffing it out to not get hurt like in the past. Her clothes have primarily black components, have more edge, are more rebellious and sharp than the lighter side she has hidden away as a result of her trauma. In this case, would be white long hair a part of her since birth, innate, like an angel. One that fell.