tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post8241252615720283429..comments2024-03-16T17:43:25.784-04:00Comments on DanielMaidman: Always Be WrongDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597234920324948705noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-39426353764195744782011-04-24T10:10:22.447-04:002011-04-24T10:10:22.447-04:00Robot hater.Robot hater.pengohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-87128680607357410062011-04-21T13:41:22.033-04:002011-04-21T13:41:22.033-04:00Anonymous - No problem! And I'm not saying you...Anonymous - No problem! And I'm not saying you should actually be thinking about math when you paint. I just have a couple quirks, is all.<br /><br />Jim - I've never been to Anchorage, but I read your note right before going to sleep, and dreamt that I was flying into the city in a small twin-prop plane, and it was a single block of sunlit subdivisions with literally nothing to do. And I thought, "No wonder Jim has time to write such involved comments on my blog."<br /><br />You're not the only one who can write tangential replies!<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm glad you enjoy the posts and keep finding time to read them and write up the thoughts you have about them! And I'm glad the idea of it being important to be wrong resonated with you.<br /><br />Ed - I'm glad this post came up at the right time for you to get the most from it. I'm very much looking forward to seeing where you go with your art.<br /><br />And that's Leah's belly. We all know what I think of Leah's belly.<br /><br />Pengo - isn't it a bit beneath you to be making fun of a robot? They do their best, you know. Unfortunately, that comment isn't going to survive, because I'm about to report it as spam. On the other hand, that's a major jump up the ladder for me, I think - my blog is now popular enough that the robots are turning up.<br /><br />Kevin - very funny. My readers are all cards. Great. Anyhow, I think the fear of being wrong is a big impediment to progress. I'm glad you like the studies.<br /><br />Claudia - trig killed me too. And I can totally see you solving two equations in two unknowns during your short poses. :) Thanks for checking in over here!<br /><br />Fred - you betcha, they are definitely the most interesting. Claudia is *amazing* at short poses. I'm glad you like the entire figures in this post. They're not up to par, obviously, because I hardly ever do them...<br /><br />Nathan - I can't help you! Being open to being wrong definitely saves time, but even when you think you are, in my experience, you aren't. Nobody wants to be wrong. Art just takes as long as it takes, which in my case, is a really long time. Good luck!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597234920324948705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-76661031144638454962011-04-21T07:15:43.003-04:002011-04-21T07:15:43.003-04:00the problem I find is in the time it takes to disc...the problem I find is in the time it takes to discover you're wrong.<br />Can you factor that into the equation?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04130084561689785907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-10583425817246049002011-04-21T00:13:30.846-04:002011-04-21T00:13:30.846-04:00Quick poses are always the most interesting poses....Quick poses are always the most interesting poses. The only way to capture them is to learn how to draw very efficiently and quickly. I had actually never seen quick drawings of the whole figure by you. The ones in this post are pretty good!Fredhttp://fredhatt.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-47106651403343775182011-04-21T00:05:18.314-04:002011-04-21T00:05:18.314-04:00I always think of calculus functions when I'm ...I always think of calculus functions when I'm doing short poses. Just kidding :lol:<br /><br />Actually, I never got past trig.<br /><br />Great post Daniel, and wonderful drawings!<br /><br />ClaudiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-45716972103713663632011-04-20T16:12:21.777-04:002011-04-20T16:12:21.777-04:00For awhile there, I thought this was the dumbest p...For awhile there, I thought this was the dumbest post I've ever read.<br /><br />Thank goodness I was wrong.<br /><br />Realizing that you're wrong is more liberating than always being right, I think. BTW, great studies too!Kevin Miznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365547679276432694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-2560969651808967022011-04-20T10:43:51.831-04:002011-04-20T10:43:51.831-04:00"I would like to come on this blog again and ..."I would like to come on this blog again and again."pengohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-83056348135671733932011-04-20T08:55:15.380-04:002011-04-20T08:55:15.380-04:00GREAT post, Dani. And very timely for me, actually...GREAT post, Dani. And very timely for me, actually. I've been doing a lot of thinking about how I'm very afraid to make mistakes with my art, which definitely prevents me from pushing myself. Thanks for this.<br /><br />And, in your very first drawing above, bottom right, one of your better bellies, which is saying a lot.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08992347401319922675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-35360753157286591162011-04-20T02:15:07.292-04:002011-04-20T02:15:07.292-04:00Ah yes, I remember my calculus professor (-from 50...Ah yes, I remember my calculus professor (-from 50 years ago) quite well, a thick German accent and a Prussian mustache so I couldn't lip read. Needless to say I didn't develop a satisfactory grasp of the subject at the time. Luckily by the time I needed it I could write a couple of Basic programs that would come up with very satisfactory derivatives and integrals that would run on my Apple II+. If you think of an integral as counting the imaginary squares under the curve on an imaginary sheet of graph paper, you see it's an easy program to write to any level of accuracy desired (more accurate = smaller squares.).<br /><br />Sigh, Daniel, I enjoy your posts tremendously but they often send me off on a tangent such as the above. Back on subject, bottom line: "Always be wrong. You will become a better artist if you are wrong than if you are right."<br /><br />Couldn't agree more. It's our mistakes that we learn from. -or from other's mistakes if we're alert. For example you, as an aspiring writer could learn from my last sentence wherein if used a preposition to end a sentence with. :-)<br /><br />...and, the point I originally wanted to make was that mistake-wise I'm luckier than you, in so far as I paint only for pleasure and not for profit, I can afford to make plenty of mistakes. Of course if I learn anything from them is another subject.<br /><br />BTW: I'll have to experiment with your 'g(x) and h(x)' I'm the type that throws down a bold line defining the figure dynamic and then fills in the parts. So! Gonna try g(x) and h(x) and I'll make plenty of mistakes, you betcha (not that I don't make plenty when throwing down a bold line, of course).Jim in Alaskahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/22796639@N05/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293319073550947163.post-43611530995078124042011-04-19T23:53:58.398-04:002011-04-19T23:53:58.398-04:00thank you. not sure remember my calculus however. ...thank you. not sure remember my calculus however. I don't think about the math, just trying to paint what i see is hard enoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com