This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all; art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentiallymdash;statistically speakingmdash;there arent any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so; yet good art gets made all the time; so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical purposes making art can be examined in great detail without ever getting entangled in the very remote problems of genius.mdash;-from the IntroductionArt Fear explores the way art gets made; the reasons it often doesnt get made; and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. The books co-authors; David Bayles and Ted Orland; are themselves both working artists; grappling daily with the problems of making art in the real world. Their insights and observations; drawn from personal experience; provide an incisive view into the world of art as it is expeienced by artmakers themselves.This is not your typical self-help book. This is a book written by artists; for artists -mdash; its about what it feels like when artists sit down at their easel or keyboard; in their studio or performance space; trying to do the work they need to do. First published in 1994; Art Fear quickly became an underground classic. Word-of-mouth response alonemdash;now enhanced by internet postingmdash;has placed it among the best-selling books on artmaking and creativity nationally.Art Fear has attracted a remarkably diverse audience; ranging from beginning to accomplished artists in every medium; and including an exceptional concentration among students and teachers. The original Capra Press edition of Art Fear sold 80;000 copies.An excerpt:Today; more than it was however many years ago; art is hard because you have to keep after it so consistently. On so many different fronts. For so little external reward. Artists become veteran artists only by making peace not just with themselves; but with a huge range of issues. You have to find your work...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. The landscape is littered with College grads who are 6 figures in debtBy CustomerThere are pluses and minuses to this book. Alot of what is in this book is fairly standard common sensical stuff. Networking in people is repeated often. Which is true in just about any field not specifically this one. The author talks about pitching ideas mainly. maybe sometimes going to effort to produce a short animationThe big negative and gripe I have with the author. Is he repeatedly talks about getting a College degree in order to get into this field. Which I find odd since he also advocates use of outsourcing to produce the animations. I personally know of 3 people who are 6 figures in debt and not working in animation.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not bad but not Great eitherBy MargaritaThat Samurai Jack cover is a bit misleading since I didnt see it mentioned once in there.We had this for a Major Seminar class.No one seemed to gain some profound knowledge from it. and most things where things you could come to using logic.If however you are a freshman/ sophomore animator . some of these things may be helpful.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Interesting view on animationBy karebearkarolinaIf not a bit outdated this is still a good and interesting read. The animation world has changed a lot since this book was written.
